28 Books like Freefall

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 98%

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

by Nouriel Roubini 2010

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

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 97%

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

by George Soros 2008

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

Bailout Nation

by Barry Ritholtz • 2009

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

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

Bailout Nation 97%

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

by Barry Ritholtz 2009

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572 ratings

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

Capitalism, Alone

by Branko Milanović • 2019

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

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🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

Capitalism, Alone 97%

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

by Branko Milanović 2019

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🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

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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🚨 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance 🏦 Shadow Banking 💰 Monetary Policy ⚖️ 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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🏦 International Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Financial Crises 💵 Dollar Hegemony 🏭 Financialization

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

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

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

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2010

Markets were never free, finance is too fast: 23 reversals that rewrite capitalism.

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💡 Heterodox Economics 🧨 Economic Myths 🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🏦 Financial Reform

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism Summary

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism 96%

Markets were never free, finance is too fast: 23 reversals that rewrite capitalism.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2010

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💡 Heterodox Economics 🧨 Economic Myths 🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🏦 Financial Reform

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 96%

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

Trade Wars Are Class Wars

by Matthew C. Klein • 2020

The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💰 Inequality And Trade 👥 Class Conflict 📊 Financial Flows

Trade Wars Are Class Wars 96%

The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.

by Matthew C. Klein 2020

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💰 Inequality And Trade 👥 Class Conflict 📊 Financial Flows

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2013

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

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🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Summary

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy 96%

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2013

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🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

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

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

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.

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

The Price of Inequality 96%

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

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012

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

Aftermath

by Rickards James • 2019

Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.

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🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📉 Economic Inequality

Aftermath 96%

Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.

by Rickards James 2019

4.09

676 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📉 Economic Inequality

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

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

Predator Nation

by Charles Ferguson • 2012

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

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🏦 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

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491 ratings

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

Angrynomics

by Eric Lonergan • 2020

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

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

Angrynomics 96%

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

by Eric Lonergan 2020

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842 ratings

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

Economics Explained

by Robert L. Heilbroner • 1982

Capitalism is not human nature; it is a recent, revolutionary system with discoverable rules.

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🎓 Economic Literacy 📜 Economic History ⚙️ Economic Systems ⚠️ Market Failure 📈 Keynesian Economics

Economics Explained 96%

Capitalism is not human nature; it is a recent, revolutionary system with discoverable rules.

by Robert L. Heilbroner 1982

3.73

438 ratings

🎓 Economic Literacy 📜 Economic History ⚙️ Economic Systems ⚠️ Market Failure 📈 Keynesian Economics

Killing the Host

by Michael Hudson • 2013

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

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

Killing the Host 96%

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

by Michael Hudson 2013

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387 ratings

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

What Went Wrong with Capitalism

by Ruchir Sharma • 2024

Too much government, not too little, broke capitalism: bailouts, zombies, stalled growth.

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🤝 Crony Capitalism 🚫 Government Overreach 💰 Monetary Policy 🔄 Debt Cycles 🆘 Financial Bailouts

What Went Wrong with Capitalism 96%

Too much government, not too little, broke capitalism: bailouts, zombies, stalled growth.

by Ruchir Sharma 2024

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733 ratings

🤝 Crony Capitalism 🚫 Government Overreach 💰 Monetary Policy 🔄 Debt Cycles 🆘 Financial Bailouts

The Road to Freedom

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024

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

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

The Road to Freedom 96%

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

The Bankers' New Clothes

by Anat Admati • 2013

The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.

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🏦 Banking Regulation 🐍 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 📉 Leverage

The Bankers' New Clothes 96%

The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.

by Anat Admati 2013

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776 ratings

🏦 Banking Regulation 🐍 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 📉 Leverage

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 96%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

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 96%

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

by Alan Greenspan 2007

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7k+ ratings

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

Naked Economics

by Charles Wheelan • 2002

Markets are brilliant and broken. Incentives explain why. Economics without the equations.

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📚 Economic Literacy 🧭 Incentives And Behavior ⚠️ Market Failures 🌐 Globalization And Trade 🌱 Development Economics

Naked Economics 96%

Markets are brilliant and broken. Incentives explain why. Economics without the equations.

by Charles Wheelan 2002

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📚 Economic Literacy 🧭 Incentives And Behavior ⚠️ Market Failures 🌐 Globalization And Trade 🌱 Development Economics

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 95%

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

by Adam Tooze 2018

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4k+ ratings

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

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