"The Next Step: A Plan for a World Economic Federation" is a book written by Scott Nearing, in which the author offers an ambitious plan to create an economic world united on equal terms for all countries. Nearing analyzes current global problems, including inequality, economic crises, wars, and proposes innovative solutions to overcome them. The book is an invitation to discuss the possibilities of creating a new world order that will ensure peace, prosperity and justice for all the peoples of the planet. "The Next Step" is a breakthrough work that opens the way to a new economic future for the whole world.