Jason Schenker

“The Future After AI: Expectations for Artificial Intelligence as the New Operating System of Finance, Technology, Energy, Healthcare, Education, and Business” (2025)

“Cold War Two: Navigating a New Era of Uncertainty for the Economy, Finance, Energy, Technology, Trade, and Supply Chain” (2025)

The world has entered a new era of geopolitical conflict. Cold War Two is no longer a distant possibility—it is today’s high-stakes conflict reality, shaping the global economy, financial markets, supply chains, trade policies, energy security, and technological competition. In this groundbreaking book, Jason Schenker, a top-ranked economist and futurist, provides a data-driven, forward-looking analysis of Cold War Two—how it began, where it’s headed, and what it means for businesses, policymakers, investors, and national security leaders. Drawing on his expertise as Chairman of The Futurist Institute and President of Prestige Economics, Schenker delivers a strategic roadmap to navigating this unprecedented era of uncertainty.

“The Promise of Blockchain: Hope and Hype for an Emerging Disruptive Technology” (2018)

Blockchain technology offers tremendous hope and promise to drastically improve data transparency and data sharing, as well as reduce the risk of a central point of failure for corporate, government, and private entities. But there is also significant hype around blockchain that has been driven by the bubble in cryptocurrency investments and people who don't want to miss out on the next wave of new technology. What will determine the future of blockchain - the hope or the hype? This is the subject tackled by the world's leading financial futurist, Jason Schenker, in The Promise of Blockchain.

“Midterm Economics: The Impact of Midterm Elections on Financial Markets and the Economy” (2018)

In Midterm Economics, top-ranked financial forecaster and best-selling author Jason Schenker offers a compelling analysis of the impact US midterm elections have on the economy and financial markets, including equities, currencies, and commodities.Jason Schenker is one of the most accurate economists in the world. Bloomberg News has ranked Jason the #1 forecaster in the world in 25 categories, including for his forecasts of industrial metals prices, oil prices, the euro, the pound, the Russian ruble, the Chinese Yuan, US jobs, and US new home sales. Jason advises executives, industry groups, institutional investors, and central banks as the President of Prestige Economics. He is also the Chairman of The Futurist Institute and a member of the Texas Business Leadership Council, a nonpartisan nonprofit of only 100 CEOs that provides public policy research and recommendations to Texas elected leadership.

“The Robot and Automation Almanac - 2018: The Futurist Institute” (2017)

The Robot and Automation Almanac is a collection of essays from leading robot and automation experts, executives, and investors. Each of the essays focuses on the "one big thing" that each author sees in the year ahead: an opportunity, a risk, a challenge, investment themes, an overlooked trend, a perception shift, a step change, or a trend change. The robot and automation thought leaders that contributed to this book include Will Allen, Fred van Beuningen, Louis Borders, Jeff Burnstein, Jeremie Capron, Lorenzo Carver, Henrik Christensen, Steve Cousins, Craig Fuller, John Gibson, Rob Handfield, Holly McNamara, Jayesh Mehta, Laura McConney, Lou Micheletto, Stanislaw Radominski, David Schwebel, Daniel Stanton, Kaleb Steinhauer, Daniel Theobald, Michael Walton, and Bruce Welty. The editor, Jason Schenker, also contributed to the book.