50 Books like Bottle of Lies

Forbidden Knowledge

by Terence H. Young • 2023

What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.

💊 Big Pharma 🛡️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔒 Information Control 📢 Whistleblowing

Forbidden Knowledge 96%

What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.

by Terence H. Young 2023

💊 Big Pharma 🛡️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔒 Information Control 📢 Whistleblowing

No More Tears

by Gardiner Harris • 2025

Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.

4.17

22k+

🏢 Corporate Crime 💊 Big Pharma 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Corporate Impunity 💉 Opioid Epidemic

No More Tears 96%

Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.

by Gardiner Harris 2025

4.17

22k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Crime 💊 Big Pharma 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Corporate Impunity 💉 Opioid Epidemic

Follow the Science

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2024

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

4.25

569

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

Follow the Science 95%

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2024

4.25

569 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

An American Sickness

by Elisabeth Rosenthal • 2017

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

4.29

8k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

An American Sickness 95%

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

The Triumph of Doubt

by David Michaels • 2020

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

4.08

222

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Triumph of Doubt 95%

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

by David Michaels 2020

4.08

222 ratings

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Pharma

by Gerald Posner • 2020

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

4.19

816

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Pharma 94%

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

by Gerald Posner 2020

4.19

816 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Stamped

by Jason Reynolds • 2020

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

4.46

55k+

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

Stamped 94%

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

by Jason Reynolds 2020

4.46

55k+ ratings

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting 👤 Whistleblowers 🩺 Medical Technology

When McKinsey Comes to Town

by Walt Bogdanich • 2022

McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.

3.80

12k+

🏢 Consulting Industry 🏛️ Corporate Power 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👔 White Collar Crime 🚪 Regulatory Capture

When McKinsey Comes to Town 94%

McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.

by Walt Bogdanich 2022

3.80

12k+ ratings

🏢 Consulting Industry 🏛️ Corporate Power 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👔 White Collar Crime 🚪 Regulatory Capture

Dreamland

by Sam Quinones • 2015

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

4.23

32k+

💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Dreamland 93%

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

by Sam Quinones 2015

4.23

32k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Diagnosis

by Jane M. Hightower • 2008

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

3.53

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

Diagnosis 93%

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

by Jane M. Hightower 2008

3.53

34 ratings

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

The Devil's Playbook

by Lauren Etter • 2021

How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.

4.14

546

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🚑 Public Health Crises 🚬 Tobacco Industry 💥 Disruption Gone Wrong 🧠 Addiction Science

The Devil's Playbook 93%

How a Silicon Valley startup copied Big Tobacco's strategies, hooking a generation on nicotine.

by Lauren Etter 2021

4.14

546 ratings

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance 🚑 Public Health Crises 🚬 Tobacco Industry 💥 Disruption Gone Wrong 🧠 Addiction Science

The Occasional Human Sacrifice

by Carl Elliott • 2024

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

3.86

512

🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🔬 Research Ethics 🤫 Organizational Silence

The Occasional Human Sacrifice 93%

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

by Carl Elliott 2024

3.86

512 ratings

🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🔬 Research Ethics 🤫 Organizational Silence

The Premonition

by Michael Lewis • 2021

A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.

4.32

43k+

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response 💥 Systems Failure 🗄️ Bureaucratic Failure

The Premonition 93%

A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.

by Michael Lewis 2021

4.32

43k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Epidemiology 🚨 Pandemic Response 💥 Systems Failure 🗄️ Bureaucratic Failure

Ten Drugs

by Thomas Hager • 2019

Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.

4.18

5k+

📜 History Of Medicine 💊 Pharmaceutical History 💉 Vaccination History 🧠 Psychopharmacology 🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance

Ten Drugs 93%

Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.

by Thomas Hager 2019

4.18

5k+ ratings

📜 History Of Medicine 💊 Pharmaceutical History 💉 Vaccination History 🧠 Psychopharmacology 🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance

Money Men

by Dan McCrum • 2022

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

4.03

3k+

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Money Men 93%

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

by Dan McCrum 2022

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

A Letter to Liberals

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

4.39

359

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

A Letter to Liberals 92%

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022

4.39

359 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA • 2016

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

3.55

144

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants Summary

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants 92%

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA 2016

3.55

144 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

4.06

1k+

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Uncontrolled Spread 92%

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

4.36

407

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

Ending Medical Reversal 92%

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015

4.36

407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

The Smartest Guys in the Room

by Bethany McLean • 2003

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

4.22

28k+

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

The Smartest Guys in the Room 92%

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

by Bethany McLean 2003

4.22

28k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

The Social Determinants of Health

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

4.19

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health Summary

The Social Determinants of Health 92%

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017

4.19

37 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

Kleptopia

by Tom Burgis • 2020

Soviet collapse privatized a theft machine stretching from Kazakh mines to the White House.

3.80

4k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏝️ Offshore Finance 🪆 Post-Soviet Oligarchs 💎 Resource Curse 🎭 Disinformation

Kleptopia 92%

Soviet collapse privatized a theft machine stretching from Kazakh mines to the White House.

by Tom Burgis 2020

3.80

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 🏝️ Offshore Finance 🪆 Post-Soviet Oligarchs 💎 Resource Curse 🎭 Disinformation

The Key Man

by Simon Clark • 2021

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

4.18

3k+

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Key Man 92%

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

by Simon Clark 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

Do You Believe in Magic?

by Paul A. Offit • 2013

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

4.11

3k+

🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💊 Supplement Industry

Do You Believe in Magic? 92%

A billion-dollar industry runs on loopholes, hope, and the placebo effect, not science.

by Paul A. Offit 2013

4.11

3k+ ratings

🧪 Alternative Medicine Critique 🩺 Evidence-Based Medicine 🦆 Medical Quackery 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 💊 Supplement Industry

Private Empire

by Steve Coll • 2012

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

4.00

4k+

🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

Private Empire 92%

How ExxonMobil became a nation-like force, with its own intelligence, foreign policy, and security.

by Steve Coll 2012

4.00

4k+ ratings

🛢️ Oil Industry 🏢 Corporate History 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚡ Energy Politics 💼 Corporate Power

The Panama Papers

by Frederik Obermaier • 2016

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

4.08

5k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

The Panama Papers 92%

11.5 million documents arrived at a German newspaper, exposing the secret world of offshore wealth.

by Frederik Obermaier 2016

4.08

5k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🏛️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowing 💰 Money Laundering

These Are the Plunderers

by Gretchen Morgenson • 2023

They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.

3.70

963

💼 Private Equity 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🏥 Healthcare Privatization

These Are the Plunderers 92%

They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.

by Gretchen Morgenson 2023

3.70

963 ratings

💼 Private Equity 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🏥 Healthcare Privatization

Nine Pints

by Rose George • 2018

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

3.82

4k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Nine Pints 92%

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

by Rose George 2018

3.82

4k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Treasure Islands

by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

4.18

2k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance ⚖️ Global Inequality 🏢 Corporate Crime 🏦 Financial Regulation 📜 Economic History

Treasure Islands 92%

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

by Nicholas Shaxson 2011

4.18

2k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance ⚖️ Global Inequality 🏢 Corporate Crime 🏦 Financial Regulation 📜 Economic History

Flying Blind

by Peter Robison • 2021

Boeing swapped safety for stock price, and two crashes later, 346 were dead.

4.17

4k+

🏛️ Corporate Accountability 💥 Aviation Disasters ⚖️ Regulatory Capture ⚙️ Engineering Culture 💰 Shareholder Primacy

Flying Blind 92%

Boeing swapped safety for stock price, and two crashes later, 346 were dead.

by Peter Robison 2021

4.17

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Corporate Accountability 💥 Aviation Disasters ⚖️ Regulatory Capture ⚙️ Engineering Culture 💰 Shareholder Primacy

Deception

by Rand Paul • 2023

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

4.47

549

🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up 📣 Whistleblowers 🐍 Libertarian Critique

Deception 92%

The lab-leak evidence the NIH buried and the scientific establishment's campaign to dismiss it.

by Rand Paul 2023

4.47

549 ratings

🦠 Pandemic Origins 🤫 Scientific Censorship 🕵️ Institutional Cover-Up 📣 Whistleblowers 🐍 Libertarian Critique

Drug Dealer, MD

by Anna Lembke • 2016

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

4.00

1k+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Drug Dealer, MD 92%

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

by Anna Lembke 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

by Bill Gates • 2022

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

3.76

2k+

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 92%

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

by Bill Gates 2022

3.76

2k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary • 2019

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

4.45

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Price We Pay 92%

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

by Marty Makary 2019

4.45

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

What Really Happened in Wuhan

by Sharri Markson • 2021

A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.

4.19

1k+

🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🏥 Public Health Failures

What Really Happened in Wuhan 92%

A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.

by Sharri Markson 2021

4.19

1k+ ratings

🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🏥 Public Health Failures

Davos Man

by Peter S. Goodman • 2022

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

3.93

1k+

🔻 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Tax Evasion 🌪️ Disaster Capitalism 📉 Neoliberalism Critique

Davos Man 92%

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

by Peter S. Goodman 2022

3.93

1k+ ratings

🔻 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Tax Evasion 🌪️ Disaster Capitalism 📉 Neoliberalism Critique

Unaccountable

by Marty Makary • 2012

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

4.29

2k+

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

Unaccountable 92%

Hospital staff know which doctors to avoid. Here is what to ask to find out.

by Marty Makary 2012

4.29

2k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Accountability 🔍 Medical Transparency 🛡️ Patient Safety ⚠️ Medical Errors 💸 Overtreatment

The Fort Bragg Cartel

by Seth Harp • 2025

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

4.05

11k+

🪖 Military Corruption 💊 Drug Trafficking 🎯 Special Operations ⏳ Forever Wars 💉 Opioid Crisis

The Fort Bragg Cartel 91%

America's deadliest soldiers run a drug cartel. The military shields them; investigations vanish.

by Seth Harp 2025

4.05

11k+ ratings

🪖 Military Corruption 💊 Drug Trafficking 🎯 Special Operations ⏳ Forever Wars 💉 Opioid Crisis

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

by William K. Black • 1995

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

4.06

185

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One 91%

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

by William K. Black 1995

4.06

185 ratings

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

Fooling some of the People all of the time

by David Einhorn • 2007

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

4.01

4k+

🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Regulatory Failure

Fooling some of the People all of the time Summary

Fooling some of the People all of the time 91%

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

by David Einhorn 2007

4.01

4k+ ratings

🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Regulatory Failure

How the World Ran Out of Everything

by Peter S. Goodman • 2024

The global supply chain was one shock from collapse, and decades of cost-cutting were the reason.

4.04

1k+

🚢 Global Supply Chains 🦠 Pandemic Economics 🌐 Globalization Critique ⛓️ Labor Exploitation 🏛️ Monopoly Power

How the World Ran Out of Everything Summary

How the World Ran Out of Everything 91%

The global supply chain was one shock from collapse, and decades of cost-cutting were the reason.

by Peter S. Goodman 2024

4.04

1k+ ratings

🚢 Global Supply Chains 🦠 Pandemic Economics 🌐 Globalization Critique ⛓️ Labor Exploitation 🏛️ Monopoly Power

Extraordinary Circumstances

by Cynthia Cooper • 2007

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

4.00

538

🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

Extraordinary Circumstances 91%

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

by Cynthia Cooper 2007

4.00

538 ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

Dark Alliance

by Gary Webb • 1998

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

4.30

2k+

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

Dark Alliance 91%

The CIA's Contra army needed money. The cocaine they smuggled to get it fueled LA's crack epidemic.

by Gary Webb 1998

4.30

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Investigative Journalism 💥 Crack Epidemic 🕶️ Covert Operations 💊 Drug War Origins 🌎 Cold War Interventions

California Burning

by Katherine Blunt • 2022

The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.

4.26

2k+

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance ⚡ Energy Policy 🔌 Utility Regulation 🔥 Wildfire Crisis 🛠️ Aging Infrastructure

California Burning 91%

The California utility that chose shareholder returns over safety, and the fires that followed.

by Katherine Blunt 2022

4.26

2k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Malfeasance ⚡ Energy Policy 🔌 Utility Regulation 🔥 Wildfire Crisis 🛠️ Aging Infrastructure

Narconomics

by Tom Wainwright • 2016

Drug cartels are franchise corporations. Beating them means reading their balance sheet.

4.14

12k+

🔫 Organized Crime 🌚 Illicit Markets 📊 Cartel Economics 💊 Drug War Critique 🧮 Rational Choice Theory

Narconomics 91%

Drug cartels are franchise corporations. Beating them means reading their balance sheet.

by Tom Wainwright 2016

4.14

12k+ ratings

🔫 Organized Crime 🌚 Illicit Markets 📊 Cartel Economics 💊 Drug War Critique 🧮 Rational Choice Theory

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo

by Ian Harris • 2016

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

4.16

196

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo 91%

Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.

by Ian Harris 2016

4.16

196 ratings

🔬 Evidence-Based Medicine ⚠️ Medical Overtreatment 💊 Placebo Studies 🧪 Clinical Trial Critique 💰 Conflicts Of Interest

Poorly Made in China

by Paul Midler • 2009

Swapped parts, faked tests, hidden costs: a consultant's tour of China's deceptive factory floors.

4.09

2k+

🏭 Chinese Manufacturing 🌐 Global Supply Chains 🤝 Cultural Negotiation 🕵️ Insider Expose 📦 Product Quality Crisis

Poorly Made in China 91%

Swapped parts, faked tests, hidden costs: a consultant's tour of China's deceptive factory floors.

by Paul Midler 2009

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏭 Chinese Manufacturing 🌐 Global Supply Chains 🤝 Cultural Negotiation 🕵️ Insider Expose 📦 Product Quality Crisis

Los señores del narco

by Anabel Hernández • 2010

Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.

4.04

2k+

📦 Drug Cartels 🇲🇽 Mexican Politics 🏛️ State Complicity ⚔️ Failed Drug War 💰 Money Laundering

Los señores del narco 91%

Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.

by Anabel Hernández 2010

4.04

2k+ ratings

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