{"product_id":"how-nations-win-henrik-ekelund-9798902680789","title":"How Nations Win: Creating Prosperity Through Freedom, Order, and Innovation","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhy do some countries surge ahead while others stall? Discover the practical levers that keep economies resilient, innovative, and wealth-building--levers we can use to protect prosperity before it slips away.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToo often, debates about economic growth rely on a \"magic pill,\" a singular factor to explain prosperity, and miss the full picture. In \u003ci\u003eHow Nations Win\u003c\/i\u003e, global entrepreneur and investor Henrik Ekelund argues that lasting prosperity depends on a more complete, encompassing, data-backed model for producing sustainable growth across time and geography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from his study of two millennia of growth revolutions and thousands of pages of research--including close studies of \"twin\" pairs of similar nations with stark gaps in prosperity--Ekelund reveals the three forces that interact to fuel economies--freedom, order, and innovation--and their twelve underlying drivers. He maps how those drivers, like democracy, free markets, free trade, rule of law, economic stability, and market-driven innovation, create a \"virtuous cycle\" of productive investment. And he captures how today's drift toward protectionism, authoritarianism, cronyism, and overbearing government puts that cycle at risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders will come away with a practical lens for smarter policy, investment, and civic choices: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIdentify the twelve drivers behind durable growth--and what happens when a nation gets strong in a few but weak in others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMake sense of why similar countries diverge \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand how bottom-up entrepreneurship, private investors, and a humming financial system turn ideas into prosperity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNavigate today's headwinds--demographics, opportunity gaps, and carbon constraints--without abandoning growth\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhether you're shaping business strategy, investing capital, or engaging in policy debates that will define the next decade, \u003ci\u003eHow Nations Win\u003c\/i\u003e provides a clearer set of signals to watch and makes the case that prosperity is built on fundamentals that can be defended--if we recognize what's at stake and act before erosion becomes collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henrik Ekelund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798902680789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Holt Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs","brand":"Henrik Ekelund","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997801132287,"sku":"9798902680789","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-nations-win-henrik-ekelund-9798902680789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}