The Changing World Order

Ray Dalio: I Predicted The 2008 Crash, I Know What Comes Next

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, 30 July 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 13 min in.

Steven Bartlett references the diagram on the front of Ray Dalio's book while asking where the world sits in the roughly 80-year big cycle it describes. Dalio responds by explaining that the US and UK are well into the decline phase, characterised by over-indebtedness and loss of power, and says the book tracks these measurable indicators across 500 years and multiple countries. The discussion is substantive and the author is the guest.

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