David J. Lynch is the global economics correspondent of the Washington Post. The recipient of the National Press Foundation's Hinrich Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade in 2021, Lynch has reported from more than sixty countries for the Post and earlier in his career with the Financial Times of London, Bloomberg News, and USA Today. He lives in Vienna, Virginia.

"Lynch has given us a singularly--thrillingly--persuasive chronicle of globalization's spectacular rise and fall. He not only explains the unwinding of a promise but also offers a vital warning about the next great upheavals in the global economy. Without a fair, humane commitment to the least fortunate, we may find that Lynch's piercingly clear history is, in fact, a prophecy."--Evan Osnos, National Book Award-winning author of Age of Ambition

"A painfully convincing history of how both political parties decided that worldwide free trade was a good thing.... It's a discouraging story skillfully told by Lynch, global economics correspondent for the Washington Post."--Kirkus

"The era of hyper-globalization is ceding to hyper-nationalism because America's elites failed to help its losers. Grasping how and why the US has swung from Clinton to Trump in such short order takes an experienced, wise and deeply probing reporter like David Lynch. Journalists of Lynch's caliber are a rare thing. Read him on why Trump's cure is worse than the disease but can be fixed only if we grasp how we created this mess in the first place. An important book."--Edward Luce, commentator and columnist, Financial Times

"How did we get globalization so wrong? In The World's Worst Bet, David Lynch explores how America embraced a model of globalization that hollowed out our industrial base, enabled China's rise, and set the stage for a destabilizing political backlash at home. The World's Worst Bet is essential reading for understanding the structure of the world economy and the shape of our politics."--Chris Miller, New York Times-bestselling author of Chip War