Ray Dalio

4 books on the list @RayDalio

About the author

Ray Dalio is an investor who founded Bridgewater Associates from his New York apartment in 1975 and built it into one of the world's largest hedge funds. A Harvard MBA, he gave up the chief executive role in 2017 and ceded control of the firm in 2022, stepping down as co-chief investment officer, and in 2025 he sold his remaining stake and left the board. His writing covers management principles, debt cycles and the rise and decline of nations.

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Books on the list

Cover of Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order

Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order Ray Dalio

Cover of Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises

Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises Ray Dalio

Principles Ray Dalio

How Countries Go Broke Ray Dalio

Memos, letters and research

All research

How the Economic Machine Works Bridgewater

Essential

Ray Dalio's animated 31-minute explainer of how credit, productivity and the short- and long-term debt cycles drive the economy. It is the quickest way to absorb the framework behind Bridgewater's macro investing.

Video Foundational One-off, released September 2013