50 Books like The Market Revolution

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1975

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

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🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism 🎩 Bourgeois Society 🌍 Uneven Development

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 94%

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1975

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🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism 🎩 Bourgeois Society 🌍 Uneven Development

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

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

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

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

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 93%

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

by John Steele Gordon 2004

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

All the Presidents' Bankers

by Nomi Prins • 2014

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

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🏦 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

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539 ratings

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

Monopoly Capital

by Paul A. Baran • 1966

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

Monopoly Capital 93%

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

by Paul A. Baran 1966

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276 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

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.

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🎭 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

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

The Age of Abundance

by Brink Lindsey • 2007

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

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🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

The Age of Abundance 93%

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

by Brink Lindsey 2007

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134 ratings

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

Industry and Empire

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1968

Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.

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📈 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🇬🇧 British History 🏛️ Marxist Historiography 👥 History From Below

Industry and Empire 92%

Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1968

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574 ratings

📈 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🇬🇧 British History 🏛️ Marxist Historiography 👥 History From Below

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

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

The Price of Greatness

by Jay Cost • 2018

The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.

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🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Debates 💰 Hamiltonian Economics ⚖️ Madisonian Democracy 🐍 Political Corruption

The Price of Greatness 92%

The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.

by Jay Cost 2018

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245 ratings

🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Debates 💰 Hamiltonian Economics ⚖️ Madisonian Democracy 🐍 Political Corruption

How the South Won the Civil War

by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

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🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

How the South Won the Civil War 92%

Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.

by Heather Cox Richardson 2020

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🇺🇸 American Political History 🏛️ Oligarchy Studies 🐎 Frontier Mythology ⛓️ Racial Hierarchy 🗳️ Voter Suppression

Concrete Economics

by Stephen S. Cohen • 2015

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

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

Concrete Economics 92%

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

by Stephen S. Cohen 2015

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283 ratings

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

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

The Tycoons

by Charles R. Morris • 2005

Four rival industrialists, four methods, one generation: how America became the world's factory.

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🏛️ Gilded Age 🚂 Railroads 💰 Robber Barons 🏭 Industrial Revolution 📊 Corporate Consolidation

The Tycoons 92%

Four rival industrialists, four methods, one generation: how America became the world's factory.

by Charles R. Morris 2005

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🏛️ Gilded Age 🚂 Railroads 💰 Robber Barons 🏭 Industrial Revolution 📊 Corporate Consolidation

The Robber Barons

by Matthew Josephson • 1934

A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.

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💰 Gilded Age 🏭 Captains Of Industry 🎩 Monopoly And Trusts 🚂 Railroad Empires 🏛️ Political Corruption

The Robber Barons 92%

A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.

by Matthew Josephson 1934

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💰 Gilded Age 🏭 Captains Of Industry 🎩 Monopoly And Trusts 🚂 Railroad Empires 🏛️ Political Corruption

Studies in the Development of Capitalism

by Maurice Dobb • 2007

Capitalism was born when peasants lost their land and had nothing left to sell but their own labor.

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📈 Economic History 📊 Marxist Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Class Analysis 📜 Historical Materialism

Studies in the Development of Capitalism Summary

Studies in the Development of Capitalism 92%

Capitalism was born when peasants lost their land and had nothing left to sell but their own labor.

by Maurice Dobb 2007

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62 ratings

📈 Economic History 📊 Marxist Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Class Analysis 📜 Historical Materialism

The Big Myth

by Naomi Oreskes • 2023

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

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

The Big Myth 92%

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

by Naomi Oreskes 2023

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

American Lion

by Jon Meacham • 2008

How an orphan's fury for the elite built the modern presidency by breaking every established rule.

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🏛️ American Presidency 🏞️ Jacksonian Era 🗳️ Jacksonian Democracy 🔗 Nullification Crisis 💵 Bank War

American Lion 92%

How an orphan's fury for the elite built the modern presidency by breaking every established rule.

by Jon Meacham 2008

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🏛️ American Presidency 🏞️ Jacksonian Era 🗳️ Jacksonian Democracy 🔗 Nullification Crisis 💵 Bank War

How to Change the World

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 2011

The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.

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📜 Marxist Theory 📖 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Theory 🏭 Capitalism Critique ⛏️ Historical Materialism

How to Change the World 92%

The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011

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988 ratings

📜 Marxist Theory 📖 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Theory 🏭 Capitalism Critique ⛏️ Historical Materialism

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

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

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution

by Maxine Berg • 2023

Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.

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🏛️ Economic History ⛓️ Atlantic Slavery 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🍬 Colonial Commodities 🟤 Racial Capitalism

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution Summary

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution 92%

Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.

by Maxine Berg 2023

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26 ratings

🏛️ Economic History ⛓️ Atlantic Slavery 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🍬 Colonial Commodities 🟤 Racial Capitalism

Inside Money

by Zachary Karabell • 2021

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

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

Inside Money 92%

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

by Zachary Karabell 2021

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411 ratings

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

America

by Chris Hedges • 2018

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

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🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

America 92%

Addiction, casinos, and the death of work: the symptoms of late capitalism's terminal stage.

by Chris Hedges 2018

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🛒 Late Capitalism 🇺🇸 American Decline 💊 Opioid Crisis ⚙️ Working Class Erosion 📕 Marxist Critique

The Big Change

by Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

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📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

The Big Change 91%

America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.

by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952

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243 ratings

📖 American History 🕰️ Early 20th Century 🔄 Economic Transformation 📈 Social Mobility 🏢 Corporate America

A People's Guide to Capitalism

by Hadas Thier • 2018

The dirty secret of every price tag: profit comes from work that was never paid for.

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🏛️ Political Economy ☭ Marxist Theory ⛓️ Labor Exploitation ✊ Class Struggle 📉 Crisis Theory

A People's Guide to Capitalism 91%

The dirty secret of every price tag: profit comes from work that was never paid for.

by Hadas Thier 2018

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🏛️ Political Economy ☭ Marxist Theory ⛓️ Labor Exploitation ✊ Class Struggle 📉 Crisis Theory

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.

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🏦 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

End Times

by Peter Turchin • 2023

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

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📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory ✊ Revolution Theory 🏚️ State Collapse

End Times 91%

Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.

by Peter Turchin 2023

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📊 Quantitative History 💥 Political Instability 👑 Elite Theory ✊ Revolution Theory 🏚️ State Collapse

The Socialist Manifesto

by Bhaskar Sunkara • 2019

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

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🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

The Socialist Manifesto 91%

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019

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🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Lombard Street

by Walter Bagehot • 1873

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

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

Lombard Street 91%

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

by Walter Bagehot 1873

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435 ratings

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

Global Capitalism

by Jeffry A. Frieden • 2007

How governments built the first global economy, dismantled it, and rebuilt.

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🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Global Capitalism 🥇 Gold Standard 🚢 International Trade 🌍 Globalization History

Global Capitalism 91%

How governments built the first global economy, dismantled it, and rebuilt.

by Jeffry A. Frieden 2007

3.87

644 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Global Capitalism 🥇 Gold Standard 🚢 International Trade 🌍 Globalization History

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 91%

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

by Noam Chomsky 2017

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

The Storm Before the Calm

by George Friedman • 2020

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

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🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

The Storm Before the Calm 91%

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

by George Friedman 2020

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🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal 👥 Demographic Shifts 💾 Technology And Society

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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🏢 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

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318 ratings

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

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 91%

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

by Michael Hudson 2013

4.34

387 ratings

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

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

by Thomas Frank • 2004

The poorest county in America votes Republican. Why a culture war delivers wealth to the top.

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🗳️ Political Realignment 🐘 Conservative Movement 🏭 Class Politics 😤 Cultural Backlash 🤔 Voting Against Interest

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America Summary

What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America 91%

The poorest county in America votes Republican. Why a culture war delivers wealth to the top.

by Thomas Frank 2004

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🗳️ Political Realignment 🐘 Conservative Movement 🏭 Class Politics 😤 Cultural Backlash 🤔 Voting Against Interest

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 91%

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

by Larry Schweikart 2004

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4k+ ratings

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

Choice Theory

by William Glasser • 1999

How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.

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🇺🇸 American History 🏔️ Frontier Myth 🏹 Settler Colonialism 💰 Racial Capitalism ✨ American Exceptionalism

Choice Theory 91%

How the frontier let America flee racism and inequality, until the wall shut the last exit.

by William Glasser 1999

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🇺🇸 American History 🏔️ Frontier Myth 🏹 Settler Colonialism 💰 Racial Capitalism ✨ American Exceptionalism

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

The New Lombard Street 91%

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

by Perry G. Mehrling 2010

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274 ratings

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

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 91%

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

Outclassed

by Joan C. Williams • 2025

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

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👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging 🎓 Educational Sorting 🎭 Cultural Capital

Outclassed 91%

The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.

by Joan C. Williams 2025

4.20

248 ratings

👷 Class Politics 🇺🇸 American Populism 📢 Political Messaging 🎓 Educational Sorting 🎭 Cultural Capital

The Age of Entitlement

by Christopher Caldwell • 2020

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

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⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

The Age of Entitlement 91%

Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.

by Christopher Caldwell 2020

4.04

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Civil Rights Law 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏛️ Constitutional Crisis 🎓 Political Correctness 🏰 Elite Capture

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.

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

Money and Power 91%

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

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

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent 91%

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

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 91%

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

by Matt Stoller 2019

4.23

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

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 91%

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

by George Monbiot 2024

4.37

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

The Democracy Project

by David Graeber • 2013

Democracy only ever comes from below. Occupy Wall Street reminded America what that looks like.

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💸 Financialization 🇺🇸 American Left 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🧾 Debt Resistance 🏛️ Class Analysis

The Democracy Project 91%

Democracy only ever comes from below. Occupy Wall Street reminded America what that looks like.

by David Graeber 2013

4.08

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💸 Financialization 🇺🇸 American Left 🗳️ Direct Democracy 🧾 Debt Resistance 🏛️ Class Analysis

Power and Progress

by Daron Acemoğlu • 2023

For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚙️ History Of Technology 🔧 Technological Bias 🏭 Labor And Automation 📊 Institutional Economics

Power and Progress 91%

For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.

by Daron Acemoğlu 2023

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2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚙️ History Of Technology 🔧 Technological Bias 🏭 Labor And Automation 📊 Institutional Economics

A People’s History of the United States

by Howard Zinn • 1980

The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.

4.09

268k+

📖 Revisionist History 🔍 History From Below 🦅 American Empire 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Class Struggle

A People’s History of the United States Summary

A People’s History of the United States 91%

The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.

by Howard Zinn 1980

4.09

268k+ ratings

📖 Revisionist History 🔍 History From Below 🦅 American Empire 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Class Struggle

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto

by Slavoj Žižek • 2018

The Communist Manifesto foresaw virtual money, debt bondage, false choices. But offered no way out.

3.57

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🔻 Marxist Theory 🧠 Critical Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Late Capitalism 💰 Financialization

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto 91%

The Communist Manifesto foresaw virtual money, debt bondage, false choices. But offered no way out.

by Slavoj Žižek 2018

3.57

822 ratings

🔻 Marxist Theory 🧠 Critical Theory 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Late Capitalism 💰 Financialization

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