50 Books like The Corruption of Economics

What Is Property?

by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon • 1840

Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Property Rights Ⓐ Anarchist Theory 💸 Economic Rent 🔨 Labor Theory Of Value

What Is Property? 95%

Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.

by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840

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🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Property Rights Ⓐ Anarchist Theory 💸 Economic Rent 🔨 Labor Theory Of Value

Who Owns England?

by Guy Shrubsole • 2019

The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.

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🏠 Land Ownership 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land ✊ Land Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Wealth Inequality

Who Owns England? 94%

The secret 1% who own half of England: unmasking the aristocrats, royals, and oligarchs.

by Guy Shrubsole 2019

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🏠 Land Ownership 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Land ✊ Land Reform 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💰 Wealth Inequality

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2015

A Nobel economist reveals which rules broke the American economy, and how to fix them.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Inequality Economics 💰 Rent-Seeking 👷 Labor Markets 🏦 Financialization

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy Summary

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy 93%

A Nobel economist reveals which rules broke the American economy, and how to fix them.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015

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291 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Inequality Economics 💰 Rent-Seeking 👷 Labor Markets 🏦 Financialization

Radical Markets

by Eric A. Posner • 2018

We stopped markets halfway. Finishing them means anyone can buy your house at your price.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🎛️ Market Design 🗳️ Voting Reform 🛂 Immigration Reform 📊 Data Economy

Radical Markets 93%

We stopped markets halfway. Finishing them means anyone can buy your house at your price.

by Eric A. Posner 2018

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🏛️ Political Economy 🎛️ Market Design 🗳️ Voting Reform 🛂 Immigration Reform 📊 Data Economy

The Price of Inequality

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2012

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

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

The Price of Inequality 93%

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

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012

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

The Servile State

by Hilaire Belloc • 1912

Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Economic History 💰 Capitalism Critique 🔴 Socialism Critique 🚧 Welfare State Critique

The Servile State 93%

Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.

by Hilaire Belloc 1912

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659 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📜 Economic History 💰 Capitalism Critique 🔴 Socialism Critique 🚧 Welfare State Critique

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich 93%

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

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149 ratings

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

People, Power, and Profits

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2019

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

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📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

People, Power, and Profits 93%

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019

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📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

The Road to Freedom

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024

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

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

The Road to Freedom 93%

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

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024

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857 ratings

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

Technofeudalism

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2023

Capitalism died. Now platforms are private fiefdoms, and your everyday activity is unpaid labor.

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🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Digital Economy 👁️ Surveillance Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

Technofeudalism 93%

Capitalism died. Now platforms are private fiefdoms, and your everyday activity is unpaid labor.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2023

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🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Digital Economy 👁️ Surveillance Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 🏗️ Platform Capitalism

Nowhere to Live

by James S. Burling • 2024

Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.

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🏠 Housing Policy 🏛️ Property Rights 🏗️ Zoning Reform ⚖️ Eminent Domain 📜 Government Overreach

Nowhere to Live 93%

Why can't Americans afford homes? A century of rules made building them illegal.

by James S. Burling 2024

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12 ratings

🏠 Housing Policy 🏛️ Property Rights 🏗️ Zoning Reform ⚖️ Eminent Domain 📜 Government Overreach

The Value of Everything

by Mariana Mazzucato • 2018

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

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🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

The Value of Everything 93%

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

by Mariana Mazzucato 2018

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🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

Invisible Doctrine

by George Monbiot • 2024

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

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🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Invisible Doctrine 93%

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

by George Monbiot 2024

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🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Killing the Host

by Michael Hudson • 2013

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

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

Killing the Host 93%

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

by Michael Hudson 2013

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387 ratings

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

When More Is Not Better

by Roger L. Martin • 2020

Treating the economy like a machine broke the link between growth and shared prosperity.

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💰 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🦋 Complex Adaptive Systems ⚠️ Efficiency Traps 🎯 Perverse Incentives

When More Is Not Better 92%

Treating the economy like a machine broke the link between growth and shared prosperity.

by Roger L. Martin 2020

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292 ratings

💰 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🦋 Complex Adaptive Systems ⚠️ Efficiency Traps 🎯 Perverse Incentives

The Price of Civilization

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2010

What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 American Decline 🗽 Civic Decline 🏢 Corporate Influence ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Price of Civilization 92%

What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 American Decline 🗽 Civic Decline 🏢 Corporate Influence ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Saving Capitalism

by Robert B. Reich • 2004

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

Saving Capitalism 92%

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

by Robert B. Reich 2004

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🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

by Joseph Fishkin • 2022

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

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🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution 92%

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

by Joseph Fishkin 2022

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40 ratings

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

Wealth, Poverty and Politics

by Thomas Sowell • 2015

Four forces create wealth. None of them is redistribution.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🗺️ Economic Geography 🎭 Cultural Economics 📊 Income Inequality 🏥 Welfare State Critique

Wealth, Poverty and Politics 92%

Four forces create wealth. None of them is redistribution.

by Thomas Sowell 2015

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🏛️ Political Economy 🗺️ Economic Geography 🎭 Cultural Economics 📊 Income Inequality 🏥 Welfare State Critique

Applied Economics

by Thomas Sowellm • 2003

Popular policies trade visible benefits for invisible costs. Applied economics reads the price tag.

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🗳️ Political Economy 🔮 Unintended Consequences 🧠 Economic Reasoning 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Immigration Economics

Applied Economics 92%

Popular policies trade visible benefits for invisible costs. Applied economics reads the price tag.

by Thomas Sowellm 2003

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🗳️ Political Economy 🔮 Unintended Consequences 🧠 Economic Reasoning 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Immigration Economics

The Shock Doctrine

by Naomi Klein • 2007

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Shock Doctrine 92%

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2007

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Economics of Innocent Fraud

by John Kenneth Galbraith • 2004

Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.

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🌐 Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🏢 Corporate Power 📢 Manufactured Demand 📋 Corporate Governance

The Economics of Innocent Fraud 92%

Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.

by John Kenneth Galbraith 2004

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525 ratings

🌐 Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🏢 Corporate Power 📢 Manufactured Demand 📋 Corporate Governance

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

by Martin Wolf • 2023

The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 💰 Rent-Seeking 📉 Inequality 🗣️ Populism

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Summary

The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism 92%

The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.

by Martin Wolf 2023

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🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 💰 Rent-Seeking 📉 Inequality 🗣️ Populism

The Trouble with Diversity

by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

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🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics 🏦 Neoliberalism Critique ⚖️ Wealth Redistribution

The Trouble with Diversity 92%

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

by Walter Benn Michaels 2006

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🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics 🏦 Neoliberalism Critique ⚖️ Wealth Redistribution

The Trouble With Billionaires

by Linda McQuaig • 2011

Billionaires didn't build their fortunes: society did. And the bill is long overdue.

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🏦 Economic Inequality 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏝️ Tax Havens 👑 Plutocracy 🔍 Neoliberalism Critique

The Trouble With Billionaires 92%

Billionaires didn't build their fortunes: society did. And the bill is long overdue.

by Linda McQuaig 2011

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210 ratings

🏦 Economic Inequality 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏝️ Tax Havens 👑 Plutocracy 🔍 Neoliberalism Critique

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.

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

Kicking Away the Ladder 92%

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

by Ha-Joon Chang 2002

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

Goliath

by Matt Stoller • 2019

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

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⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Goliath 92%

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

by Matt Stoller 2019

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⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

The Profit Paradox

by Jan Eeckhout • 2021

Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.

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📊 Labor Economics 💪 Market Power 📉 Wage Stagnation ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🔨 Antitrust Reform

The Profit Paradox 92%

Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.

by Jan Eeckhout 2021

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302 ratings

📊 Labor Economics 💪 Market Power 📉 Wage Stagnation ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🔨 Antitrust Reform

Plutocrats

by Chrystia Freeland • 2012

The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.

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💰 Income Inequality 🌍 Global Elites 🏆 Superstar Economy 🏛️ Rent-Seeking 🎭 Political Capture

Plutocrats 92%

The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.

by Chrystia Freeland 2012

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💰 Income Inequality 🌍 Global Elites 🏆 Superstar Economy 🏛️ Rent-Seeking 🎭 Political Capture

The Economics of Enough

by Diane Coyle • 2011

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Economics of Enough 92%

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

by Diane Coyle 2011

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116 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Occupy

by Noam Chomsky • 2012

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

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🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

Occupy 92%

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

by Noam Chomsky 2012

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🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

The Mystery Of Capital

by Hernando de Soto • 2000

$9.3 trillion: what the world's poor already own and cannot borrow a dime against.

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🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Development Economics 🏘️ Informal Economies 🏛️ Institutional Economics ⚖️ Rule Of Law

The Mystery Of Capital 92%

$9.3 trillion: what the world's poor already own and cannot borrow a dime against.

by Hernando de Soto 2000

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🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Development Economics 🏘️ Informal Economies 🏛️ Institutional Economics ⚖️ Rule Of Law

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 92%

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

Freedomnomics

by John R. Lott Jr. • 2007

Abortion didn't cut crime. The incentive story that flips campaign finance, gun control, and more.

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💰 Free Market Economics ⚖️ Law And Economics 🏛️ Public Choice Theory 🔄 Unintended Consequences 🌟 Reputation Economics

Freedomnomics 92%

Abortion didn't cut crime. The incentive story that flips campaign finance, gun control, and more.

by John R. Lott Jr. 2007

3.55

573 ratings

💰 Free Market Economics ⚖️ Law And Economics 🏛️ Public Choice Theory 🔄 Unintended Consequences 🌟 Reputation Economics

Mine!

by Michael A. Heller • 2021

Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.

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💸 Behavioral Economics 🏠 Property Rights 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🚗 Sharing Economy 💻 Digital Rights

Mine! 92%

Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.

by Michael A. Heller 2021

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💸 Behavioral Economics 🏠 Property Rights 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🚗 Sharing Economy 💻 Digital Rights

The Speech

by Bernie Sanders • 2010

The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.

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📊 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Progressive Politics 📉 Wall Street Critique 💵 Campaign Finance

The Speech 92%

The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.

by Bernie Sanders 2010

4.20

916 ratings

📊 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Progressive Politics 📉 Wall Street Critique 💵 Campaign Finance

Limitarianism

by Ingrid Robeyns • 2023

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

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💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

Limitarianism 92%

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

by Ingrid Robeyns 2023

4.06

2k+ ratings

💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

Plunder

by Brendan Ballou • 2023

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

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🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism 🏠 Housing Inequality 🏥 Healthcare Economics

Plunder 92%

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

Who Stole the American Dream?

by Hedrick Smith • 2012

One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 📉 Middle Class Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🗳️ Campaign Finance

Who Stole the American Dream? 92%

One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.

by Hedrick Smith 2012

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874 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 📉 Middle Class Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🗳️ Campaign Finance

Capital City

by Samuel Stein • 2019

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

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🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement 📖 Marxist Urban Theory 🏠 Housing Justice

Capital City 92%

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

by Samuel Stein 2019

3.92

2k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement 📖 Marxist Urban Theory 🏠 Housing Justice

Against Intellectual Monopoly

by Michele Boldrin • 2008

Patents and copyrights were meant to fuel invention. The evidence shows they mostly slow it down.

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🧠 Intellectual Property 💡 Innovation Economics 💸 Rent-Seeking 🔬 Multiple Discovery 🔓 Open Innovation

Against Intellectual Monopoly 92%

Patents and copyrights were meant to fuel invention. The evidence shows they mostly slow it down.

by Michele Boldrin 2008

4.02

395 ratings

🧠 Intellectual Property 💡 Innovation Economics 💸 Rent-Seeking 🔬 Multiple Discovery 🔓 Open Innovation

Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual

by John Eckhardt • 2014

No market, no prices. No prices, no economic calculus. That's why socialism devours its own capital.

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🏫 Austrian Economics 🧮 Economic Calculation 🚫 Critique Of Socialism 👑 Consumer Sovereignty 🗽 Classical Liberalism

Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual Summary

Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual 92%

No market, no prices. No prices, no economic calculus. That's why socialism devours its own capital.

by John Eckhardt 2014

4.63

345 ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 🧮 Economic Calculation 🚫 Critique Of Socialism 👑 Consumer Sovereignty 🗽 Classical Liberalism

Economic Facts and Fallacies

by Thomas Sowellm • 2007

Five reasoning mistakes produce the policies you support, and they all backfire on the vulnerable.

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🏛️ Free Market Economics 🔍 Economic Myths 🧠 Logical Fallacies 📊 Statistical Literacy 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Economic Facts and Fallacies 92%

Five reasoning mistakes produce the policies you support, and they all backfire on the vulnerable.

by Thomas Sowellm 2007

4.23

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Free Market Economics 🔍 Economic Myths 🧠 Logical Fallacies 📊 Statistical Literacy 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Equal Is Unfair

by Don Watkins • 2016

Income inequality is not the enemy. The real barriers to prosperity are government programs.

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🏛️ Income Inequality 📊 Political Economy 🏪 Free Market Economics 🛑 Welfare State Critique 🚀 Economic Mobility

Equal Is Unfair 92%

Income inequality is not the enemy. The real barriers to prosperity are government programs.

by Don Watkins 2016

4.07

557 ratings

🏛️ Income Inequality 📊 Political Economy 🏪 Free Market Economics 🛑 Welfare State Critique 🚀 Economic Mobility

Them and Us

by Will Hutton • 2010

Fairness is not capitalism's enemy. It is the one condition on which capitalism actually works.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🇬🇧 British Politics ⚖️ Economic Fairness 📜 Social Contract 🪜 Social Mobility

Them and Us 92%

Fairness is not capitalism's enemy. It is the one condition on which capitalism actually works.

by Will Hutton 2010

3.89

109 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇬🇧 British Politics ⚖️ Economic Fairness 📜 Social Contract 🪜 Social Mobility

Requiem for the American Dream

by Noam Chomsky • 2017

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

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⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Requiem for the American Dream 92%

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

by Noam Chomsky 2017

4.21

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

The New Human Rights Movement

by Peter Joseph • 2017

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The New Human Rights Movement 92%

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

by Peter Joseph 2017

4.33

625 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The Conscience of a Liberal

by Paul Krugman • 2007

Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.

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📊 Income Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Racial Politics 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🛡️ Welfare State Politics

The Conscience of a Liberal 92%

Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.

by Paul Krugman 2007

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📊 Income Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Racial Politics 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🛡️ Welfare State Politics

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent

by Sam Wilkin • 2015

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

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🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

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Wealth Secrets of the One Percent 92%

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

by Sam Wilkin 2015

3.71

357 ratings

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

The Darwin Economy

by Robert H. Frank • 2011

Darwin explains tax policy better than Adam Smith: the evolutionary case for taxing the top.

3.77

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🏛️ Political Economy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption ⚠️ Market Failures 🤝 Collective Action

The Darwin Economy 92%

Darwin explains tax policy better than Adam Smith: the evolutionary case for taxing the top.

by Robert H. Frank 2011

3.77

631 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 💎 Conspicuous Consumption ⚠️ Market Failures 🤝 Collective Action

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