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Megatrends - The first business and finance popular science book by the financial knowledge YT "Xiao Lin Says", allowing you to understand the global economic situation at a glance
Author: Xiao Lin Publisher: Wildman
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- Readmoo: [Purchase here](https://moo.im/a/blCMVZ).
# Foreword:
This is the first book I finished reading in 2025. Actually, I have been reading quite a few books, but after the end of 2024, I started writing more code related to AI Agents, and as a result, I had even less time to read books and write reviews. However, "Xiao LIN" has always been a financial YTer I pay close attention to. He explains difficult financial knowledge in a very easy-to-understand way, which is really professional. Of course, since he released a book, I have to support him.
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# Content Summary:
"Xiao Lin Says" is one of the most popular YouTube financial knowledge channels,
Founded for more than 3 years, it quickly surpassed 1.67 million subscribers,
Each "Macroeconomics" series video averages over 1 million views.
Xiao Lin is good at sorting out first-hand economic data and reports,
From which she summarizes and extracts fascinating stories,
And transforms complex numbers into popular economic history and current affairs,
Making learning economics an irresistible knowledge enjoyment!
In this book, she will use the most concise space and the most vivid and interesting metaphors,
To explain the complex economic development processes of major countries or regions such as Japan, South Korea, Russia, the UK, the European Union, Greece, and Turkey;
And how major economies such as the US, China, and Germany affect the above-mentioned countries and the global economy.
Leading readers to delve into the core of the world's turmoil at a glance,
See the temperature and game of the financial market!
# Thoughts:
The main content of this book includes:
- The process of the Japanese economic bubble
- Japan's subsequent "Lost Thirty Years"
- The double kill of stocks and bonds caused by the sharp decline of the Japanese Yen
- The background of the South Korean economic miracle
- The economic miracle of India
- The Greek debt crisis
- The European Union's return to glory
This book explains the reasons for Japan's thirty-year context through the explanation of monetary economics starting from Japan. But because of these reasons, it is possible to explain the economic miracle of South Korea and the economic problems of the European Union and Greece.
The pace of the whole book is slower than the explanation in the video, because the explanations in many places will be illustrated with pictures in the video. But in the book, you can more clearly and detailedly explain the whole cause and effect, making the whole economic process of collapse clearer. I personally highly recommend using the book to organize and sort out the whole economic problem, which makes it easier for economic novices like us to understand. But on the other hand, if you like the pace of the video, you may feel that the pace of the book is a bit slow.
I also suggest that everyone can first watch the "Xiao LIN Says" channel, and if you really like it, then read the whole book, which will make you like it even more.
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