50 Books like Davos Man

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 97%

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

The Trouble With Billionaires

by Linda McQuaig • 2011

Billionaires didn't build their fortunes: society did. And the bill is long overdue.

3.98

210

🏦 Economic Inequality 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏝️ Tax Havens 👑 Plutocracy 🔍 Neoliberalism Critique

The Trouble With Billionaires 97%

Billionaires didn't build their fortunes: society did. And the bill is long overdue.

by Linda McQuaig 2011

3.98

210 ratings

🏦 Economic Inequality 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏝️ Tax Havens 👑 Plutocracy 🔍 Neoliberalism Critique

The Hidden Wealth of Nations

by Gabriel Zucman • 2015

Eight percent of global wealth hides in tax havens; the fix is known and unused.

3.95

1k+

🏝️ Tax Havens 💰 Wealth Inequality 🕵️ Tax Evasion 🔒 Financial Secrecy 🌐 Global Finance

The Hidden Wealth of Nations 96%

Eight percent of global wealth hides in tax havens; the fix is known and unused.

by Gabriel Zucman 2015

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏝️ Tax Havens 💰 Wealth Inequality 🕵️ Tax Evasion 🔒 Financial Secrecy 🌐 Global Finance

Moneyland

by Oliver Bullough • 2018

Stolen wealth has a home: a borderless financial nation built by Western lawyers and accountants.

4.18

7k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🔒 Financial Secrecy 💰 Kleptocracy 🧺 Money Laundering 🌐 Global Corruption

Moneyland 96%

Stolen wealth has a home: a borderless financial nation built by Western lawyers and accountants.

by Oliver Bullough 2018

4.18

7k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance 🔒 Financial Secrecy 💰 Kleptocracy 🧺 Money Laundering 🌐 Global Corruption

Limitarianism

by Ingrid Robeyns • 2023

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

4.06

2k+

💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

Limitarianism 96%

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

by Ingrid Robeyns 2023

4.06

2k+ ratings

💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

Requiem for the American Dream

by Noam Chomsky • 2017

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

4.21

4k+

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Requiem for the American Dream 96%

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

by Noam Chomsky 2017

4.21

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

The Speech

by Bernie Sanders • 2010

The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.

4.20

916

📊 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Progressive Politics 📉 Wall Street Critique 💵 Campaign Finance

The Speech 96%

The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.

by Bernie Sanders 2010

4.20

916 ratings

📊 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Progressive Politics 📉 Wall Street Critique 💵 Campaign Finance

Bad Company

by Megan Greenwell • 2025

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

4.03

5k+

🏢 Private Equity 📉 Economic Inequality ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Bad Company 96%

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

by Megan Greenwell 2025

4.03

5k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 📉 Economic Inequality ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Giants

by Peter Phillips • 2018

How a small group of financiers and their directors captured governments, media, and the military.

3.79

257

🏦 Financial Power 🌐 Global Elite ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🕸️ Elite Networks 📣 Propaganda Model

Giants 96%

How a small group of financiers and their directors captured governments, media, and the military.

by Peter Phillips 2018

3.79

257 ratings

🏦 Financial Power 🌐 Global Elite ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🕸️ Elite Networks 📣 Propaganda Model

Who Stole the American Dream?

by Hedrick Smith • 2012

One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.

4.19

874

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 📉 Middle Class Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🗳️ Campaign Finance

Who Stole the American Dream? 96%

One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.

by Hedrick Smith 2012

4.19

874 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 📉 Middle Class Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🗳️ Campaign Finance

The System

by Robert B. Reich • 2020

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

4.28

4k+

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

The System 96%

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

by Robert B. Reich 2020

4.28

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

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 96%

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

Predator Nation

by Charles Ferguson • 2012

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

4.11

491

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

Predator Nation 96%

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

by Charles Ferguson 2012

4.11

491 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

4.02

149

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich 96%

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

4.02

149 ratings

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

The Price of Inequality

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2012

Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.

4.02

10k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🎯 Rent-Seeking 💸 Financial Deregulation 🌹 Progressive Economics

The Price of Inequality 95%

Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012

4.02

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🎯 Rent-Seeking 💸 Financial Deregulation 🌹 Progressive Economics

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 95%

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 Road to Freedom

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

3.98

857

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

The Road to Freedom 95%

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024

3.98

857 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

Fight Oligarchy

by Bernie Sanders • 2025

Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.

4.36

4k+

🏛️ American Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power ✊ Grassroots Organizing 👷 Working Class Politics

Fight Oligarchy 95%

Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.

by Bernie Sanders 2025

4.36

4k+ ratings

🏛️ American Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power ✊ Grassroots Organizing 👷 Working Class Politics

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2015

A Nobel economist reveals which rules broke the American economy, and how to fix them.

3.98

291

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Inequality Economics 💰 Rent-Seeking 👷 Labor Markets 🏦 Financialization

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy Summary

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy 95%

A Nobel economist reveals which rules broke the American economy, and how to fix them.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015

3.98

291 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Inequality Economics 💰 Rent-Seeking 👷 Labor Markets 🏦 Financialization

Jackpot

by Michael Mechanic • 2021

Extreme wealth corrodes character, isolates its owners, and rigs the economy against everyone else.

3.86

820

💸 Wealth Inequality ⚖️ Economic Justice 🧠 Psychology Of Wealth 🫧 Elite Bubbles 💰 Tax Avoidance

Jackpot 95%

Extreme wealth corrodes character, isolates its owners, and rigs the economy against everyone else.

by Michael Mechanic 2021

3.86

820 ratings

💸 Wealth Inequality ⚖️ Economic Justice 🧠 Psychology Of Wealth 🫧 Elite Bubbles 💰 Tax Avoidance

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins • 2016

Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.

3.93

8k+

🏴 Neocolonialism 🌐 Global Finance 📣 Whistleblower Accounts 🏢 Corporate Power 💸 Debt And Power

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 95%

Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.

by John Perkins 2016

3.93

8k+ ratings

🏴 Neocolonialism 🌐 Global Finance 📣 Whistleblower Accounts 🏢 Corporate Power 💸 Debt And Power

Invisible Doctrine

by George Monbiot • 2024

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

4.37

4k+

🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Invisible Doctrine 95%

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

by George Monbiot 2024

4.37

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

The Shock Doctrine

by Naomi Klein • 2007

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

4.30

55k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Shock Doctrine 95%

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2007

4.30

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Givers

by David Callahan • 2017

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

3.73

485

🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

The Givers 95%

When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.

by David Callahan 2017

3.73

485 ratings

🏛️ Money In Politics 💰 Wealth And Democracy 🕶️ Dark Money 💼 Venture Philanthropy 💸 Billionaire Influence

Uncommon Wealth

by Kojo Koram • 2022

Offshore finance and debt traps: empire's playbook, tested abroad, now returned to reshape Britain.

4.29

508

🏛️ British Empire 🌍 Global Inequality 🏦 Offshore Finance 🏢 Corporate Power 🔗 Neocolonialism

Uncommon Wealth 95%

Offshore finance and debt traps: empire's playbook, tested abroad, now returned to reshape Britain.

by Kojo Koram 2022

4.29

508 ratings

🏛️ British Empire 🌍 Global Inequality 🏦 Offshore Finance 🏢 Corporate Power 🔗 Neocolonialism

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 95%

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

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent

by Sam Wilkin • 2015

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

3.71

357

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent 95%

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

by Sam Wilkin 2015

3.71

357 ratings

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

Silent Coup

by Claire Provost • 2023

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

4.31

277

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Silent Coup 95%

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

by Claire Provost 2023

4.31

277 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Butler to the World

by Oliver Bullough • 2022

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

3.98

3k+

🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

Butler to the World 95%

How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.

by Oliver Bullough 2022

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏝️ Offshore Finance 💸 Money Laundering 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Financial Crime

Controligarchs

by Seamus Bruner • 2023

A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.

4.10

271

🌐 Global Elites 💰 Billionaire Class 🚫 Anti-Globalism 📹 Digital Surveillance 🧐 Philanthropy Critique

Controligarchs 95%

A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.

by Seamus Bruner 2023

4.10

271 ratings

🌐 Global Elites 💰 Billionaire Class 🚫 Anti-Globalism 📹 Digital Surveillance 🧐 Philanthropy Critique

Plunder

by Brendan Ballou • 2023

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

4.09

2k+

🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism 🏠 Housing Inequality 🏥 Healthcare Economics

Plunder 95%

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

by Brendan Ballou 2023

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism 🏠 Housing Inequality 🏥 Healthcare Economics

Griftopia

by Matt Taibbi • 2010

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

4.16

10k+

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Griftopia 95%

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

by Matt Taibbi 2010

4.16

10k+ ratings

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Occupy

by Noam Chomsky • 2012

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

3.59

2k+

🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

Occupy 95%

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

by Noam Chomsky 2012

3.59

2k+ ratings

🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

by Bernie Sanders • 2023

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

4.10

8k+

🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism 95%

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

by Bernie Sanders 2023

4.10

8k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

Plutocrats

by Chrystia Freeland • 2012

The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.

3.61

3k+

💰 Income Inequality 🌍 Global Elites 🏆 Superstar Economy 🏛️ Rent-Seeking 🎭 Political Capture

Plutocrats 94%

The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.

by Chrystia Freeland 2012

3.61

3k+ ratings

💰 Income Inequality 🌍 Global Elites 🏆 Superstar Economy 🏛️ Rent-Seeking 🎭 Political Capture

Saving Capitalism

by Robert B. Reich • 2004

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

4.18

5k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

Saving Capitalism 94%

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

by Robert B. Reich 2004

4.18

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

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 94%

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

Killing the Host

by Michael Hudson • 2013

Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.

4.34

387

🏦 Financialization 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Debt Cycles 💰 Rent Extraction ✂️ Austerity Critique

Killing the Host 94%

Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.

by Michael Hudson 2013

4.34

387 ratings

🏦 Financialization 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Debt Cycles 💰 Rent Extraction ✂️ Austerity Critique

Consequences of Capitalism

by Noam Chomsky • 2020

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

4.33

2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Consequences of Capitalism 94%

The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.

by Noam Chomsky 2020

4.33

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📺 Media Criticism ✊ Anti-Capitalism 🏦 Neoliberalism 🗳️ Democratic Decline

Pound Foolish

by Helaine Olen • 2012

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

3.67

2k+

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help 🏦 Retirement Crisis 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy

Pound Foolish 94%

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

by Helaine Olen 2012

3.67

2k+ ratings

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help 🏦 Retirement Crisis 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy

Making Globalization Work

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2006

Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.

3.85

2k+

🌍 International Development 📊 Development Economics ⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism 🏛️ Global Governance 🚢 Trade Policy

Making Globalization Work 94%

Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2006

3.85

2k+ ratings

🌍 International Development 📊 Development Economics ⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism 🏛️ Global Governance 🚢 Trade Policy

The Price of Civilization

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2010

What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.

3.84

2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 American Decline 🗽 Civic Decline 🏢 Corporate Influence ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Price of Civilization 94%

What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010

3.84

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 American Decline 🗽 Civic Decline 🏢 Corporate Influence ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Unholy Trinity

by Richard Peet • 2003

Wall Street's enforcers: how three institutions built an economic order the poor never chose.

3.57

147

🏦 Neoliberal Critique 🌐 Global Governance 📉 Structural Adjustment 📊 Political Economy ⚖️ Global Inequality

Unholy Trinity 94%

Wall Street's enforcers: how three institutions built an economic order the poor never chose.

by Richard Peet 2003

3.57

147 ratings

🏦 Neoliberal Critique 🌐 Global Governance 📉 Structural Adjustment 📊 Political Economy ⚖️ Global Inequality

People, Power, and Profits

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2019

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

3.88

2k+

📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

People, Power, and Profits 94%

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019

3.88

2k+ ratings

📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

The New Human Rights Movement

by Peter Joseph • 2017

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

4.33

625

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The New Human Rights Movement 94%

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

by Peter Joseph 2017

4.33

625 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

A Fine Mess

by T.R. Reid • 2017

Six billion hours a year on taxes. Other countries need minutes. The reform we keep ignoring.

4.24

1k+

🧾 Tax Reform 🏛️ Public Finance 🕳️ Tax Loopholes 🏢 Tax Avoidance 🏝️ Tax Havens

A Fine Mess 94%

Six billion hours a year on taxes. Other countries need minutes. The reform we keep ignoring.

by T.R. Reid 2017

4.24

1k+ ratings

🧾 Tax Reform 🏛️ Public Finance 🕳️ Tax Loopholes 🏢 Tax Avoidance 🏝️ Tax Havens

Angrynomics

by Eric Lonergan • 2020

Economic anger has two sources: grievances elites ignore, and tribal rage politicians exploit.

3.90

842

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 😤 Anger And Politics

Angrynomics 94%

Economic anger has two sources: grievances elites ignore, and tribal rage politicians exploit.

by Eric Lonergan 2020

3.90

842 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 😤 Anger And Politics

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

by Martin Wolf • 2023

The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.

3.91

1k+

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