50 Books like Jump-Starting America

The Great Reset

by Richard Florida • 2010

Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.

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656

🏙️ Urban Economics 🗺️ Economic Geography 🏗️ Infrastructure 💡 Creative Economy 🔄 Post-Industrial Society

The Great Reset 96%

Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.

by Richard Florida 2010

3.59

656 ratings

🏙️ Urban Economics 🗺️ Economic Geography 🏗️ Infrastructure 💡 Creative Economy 🔄 Post-Industrial Society

Entrepreneurial Nation

by Ro Khanna • 2012

Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.

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🏭 American Manufacturing 🏛️ Industrial Policy ⚙️ Innovation Policy 👷 Skills Gap 🏗️ Reshoring

Entrepreneurial Nation 96%

Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.

by Ro Khanna 2012

3.73

30 ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 🏛️ Industrial Policy ⚙️ Innovation Policy 👷 Skills Gap 🏗️ Reshoring

The New Geography Of Jobs

by Enrico Moretti • 2012

A single innovation job creates five local ones, but only where the cluster already exists.

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🗺️ Economic Geography 💡 Innovation Clusters 🎓 Human Capital 🚚 Geographic Mobility ⚖️ Spatial Inequality

The New Geography Of Jobs 96%

A single innovation job creates five local ones, but only where the cluster already exists.

by Enrico Moretti 2012

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3k+ ratings

🗺️ Economic Geography 💡 Innovation Clusters 🎓 Human Capital 🚚 Geographic Mobility ⚖️ Spatial Inequality

The World Is Flat

by Thomas L. Friedman • 2005

Three billion new workers entered the global economy, and geography stopped deciding who wins.

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🚢 Global Supply Chains 🧠 Knowledge Economy 📦 Outsourcing 💻 Digital Revolution ⚡ Technological Disruption

The World Is Flat 95%

Three billion new workers entered the global economy, and geography stopped deciding who wins.

by Thomas L. Friedman 2005

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103k+ ratings

🚢 Global Supply Chains 🧠 Knowledge Economy 📦 Outsourcing 💻 Digital Revolution ⚡ Technological Disruption

The Rise of the Creative Class

by Richard Florida • 2004

Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.

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🏙️ Urban Economics 🎨 Creative Industries 🧠 Knowledge Work 🌍 Economic Geography 🏗️ Place Making

The Rise of the Creative Class 95%

Jobs once followed factories. Now a class of creatives clusters in the most tolerant cities.

by Richard Florida 2004

3.68

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Economics 🎨 Creative Industries 🧠 Knowledge Work 🌍 Economic Geography 🏗️ Place Making

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy

by Tim Harford • 2017

Fifty inventions, from barbed wire to infant formula, and the economic ripples nobody saw coming.

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📜 Economic History 💡 Innovation Economics 🔧 Technological History 🦋 Unintended Consequences 🌪️ Creative Destruction

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy Summary

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy 95%

Fifty inventions, from barbed wire to infant formula, and the economic ripples nobody saw coming.

by Tim Harford 2017

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4k+ ratings

📜 Economic History 💡 Innovation Economics 🔧 Technological History 🦋 Unintended Consequences 🌪️ Creative Destruction

Made in the USA

by Vaclav Smil • 2013

How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.

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510

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Industry ⚡ Energy Economics 📉 Deindustrialization 🔗 Supply Chains

Made in the USA 95%

How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.

by Vaclav Smil 2013

3.76

510 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Industry ⚡ Energy Economics 📉 Deindustrialization 🔗 Supply Chains

Startup Cities

by Peter S. Cohan • 2018

Global startup success clusters in a handful of cities. A five-stage ladder explains the pattern.

3.50

🏢 Startup Ecosystems 🗺️ Economic Clusters 💰 Venture Capital 🎓 University-Industry Ties 🏗️ Regional Development

Startup Cities 95%

Global startup success clusters in a handful of cities. A five-stage ladder explains the pattern.

by Peter S. Cohan 2018

3.50

6 ratings

🏢 Startup Ecosystems 🗺️ Economic Clusters 💰 Venture Capital 🎓 University-Industry Ties 🏗️ Regional Development

The Rainforest

by Victor W. Hwang • 2012

Free markets can't build a Silicon Valley. The real secret is engineering trust between strangers.

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238

🌐 Innovation Ecosystems 🤝 Social Capital 🌱 Business Ecology 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 🌀 Complexity Economics

The Rainforest 95%

Free markets can't build a Silicon Valley. The real secret is engineering trust between strangers.

by Victor W. Hwang 2012

4.07

238 ratings

🌐 Innovation Ecosystems 🤝 Social Capital 🌱 Business Ecology 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 🌀 Complexity Economics

The Race between Education and Technology

by Claudia Goldin • 2008

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

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📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital 💰 Income Inequality ⚙️ Technological Change

The Race between Education and Technology Summary

The Race between Education and Technology 95%

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

by Claudia Goldin 2008

3.81

189 ratings

📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital 💰 Income Inequality ⚙️ Technological Change

Mission Economy

by Mariana Mazzucato • 2020

State-led missions built the internet and GPS; now turn that force on climate and inequality.

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💡 Innovation Economics 🏛️ Public Sector Reform 🏭 Industrial Policy 🤝 Public-Private Partnerships ⏳ Patient Capital

Mission Economy 95%

State-led missions built the internet and GPS; now turn that force on climate and inequality.

by Mariana Mazzucato 2020

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3k+ ratings

💡 Innovation Economics 🏛️ Public Sector Reform 🏭 Industrial Policy 🤝 Public-Private Partnerships ⏳ Patient Capital

Dignity in a Digital Age

by Ro Khanna • 2022

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

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⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

Dignity in a Digital Age 94%

Five cities captured 90% of tech job growth. The case for creating digital opportunity everywhere.

by Ro Khanna 2022

3.71

149 ratings

⚙️ Tech Policy 🌐 Digital Divide 🗺️ Economic Geography ⚖️ Internet Regulation 🔒 Data Privacy

The Technology Trap

by Carl Benedikt Frey • 2019

The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?

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657

🏛️ Economic History 👷 Labor Economics 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🤖 Technological Unemployment ⚖️ Inequality And Technology

The Technology Trap 94%

The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?

by Carl Benedikt Frey 2019

4.10

657 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 👷 Labor Economics 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🤖 Technological Unemployment ⚖️ Inequality And Technology

How Progress Ends

by Carl Benedikt Frey • 2025

Progress doesn't stall from a lack of ideas but from institutions that protect yesterday's winners.

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233

📈 Economic History 💡 Innovation Economics 💥 Creative Destruction 🛡️ Incumbent Resistance 🏛️ State-Led Development

How Progress Ends 94%

Progress doesn't stall from a lack of ideas but from institutions that protect yesterday's winners.

by Carl Benedikt Frey 2025

4.16

233 ratings

📈 Economic History 💡 Innovation Economics 💥 Creative Destruction 🛡️ Incumbent Resistance 🏛️ State-Led Development

Capitalism without Capital

by Jonathan Haskel • 2017

Investment shifted from machines to ideas, and ideas refuse to follow the old economic rules.

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🧠 Knowledge Economy 📊 Intangible Assets 📉 Productivity Paradox 💡 Innovation Economics ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Capitalism without Capital 94%

Investment shifted from machines to ideas, and ideas refuse to follow the old economic rules.

by Jonathan Haskel 2017

3.78

2k+ ratings

🧠 Knowledge Economy 📊 Intangible Assets 📉 Productivity Paradox 💡 Innovation Economics ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Power Law

by Sebastian Mallaby • 2022

Five percent of venture bets make sixty percent of returns. The usual rules break.

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💼 Venture Capital 🌉 Silicon Valley 📊 Power Laws 🕸️ Network Effects 📜 Financial History

The Power Law 94%

Five percent of venture bets make sixty percent of returns. The usual rules break.

by Sebastian Mallaby 2022

4.42

5k+ ratings

💼 Venture Capital 🌉 Silicon Valley 📊 Power Laws 🕸️ Network Effects 📜 Financial History

Innovation

by Mark Dodgson • 2010

Most innovations fail, and the pattern of those failures is not a bug but a design feature.

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190

📚 Innovation Studies 🔄 Organizational Change 🤖 Technology And Society 💥 Creative Destruction 🧪 Failure And Learning

Innovation 94%

Most innovations fail, and the pattern of those failures is not a bug but a design feature.

by Mark Dodgson 2010

3.28

190 ratings

📚 Innovation Studies 🔄 Organizational Change 🤖 Technology And Society 💥 Creative Destruction 🧪 Failure And Learning

Power and Progress

by Daron Acemoğlu • 2023

For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚙️ History Of Technology 🔧 Technological Bias 🏭 Labor And Automation 📊 Institutional Economics

Power and Progress 94%

For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.

by Daron Acemoğlu 2023

3.94

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚙️ History Of Technology 🔧 Technological Bias 🏭 Labor And Automation 📊 Institutional Economics

The Gifts of Athena

by Joel Mokyr • 2002

The modern economy runs on a feedback loop between understanding nature and manipulating it.

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📈 Economic History 🔧 History Of Technology 🧠 Knowledge Economies ⚙️ Innovation Systems 🔬 Science And Industry

The Gifts of Athena 94%

The modern economy runs on a feedback loop between understanding nature and manipulating it.

by Joel Mokyr 2002

4.02

136 ratings

📈 Economic History 🔧 History Of Technology 🧠 Knowledge Economies ⚙️ Innovation Systems 🔬 Science And Industry

The Great Tech Game

by Anirudh Suri • 2022

Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.

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131

🖥️ Tech Geopolitics 💻 Digital Economy 🌐 Great Power Competition 🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🔒 Digital Sovereignty

The Great Tech Game 94%

Power once meant factories and oil. Now it runs on code, chips, and data.

by Anirudh Suri 2022

4.43

131 ratings

🖥️ Tech Geopolitics 💻 Digital Economy 🌐 Great Power Competition 🛡️ Cyber Warfare 🔒 Digital Sovereignty

Factory Man

by Beth Macy • 2014

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

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🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

Factory Man 94%

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

by Beth Macy 2014

3.87

3k+ ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

How Economics Explains the World

by Andrew Leigh • 2024

The entire human story, retold through scarcity, trade, and the accidents of birth.

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🌍 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Global Trade 💡 Technological Progress ⚖️ Economic Inequality

How Economics Explains the World Summary

How Economics Explains the World 94%

The entire human story, retold through scarcity, trade, and the accidents of birth.

by Andrew Leigh 2024

3.91

3k+ ratings

🌍 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Global Trade 💡 Technological Progress ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Industries of the Future

by Alec J. Ross • 2016

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

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🌐 Emerging Technologies 🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies 🛡️ Cyberwarfare 📊 Data Ethics

The Industries of the Future 94%

Robotics, genomics, code, and cyberwar: the next economy's winners and losers, mapped.

by Alec J. Ross 2016

3.96

8k+ ratings

🌐 Emerging Technologies 🤖 Labor Automation 💰 Digital Currencies 🛡️ Cyberwarfare 📊 Data Ethics

Master Switch

by Tim Wu • 2010

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

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🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

Master Switch 94%

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

by Tim Wu 2010

3.89

8k+ ratings

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

Concrete Economics

by Stephen S. Cohen • 2015

Free markets didn't build American prosperity. Government did, repeatedly, then we forgot.

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283

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 💰 Financialization

Concrete Economics 94%

Free markets didn't build American prosperity. Government did, repeatedly, then we forgot.

by Stephen S. Cohen 2015

3.87

283 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 💰 Financialization

Revolutionary Wealth

by Alvin Toffler • 2006

New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.

3.88

668

🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Postindustrial Society 👻 Hidden Economy 🌫️ Intangible Assets 🌏 Global Economic Shift

Revolutionary Wealth 94%

New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.

by Alvin Toffler 2006

3.88

668 ratings

🧠 Knowledge Economy 🏛️ Postindustrial Society 👻 Hidden Economy 🌫️ Intangible Assets 🌏 Global Economic Shift

The Exponential Age

by Azeem Azhar • 2021

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

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1k+

🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

The Exponential Age 94%

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

by Azeem Azhar 2021

3.98

1k+ ratings

🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

Bad Samaritans

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2007

Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.

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6k+

🏗️ Development Economics 📜 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy ⚖️ Neoliberal Critique 🔄 Heterodox Economics

Bad Samaritans 94%

Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2007

4.20

6k+ ratings

🏗️ Development Economics 📜 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy ⚖️ Neoliberal Critique 🔄 Heterodox Economics

The Robots Are Coming!

by Andrés Oppenheimer • 2018

Factory workers lost their jobs to robots last decade. This decade, it's lawyers and accountants.

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🤖 Future Of Work 🏭 Technological Unemployment 📚 Lifelong Learning 💻 Education Technology 🏥 Healthcare Innovation

The Robots Are Coming! 94%

Factory workers lost their jobs to robots last decade. This decade, it's lawyers and accountants.

by Andrés Oppenheimer 2018

4.19

3k+ ratings

🤖 Future Of Work 🏭 Technological Unemployment 📚 Lifelong Learning 💻 Education Technology 🏥 Healthcare Innovation

Powershift

by Alvin Toffler • 1990

Information rewrites power itself: who holds it, how it flows, and why old hierarchies collapse.

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1k+

🧠 Knowledge Economy ⚡ Power Dynamics 🔄 Organizational Change 🔮 Futurology 📡 Information Warfare

Powershift 94%

Information rewrites power itself: who holds it, how it flows, and why old hierarchies collapse.

by Alvin Toffler 1990

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Knowledge Economy ⚡ Power Dynamics 🔄 Organizational Change 🔮 Futurology 📡 Information Warfare

The Handover

by David Runciman • 2023

Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.

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🏛️ Political Theory 🏢 Corporate Power 🤖 Ai Governance 👥 Institutional Power 🧠 Group Decision Making

The Handover 94%

Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.

by David Runciman 2023

3.71

234 ratings

🏛️ Political Theory 🏢 Corporate Power 🤖 Ai Governance 👥 Institutional Power 🧠 Group Decision Making

Good Economics for Hard Times

by Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2019

The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.

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📊 Economic Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🌍 Migration 🌱 Development Economics

Good Economics for Hard Times 94%

The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.

by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2019

4.22

15k+ ratings

📊 Economic Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🌍 Migration 🌱 Development Economics

Paper Belt on Fire

by Michael Gibson • 2022

Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.

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160

🎓 Credentialism 📉 Technological Stagnation 💰 Venture Capital 📈 Progress Studies 🚀 Alternative Education

Paper Belt on Fire 94%

Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.

by Michael Gibson 2022

3.88

160 ratings

🎓 Credentialism 📉 Technological Stagnation 💰 Venture Capital 📈 Progress Studies 🚀 Alternative Education

Who's Your City?

by Richard Florida • 2008

Forty regions hold two-thirds of the world's wealth. Your zip code now outweighs your resume.

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🗺️ Economic Geography 🔗 Clustering Effects 😊 Place And Happiness 🧠 Knowledge Economy 🌐 Global Cities

Who's Your City? 94%

Forty regions hold two-thirds of the world's wealth. Your zip code now outweighs your resume.

by Richard Florida 2008

3.46

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Economic Geography 🔗 Clustering Effects 😊 Place And Happiness 🧠 Knowledge Economy 🌐 Global Cities

Eat People

by Andy Kessler • 2011

Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.

3.63

393

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💥 Creative Destruction 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🖥️ Platform Economics 📉 Zero Marginal Cost

Eat People 94%

Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.

by Andy Kessler 2011

3.63

393 ratings

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💥 Creative Destruction 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🖥️ Platform Economics 📉 Zero Marginal Cost

Average Is Over

by Tyler Cowen • 2013

The labor market is now a chess match: winning means teaming up with the machine.

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🛠️ Labor Economics 🔮 Future Of Work 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🤝 Human-Machine Teams 💸 Wage Inequality

Average Is Over 94%

The labor market is now a chess match: winning means teaming up with the machine.

by Tyler Cowen 2013

3.64

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Labor Economics 🔮 Future Of Work 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🤝 Human-Machine Teams 💸 Wage Inequality

Human Frontiers

by Michael Bhaskar • 2021

More money, more minds, more data than ever. So why have the big ideas dried up?

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126

🐌 Innovation Slowdown 📉 Diminishing Returns 📊 Progress Studies 💡 Idea Economy 🤖 Techno-Skepticism

Human Frontiers 93%

More money, more minds, more data than ever. So why have the big ideas dried up?

by Michael Bhaskar 2021

3.83

126 ratings

🐌 Innovation Slowdown 📉 Diminishing Returns 📊 Progress Studies 💡 Idea Economy 🤖 Techno-Skepticism

WTF?

by Tim O'Reilly • 2017

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

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2k+

🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

WTF? 93%

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

by Tim O'Reilly 2017

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

by Klaus Schwab • 2016

Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.

3.56

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🌀 Technological Disruption 🔧 Future Of Work 🏙️ Technology And Society 🤖 Ai And Automation 🔬 Emerging Technologies

The Fourth Industrial Revolution Summary

The Fourth Industrial Revolution 93%

Physical, digital, and biological tech are merging. Jobs, governments, and selves will be rewritten.

by Klaus Schwab 2016

3.56

5k+ ratings

🌀 Technological Disruption 🔧 Future Of Work 🏙️ Technology And Society 🤖 Ai And Automation 🔬 Emerging Technologies

Underground Empire

by Henry Farrell • 2023

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

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🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

Underground Empire 93%

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

by Henry Farrell 2023

4.02

1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

The Square and the Tower

by Niall Ferguson • 2017

The real shapers of history were not kings but the networks connecting everyone else.

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🌍 World History 💰 Economic History 📜 Big History 🕸️ Network Science 👥 Social Networks

The Square and the Tower 93%

The real shapers of history were not kings but the networks connecting everyone else.

by Niall Ferguson 2017

3.65

4k+ ratings

🌍 World History 💰 Economic History 📜 Big History 🕸️ Network Science 👥 Social Networks

Democratizing Innovation

by Eric von Hippel • 2005

Innovation's hidden engine isn't corporate R&D. It's users, and companies that ignore them lose out.

3.62

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👥 User Innovation 🔓 Open Innovation 📈 Innovation Economics 🛠️ Product Development 📱 Technology Adoption

Democratizing Innovation 93%

Innovation's hidden engine isn't corporate R&D. It's users, and companies that ignore them lose out.

by Eric von Hippel 2005

3.62

617 ratings

👥 User Innovation 🔓 Open Innovation 📈 Innovation Economics 🛠️ Product Development 📱 Technology Adoption

The New World Economy

by Randy Charles Epping • 2020

One disruption anywhere now hits everywhere. A map of the new global economy for beginners.

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152

🌐 Global Economics 📚 Economic Literacy 💻 Digital Economy 🤖 Technological Disruption ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The New World Economy 93%

One disruption anywhere now hits everywhere. A map of the new global economy for beginners.

by Randy Charles Epping 2020

3.64

152 ratings

🌐 Global Economics 📚 Economic Literacy 💻 Digital Economy 🤖 Technological Disruption ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Capitalism, Alone

by Branko Milanović • 2019

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

4.11

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

Capitalism, Alone 93%

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

by Branko Milanović 2019

4.11

1k+ ratings

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

The Capitalist Manifesto

by Johan Norberg • 2023

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

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🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

The Capitalist Manifesto 93%

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

by Johan Norberg 2023

4.23

811 ratings

🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

The Second Machine Age

by Erik Brynjolfsson • 2014

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

3.91

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🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

The Second Machine Age 93%

Kodak employed 145,000. Instagram: 15. The economics that explains both, and what comes next.

by Erik Brynjolfsson 2014

3.91

12k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economy 🏭 Automation And Jobs 💼 Future Of Work 📈 Exponential Technology 🤖 AI And Society

Knowledge and Power

by George Gilder • 2013

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

3.94

428

📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

Knowledge and Power 93%

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

by George Gilder 2013

3.94

428 ratings

📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

Fiber

by Susan P. Crawford • 2018

Fiber is this century's electricity, and America skipped the wiring job.

3.87

159

🌐 Internet Infrastructure 📡 Telecom Policy ⚖️ Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Anti-Monopoly 🔌 Public Utilities

Fiber 93%

Fiber is this century's electricity, and America skipped the wiring job.

by Susan P. Crawford 2018

3.87

159 ratings

🌐 Internet Infrastructure 📡 Telecom Policy ⚖️ Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Anti-Monopoly 🔌 Public Utilities

2030

by Mauro F. Guillén • 2020

By 2030, three demographic waves collide: aging societies, female fortunes, and an ascendant Asia.

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🌐 Macroeconomic Trends 🌍 Global Demographics 🔮 Futures Thinking 📊 Convergence Trends 👴 Aging Populations

2030 93%

By 2030, three demographic waves collide: aging societies, female fortunes, and an ascendant Asia.

by Mauro F. Guillén 2020

3.69

3k+ ratings

🌐 Macroeconomic Trends 🌍 Global Demographics 🔮 Futures Thinking 📊 Convergence Trends 👴 Aging Populations

Start-up Nation

by Dan Senor • 2009

Surrounded and resource-poor, Israel became a startup superpower. The counterintuitive playbook.

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🏢 Startup Ecosystems 🔒 Constraint Innovation 🧳 Immigrant Entrepreneurs 📊 Innovation Economics 🛡️ Defense Technology

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Surrounded and resource-poor, Israel became a startup superpower. The counterintuitive playbook.

by Dan Senor 2009

4.11

13k+ ratings

🏢 Startup Ecosystems 🔒 Constraint Innovation 🧳 Immigrant Entrepreneurs 📊 Innovation Economics 🛡️ Defense Technology

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