In The World’s Worst Bet , David Lynch sets out to explain what went wrong with globalization—an idea that was once the hope of a post-Cold War world for growth, prosperity, and peace, but instead became a vehicle for displacement, division, and polarized politics. The book cover for The World's Best Bet by David J. Lynch The World’s Worst Bet: How the Globalization Gamble Went Wrong (And What Would Make It Right) , David J. Lynch, PublicAffairs, 416 pp., $32, September 2025 The problem, as