Pilzer wrote the first edition in the early 1990s after the Cold War. He predicted endless peace and prosperity. He did not fully predict the 2008 crash or the COVID-19 supply chain crisis, though his later editions address these as "distribution failures."
His thesis in Unlimited Wealth (original English title) and Riqueza Ilimitada (Spanish translation) is radical: The Core Thesis: Scarcity vs. Abundance Most of us were raised on the economic principle of "scarcity." We believe there is a finite amount of oil, gold, food, and money. Therefore, if you have more, I have less. This is the Zero-Sum Game. Riqueza Ilimitada Paul Zane Pilzer Pdf
Pilzer leaves us with one haunting question: Pilzer wrote the first edition in the early