50 Books like Soros on Soros

George Soros On Globalization

by George Soros • 2002

Financial markets are inherently unstable. The fix is stricter regulation and a new kind of aid.

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🌍 Globalization Critique 📉 Market Instability 🕊️ Open Society 🏦 IMF And World Bank 🎗️ Foreign Aid Policy

George Soros On Globalization 95%

Financial markets are inherently unstable. The fix is stricter regulation and a new kind of aid.

by George Soros 2002

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251 ratings

🌍 Globalization Critique 📉 Market Instability 🕊️ Open Society 🏦 IMF And World Bank 🎗️ Foreign Aid Policy

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 95%

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

by George Soros 2008

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2k+ ratings

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

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 95%

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

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.

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💳 Financial Inclusion ⚖️ Inequality Economics 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 💸 Impact Investing 🕊️ Moral Economy

Finance and the Good Society 95%

Finance is not the enemy of a good society. Its problems are design flaws, not sins.

by Robert J. Shiller 2012

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810 ratings

💳 Financial Inclusion ⚖️ Inequality Economics 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 💸 Impact Investing 🕊️ Moral Economy

Supermoney

by George Goodman • 1972

Wealth comes not from wages but from earnings multiplied by stocks. How the machine works.

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📈 Stock Market 💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🧾 Accounting Manipulation

Supermoney 95%

Wealth comes not from wages but from earnings multiplied by stocks. How the machine works.

by George Goodman 1972

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339 ratings

📈 Stock Market 💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🧾 Accounting Manipulation

When Markets Collide

by Mohamed El-Erian • 2008

Emerging markets drive growth, new instruments hide risk, and the old economic playbook is obsolete.

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🌍 Global Macro Investing 📈 Emerging Markets 💸 Global Capital Flows ⚠️ Risk Management 🗂️ Portfolio Strategy

When Markets Collide 95%

Emerging markets drive growth, new instruments hide risk, and the old economic playbook is obsolete.

by Mohamed El-Erian 2008

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790 ratings

🌍 Global Macro Investing 📈 Emerging Markets 💸 Global Capital Flows ⚠️ Risk Management 🗂️ Portfolio Strategy

In an Uncertain World

by Robert E. Rubin • 2003

Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.

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🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Uncertainty Navigation 🌐 Globalization 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

In an Uncertain World 94%

Markets and governments run on uncertain bets. A Treasury Secretary's method for weighing them.

by Robert E. Rubin 2003

3.70

663 ratings

🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🎲 Uncertainty Navigation 🌐 Globalization 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

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 94%

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

by Alan Greenspan 2007

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

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 94%

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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2k+ ratings

🏦 International Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Financial Crises 💵 Dollar Hegemony 🏭 Financialization

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 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

The Road to Ruin

by James Rickards • 2016

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

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🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Road to Ruin 94%

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

by James Rickards 2016

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1k+ ratings

🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

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

The New World Economy 94%

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

by Randy Charles Epping 2020

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152 ratings

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

Investing the Templeton Way

by Lauren C. Templeton • 2008

Profiting from panic: the global bargain-hunting method that buys stocks at 80% below their value.

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🧱 Value Investing 🌍 Global Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📉 Market Cycles 🧠 Investor Psychology

Investing the Templeton Way 94%

Profiting from panic: the global bargain-hunting method that buys stocks at 80% below their value.

by Lauren C. Templeton 2008

3.99

205 ratings

🧱 Value Investing 🌍 Global Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📉 Market Cycles 🧠 Investor Psychology

The Mind of Wall Street

by Leon Levy • 2002

Markets aren't efficient; they're emotional. A Wall Street legend on what psychology does to prices.

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🧠 Market Psychology 💎 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

The Mind of Wall Street 94%

Markets aren't efficient; they're emotional. A Wall Street legend on what psychology does to prices.

by Leon Levy 2002

3.52

132 ratings

🧠 Market Psychology 💎 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

Economics Rules

by Dani Rodrik • 2015

Economics is a toolkit, not a doctrine. The skill is knowing which model the moment demands.

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🔬 Economic Methodology 🧩 Model Thinking 📉 Financial Crises 🌍 Development Economics 🔎 Neoliberal Critique

Economics Rules 94%

Economics is a toolkit, not a doctrine. The skill is knowing which model the moment demands.

by Dani Rodrik 2015

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1k+ ratings

🔬 Economic Methodology 🧩 Model Thinking 📉 Financial Crises 🌍 Development Economics 🔎 Neoliberal Critique

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 94%

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

Breakout Nations

by Ruchir Sharma • 2012

The BRICS boom is fading. Smart money is looking at nations the world has been ignoring.

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🏙️ Emerging Markets 📈 Development Economics 🌐 Global Macro 🛢️ Commodity Cycles 🏛️ Crony Capitalism

Breakout Nations 94%

The BRICS boom is fading. Smart money is looking at nations the world has been ignoring.

by Ruchir Sharma 2012

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3k+ ratings

🏙️ Emerging Markets 📈 Development Economics 🌐 Global Macro 🛢️ Commodity Cycles 🏛️ Crony Capitalism

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 94%

Onion prices and billionaire lists reveal more about a country's future than any official forecast.

by Ruchir Sharma 2016

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3k+ ratings

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

The Truth About Markets

by John Kay • 2003

Institutions and history, not ideology, explain why some nations grow rich while most stay poor.

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📋 Institutional Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Development Economics 🦋 Complexity Economics 🧠 Knowledge Economy

The Truth About Markets 94%

Institutions and history, not ideology, explain why some nations grow rich while most stay poor.

by John Kay 2003

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362 ratings

📋 Institutional Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Development Economics 🦋 Complexity Economics 🧠 Knowledge Economy

The Growth Map

by Jim O'Neill • 2011

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

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🗺️ Global Macroeconomics 📈 Emerging Markets Investing 👥 Demographic Economics 🔮 Economic Forecasting 🌐 Geopolitical Risk

The Growth Map 94%

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

by Jim O'Neill 2011

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288 ratings

🗺️ Global Macroeconomics 📈 Emerging Markets Investing 👥 Demographic Economics 🔮 Economic Forecasting 🌐 Geopolitical Risk

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 94%

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 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 94%

Central banks saved the economy, then overreached. The road ahead now forks toward opposing futures.

by Mohamed El-Erian 2016

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1k+ ratings

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

Boomerang

by Michael Lewis • 2011

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

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

Boomerang 94%

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

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

Popular Economics

by John Tamny • 2015

LeBron James and the Rolling Stones reveal why most economic policy makes things worse.

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🏪 Free Market Economics 🎸 Pop Economics 🏛️ Government Failure 💥 Creative Destruction 💵 Monetary Policy

Popular Economics 94%

LeBron James and the Rolling Stones reveal why most economic policy makes things worse.

by John Tamny 2015

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300 ratings

🏪 Free Market Economics 🎸 Pop Economics 🏛️ Government Failure 💥 Creative Destruction 💵 Monetary Policy

Inside the House of Money

by Steven Drobny • 2006

Global macro traders reveal their playbooks: research, risk, and the one belief that ends careers.

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🌍 Global Macro Investing 🦔 Hedge Fund Strategies 🧠 Market Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 🏦 Central Banks

Inside the House of Money 94%

Global macro traders reveal their playbooks: research, risk, and the one belief that ends careers.

by Steven Drobny 2006

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1k+ ratings

🌍 Global Macro Investing 🦔 Hedge Fund Strategies 🧠 Market Psychology 🛡️ Risk Management 🏦 Central Banks

Freefall

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2010

The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.

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📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Economic Policy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🔓 Deregulation ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Freefall 94%

The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2010

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4k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Economic Policy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🔓 Deregulation ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Tao of Charlie Munger

by David Clark • 2017

Why Charlie Munger says no to almost everything, and how a very few yeses built Berkshire.

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💰 Value Investing 🧠 Mental Models 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Contrarian Thinking

Tao of Charlie Munger 94%

Why Charlie Munger says no to almost everything, and how a very few yeses built Berkshire.

by David Clark 2017

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💰 Value Investing 🧠 Mental Models 📊 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Contrarian Thinking

Capital Wars

by Michael J. Howell • 2020

Interest rates are a sideshow. A $130 trillion pool of global capital actually drives the economy.

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🌐 Global Capital Flows 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Financial Cycles 💵 Currency Dominance 💥 Financial Crises

Capital Wars 94%

Interest rates are a sideshow. A $130 trillion pool of global capital actually drives the economy.

by Michael J. Howell 2020

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102 ratings

🌐 Global Capital Flows 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Financial Cycles 💵 Currency Dominance 💥 Financial Crises

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 94%

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

Edible Economics

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2022

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

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

Edible Economics 94%

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

by Ha-Joon Chang 2022

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3k+ ratings

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

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 94%

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 Zurich Axioms

by Gunther Max • 1985

Swiss bankers know that getting rich means worrying more, not less, and selling before you're ready.

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📈 Speculation 🧠 Trading Psychology 🏛️ Investment Philosophy 🔄 Contrarian Investing ⚠️ Risk Management

The Zurich Axioms 94%

Swiss bankers know that getting rich means worrying more, not less, and selling before you're ready.

by Gunther Max 1985

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3k+ ratings

📈 Speculation 🧠 Trading Psychology 🏛️ Investment Philosophy 🔄 Contrarian Investing ⚠️ Risk Management

Keynes

by Robert Skidelsky • 2009

The 2008 crash was an indictment of an economics that abandoned Keynes. Markets don't self-correct.

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💰 Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 📋 Financial Regulation 📊 Macroeconomic Policy 🏛️ Political Economy

Keynes 94%

The 2008 crash was an indictment of an economics that abandoned Keynes. Markets don't self-correct.

by Robert Skidelsky 2009

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💰 Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 📋 Financial Regulation 📊 Macroeconomic Policy 🏛️ Political Economy

The Globalization Paradox

by Dani Rodrik • 2010

The case for why global markets must sometimes give way to the voting booth.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📋 Trade Policy 🌍 Development Economics 💥 Financial Crises ⚖️ Economic Governance

The Globalization Paradox 94%

The case for why global markets must sometimes give way to the voting booth.

by Dani Rodrik 2010

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2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📋 Trade Policy 🌍 Development Economics 💥 Financial Crises ⚖️ Economic Governance

Bobler, bullshit og børsfest

by Lars Tvede • 2020

Crashes come every decade. The cycle rules, psychology, and strategies for buying when others flee.

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🌊 Economic Cycles 🐢 Long-Term Investing 🧪 Behavioral Finance 🤝 Contrarian Investing 🔍 Value Investing

Bobler, bullshit og børsfest 94%

Crashes come every decade. The cycle rules, psychology, and strategies for buying when others flee.

by Lars Tvede 2020

3.71

329 ratings

🌊 Economic Cycles 🐢 Long-Term Investing 🧪 Behavioral Finance 🤝 Contrarian Investing 🔍 Value Investing

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 94%

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

by Yanis Varoufakis 2013

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21k+ ratings

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

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 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

Think Like an Economist

by Anne Rooney • 2019

What economists know about scarcity, money, and crashes that the rest of us keep getting wrong.

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🎓 Introductory Economics 🔍 Everyday Economics 🏫 Mainstream Economics 💵 Money And Banking 📉 Financial Crises

Think Like an Economist 94%

What economists know about scarcity, money, and crashes that the rest of us keep getting wrong.

by Anne Rooney 2019

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39 ratings

🎓 Introductory Economics 🔍 Everyday Economics 🏫 Mainstream Economics 💵 Money And Banking 📉 Financial Crises

The Long Good Buy

by Peter C. Oppenheimer • 2020

Markets repeat the same four-phase cycle. Reading it right means buying when hope looks stupid.

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📈 Market Cycles 📊 Asset Allocation 🐻 Bear Markets 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🧠 Behavioral Finance

The Long Good Buy 94%

Markets repeat the same four-phase cycle. Reading it right means buying when hope looks stupid.

by Peter C. Oppenheimer 2020

4.05

176 ratings

📈 Market Cycles 📊 Asset Allocation 🐻 Bear Markets 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🧠 Behavioral Finance

Bull

by Maggie Mahar • 2003

The 1982-2000 boom was a psychological epidemic, not a market miracle. Every institution caught it.

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🏛️ Financial History 🔄 Market Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📊 Corporate Fraud 🫧 Financial Bubbles

Bull 94%

The 1982-2000 boom was a psychological epidemic, not a market miracle. Every institution caught it.

by Maggie Mahar 2003

4.06

788 ratings

🏛️ Financial History 🔄 Market Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📊 Corporate Fraud 🫧 Financial Bubbles

All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There

by Peter Bevelin • 2016

The Buffett-Munger playbook: avoid what fails, think for yourself, and wait for the right moment.

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📈 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Mental Models 🎯 Incentive Design ⚖️ Business Ethics

All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There Summary

All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There 94%

The Buffett-Munger playbook: avoid what fails, think for yourself, and wait for the right moment.

by Peter Bevelin 2016

4.62

628 ratings

📈 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Mental Models 🎯 Incentive Design ⚖️ Business Ethics

The Wisdom Of Finance

by Mihir Desai • 2017

Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.

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🧠 Financial Philosophy 💰 Money And Meaning 🎲 Risk And Uncertainty 🔀 Optionality 🤲 Stewardship

The Wisdom Of Finance 94%

Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.

by Mihir Desai 2017

4.01

2k+ ratings

🧠 Financial Philosophy 💰 Money And Meaning 🎲 Risk And Uncertainty 🔀 Optionality 🤲 Stewardship

Radical Uncertainty

by Mervyn A. King • 2020

When the future is genuinely unknowable, stories guide us better than probability ever could.

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📘 Knightian Uncertainty 📖 Narrative Reasoning 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🗺️ Scenario Planning 🐝 Collective Intelligence

Radical Uncertainty 94%

When the future is genuinely unknowable, stories guide us better than probability ever could.

by Mervyn A. King 2020

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1k+ ratings

📘 Knightian Uncertainty 📖 Narrative Reasoning 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🗺️ Scenario Planning 🐝 Collective Intelligence

The Key Man

by Simon Clark • 2021

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

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🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Key Man 94%

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

by Simon Clark 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The World's Banker

by Sebastian Mallaby • 2004

Wolfensohn went to Nigeria to speed development. A prison cell taught what no plan can.

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🌱 Development Economics 🤝 Multilateralism 💵 Foreign Aid 🛠️ Economic Reform 💸 Corruption

The World's Banker 94%

Wolfensohn went to Nigeria to speed development. A prison cell taught what no plan can.

by Sebastian Mallaby 2004

3.79

266 ratings

🌱 Development Economics 🤝 Multilateralism 💵 Foreign Aid 🛠️ Economic Reform 💸 Corruption

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 94%

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

by Mauro F. Guillén 2020

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3k+ ratings

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

The Little Book of Sideways Markets

by Vitaliy N. Katsenelson • 2010

Buy-and-hold was for the 15-year bull. What to do when markets go nowhere.

3.77

309

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Buy-and-hold was for the 15-year bull. What to do when markets go nowhere.

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

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

by Andrew Leigh 2024

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

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