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The Sovereign Individual

Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

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The Sovereign Individual

By: James Dale Davidson, Peter Thiel - preface, William Rees-Mogg
Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
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Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the best seller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.

Few observers of the late-20th century have their fingers so presciently on the pulse of the global political and economic realignment ushering in the new millennium as do James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. In their ensuing best sellar, The Great Reckoning, published just weeks before the coup attempt against Gorbachev, they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years.

In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries - the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed "the fourth stage of human society", will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values.

©1999 James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg (P)2019 Simon & Schuster
Business Development Business Development & Entrepreneurship Economic Conditions Economics Macroeconomics Politics & Government United States World Business War Thought-Provoking Economic inequality

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wonderful book!

this book really makes you question what role the state will play in the future. strive to be a soverign individual!

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Changed my life

This book should be required reading for everyone. Completely opened my eyes to the broken system we live under and how it needs to change.

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Mind Blowingly Awesome 🤓👍

Want to know about the future this book not only spells it out but backs it up with historic arguments as well as analysis of how previous civilisations have fallen I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the future of the information age.

The book also sits alongside The Bitcoin Standard also as a great read.

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Still relevant as if written today

A must read for everyone striving to improve themselves looking for ways to succeed while living in interesting times

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Best book - future

One of the best books for future projection of society and the macroeconomics of the new world. Explaining how mafia and politics are intertwined in the present being a parasite of the governments and states.
But the most important ideas are for how the future of the world might be.

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A book with incredible foresight

This book has incredible foresight; worldwide pandemics, the rise of a Crypto currency (6 years before it happened), the rise of Victimhood, the demand of payouts and blame of White Men from history. It's all going to a well rehearsed plan. Astonishing. Nostradamus believers will drop their jaws at the accuracy of this book. Written 11 years ago, it's anticipation of what is happening now is breathtaking.

It's also very strange that hardback books are not on sale anymore. Is someone trying to blind the nation.

An Audible must.

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One of the most important books of all time

If you haven’t read this book, you’re missing out on a key reading for anyone who wants to understand where the world is heading

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Worthwhile read

Big history
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Worthwhile reading before it gets too dated in 21st

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Incredible

One of the best books ever written in my opinion, so timely and accurate. Actionable and a warning

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Some eeriengly accurate predictions

Comprehensive and fearless predictions of our future. IMO, accurately foresaw the birth and growth of bitcoin.

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