Oddbean new post about login | logout I'm sure there are books that cover the descent of nations/civilizations broadly, but the only books I know of cover one descent in its entirety. There is a whole subreddit covering societal collapse, take it with a grain of salt since it is Reddit. Here is a link to their book list: https://collapsewiki.wpenginepowered.com/media/#books
Wow, that’s great. Thanks
The only problem is that most of the book summaries, from a brisk skimming, are following a Malthusian Ecological collapse. Something that might interest you: The Ethics of Money Production by Jörg Guido Hülsmann https://mises.org/library/book/ethics-money-production Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation https://mises.org/library/book/forty-centuries-wage-and-price-controls-how-not-fight-inflation
I guess now I’ll have some reading to do 🤣 thanks
This is a better list, with subcategories from the actual subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/wiki/books/ I've been meaning to read this book, my library is like the USA Debt Spiral. Expanding exponentially, but can only be read linearly. The Five Stages of Collapse: Survivors' Toolkit https://www.amazon.com/Five-Stages-Collapse-Survivors-Toolkit/dp/0865717362