In Creed of Greed , Charles Johnson delivers a powerful exploration of how global inequality isn’t accidental, it’s engineered. Drawing on centuries of history and modern economics, the book reveals how the world’s wealthiest nations and corporations continue to profit from the same exploitative systems that once built empires. From conquest and colonization to corporate contracts and digital monopolies, the mechanisms of greed have simply evolved, not disappeared. Johnson exposes an unbroken chain of control that follows a familiar pattern: discover, conquer, monopolize, coerce, extract, financialize, externalize, replicate. These eight stages of exploitation trace how power flows through money, policy, law, security, and narrative, a network that has transformed the natural wealth of continents into private fortunes. Through vivid storytelling and real-world examples, Creed of Greed connects the dots between past empires and today’s global economy. Readers journey from the silver mines of Potosí to the cobalt pits of the Congo, from the colonial charter to the modern concession contract, and from the Suez Canal to the fiber-optic cables shaping digital trade. Each chapter reveals how policies, markets, and military strategies align to keep resources flowing one way, outward, and how these same logics still define the 21st century. Far from a dry economic critique, this book humanizes the story of greed. It explains why many resource-rich nations remain trapped in dependency, why laws meant to protect sovereignty often protect investors instead, and how the language of “development” can disguise new forms of extraction. Johnson uses data, historical parallels, and accessible analysis to show that globalization’s foundation rests on old colonial blueprints, simply redrawn for a modern audience. Yet Creed of Greed is not a book of despair. It’s an invitation to awareness. Johnson argues that understanding how this system works is the first step toward changing it. By decoding the strategies of power, who writes the rules, who enforces them, and who benefits, we can begin to rewrite them. He highlights the rise of transparency movements, community rights, and new industrial models that aim to reclaim value and build sustainable economies. Both a historical lens and a contemporary roadmap, Creed of Greed offers readers a sweeping yet grounded understanding of how the global economy came to serve the few, and how it can be redesigned to serve the many.