50 Books like Aftermath

The Map and the Territory

by Alan Greenspan • 2013

The former Fed chair reveals what models missed: fear and euphoria follow measurable scripts.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Economic Forecasting 📉 Financial Crises ⚖️ Income Inequality 🏦 Central Banking

The Map and the Territory 97%

The former Fed chair reveals what models missed: fear and euphoria follow measurable scripts.

by Alan Greenspan 2013

3.26

475 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Economic Forecasting 📉 Financial Crises ⚖️ Income Inequality 🏦 Central Banking

Currency Wars

by James Rickards • 2011

Currency wars follow a cycle: distress, devaluation, collapse. The third has begun.

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🏦 Monetary Policy 🌐 International Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📜 Monetary History

Currency Wars 97%

Currency wars follow a cycle: distress, devaluation, collapse. The third has begun.

by James Rickards 2011

3.96

5k+ ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 🌐 International Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📜 Monetary History

The New Great Depression

by James Rickards • 2021

A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.

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🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Monetary Policy Critique 📉 Deflation Economics 🔻 Economic Depression 🌪️ Social Breakdown

The New Great Depression 97%

A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.

by James Rickards 2021

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1k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Monetary Policy Critique 📉 Deflation Economics 🔻 Economic Depression 🌪️ Social Breakdown

The Road to Ruin

by James Rickards • 2016

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

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🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Road to Ruin 97%

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

by James Rickards 2016

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🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

by Paul Krugman • 2008

2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.

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🚨 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance 🏦 Shadow Banking 💰 Monetary Policy ⚖️ Financial Regulation

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 96%

2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.

by Paul Krugman 2008

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9k+ ratings

🚨 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance 🏦 Shadow Banking 💰 Monetary Policy ⚖️ Financial Regulation

The Only Game in Town

by Mohamed El-Erian • 2016

Central banks saved the economy, then overreached. The road ahead now forks toward opposing futures.

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🏦 Central Banking 🌐 Global Economy 📉 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Risk Management ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Only Game in Town 96%

Central banks saved the economy, then overreached. The road ahead now forks toward opposing futures.

by Mohamed El-Erian 2016

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1k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 🌐 Global Economy 📉 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Risk Management ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The New Case for Gold

by James Rickards • 2016

Digital assets can be erased overnight. The coming monetary collapse demands physical gold.

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🏅 Precious Metals 🏛️ Fiat Currency Critique 🏫 Austrian Economics 🔒 Wealth Preservation 🏦 Central Bank Policy

The New Case for Gold 96%

Digital assets can be erased overnight. The coming monetary collapse demands physical gold.

by James Rickards 2016

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1k+ ratings

🏅 Precious Metals 🏛️ Fiat Currency Critique 🏫 Austrian Economics 🔒 Wealth Preservation 🏦 Central Bank Policy

Crashed

by Adam Tooze • 2018

The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.

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💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Political Economy ✂️ Austerity Politics 🌍 Geopolitics

Crashed 96%

The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.

by Adam Tooze 2018

4.29

4k+ ratings

💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Political Economy ✂️ Austerity Politics 🌍 Geopolitics

Supermoney

by George Goodman • 1972

Wealth comes not from wages but from earnings multiplied by stocks. How the machine works.

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📈 Stock Market 💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🧾 Accounting Manipulation

Supermoney 96%

Wealth comes not from wages but from earnings multiplied by stocks. How the machine works.

by George Goodman 1972

3.85

339 ratings

📈 Stock Market 💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🧾 Accounting Manipulation

Meltdown

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2009

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

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🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

Meltdown 96%

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

Crisis Economics

by Nouriel Roubini • 2010

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

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💥 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance ⚠️ Systemic Risk 💸 Debt And Leverage 🫧 Market Bubbles

Crisis Economics 96%

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

by Nouriel Roubini 2010

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3k+ ratings

💥 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance ⚠️ Systemic Risk 💸 Debt And Leverage 🫧 Market Bubbles

The Real Crash

by Peter D. Schiff • 2012

America's recovery is a debt-fueled illusion. The 2008 crash was merely the preview.

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🏫 Austrian Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🥇 Gold Standard 📊 National Debt 📉 Economic Collapse

The Real Crash 96%

America's recovery is a debt-fueled illusion. The 2008 crash was merely the preview.

by Peter D. Schiff 2012

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1k+ ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🥇 Gold Standard 📊 National Debt 📉 Economic Collapse

The Alchemists

by Neil Irwin • 2013

They create money from nothing. Three centuries of alchemy, culminating in the crash of 2008.

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🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis

The Alchemists 96%

They create money from nothing. Three centuries of alchemy, culminating in the crash of 2008.

by Neil Irwin 2013

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1k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis

Freefall

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2010

The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.

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📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Economic Policy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🔓 Deregulation ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Freefall 96%

The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2010

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4k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Economic Policy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🔓 Deregulation ⚠️ Moral Hazard

The Rise and Fall of Nations

by Ruchir Sharma • 2016

Onion prices and billionaire lists reveal more about a country's future than any official forecast.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🔄 Economic Cycles 👥 Demographic Economics 💰 Wealth Inequality 💸 Currency Crises

The Rise and Fall of Nations 96%

Onion prices and billionaire lists reveal more about a country's future than any official forecast.

by Ruchir Sharma 2016

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3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🔄 Economic Cycles 👥 Demographic Economics 💰 Wealth Inequality 💸 Currency Crises

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets

by George Soros • 2008

Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.

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📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚠️ Market Instability ⛓️ Laissez-Faire Critique 📋 Financial Regulation

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets Summary

The New Paradigm for Financial Markets 96%

Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.

by George Soros 2008

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2k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🫧 Asset Bubbles ⚠️ Market Instability ⛓️ Laissez-Faire Critique 📋 Financial Regulation

The Global Minotaur

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2011

Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.

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🏦 International Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Financial Crises 💵 Dollar Hegemony 🏭 Financialization

The Global Minotaur 96%

Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2011

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2k+ ratings

🏦 International Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Financial Crises 💵 Dollar Hegemony 🏭 Financialization

The Price Of Money

by Rob Dix • 2022

A 50-year-old system of money creation has quietly wiped out your savings. The exit plan.

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775

🏦 Central Banking 💸 Fiat Currency 📉 Inflation Economics 🏠 Real Assets 📜 Monetary History

The Price Of Money 96%

A 50-year-old system of money creation has quietly wiped out your savings. The exit plan.

by Rob Dix 2022

4.45

775 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💸 Fiat Currency 📉 Inflation Economics 🏠 Real Assets 📜 Monetary History

Animal Spirits

by George A. Akerlof • 2008

Economists assume you're rational. You're not. Five psychological forces actually run the economy.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Macroeconomic Theory 🎢 Market Psychology 📈 Keynesian Economics 💥 Financial Crises

Animal Spirits 96%

Economists assume you're rational. You're not. Five psychological forces actually run the economy.

by George A. Akerlof 2008

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5k+ ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 📊 Macroeconomic Theory 🎢 Market Psychology 📈 Keynesian Economics 💥 Financial Crises

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

by Peter D. Schiff • 2010

A cartoon island parable about why stimulus and easy credit always end in a crash.

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🏫 Austrian Economics 📖 Economic Literacy 📉 Inflation Critique 🔄 Economic Cycles 🫧 Debt And Bubbles

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes 96%

A cartoon island parable about why stimulus and easy credit always end in a crash.

by Peter D. Schiff 2010

4.15

5k+ ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 📖 Economic Literacy 📉 Inflation Critique 🔄 Economic Cycles 🫧 Debt And Bubbles

The Long Good Buy

by Peter C. Oppenheimer • 2020

Markets repeat the same four-phase cycle. Reading it right means buying when hope looks stupid.

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📈 Market Cycles 📊 Asset Allocation 🐻 Bear Markets 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🧠 Behavioral Finance

The Long Good Buy 96%

Markets repeat the same four-phase cycle. Reading it right means buying when hope looks stupid.

by Peter C. Oppenheimer 2020

4.05

176 ratings

📈 Market Cycles 📊 Asset Allocation 🐻 Bear Markets 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🧠 Behavioral Finance

Hall of Mirrors

by Barry Eichengreen • 2014

History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.

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📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 💵 Monetary Policy 🏦 Central Banking 🔄 Historical Parallels

Hall of Mirrors 96%

History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.

by Barry Eichengreen 2014

4.01

296 ratings

📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 💵 Monetary Policy 🏦 Central Banking 🔄 Historical Parallels

In This Economy?

by Kyla Scanlon • 2024

Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.

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2k+

📉 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💵 Money Mechanics 🎢 Market Psychology 📊 Economic Indicators

In This Economy? 96%

Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.

by Kyla Scanlon 2024

3.84

2k+ ratings

📉 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💵 Money Mechanics 🎢 Market Psychology 📊 Economic Indicators

Think Like an Economist

by Anne Rooney • 2019

What economists know about scarcity, money, and crashes that the rest of us keep getting wrong.

3.85

🎓 Introductory Economics 🔍 Everyday Economics 🏫 Mainstream Economics 💵 Money And Banking 📉 Financial Crises

Think Like an Economist 96%

What economists know about scarcity, money, and crashes that the rest of us keep getting wrong.

by Anne Rooney 2019

3.85

39 ratings

🎓 Introductory Economics 🔍 Everyday Economics 🏫 Mainstream Economics 💵 Money And Banking 📉 Financial Crises

This Time Is Different

by Carmen M. Reinhart • 2009

Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.

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💥 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Financial History 💸 Debt And Leverage 🔄 Boom And Bust Cycles

This Time Is Different 96%

Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.

by Carmen M. Reinhart 2009

3.76

7k+ ratings

💥 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Financial History 💸 Debt And Leverage 🔄 Boom And Bust Cycles

Empire of Debt

by William Bonner • 2005

Empires take tribute from subjects. America borrows from them instead, and the bill is due.

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332

🏛️ Sovereign Debt 🏚️ Imperial Decline 🏫 Austrian Economics 🇺🇸 American Empire 📉 Contrarian Investing

Empire of Debt 96%

Empires take tribute from subjects. America borrows from them instead, and the bill is due.

by William Bonner 2005

3.90

332 ratings

🏛️ Sovereign Debt 🏚️ Imperial Decline 🏫 Austrian Economics 🇺🇸 American Empire 📉 Contrarian Investing

Layered Money

by Nik Bhatia • 2021

Money is a stack of promises. Bitcoin offers a new bottom layer no government can touch.

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🏛️ Monetary History ₿ Digital Currencies 🏦 Central Banking 🔗 Bitcoin And Crypto 📉 Currency Debasement

Layered Money 96%

Money is a stack of promises. Bitcoin offers a new bottom layer no government can touch.

by Nik Bhatia 2021

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Monetary History ₿ Digital Currencies 🏦 Central Banking 🔗 Bitcoin And Crypto 📉 Currency Debasement

The End of Alchemy

by Mervyn A. King • 2016

Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.

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🏦 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ❓ Unknowable Futures 🔧 Banking Reform

The End of Alchemy 96%

Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.

by Mervyn A. King 2016

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ❓ Unknowable Futures 🔧 Banking Reform

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis

by Ben S. Bernanke • 2013

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

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🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis Summary

The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis 96%

What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.

by Ben S. Bernanke 2013

4.16

451 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles

Maestro

by Bob Woodward • 2000

A 22.6% crash. A new Fed chair. One sentence to calm the world, and the quiet method behind it all.

3.42

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🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 💥 Financial Crises 🏛️ Political Biography ⚖️ Institutional Power

Maestro 96%

A 22.6% crash. A new Fed chair. One sentence to calm the world, and the quiet method behind it all.

by Bob Woodward 2000

3.42

876 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 💥 Financial Crises 🏛️ Political Biography ⚖️ Institutional Power

Boomerang

by Michael Lewis • 2011

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

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🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism 🎭 Cultural Economics 💸 Sovereign Debt

Boomerang 96%

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

by Michael Lewis 2011

3.90

48k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism 🎭 Cultural Economics 💸 Sovereign Debt

Bull

by Maggie Mahar • 2003

The 1982-2000 boom was a psychological epidemic, not a market miracle. Every institution caught it.

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788

🏛️ Financial History 🔄 Market Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📊 Corporate Fraud 🫧 Financial Bubbles

Bull 96%

The 1982-2000 boom was a psychological epidemic, not a market miracle. Every institution caught it.

by Maggie Mahar 2003

4.06

788 ratings

🏛️ Financial History 🔄 Market Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📊 Corporate Fraud 🫧 Financial Bubbles

Other People's Money

by John Kay • 2015

Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.

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🏦 Financial Systems 📈 Financialization ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🎲 Moral Hazard

Other People's Money 96%

Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.

by John Kay 2015

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Systems 📈 Financialization ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🎲 Moral Hazard

Bailout Nation

by Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

572

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Bailout Nation 96%

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

by Barry Ritholtz 2009

3.87

572 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Collusion

by Nomi Prins • 2018

Central banks print trillions from nothing to prop up the rich, with no way to stop.

3.69

334

🏦 Central Banking 📈 Monetary Policy 💸 Quantitative Easing 📉 Financial Crises 💲 Dollar Hegemony

Collusion 96%

Central banks print trillions from nothing to prop up the rich, with no way to stop.

by Nomi Prins 2018

3.69

334 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📈 Monetary Policy 💸 Quantitative Easing 📉 Financial Crises 💲 Dollar Hegemony

The Dao of Capital

by Mark Spitznagel • 2013

Central banks warp markets. The indirect strategy that profits when the distortions break.

3.87

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🏛️ Austrian Economics 🌍 Macro Investing 🔄 Market Cycles 🏗️ Capital Theory ⏳ Time Preference

The Dao of Capital 96%

Central banks warp markets. The indirect strategy that profits when the distortions break.

by Mark Spitznagel 2013

3.87

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 🌍 Macro Investing 🔄 Market Cycles 🏗️ Capital Theory ⏳ Time Preference

When Markets Collide

by Mohamed El-Erian • 2008

Emerging markets drive growth, new instruments hide risk, and the old economic playbook is obsolete.

3.52

790

🌍 Global Macro Investing 📈 Emerging Markets 💸 Global Capital Flows ⚠️ Risk Management 🗂️ Portfolio Strategy

When Markets Collide 95%

Emerging markets drive growth, new instruments hide risk, and the old economic playbook is obsolete.

by Mohamed El-Erian 2008

3.52

790 ratings

🌍 Global Macro Investing 📈 Emerging Markets 💸 Global Capital Flows ⚠️ Risk Management 🗂️ Portfolio Strategy

The Age of Turbulence

by Alan Greenspan • 2007

A Fed chair's map of the invisible machinery that makes economies prosper or stall.

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🏦 Monetary Policy 📈 Economic Development 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔑 Property Rights 🛢️ Resource Curse

The Age of Turbulence 95%

A Fed chair's map of the invisible machinery that makes economies prosper or stall.

by Alan Greenspan 2007

3.65

7k+ ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 📈 Economic Development 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔑 Property Rights 🛢️ Resource Curse

Capital Wars

by Michael J. Howell • 2020

Interest rates are a sideshow. A $130 trillion pool of global capital actually drives the economy.

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🌐 Global Capital Flows 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Financial Cycles 💵 Currency Dominance 💥 Financial Crises

Capital Wars 95%

Interest rates are a sideshow. A $130 trillion pool of global capital actually drives the economy.

by Michael J. Howell 2020

4.22

102 ratings

🌐 Global Capital Flows 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Financial Cycles 💵 Currency Dominance 💥 Financial Crises

Why Minsky Matters

by L. Randall Wray • 2015

Crises brew inside calm markets: the economist who proved it and the policies his insight demands.

4.17

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🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics ⚠️ Financial Instability 🔄 Economic Cycles 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Banking Reform

Why Minsky Matters 95%

Crises brew inside calm markets: the economist who proved it and the policies his insight demands.

by L. Randall Wray 2015

4.17

202 ratings

🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics ⚠️ Financial Instability 🔄 Economic Cycles 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Banking Reform

Firefighting

by Ben S. Bernanke • 2019

Bernanke's 2008 account: the system nearly collapsed, and the tools that stopped it no longer exist.

3.83

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🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⛓️ Systemic Risk 🐘 Too Big To Fail 📉 The Great Recession

Firefighting 95%

Bernanke's 2008 account: the system nearly collapsed, and the tools that stopped it no longer exist.

by Ben S. Bernanke 2019

3.83

978 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⛓️ Systemic Risk 🐘 Too Big To Fail 📉 The Great Recession

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?

by Steve Keen • 2017

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

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💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏠 Household Debt

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 95%

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

by Steve Keen 2017

4.22

281 ratings

💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏠 Household Debt

Can’t We Just Print More Money?

by The Bank of England • 2022

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

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🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

Can’t We Just Print More Money? 95%

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

by The Bank of England 2022

4.05

2k+ ratings

🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

Popular Economics

by John Tamny • 2015

LeBron James and the Rolling Stones reveal why most economic policy makes things worse.

3.64

300

🏪 Free Market Economics 🎸 Pop Economics 🏛️ Government Failure 💥 Creative Destruction 💵 Monetary Policy

Popular Economics 95%

LeBron James and the Rolling Stones reveal why most economic policy makes things worse.

by John Tamny 2015

3.64

300 ratings

🏪 Free Market Economics 🎸 Pop Economics 🏛️ Government Failure 💥 Creative Destruction 💵 Monetary Policy

Lombard Street

by Walter Bagehot • 1873

All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.

3.89

435

🏦 Central Banking 🚨 Financial Panics 🔄 Credit Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📚 Classical Economics

Lombard Street 95%

All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.

by Walter Bagehot 1873

3.89

435 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 🚨 Financial Panics 🔄 Credit Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📚 Classical Economics

What Would the Great Economists Do?

by Linda Yueh • 2018

Trade wars. Stagnant pay. Slowing growth. Twelve great economists diagnosed them all, decades ago.

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📜 History Of Economic Thought 🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Trade Economics 💡 Economic Innovation 📈 Economic Growth

What Would the Great Economists Do? Summary

What Would the Great Economists Do? 95%

Trade wars. Stagnant pay. Slowing growth. Twelve great economists diagnosed them all, decades ago.

by Linda Yueh 2018

3.66

1k+ ratings

📜 History Of Economic Thought 🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Trade Economics 💡 Economic Innovation 📈 Economic Growth

A Short History of Financial Euphoria

by John Kenneth Galbraith • 1990

The 20-year rule: financial genius is really amnesia, and the crash is never the last.

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📜 Financial History 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 👥 Mass Psychology 🔄 Market Cycles

A Short History of Financial Euphoria Summary

A Short History of Financial Euphoria 95%

The 20-year rule: financial genius is really amnesia, and the crash is never the last.

by John Kenneth Galbraith 1990

4.05

2k+ ratings

📜 Financial History 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 👥 Mass Psychology 🔄 Market Cycles

FAKE

by Robert T. Kiyosaki • 2019

What to own when currency is debt, schools teach obedience, and the middle class gets poorer.

3.71

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📚 Financial Literacy 🏗️ Wealth Building 💸 Passive Income 🏠 Real Estate Investing 🏛️ Austrian Economics

FAKE 95%

What to own when currency is debt, schools teach obedience, and the middle class gets poorer.

by Robert T. Kiyosaki 2019

3.71

1k+ ratings

📚 Financial Literacy 🏗️ Wealth Building 💸 Passive Income 🏠 Real Estate Investing 🏛️ Austrian Economics

A Demon of Our Own Design

by Richard Bookstaber • 2007

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

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🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

A Demon of Our Own Design 95%

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

by Richard Bookstaber 2007

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🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering 🕸️ Complex Systems 📉 Financial Crises

In an Uncertain World

by Robert E. Rubin • 2003

Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.

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🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Uncertainty Navigation 🌐 Globalization 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

In an Uncertain World 95%

Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.

by Robert E. Rubin 2003

3.70

663 ratings

🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Uncertainty Navigation 🌐 Globalization 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

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