A PERFECT WORLD WILL CREATE CHAOS
By The Debt Society & Research Collective
Length4h 33m
About this audiobook
A Perfect World Will Create Chaos is a bold hybrid work—alternating non‑fiction chapters revealing debt's true nature with dystopian fiction showing what happens when it disappears. Drawing on decades of research from the IMF, Bank for International Settlements, and leading economists, this book argues debt is not a burden but a promise: the tension that holds civilization together.
Written by The Debt & Society Research Collective—an informal group of writers, economists, and policy researchers—this volume synthesizes scholarship into a gripping narrative. What if all debt were suddenly canceled? The fiction chapters immerse you in a nightmare: banks fail, supply chains collapse, society unravels.
A must‑listen for anyone seeking to understand the invisible infrastructure holding our world together—and why a “perfect” debt‑free existence would be anything but.
Copyright © 2026 by The Debt & Society Research Collective.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics
Length4 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A PERFECT WORLD
2Chapter 1 (Positive) – What Debt Really Is
3SIDEBAR: What Is Debt, Really?
4Chapter 2 (Negative) – A Debt‑Free Nightmare
5System shutdown. No trains. No estimated restoration.
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6SIDEBAR: The Hidden Infrastructure of Debt
7Chapter 3 (Positive) – Global Debt Today
8Government Debt
9Corporate Debt
10Household Debt
11Managed vs. Mismanaged Debt
12A Calculated Tool
13SIDEBAR: Key Concepts
14How much would each person receive?
15Scenario Two: The $1 Trillion Distribution
16Scenario Three: The Millionaires’ Tax
17The Unintended Consequences
18The Real Path to Equality
19Chapter 5 (Positive) – Debt and the Rich
20Wealth on Paper vs. Cash Flow
21Case Study: The Real Estate Developer
22The Risk of Leverage
23The Billionaire Borrowers
24Beyond the Billionaires
25A Tool, Not a Burden
26Chapter 6 (Negative) – Debt‑Free Riches or Market Collapse?
27The Illusion of Wealth
28The Margin Calls
29The Fire Sale
30The Social Unraveling
31The Transformation
32The New World
33The Lesson
34Chapter 7 (Positive) – Debt as an Engine of Innovation
35The Financing of Progress
36The Pattern Repeats
37The Corporate Innovation Machine
38Debt finances innovation not only in corporations but also in individuals.
39The Hidden Infrastructure
40The Counterfactual
41The Moral of the Story
42Chapter 8 (Negative) – The Collapse of a World Without Borrowing
43The City
44The Survivor
45The Community
46The Memory
47The Discovery
48The Garden
49The Future
50Chapter 9 (Positive) – Managing Debt Responsibly
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