50 Books like Ninety Percent of Everything

The Box

by Marc Levinson • 2006

In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.

3.86

7k+

⚓ Maritime History 🌐 Global Trade 💥 Technological Disruption 📦 Supply Chain Innovation 🤖 Labor And Automation

The Box 94%

In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.

by Marc Levinson 2006

3.86

7k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🌐 Global Trade 💥 Technological Disruption 📦 Supply Chain Innovation 🤖 Labor And Automation

Moby-Duck

by Donovan Hohn • 2011

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

3.31

3k+

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain 📝 Narrative Journalism 🧭 Modern Odyssey

Moby-Duck 94%

One man chased 28,800 lost bath toys into ocean gyres, Chinese factories, and the melting ice.

by Donovan Hohn 2011

3.31

3k+ ratings

🌊 Oceanography 🧴 Plastic Pollution 🏭 Global Supply Chain 📝 Narrative Journalism 🧭 Modern Odyssey

A Splendid Exchange

by William J. Bernstein • 2008

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

4.16

3k+

📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History ⚓ Maritime History 🌶️ Commodity History

A Splendid Exchange 93%

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

by William J. Bernstein 2008

4.16

3k+ ratings

📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History ⚓ Maritime History 🌶️ Commodity History

The Sea and Civilization

by Lincoln Paine • 2013

Before trains, the sea was the fastest highway. World history from the deck of a ship.

3.89

700

🧭 Maritime History 🌍 World History 🗺️ Indigenous Navigation 🔱 Maritime Archaeology 🛤️ Trade Routes

The Sea and Civilization 93%

Before trains, the sea was the fastest highway. World history from the deck of a ship.

by Lincoln Paine 2013

3.89

700 ratings

🧭 Maritime History 🌍 World History 🗺️ Indigenous Navigation 🔱 Maritime Archaeology 🛤️ Trade Routes

Overbooked

by Elizabeth Becker • 2013

The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.

3.80

858

🏨 Tourism Industry 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👥 Mass Tourism 🌱 Sustainable Tourism 🏛️ Cultural Preservation

Overbooked 93%

The biggest unregulated industry on earth, measured in six destinations and a billion annual trips.

by Elizabeth Becker 2013

3.80

858 ratings

🏨 Tourism Industry 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👥 Mass Tourism 🌱 Sustainable Tourism 🏛️ Cultural Preservation

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

by Pietra Rivoli • 2005

A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.

3.69

3k+

🌐 Trade Politics 📦 Commodity Studies 🧵 Textile Industry 🚢 Supply Chain Narratives 🌿 Cotton Economics

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy 93%

A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.

by Pietra Rivoli 2005

3.69

3k+ ratings

🌐 Trade Politics 📦 Commodity Studies 🧵 Textile Industry 🚢 Supply Chain Narratives 🌿 Cotton Economics

The Pirates of Somalia

by Jay Bahadur • 2011

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

3.56

1k+

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing 🔍 Investigative Reporting 💊 Drug Economies

The Pirates of Somalia 92%

On a rattling Soviet plane, a journalist lands in Somalia to find the pirates everyone fears.

by Jay Bahadur 2011

3.56

1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Maritime Piracy 🏚️ Failed States 🎣 Illegal Fishing 🔍 Investigative Reporting 💊 Drug Economies

No Logo

by Naomi Klein • 2000

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

3.89

33k+

🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

No Logo 92%

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

by Naomi Klein 2000

3.89

33k+ ratings

🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

How the World Ran Out of Everything

by Peter S. Goodman • 2024

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

4.04

1k+

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

How the World Ran Out of Everything Summary

How the World Ran Out of Everything 92%

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

by Peter S. Goodman 2024

4.04

1k+ ratings

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

The Wal-Mart Effect

by Charles Fishman • 2006

200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.

3.84

4k+

🏬 Big-Box Retail 🔗 Supply Chain 💼 Corporate Power 🛒 Consumer Ethics 👷 Labor Exploitation

The Wal-Mart Effect 92%

200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.

by Charles Fishman 2006

3.84

4k+ ratings

🏬 Big-Box Retail 🔗 Supply Chain 💼 Corporate Power 🛒 Consumer Ethics 👷 Labor Exploitation

Making It in America

by Rachel Slade • 2024

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

3.63

323

🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

Making It in America 92%

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

by Rachel Slade 2024

3.63

323 ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

Treasure Islands

by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011

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

4.18

2k+

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

Treasure Islands 92%

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

by Nicholas Shaxson 2011

4.18

2k+ ratings

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

The Wager

by David Grann • 2023

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

4.17

219k+

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives 🧠 Survival Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Collapse

The Wager 92%

A warship wrecks. Two survivor stories collide. The empire buries the truth to protect its myth.

by David Grann 2023

4.17

219k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime History 🏝️ Shipwreck Survival ⚓ Mutiny Narratives 🧠 Survival Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Collapse

BOOM

by Tony Horwitz • 2014

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

3.89

713

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism 🗺️ Travelogue 🌍 Environmental Justice

BOOM 92%

From oil sands to Gulf Coast: a pipeline route where roughnecks, strippers, and ranchers collide.

by Tony Horwitz 2014

3.89

713 ratings

🛢️ Energy Politics 🏭 Oil Industry 📰 Narrative Journalism 🗺️ Travelogue 🌍 Environmental Justice

Clothing Poverty

by Andrew Brooks • 2015

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

3.75

173

👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Clothing Poverty 92%

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

by Andrew Brooks 2015

3.75

173 ratings

👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Kicking Away the Ladder

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

4.21

1k+

🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Kicking Away the Ladder 91%

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2002

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins • 2005

A former insider reveals how the US uses debt to control poor nations and extract trillions.

3.87

40k+

🌍 International Development 🌐 Geopolitics 💰 Debt Imperialism 🕵️ Whistleblower Memoir 🏢 Corporate Power

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 91%

A former insider reveals how the US uses debt to control poor nations and extract trillions.

by John Perkins 2005

3.87

40k+ ratings

🌍 International Development 🌐 Geopolitics 💰 Debt Imperialism 🕵️ Whistleblower Memoir 🏢 Corporate Power

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

Outside the Box

by Marc Levinson • 2020

Globalization moved goods and built China. The next phase trades ideas, and new winners emerge.

3.94

228

🏛️ Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🔗 Supply Chains 📜 Trade Policy 💰 Global Finance

Outside the Box 91%

Globalization moved goods and built China. The next phase trades ideas, and new winners emerge.

by Marc Levinson 2020

3.94

228 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🔗 Supply Chains 📜 Trade Policy 💰 Global Finance

Private Empire

by Steve Coll • 2012

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

4.00

4k+

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

Private Empire 91%

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

by Steve Coll 2012

4.00

4k+ ratings

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

Your Life Is Manufactured

by Tim Minshall • 2025

The hidden system that builds everything you touch is fragile and overdue for reinvention.

3.62

432

🚢 Global Supply Chains ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial History 🔗 Systems Thinking 📊 Lean Manufacturing

Your Life Is Manufactured 91%

The hidden system that builds everything you touch is fragile and overdue for reinvention.

by Tim Minshall 2025

3.62

432 ratings

🚢 Global Supply Chains ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial History 🔗 Systems Thinking 📊 Lean Manufacturing

Hard Landing

by Thomas Petzinger Jr. • 1995

A busted union here, a rigged screen there: how two men's rivalry built modern air travel.

4.41

814

✈️ Airline Industry 🏢 Corporate History 📜 Deregulation ⚒️ Labor Wars 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds

Hard Landing 91%

A busted union here, a rigged screen there: how two men's rivalry built modern air travel.

by Thomas Petzinger Jr. 1995

4.41

814 ratings

✈️ Airline Industry 🏢 Corporate History 📜 Deregulation ⚒️ Labor Wars 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds

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 91%

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

Made in the USA

by Vaclav Smil • 2013

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

3.76

510

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

Made in the USA 91%

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

Cod

by Mark Kurlansky • 1997

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

3.92

25k+

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing 🌊 Maritime History 🌍 Environmental History

Cod 91%

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

by Mark Kurlansky 1997

3.92

25k+ ratings

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing 🌊 Maritime History 🌍 Environmental History

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 91%

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

Shipwrecked!

by Martin W. Sandler • 2023

Seven shipwrecks froze time. How marine archaeologists learned to unlock them.

3.87

218

🚢 Shipwrecks 🌊 Marine Archaeology 🤿 Underwater Exploration 🛠️ Ancient Technology 🔍 Historical Mysteries

Shipwrecked! 91%

Seven shipwrecks froze time. How marine archaeologists learned to unlock them.

by Martin W. Sandler 2023

3.87

218 ratings

🚢 Shipwrecks 🌊 Marine Archaeology 🤿 Underwater Exploration 🛠️ Ancient Technology 🔍 Historical Mysteries

Factory Man

by Beth Macy • 2014

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

3.87

3k+

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

Factory Man 91%

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

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 91%

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

The Secret Life of Groceries

by Benjamin Lorr • 2020

Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.

3.94

15k+

🛒 Grocery Industry ⛓️ Food Supply Chains ⚒️ Labor Exploitation ⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics 🧠 Consumer Psychology

The Secret Life of Groceries 91%

Supermarket abundance rests on debt-bonded truckers, enslaved fishermen, and the illusion of choice.

by Benjamin Lorr 2020

3.94

15k+ ratings

🛒 Grocery Industry ⛓️ Food Supply Chains ⚒️ Labor Exploitation ⚖️ Supply Chain Ethics 🧠 Consumer Psychology

Adventure Capitalist

by Jim Rogers • 2003

One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.

4.01

2k+

📈 Emerging Markets 🚗 Travel Memoir 🛣️ Overland Travel 📊 Demographic Trends 🏗️ Economic Development

Adventure Capitalist 91%

One car, 116 countries, zero flights. The investment lessons hiding at the world's border crossings.

by Jim Rogers 2003

4.01

2k+ ratings

📈 Emerging Markets 🚗 Travel Memoir 🛣️ Overland Travel 📊 Demographic Trends 🏗️ Economic Development

Boomerang

by Michael Lewis • 2011

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

3.90

48k+

🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism 🎭 Cultural Economics 💸 Sovereign Debt

Boomerang 91%

A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.

by Michael Lewis 2011

3.90

48k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🌍 Global Finance 📰 Financial Journalism 🎭 Cultural Economics 💸 Sovereign Debt

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 91%

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

The Desert and the Sea

by Michael Scott Moore • 2018

For 977 days, he was a bargaining chip: a journalist’s survival inside the Somali pirate economy.

3.98

3k+

🏴‍☠️ Somali Piracy ⛓️ Long-Term Captivity 💰 Pirate Economy 🧠 Psychological Survival 🧊 Dehumanization

The Desert and the Sea 91%

For 977 days, he was a bargaining chip: a journalist’s survival inside the Somali pirate economy.

by Michael Scott Moore 2018

3.98

3k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Somali Piracy ⛓️ Long-Term Captivity 💰 Pirate Economy 🧠 Psychological Survival 🧊 Dehumanization

Move Fast and Break Things

by Jonathan Taplin • 2017

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

3.59

2k+

Move Fast and Break Things 91%

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

by Jonathan Taplin 2017

3.59

2k+ ratings

Master Switch

by Tim Wu • 2010

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

3.89

8k+

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

Master Switch 91%

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

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.

4.06

4k+

📜 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 91%

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

by Tim Harford 2017

4.06

4k+ ratings

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

Edible Economics

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2022

Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.

3.83

3k+

🧠 Economic Myths 🌐 Global Trade 🏭 Industrial Policy 📜 Economic History 🤲 Care Economy

Edible Economics 91%

Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2022

3.83

3k+ ratings

🧠 Economic Myths 🌐 Global Trade 🏭 Industrial Policy 📜 Economic History 🤲 Care Economy

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

by Alain de Botton • 2008

From cargo ships to rocket launches, a philosopher finds why work delights and disappoints us.

3.62

6k+

🏢 Modern Work 📊 Occupational Sociology 🚢 Global Supply Chain 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🔍 Career Reflection

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Summary

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work 91%

From cargo ships to rocket launches, a philosopher finds why work delights and disappoints us.

by Alain de Botton 2008

3.62

6k+ ratings

🏢 Modern Work 📊 Occupational Sociology 🚢 Global Supply Chain 🧠 Consumer Psychology 🔍 Career Reflection

The Sharing Economy

by Arun Sundararajan • 2016

Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.

3.66

491

🤝 Sharing Economy 🔌 Platform Economics 🚗 Gig Economy 🤖 Future Of Work 💼 Independent Work

The Sharing Economy 91%

Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.

by Arun Sundararajan 2016

3.66

491 ratings

🤝 Sharing Economy 🔌 Platform Economics 🚗 Gig Economy 🤖 Future Of Work 💼 Independent Work

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 91%

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

2030

by Mauro F. Guillén • 2020

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

3.69

3k+

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

2030 91%

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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

Chokepoint Capitalism

by Rebecca Giblin • 2022

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

4.25

1k+

🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power ⚖️ Copyright Reform 🤝 Collective Bargaining

Chokepoint Capitalism 91%

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

by Rebecca Giblin 2022

4.25

1k+ ratings

🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power ⚖️ Copyright Reform 🤝 Collective Bargaining

Junkyard Planet

by Adam Minter • 2013

What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.

3.91

2k+

♻️ Waste Management 🚢 Global Waste Trade 🔄 Circular Economy 📊 Commodity Markets 🔗 Global Supply Chains

Junkyard Planet 91%

What happens to your recycling after the truck leaves, and how it reshapes global economies.

by Adam Minter 2013

3.91

2k+ ratings

♻️ Waste Management 🚢 Global Waste Trade 🔄 Circular Economy 📊 Commodity Markets 🔗 Global Supply Chains

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.

4.11

2k+

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

Trade Wars Are Class Wars 91%

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

by Matthew C. Klein 2020

4.11

2k+ ratings

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

Smuggler Nation

by Peter Andreas • 2013

Molasses, slaves, blueprints, cocaine: America's defining chapters all ran on smuggling.

3.96

214

🚢 Illicit Trade 💰 Economic History 📖 Revisionist History 🏛️ State Building 🚫 Prohibition Policy

Smuggler Nation 90%

Molasses, slaves, blueprints, cocaine: America's defining chapters all ran on smuggling.

by Peter Andreas 2013

3.96

214 ratings

🚢 Illicit Trade 💰 Economic History 📖 Revisionist History 🏛️ State Building 🚫 Prohibition Policy

The Great Escape

by Saket Soni • 2023

Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.

4.50

980

⛓️ Labor Trafficking 🚨 Immigration Enforcement ✊ Labor Organizing 📜 Indentured Servitude ⚖️ Legal Battles

The Great Escape 90%

Trapped in a US labor camp, hundreds of Indian men escaped, then began a 1,500-mile march.

by Saket Soni 2023

4.50

980 ratings

⛓️ Labor Trafficking 🚨 Immigration Enforcement ✊ Labor Organizing 📜 Indentured Servitude ⚖️ Legal Battles

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