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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Ray Dalio Dalio is an investor and the founder of Bridgewater Associates. He is the author of [Principles: Life and Work, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order, and Principles for Navigating Big Debt Crises](https://www.principles.com/). The views expressed below are his own, not Bridgewater's. ## Ray Dalio Articles 17Collections 1 *  Aug 28, 2026 ### [The Bond Market’s Supply and Demand Problem](https://time.com/article/2026/08/28/the-bond-market-s-supply-and-demand-problem/) Ray Dalio warns that the U.S. bond market is signaling a serious debt issue. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 9, 2026 ### [Ray Dalio: We May Be Entering a World War](https://time.com/article/2026/04/09/ray-dalio-we-may-be-entering-a-world-war/) "We are in the early stages of a world war that isn’t going to end any time soon," argues Ray Dalio. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 30, 2025 ### [Ray Dalio: Gold Is the Safest Money](https://time.com/7329802/ray-dalio-gold-safest-money/) Ray Dalio argues that gold has "the best track record of having its value track the cost of living o... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 22, 2025 ### [Defending the Value of Money](https://time.com/7304435/defending-the-value-of-money/) The fight between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell is about the value ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 3, 2025 ### [The Budget Bill’s Big Consequences](https://time.com/7299966/budget-bill-adds-to-national-debt/) Congress' new budget will raise the deficit. Unless it is lowered, "big, painful disruptions will li... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 9, 2025 ### [The Case for a U.S.-China Rebalancing](https://time.com/7283912/case-for-u-s-china-rebalancing/) Ray Dalio argues that the United States and China are currently stuck in an unsustainable cycle whic... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 13, 2025 ### [Ray Dalio: We Need to Cut the Deficit](https://time.com/7221862/ray-dalio-cut-the-budget-deficit/) In Ray Dalio's forthcoming book "How Countries Go Broke" he argues that the United States' budget de... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 20, 2024 ### [The Changing World Order Under Trump 2.0](https://time.com/7177760/trump-administration-changing-world-order/) Ray Dalio offers his assessment of what a second Trump Administration will actually entail. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 23, 2024 ### [Column: Radical Collaboration Is Needed to Boost Climate Funding](https://time.com/7095908/collaboration-public-private-philanthropy-climate-funding/) Working together, philanthropists, innovative scientists, venture capitalists, and governments make ... [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Aug 26, 2024 ### [The Need for a Plan to Boost National Productivity](https://time.com/7014814/productivity-economic-policy/) The Trump-Harris match-up is a hard-right, hard-left conflict in a turbulent world, writes Ray Dalio... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 22, 2024 ### [The Changing Odds of a Great Conflict](https://time.com/7001346/great-conflict-american-politics-update/) A lot has changed as a result of the debate, the assassination attempt, the Republican convention, a... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 9, 2024 ### [The Democrats' Problem](https://time.com/6996339/ray-dalio-us-election-biden-essay/) Ray Dalio explains why the coming election is a race between the devil we know and the one we don’t—... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 28, 2024 ### [The Post-Debate Great Internal Conflict](https://time.com/6993748/biden-trump-debate-conflict/) Following the presidential debate, U.S. voters see a classic clash between the hard right and either... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 25, 2024 ### [The Coming Great Conflict](https://time.com/6991271/civil-war-conflict-ray-dalio/) Ray Dalio writes about the five big, interrelated forces that drive how domestic and world orders ch... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 29, 2024 ### [How China Will Be Challenged By a 100-Year Storm](https://time.com/6961986/china-challenged-economy-analysis-ray-dalio/) China's socio-economic trajectory under President Xi Jinping provides context for it's future in pow... 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