Interesting and different look at how economies suddenly change. It uses science to understand economic change:
The Entropy Trap explains why some periods in history are not normal cycles, but moments when the system itself begins to change. Financial systems, currencies, political orders, and societies can appear stable for years while stress builds underneath. Then, like an avalanche, the change appears sudden even though the pressure was building for a long time.
The book’s unique lens is science. It uses ideas from physics and complex systems—such as stress, velocity, acceleration, instability, and phase transitions—to understand markets and society. The argument is that traditional economics works well in stable periods, but during rare transition periods we need better instruments to measure whether the system is still returning to normal or moving into a new state.
Different, if nothing else