19 Books like The House of Rothschild, Vol 1

High Financier

by Niall Ferguson • 2010

A German exile predicted globalization. Then he built the London bank to finance it.

3.71

251

🏦 Investment Banking 👪 Family Dynasties 📜 Financial History 🏛️ City Of London 🧳 Exile And Identity

High Financier 96%

A German exile predicted globalization. Then he built the London bank to finance it.

by Niall Ferguson 2010

3.71

251 ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 👪 Family Dynasties 📜 Financial History 🏛️ City Of London 🧳 Exile And Identity

The Money Kings

by Daniel Schulman • 2023

From peddler carts to Wall Street: Jewish dynasties that bankrolled America's rise.

4.08

629

🏦 Banking Dynasties 🗽 Jewish Immigrants 📈 Wall Street History 🎩 Gilded Age 🔄 Assimilation

The Money Kings 95%

From peddler carts to Wall Street: Jewish dynasties that bankrolled America's rise.

by Daniel Schulman 2023

4.08

629 ratings

🏦 Banking Dynasties 🗽 Jewish Immigrants 📈 Wall Street History 🎩 Gilded Age 🔄 Assimilation

The House of Morgan

by Ron Chernow • 1990

Before the Federal Reserve, a single private bank rescued Wall Street and answered to no one.

3.96

13k+

🏛️ Banking History 👑 Financial Dynasties 📈 Wall Street History 🎩 Gilded Age ⚖️ Financial Regulation

The House of Morgan 94%

Before the Federal Reserve, a single private bank rescued Wall Street and answered to no one.

by Ron Chernow 1990

3.96

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Banking History 👑 Financial Dynasties 📈 Wall Street History 🎩 Gilded Age ⚖️ Financial Regulation

Jewish Space Lasers

by Mike Rothschild • 2023

One Jewish banking family has been blamed for every global catastrophe for 200 years.

3.79

956

✡️ Antisemitism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📜 Jewish History 📢 Propaganda History 🔍 Disinformation

Jewish Space Lasers 94%

One Jewish banking family has been blamed for every global catastrophe for 200 years.

by Mike Rothschild 2023

3.79

956 ratings

✡️ Antisemitism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📜 Jewish History 📢 Propaganda History 🔍 Disinformation

Inside Money

by Zachary Karabell • 2021

The private bank that shunned speculation, survived every panic, and built the American century.

4.09

411

🏦 Private Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🏛️ American Establishment 👨‍👦‍👦 Family Business 🌎 Dollar Diplomacy

Inside Money 93%

The private bank that shunned speculation, survived every panic, and built the American century.

by Zachary Karabell 2021

4.09

411 ratings

🏦 Private Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🏛️ American Establishment 👨‍👦‍👦 Family Business 🌎 Dollar Diplomacy

The Last Tycoons

by William D. Cohan • 2007

No loans, no ads, no apologies. How Lazard Frères traded on intellect and ruled Wall Street.

3.85

1k+

🏦 Investment Banking 📈 Wall Street History 🤝 Corporate Mergers 🚨 Crisis Management 🔒 Secretive Institutions

The Last Tycoons 93%

No loans, no ads, no apologies. How Lazard Frères traded on intellect and ruled Wall Street.

by William D. Cohan 2007

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 📈 Wall Street History 🤝 Corporate Mergers 🚨 Crisis Management 🔒 Secretive Institutions

Lords of Finance

by Liaquat Ahamed • 2009

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

4.04

17k+

🏦 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

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 93%

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

America's Bank

by Roger Lowenstein • 2015

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

3.81

1k+

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

America's Bank 93%

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

J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker

by J.R. MacGregor • 2019

He rescued American capitalism twice, so the government built the Federal Reserve to replace him.

3.87

143

🎭 Gilded Age 🏦 Banking History 📈 Wall Street History 📉 Financial Panics 🏛️ Federal Reserve Origins

J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker Summary

J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker 93%

He rescued American capitalism twice, so the government built the Federal Reserve to replace him.

by J.R. MacGregor 2019

3.87

143 ratings

🎭 Gilded Age 🏦 Banking History 📈 Wall Street History 📉 Financial Panics 🏛️ Federal Reserve Origins

Hall of Mirrors

by Barry Eichengreen • 2014

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

4.01

296

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

Hall of Mirrors 92%

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

Capitalism in America

by Alan Greenspan • 2018

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

4.06

2k+

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

Capitalism in America 92%

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

Money

by David McWilliams • 2024

Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.

4.17

3k+

💰 Monetary History 💳 Credit And Debt 📉 Boom And Bust 👑 Power And Money 💡 Financial Innovation

Money 92%

Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.

by David McWilliams 2024

4.17

3k+ ratings

💰 Monetary History 💳 Credit And Debt 📉 Boom And Bust 👑 Power And Money 💡 Financial Innovation

Bagehot

by James Grant • 2019

Taught central banks to halt a panic, and turned the money page into required reading.

3.67

161

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 📰 Financial Journalism 🏦 Central Banking 💡 Economic Thought 📊 Political Economy

Bagehot 92%

Taught central banks to halt a panic, and turned the money page into required reading.

by James Grant 2019

3.67

161 ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 📰 Financial Journalism 🏦 Central Banking 💡 Economic Thought 📊 Political Economy

An Empire of Wealth

by John Steele Gordon • 2004

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

4.10

1k+

🕰️ 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

God's Bankers

by Gerald Posner • 2015

For two millennia, money has shaped the Vatican more than any prayer.

3.97

2k+

🏛️ Papal History ⚖️ Church And State 💰 Financial Scandals 🏦 Banking History 🔍 Investigative Journalism

God's Bankers 92%

For two millennia, money has shaped the Vatican more than any prayer.

by Gerald Posner 2015

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Papal History ⚖️ Church And State 💰 Financial Scandals 🏦 Banking History 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Oil Kings

by Andrew Scott Cooper • 2011

Secret U.S. deals armed the Shah and quadrupled oil prices. The world never recovered.

4.10

831

🛢️ Oil Politics 🕌 Middle Eastern History 🤝 Secret Diplomacy 💰 Economic Warfare 🔫 Arms Trade

The Oil Kings 92%

Secret U.S. deals armed the Shah and quadrupled oil prices. The world never recovered.

by Andrew Scott Cooper 2011

4.10

831 ratings

🛢️ Oil Politics 🕌 Middle Eastern History 🤝 Secret Diplomacy 💰 Economic Warfare 🔫 Arms Trade

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

Money and Power

by William D. Cohan • 2011

Goldman Sachs's rise from a near-fatal 1970 crisis to the most powerful bank in the world.

3.85

2k+

🏦 Investment Banking 🏛️ Wall Street History 📜 Corporate Biography 📉 Financial Crises 🤝 Banking Culture

Money and Power 92%

Goldman Sachs's rise from a near-fatal 1970 crisis to the most powerful bank in the world.

by William D. Cohan 2011

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 🏛️ Wall Street History 📜 Corporate Biography 📉 Financial Crises 🤝 Banking Culture

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