[This Week's Books] 'Sseuregiui Segyesa' and More

The Global History of Waste

The history of waste began alongside the history of humanity. As technology advanced and material wealth increased, waste grew exponentially. Waste is directly linked to climate change. Plastics emit greenhouse gases throughout their lifecycle?from production and consumption to collection and disposal. The amount of plastic waste humanity produces daily weighs as much as about 100 Eiffel Towers. This book examines the seriousness of the waste problem and considers what measures should be taken for human survival. (Written by Roman K?ster / Translated by Kim Ji-hyun / Heureum Publishing)

The Dollar Wars

This book explores the efforts the United States has made over the past 50 years to establish and maintain the dollar’s dominant status as the world’s reserve currency. It vividly highlights the struggles, decisions, successes, and failures of U.S. Treasury Secretaries, known as the "Guardians of the Dollar." The author interviewed over 100 individuals, including current and former U.S. Treasury Secretaries, Federal Reserve (Fed) officials, White House staff, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Bank personnel. Through this, the book predicts whether the U.S. can continue to uphold dollar hegemony and how the global economic order might change. (Written by Saleha Mosin / Translated by Seo Jeong-ah / Wisdom House)

The Liberalism You Don't Know

The author summarizes and engagingly retells the Bourgeois Trilogy, originally published in 2006, 2010, and 2016, in a way accessible to the general public. In the earlier Bourgeois Trilogy, the author argued that the reason the world became prosperous was not material factors but new perspectives that positively viewed ideas, emotions, the middle class, and egalitarian liberalism. The author also claimed that liberalism and innovationism have fostered not only prosperity but also the growth of humanity into better individuals. (Written by Didler Nansen McCloskey & Art Carden / Translated by Im Kyung-eun / Hankyung BP)