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Books by Felix Nikolas Prehn

Felix Nikolas Prehn is an economist and former investment banker. His books are published by The Prehn Institute.

Front cover of The Inflation Tax by Felix Nikolas Prehn

The Inflation Tax

How Governments Erode Debt and Savings

The Prehn Institute, 2026. Kindle, paperback and hardcover.
ISBN 979-8-9984091-0-3 (Kindle), 979-8-9984091-1-0 (paperback), 979-8-9984091-2-7 (hardcover).

A study of how inflation reduced American government debt in 1946, 1980 and 2022, with asset returns compared.

Front cover of The Petrodollar by Felix Nikolas Prehn

The Petrodollar

How oil made the dollar the world's money, and why that is changing

The Prehn Institute, 2026. Kindle, paperback and hardcover.
ISBN 979-8-9984091-3-4 (Kindle), 979-8-9984091-4-1 (paperback), 979-8-9984091-5-8 (hardcover).

How the dollar came to price the world's oil, what that privilege gives the United States, and how far the world has moved away from it.

Front cover of The Stablecoin by Felix Nikolas Prehn

The Stablecoin

How private digital money came to finance the American government

The Prehn Institute, 2026. Kindle, paperback and hardcover.
ISBN 979-8-9984091-6-5 (Kindle), 979-8-9984091-7-2 (paperback), 979-8-9984091-8-9 (hardcover).

What a stablecoin is, how it came to finance the American government, and what the GENIUS Act now requires of the companies that issue one.

About the author

Felix Nikolas Prehn is an economist and former investment banker. He co-founded TradeVision.io and founded Winston Daily and The Prehn Institute. Winston is his adopted golden retriever. Felix is a vocal advocate for animal rescue.

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