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Books

Books by Felix Nikolas Prehn, economist and former investment banker, published by The Prehn Institute. Each is a short, sourced account, with every figure traced back to its original table.

Cover of The Inflation Tax by Felix Nikolas Prehn

Book 1

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.

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Cover of The Petrodollar by Felix Nikolas Prehn

Book 2

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.

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Cover of The Stablecoin by Felix Nikolas Prehn

Book 3

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.

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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.

Full biographyfelixprehn.comLinkedIn