50 Books like The Forgotten Man

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 94%

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

by Matt Stoller 2019

4.23

1k+ ratings

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

Capitalism in America

by Alan Greenspan • 2018

America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.

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🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏢 Business History 💵 Monetary History ⚖️ Government And Markets

Capitalism in America 94%

America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.

by Alan Greenspan 2018

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏢 Business History 💵 Monetary History ⚖️ Government And Markets

The Big Myth

by Naomi Oreskes • 2023

Free market worship was never ancient wisdom. It was a business propaganda campaign.

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712

📉 Economic Myths 🏢 Corporate Lobbying 📢 Propaganda History 🌪️ Deregulation Disasters ⛓️‍💥 Free Market Critique

The Big Myth 94%

Free market worship was never ancient wisdom. It was a business propaganda campaign.

by Naomi Oreskes 2023

4.36

712 ratings

📉 Economic Myths 🏢 Corporate Lobbying 📢 Propaganda History 🌪️ Deregulation Disasters ⛓️‍💥 Free Market Critique

The Republic for Which It Stands

by Richard White • 2017

America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.

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🏛️ Reconstruction Era 💰 Gilded Age 🔨 Labor History 🌳 Environmental History ⚖️ Jim Crow Origins

The Republic for Which It Stands Summary

The Republic for Which It Stands 94%

America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.

by Richard White 2017

4.16

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Reconstruction Era 💰 Gilded Age 🔨 Labor History 🌳 Environmental History ⚖️ Jim Crow Origins

A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1

by Allan H. Meltzer • 2003

The Federal Reserve's founding doctrines caused the Great Depression and the 1937 recession.

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🏦 Federal Reserve History 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Great Depression 🥇 Gold Standard 📚 Institutional History

A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1 Summary

A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1 94%

The Federal Reserve's founding doctrines caused the Great Depression and the 1937 recession.

by Allan H. Meltzer 2003

4.04

53 ratings

🏦 Federal Reserve History 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Great Depression 🥇 Gold Standard 📚 Institutional History

Thinking like an Economist

by Elizabeth Popp Berman • 2022

How efficiency-driven economics took over US policy, even from liberals, and what it left behind.

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213

📜 Economic Policy History 🌐 Neoliberalism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🏛️ Law And Economics 💰 Market Fundamentalism

Thinking like an Economist 93%

How efficiency-driven economics took over US policy, even from liberals, and what it left behind.

by Elizabeth Popp Berman 2022

3.93

213 ratings

📜 Economic Policy History 🌐 Neoliberalism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🏛️ Law And Economics 💰 Market Fundamentalism

The New Great Depression

by James Rickards • 2021

A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.

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🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Monetary Policy Critique 📉 Deflation Economics 🔻 Economic Depression 🌪️ Social Breakdown

The New Great Depression 93%

A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.

by James Rickards 2021

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1k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Monetary Policy Critique 📉 Deflation Economics 🔻 Economic Depression 🌪️ Social Breakdown

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

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🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 93%

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957

4.19

455 ratings

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

Lords of Finance

by Liaquat Ahamed • 2009

The Great Depression was not inevitable; four powerful bankers steered the world into it.

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🏦 Central Banking History 🥇 Gold Standard 📉 Great Depression History 💥 Financial Crises 📖 Popular Economics

Lords of Finance 93%

The Great Depression was not inevitable; four powerful bankers steered the world into it.

by Liaquat Ahamed 2009

4.04

17k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking History 🥇 Gold Standard 📉 Great Depression History 💥 Financial Crises 📖 Popular Economics

Keynes Hayek

by Nicholas Wapshott • 2011

Keynes said spend during crashes. Hayek said get out of the way. That fight never ended.

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🧠 History Of Economic Thought ⚔️ Intellectual Rivalry 🏛️ Austrian Economics 💰 Fiscal Policy 📊 Macroeconomics

Keynes Hayek 93%

Keynes said spend during crashes. Hayek said get out of the way. That fight never ended.

by Nicholas Wapshott 2011

3.92

3k+ ratings

🧠 History Of Economic Thought ⚔️ Intellectual Rivalry 🏛️ Austrian Economics 💰 Fiscal Policy 📊 Macroeconomics

What Went Wrong with Capitalism

by Ruchir Sharma • 2024

Too much government, not too little, broke capitalism: bailouts, zombies, stalled growth.

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733

🤝 Crony Capitalism 🚫 Government Overreach 💰 Monetary Policy 🔄 Debt Cycles 🆘 Financial Bailouts

What Went Wrong with Capitalism 93%

Too much government, not too little, broke capitalism: bailouts, zombies, stalled growth.

by Ruchir Sharma 2024

3.84

733 ratings

🤝 Crony Capitalism 🚫 Government Overreach 💰 Monetary Policy 🔄 Debt Cycles 🆘 Financial Bailouts

Hall of Mirrors

by Barry Eichengreen • 2014

History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.

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296

📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 💵 Monetary Policy 🏦 Central Banking 🔄 Historical Parallels

Hall of Mirrors 93%

History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.

by Barry Eichengreen 2014

4.01

296 ratings

📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 💵 Monetary Policy 🏦 Central Banking 🔄 Historical Parallels

The Great Crash 1929

by John Kenneth Galbraith • 1955

Authorities knew a crash was coming; five structural flaws ensured it became the Great Depression.

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📜 Financial History 📉 Stock Market Crashes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧠 Market Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Economics

The Great Crash 1929 92%

Authorities knew a crash was coming; five structural flaws ensured it became the Great Depression.

by John Kenneth Galbraith 1955

3.92

6k+ ratings

📜 Financial History 📉 Stock Market Crashes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧠 Market Psychology 🏛️ Institutional Economics

First Principles

by John Brian Taylor • 2012

America's prosperity was built on five economic principles. Then it abandoned every one of them.

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105

🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 🗽 Economic Freedom 📜 Classical Liberalism 🏥 Entitlement Reform

First Principles 92%

America's prosperity was built on five economic principles. Then it abandoned every one of them.

by John Brian Taylor 2012

3.67

105 ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 🗽 Economic Freedom 📜 Classical Liberalism 🏥 Entitlement Reform

The Man Who Knew

by Sebastian Mallaby • 2016

The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.

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🏦 Central Banking 💹 Monetary Policy 📜 Economic History 🛡️ Financial Regulation 🕊️ Free-Market Thought

The Man Who Knew 92%

The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.

by Sebastian Mallaby 2016

4.32

1k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💹 Monetary Policy 📜 Economic History 🛡️ Financial Regulation 🕊️ Free-Market Thought

Lombard Street

by Walter Bagehot • 1873

All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.

3.89

435

🏦 Central Banking 🚨 Financial Panics 🔄 Credit Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📚 Classical Economics

Lombard Street 92%

All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.

by Walter Bagehot 1873

3.89

435 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 🚨 Financial Panics 🔄 Credit Cycles 🧠 Market Psychology 📚 Classical Economics

Capitalism and Freedom

by Milton Friedman • 1962

Why political freedom requires competitive capitalism, and what that means for government's role.

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💰 Free Market Economics 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🧮 Chicago School Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🔒 Regulatory Capture

Capitalism and Freedom 92%

Why political freedom requires competitive capitalism, and what that means for government's role.

by Milton Friedman 1962

3.90

15k+ ratings

💰 Free Market Economics 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🧮 Chicago School Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🔒 Regulatory Capture

Popular Economics

by John Tamny • 2015

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

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300

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

Popular Economics 92%

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

by John Tamny 2015

3.64

300 ratings

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

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

by Peter D. Schiff • 2010

A cartoon island parable about why stimulus and easy credit always end in a crash.

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🏫 Austrian Economics 📖 Economic Literacy 📉 Inflation Critique 🔄 Economic Cycles 🫧 Debt And Bubbles

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes 92%

A cartoon island parable about why stimulus and easy credit always end in a crash.

by Peter D. Schiff 2010

4.15

5k+ ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 📖 Economic Literacy 📉 Inflation Critique 🔄 Economic Cycles 🫧 Debt And Bubbles

Meltdown

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2009

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

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🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

Meltdown 92%

The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.

by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🏠 Housing Bubble

The Real Crash

by Peter D. Schiff • 2012

America's recovery is a debt-fueled illusion. The 2008 crash was merely the preview.

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🏫 Austrian Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🥇 Gold Standard 📊 National Debt 📉 Economic Collapse

The Real Crash 92%

America's recovery is a debt-fueled illusion. The 2008 crash was merely the preview.

by Peter D. Schiff 2012

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1k+ ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🥇 Gold Standard 📊 National Debt 📉 Economic Collapse

The Upswing

by Robert D. Putnam • 2020

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

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📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Polarization 🏘️ Civic Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🤝 Social Capital

The Upswing 92%

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

by Robert D. Putnam 2020

3.94

2k+ ratings

📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Polarization 🏘️ Civic Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🤝 Social Capital

America's Bank

by Roger Lowenstein • 2015

In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.

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🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary History 📉 Financial Panics 🎩 Gilded Age Banking 🗳️ Progressive Era

America's Bank 92%

In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.

by Roger Lowenstein 2015

3.81

1k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary History 📉 Financial Panics 🎩 Gilded Age Banking 🗳️ Progressive Era

The New Lombard Street

by Perry G. Mehrling • 2010

The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.

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274

🏦 Central Banking 📜 Monetary History 🔧 Financial Plumbing 🔄 Credit Cycles 🕶️ Shadow Banking

The New Lombard Street 92%

The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.

by Perry G. Mehrling 2010

4.26

274 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📜 Monetary History 🔧 Financial Plumbing 🔄 Credit Cycles 🕶️ Shadow Banking

The Big Three in Economics

by Mark Skousen • 2007

Smith, Marx, and Keynes built three rival blueprints for capitalism. The argument never ended.

3.59

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📜 Economic Thought 💡 Intellectual History ⚖️ Classical Economics 🔓 Free Markets 🏦 Government Intervention

The Big Three in Economics 92%

Smith, Marx, and Keynes built three rival blueprints for capitalism. The argument never ended.

by Mark Skousen 2007

3.59

863 ratings

📜 Economic Thought 💡 Intellectual History ⚖️ Classical Economics 🔓 Free Markets 🏦 Government Intervention

A Patriot's History of the United States

by Larry Schweikart • 2004

The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.

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🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🦅 Patriotic History 📈 Economic History 📜 Founding Era ⚖️ Limited Government

A Patriot's History of the United States Summary

A Patriot's History of the United States 92%

The conservative reply to Zinn: America's record, from Columbus to 9/11, earns its patriotism.

by Larry Schweikart 2004

4.11

4k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 🦅 Patriotic History 📈 Economic History 📜 Founding Era ⚖️ Limited Government

21st Century Monetary Policy

by Ben S. Bernanke • 2022

A former Fed chair on how panics, not plans, built the central bank's arsenal.

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🏦 Central Banking 💵 Monetary Policy 🏛️ Institutional History 📉 Financial Crises 📊 Modern Macroeconomics

21st Century Monetary Policy 92%

A former Fed chair on how panics, not plans, built the central bank's arsenal.

by Ben S. Bernanke 2022

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💵 Monetary Policy 🏛️ Institutional History 📉 Financial Crises 📊 Modern Macroeconomics

An Empire of Wealth

by John Steele Gordon • 2004

6% of the people, 30% of GDP: the institutional inheritance behind American wealth.

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🕰️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏛️ Institutional Economics 📉 Financial Crises ⚡ Creative Destruction

An Empire of Wealth 92%

6% of the people, 30% of GDP: the institutional inheritance behind American wealth.

by John Steele Gordon 2004

4.10

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏛️ Institutional Economics 📉 Financial Crises ⚡ Creative Destruction

Economic Policy

by Ludwig von Mises • 1979

Why price controls always cause queues, and why printing money is a policy, not an accident.

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🏫 Austrian Economics 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Free Market Economics 💰 Monetary Policy 💸 Inflation

Economic Policy 92%

Why price controls always cause queues, and why printing money is a policy, not an accident.

by Ludwig von Mises 1979

4.34

2k+ ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Free Market Economics 💰 Monetary Policy 💸 Inflation

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

by Joseph Fishkin • 2022

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

4.10

🏦 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

4.10

40 ratings

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

Empire of Debt

by William Bonner • 2005

Empires take tribute from subjects. America borrows from them instead, and the bill is due.

3.90

332

🏛️ Sovereign Debt 🏚️ Imperial Decline 🏫 Austrian Economics 🇺🇸 American Empire 📉 Contrarian Investing

Empire of Debt 92%

Empires take tribute from subjects. America borrows from them instead, and the bill is due.

by William Bonner 2005

3.90

332 ratings

🏛️ Sovereign Debt 🏚️ Imperial Decline 🏫 Austrian Economics 🇺🇸 American Empire 📉 Contrarian Investing

The Road to Serfdom

by Friedrich A. Hayek • 1944

Central planning, however noble, destroys liberty, corrupts morals, and elevates the cruel.

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🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🏫 Austrian Economics 📢 Collectivism Critique 🕊️ Individual Liberty ⚖️ Rule Of Law

The Road to Serfdom 92%

Central planning, however noble, destroys liberty, corrupts morals, and elevates the cruel.

by Friedrich A. Hayek 1944

4.15

26k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🏫 Austrian Economics 📢 Collectivism Critique 🕊️ Individual Liberty ⚖️ Rule Of Law

Choice

by Robert P. Murphy • 2015

Socialism cannot do arithmetic. Without market prices, no planner can know what anything is worth.

4.60

259

🏛️ Austrian Economics 🔄 Spontaneous Order 💰 Monetary Theory 📉 Business Cycle Theory 🗽 Classical Liberalism

Choice 92%

Socialism cannot do arithmetic. Without market prices, no planner can know what anything is worth.

by Robert P. Murphy 2015

4.60

259 ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 🔄 Spontaneous Order 💰 Monetary Theory 📉 Business Cycle Theory 🗽 Classical Liberalism

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

by Peter Conti-Brown • 2016

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

4.21

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🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve Summary

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve 91%

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

by Peter Conti-Brown 2016

4.21

137 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Governance 📋 Bureaucratic Politics

The Constitution of Liberty

by Friedrich A. Hayek • 1978

Socialism's fatal flaw isn't corruption: no one mind can know enough to run a nation.

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🏔️ Austrian Economics 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🧮 Economic Calculation 📋 Central Planning 💲 Price Signals

The Constitution of Liberty 91%

Socialism's fatal flaw isn't corruption: no one mind can know enough to run a nation.

by Friedrich A. Hayek 1978

4.16

3k+ ratings

🏔️ Austrian Economics 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🧮 Economic Calculation 📋 Central Planning 💲 Price Signals

What Would the Great Economists Do?

by Linda Yueh • 2018

Trade wars. Stagnant pay. Slowing growth. Twelve great economists diagnosed them all, decades ago.

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📜 History Of Economic Thought 🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Trade Economics 💡 Economic Innovation 📈 Economic Growth

What Would the Great Economists Do? Summary

What Would the Great Economists Do? 91%

Trade wars. Stagnant pay. Slowing growth. Twelve great economists diagnosed them all, decades ago.

by Linda Yueh 2018

3.66

1k+ ratings

📜 History Of Economic Thought 🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Trade Economics 💡 Economic Innovation 📈 Economic Growth

Bailout Nation

by Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

572

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Bailout Nation 91%

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

by Barry Ritholtz 2009

3.87

572 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

All the Presidents' Bankers

by Nomi Prins • 2014

A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.

4.07

539

🏦 Banking History 💰 Political Economy 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Financial Crises 🗽 American Empire

All the Presidents' Bankers 91%

A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.

by Nomi Prins 2014

4.07

539 ratings

🏦 Banking History 💰 Political Economy 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Financial Crises 🗽 American Empire

After the Music Stopped

by Alan S. Blinder • 2013

Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.

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📉 Financial Crises 📚 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles ⚖️ Leverage And Risk 🦊 Regulatory Capture

After the Music Stopped 91%

Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.

by Alan S. Blinder 2013

4.12

2k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 📚 Economic History 🏠 Housing Bubbles ⚖️ Leverage And Risk 🦊 Regulatory Capture

Keynes

by Robert Skidelsky • 2009

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

3.78

1k+

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

Keynes 91%

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

by Robert Skidelsky 2009

3.78

1k+ ratings

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

Concrete Economics

by Stephen S. Cohen • 2015

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

3.87

283

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

Concrete Economics 91%

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

Transaction Man

by Nicholas Lemann • 2019

America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.

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318

🏢 Corporate Governance 📜 Financial History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📈 Shareholder Capitalism 🏚️ Institutional Decline

Transaction Man 91%

America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.

by Nicholas Lemann 2019

3.71

318 ratings

🏢 Corporate Governance 📜 Financial History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📈 Shareholder Capitalism 🏚️ Institutional Decline

Firefighting

by Ben S. Bernanke • 2019

Bernanke's 2008 account: the system nearly collapsed, and the tools that stopped it no longer exist.

3.83

978

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⛓️ Systemic Risk 🐘 Too Big To Fail 📉 The Great Recession

Firefighting 91%

Bernanke's 2008 account: the system nearly collapsed, and the tools that stopped it no longer exist.

by Ben S. Bernanke 2019

3.83

978 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⛓️ Systemic Risk 🐘 Too Big To Fail 📉 The Great Recession

Freefall

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2010

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

3.88

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

Freefall 91%

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

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2010

3.88

4k+ ratings

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

Broke

by Glenn Beck • 2010

America's real debt tops $64 trillion. Rome and Spain collapsed the same way.

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💸 National Debt 🪙 Fiscal Conservatism 🏛️ Limited Government 📈 Austrian Economics 🗽 Federalism

Broke 91%

America's real debt tops $64 trillion. Rome and Spain collapsed the same way.

by Glenn Beck 2010

4.01

2k+ ratings

💸 National Debt 🪙 Fiscal Conservatism 🏛️ Limited Government 📈 Austrian Economics 🗽 Federalism

How the Other Half Banks

by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2015

Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.

4.09

626

🏦 Banking History 📜 Financial Regulation 🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy 🎣 Predatory Lending 🚫 Financial Exclusion

How the Other Half Banks 91%

Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.

by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015

4.09

626 ratings

🏦 Banking History 📜 Financial Regulation 🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy 🎣 Predatory Lending 🚫 Financial Exclusion

Freedomnomics

by John R. Lott Jr. • 2007

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

3.55

573

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

Freedomnomics 91%

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

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

GDP

by Diane Coyle • 2014

GDP was built for counting tanks and factories, not software, services, or a livable planet.

3.65

816

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