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Books like How the Other Half Banks

Broke, USA
by Gary Rivlin • 2010
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
3.71
1k+
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion🏠 Subprime Crisis🔄 Debt Cycles
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA 98%
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
by Gary Rivlin 2010
3.71
1k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion🏠 Subprime Crisis🔄 Debt Cycles
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
by John Hope Bryant • 2014
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
3.99
210
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking💸 Predatory Lending💭 Poverty Psychology
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism 96%
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
by John Hope Bryant 2014
3.99
210 ratings
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking💸 Predatory Lending💭 Poverty Psychology
All the Presidents' Bankers
by Nomi Prins • 2014
A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.
4.07
539
🏦 Banking History💰 Political Economy🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Financial Crises🗽 American Empire
All the Presidents' Bankers Summary
All the Presidents' Bankers 96%
A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.
by Nomi Prins 2014
4.07
539 ratings
🏦 Banking History💰 Political Economy🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Financial Crises🗽 American Empire
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 Summary
Pound Foolish 95%
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
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 Summary
Killing the Host 95%
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
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 Summary
Bailout Nation 95%
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
Freefall
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2010
The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.
3.88
4k+
📉 Financial Crises🏛️ Economic Policy⚖️ Market Regulation🔓 Deregulation⚠️ Moral Hazard
Freefall Summary
Freefall 95%
The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2010
3.88
4k+ ratings
📉 Financial Crises🏛️ Economic Policy⚖️ Market Regulation🔓 Deregulation⚠️ Moral Hazard
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.
4.22
281
💥 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
The Color of Money
by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2017
Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.
4.47
2k+
🏦 Racial Wealth Gap🏛️ Banking History⚖️ Structural Inequality🏠 Redlining🌾 Jim Crow Economy
The Color of Money Summary
The Color of Money 95%
Why Black-owned banks, born from exclusion, could never close the gap they were meant to fix.
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2017
4.47
2k+ ratings
🏦 Racial Wealth Gap🏛️ Banking History⚖️ Structural Inequality🏠 Redlining🌾 Jim Crow Economy
The Bankers' New Clothes
by Anat Admati • 2013
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
3.83
776
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail⚠️ Moral Hazard📉 Leverage
The Bankers' New Clothes Summary
The Bankers' New Clothes 95%
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
by Anat Admati 2013
3.83
776 ratings
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail⚠️ Moral Hazard📉 Leverage
Other People's Money
by John Kay • 2015
Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.
3.92
1k+
🏦 Financial Systems📈 Financialization⚠️ Systemic Risk🏛️ Regulatory Capture🎲 Moral Hazard
Other People's Money Summary
Other People's Money 95%
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
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
Predator Nation 95%
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
Bull by the Horns
by Sheila Bair • 2012
She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.
3.91
494
🏦 Financial Regulation🎭 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail⚠️ Moral Hazard🛡️ Predatory Lending
Bull by the Horns Summary
Bull by the Horns 95%
She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.
by Sheila Bair 2012
3.91
494 ratings
🏦 Financial Regulation🎭 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail⚠️ Moral Hazard🛡️ Predatory Lending
The New Lombard Street
by Perry G. Mehrling • 2010
The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.
4.26
274
🏦 Central Banking📜 Monetary History🔧 Financial Plumbing🔄 Credit Cycles🕶️ Shadow Banking
The New Lombard Street Summary
The New Lombard Street 95%
The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.
by Perry G. Mehrling 2010
4.26
274 ratings
🏦 Central Banking📜 Monetary History🔧 Financial Plumbing🔄 Credit Cycles🕶️ Shadow Banking
It Takes a Pillage
by Nomi Prins • 2009
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
3.96
195
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail🚪 Revolving Door📊 Financial Derivatives
It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage 95%
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
by Nomi Prins 2009
3.96
195 ratings
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail🚪 Revolving Door📊 Financial Derivatives
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
The Price of Inequality 94%
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
Finance and the Good Society
by Robert J. Shiller • 2012
Finance is not the enemy of a good society. Its problems are design flaws, not sins.
3.64
810
💳 Financial Inclusion⚖️ Inequality Economics🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism💸 Impact Investing🕊️ Moral Economy
Finance and the Good Society Summary
Finance and the Good Society 94%
Finance is not the enemy of a good society. Its problems are design flaws, not sins.
by Robert J. Shiller 2012
3.64
810 ratings
💳 Financial Inclusion⚖️ Inequality Economics🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism💸 Impact Investing🕊️ Moral Economy
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.
3.83
9k+
🚨 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 94%
2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.
by Paul Krugman 2008
3.83
9k+ ratings
🚨 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance🏦 Shadow Banking💰 Monetary Policy⚖️ Financial Regulation
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 Summary
Bad Company 94%
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
Portfolios of the Poor
by Daryl Collins • 2009
Hand-to-mouth is a myth. On $2 a day, the poor juggle a dozen financial instruments just to survive.
3.95
1k+
🌍 Development Economics💰 Microfinance🏦 Financial Inclusion🕳️ Poverty Traps🤝 Informal Economy
Portfolios of the Poor Summary
Portfolios of the Poor 94%
Hand-to-mouth is a myth. On $2 a day, the poor juggle a dozen financial instruments just to survive.
by Daryl Collins 2009
3.95
1k+ ratings
🌍 Development Economics💰 Microfinance🏦 Financial Inclusion🕳️ Poverty Traps🤝 Informal Economy
After the Music Stopped
by Alan S. Blinder • 2013
Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.
4.12
2k+
📉 Financial Crises📚 Economic History🏠 Housing Bubbles⚖️ Leverage And Risk🦊 Regulatory Capture
After the Music Stopped Summary
After the Music Stopped 94%
Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.
by Alan S. Blinder 2013
4.12
2k+ ratings
📉 Financial Crises📚 Economic History🏠 Housing Bubbles⚖️ Leverage And Risk🦊 Regulatory Capture
Crashed
by Adam Tooze • 2018
The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.
4.29
4k+
💥 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Political Economy✂️ Austerity Politics🌍 Geopolitics
Crashed Summary
Crashed 94%
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
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.
4.13
21k+
🧐 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 94%
Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.
by Yanis Varoufakis 2013
4.13
21k+ ratings
🧐 Political Economy🏛️ History Of Capitalism⚖️ Market Society Critique💸 Debt And Money Creation🤖 Automation And Work
Reckless Endangerment
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
3.96
2k+
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending💰 Wall Street Excess🔍 Investigative Journalism
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment 94%
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011
3.96
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending💰 Wall Street Excess🔍 Investigative Journalism
Too Big to Fail
by Gary H. Stern • 2004
Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.
3.60
25
🏦 Banking Regulation📉 Financial Crises⚠️ Moral Hazard🔗 Systemic Risk💰 Bank Bailouts
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail 94%
Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.
by Gary H. Stern 2004
3.60
25 ratings
🏦 Banking Regulation📉 Financial Crises⚠️ Moral Hazard🔗 Systemic Risk💰 Bank Bailouts
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? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream? 94%
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 End of Wall Street
by Roger Lowenstein • 2010
Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.
3.91
2k+
🏦 Financial Crises🏢 Wall Street🏠 Housing Bubble🔗 Systemic Risk🧿 Moral Hazard
The End of Wall Street Summary
The End of Wall Street 94%
Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.
by Roger Lowenstein 2010
3.91
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏢 Wall Street🏠 Housing Bubble🔗 Systemic Risk🧿 Moral Hazard
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.
4.16
451
🏦 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 94%
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
Crisis Economics
by Nouriel Roubini • 2010
Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.
3.84
3k+
💥 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance⚠️ Systemic Risk💸 Debt And Leverage🫧 Market Bubbles
Crisis Economics Summary
Crisis Economics 94%
Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.
by Nouriel Roubini 2010
3.84
3k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance⚠️ Systemic Risk💸 Debt And Leverage🫧 Market Bubbles
Money
by David McWilliams • 2024
Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.
4.17
3k+
💰 Monetary History💳 Credit And Debt📉 Boom And Bust👑 Power And Money💡 Financial Innovation
Money Summary
Money 94%
Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.
by David McWilliams 2024
4.17
3k+ ratings
💰 Monetary History💳 Credit And Debt📉 Boom And Bust👑 Power And Money💡 Financial Innovation
Capitalism in America
by Alan Greenspan • 2018
America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.
4.06
2k+
🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Business History💵 Monetary History⚖️ Government And Markets
Capitalism in America Summary
Capitalism in America 94%
America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.
by Alan Greenspan 2018
4.06
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Business History💵 Monetary History⚖️ Government And Markets
Transaction Man
by Nicholas Lemann • 2019
America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.
3.71
318
🏢 Corporate Governance📜 Financial History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📈 Shareholder Capitalism🏚️ Institutional Decline
Transaction Man Summary
Transaction Man 94%
America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.
by Nicholas Lemann 2019
3.71
318 ratings
🏢 Corporate Governance📜 Financial History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📈 Shareholder Capitalism🏚️ Institutional Decline
The Sellout
by Charles Gasparino • 2009
Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.
3.92
302
🧨 Financial Crises🗽 Wall Street History🏠 Mortgage Bonds⚙️ Financial Engineering📈 Leverage
The Sellout Summary
The Sellout 94%
Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.
by Charles Gasparino 2009
3.92
302 ratings
🧨 Financial Crises🗽 Wall Street History🏠 Mortgage Bonds⚙️ Financial Engineering📈 Leverage
The Lost Bank
by Kirsten Grind • 2012
A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.
4.12
1k+
🏦 Banking History💥 Financial Crises💸 Subprime Lending☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture⚖️ Regulatory Failure
The Lost Bank Summary
The Lost Bank 94%
A $1.88 billion fire sale and a silent bank run: inside the collapse of Washington Mutual.
by Kirsten Grind 2012
4.12
1k+ ratings
🏦 Banking History💥 Financial Crises💸 Subprime Lending☣️ Toxic Corporate Culture⚖️ Regulatory Failure
The Global Minotaur
by Yanis Varoufakis • 2011
Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.
4.17
2k+
🏦 International Economics🏛️ Political Economy📉 Financial Crises💵 Dollar Hegemony🏭 Financialization
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur 94%
Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.
by Yanis Varoufakis 2011
4.17
2k+ ratings
🏦 International Economics🏛️ Political Economy📉 Financial Crises💵 Dollar Hegemony🏭 Financialization
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 94%
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
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.
3.96
13k+
💡 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 94%
Markets were never free, finance is too fast: 23 reversals that rewrite capitalism.
by Ha-Joon Chang 2010
3.96
13k+ ratings
💡 Heterodox Economics🧨 Economic Myths🏛️ Political Economy⚖️ Market Regulation🏦 Financial Reform
Hall of Mirrors
by Barry Eichengreen • 2014
History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.
4.01
296
📉 Financial Crises📜 Economic History💵 Monetary Policy🏦 Central Banking🔄 Historical Parallels
Hall of Mirrors Summary
Hall of Mirrors 94%
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
Goliath
by Matt Stoller • 2019
A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.
4.23
1k+
⚖️ Antitrust Policy🏢 Corporate Power🔄 Neoliberalism📜 New Deal Economics🎓 Chicago School Economics
Goliath Summary
Goliath 94%
A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.
by Matt Stoller 2019
4.23
1k+ ratings
⚖️ Antitrust Policy🏢 Corporate Power🔄 Neoliberalism📜 New Deal Economics🎓 Chicago School Economics
The Almightier
by Paul Vigna • 2025
From temple tokens to God: how money sanctified greed and outlawed debt relief.
3.79
89
🔄 History Of Money🌀 Debt Jubilee💰 Greed And Virtue⛪ Money And Religion⚖️ Moral Economy
The Almightier Summary
The Almightier 94%
From temple tokens to God: how money sanctified greed and outlawed debt relief.
by Paul Vigna 2025
3.79
89 ratings
🔄 History Of Money🌀 Debt Jubilee💰 Greed And Virtue⛪ Money And Religion⚖️ Moral Economy
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.
3.76
7k+
💥 Financial Crises📜 Economic History🏛️ Financial History💸 Debt And Leverage🔄 Boom And Bust Cycles
This Time Is Different Summary
This Time Is Different 94%
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
Aftermath
by Rickards James • 2019
Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.
4.09
676
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⚠️ Systemic Risk🧠 Behavioral Economics📉 Economic Inequality
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 94%
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
Makers and Takers
by Rana Foroohar • 2016
Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.
3.97
2k+
🏦 Financialization⏳ Short-Termism🏙️ Wall Street📈 Shareholder Activism🗳️ Money In Politics
Makers and Takers Summary
Makers and Takers 94%
Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.
by Rana Foroohar 2016
3.97
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financialization⏳ Short-Termism🏙️ Wall Street📈 Shareholder Activism🗳️ Money In Politics
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
978
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⛓️ Systemic Risk🐘 Too Big To Fail📉 The Great Recession
Firefighting Summary
Firefighting 94%
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
The Map and the Territory
by Alan Greenspan • 2013
The former Fed chair reveals what models missed: fear and euphoria follow measurable scripts.
3.26
475
🧠 Behavioral Economics📈 Economic Forecasting📉 Financial Crises⚖️ Income Inequality🏦 Central Banking
The Map and the Territory Summary
The Map and the Territory 94%
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
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 Summary
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
Paper Promises
by Philip Coggan • 2011
The gold standard died in 1914. The debt-fueled system that replaced it is dying now.
3.94
552
💰 Monetary History🏦 Sovereign Debt⚖️ Debt Politics💥 Financial Crises🔄 Minskyan Economics
Paper Promises Summary
Paper Promises 94%
The gold standard died in 1914. The debt-fueled system that replaced it is dying now.
by Philip Coggan 2011
3.94
552 ratings
💰 Monetary History🏦 Sovereign Debt⚖️ Debt Politics💥 Financial Crises🔄 Minskyan Economics
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 Summary
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
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