50 Books like The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

Clothing Poverty

by Andrew Brooks • 2015

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

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👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Clothing Poverty 96%

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

by Andrew Brooks 2015

3.75

173 ratings

👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Outside the Box

by Marc Levinson • 2020

Globalization moved goods and built China. The next phase trades ideas, and new winners emerge.

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🏛️ Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🔗 Supply Chains 📜 Trade Policy 💰 Global Finance

Outside the Box 95%

Globalization moved goods and built China. The next phase trades ideas, and new winners emerge.

by Marc Levinson 2020

3.94

228 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🔗 Supply Chains 📜 Trade Policy 💰 Global Finance

A Splendid Exchange

by William J. Bernstein • 2008

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

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📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History ⚓ Maritime History 🌶️ Commodity History

A Splendid Exchange 95%

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

by William J. Bernstein 2008

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3k+ ratings

📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History ⚓ Maritime History 🌶️ Commodity History

Making It in America

by Rachel Slade • 2024

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

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🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

Making It in America 95%

Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.

by Rachel Slade 2024

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323 ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 📉 Manufacturing Decline 📜 Trade Policy 📦 Offshoring ✊ Labor Unions

Made in the USA

by Vaclav Smil • 2013

How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.

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🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Industry ⚡ Energy Economics 📉 Deindustrialization 🔗 Supply Chains

Made in the USA 95%

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

How the World Ran Out of Everything

by Peter S. Goodman • 2024

The global supply chain was one shock from collapse, and decades of cost-cutting were the reason.

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🚢 Global Supply Chains 🦠 Pandemic Economics 🌐 Globalization Critique ⛓️ Labor Exploitation 🏛️ Monopoly Power

How the World Ran Out of Everything Summary

How the World Ran Out of Everything 95%

The global supply chain was one shock from collapse, and decades of cost-cutting were the reason.

by Peter S. Goodman 2024

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1k+ ratings

🚢 Global Supply Chains 🦠 Pandemic Economics 🌐 Globalization Critique ⛓️ Labor Exploitation 🏛️ Monopoly Power

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 94%

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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1k+ ratings

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

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy

by Tim Harford • 2017

Fifty inventions, from barbed wire to infant formula, and the economic ripples nobody saw coming.

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📜 Economic History 💡 Innovation Economics 🔧 Technological History 🦋 Unintended Consequences 🌪️ Creative Destruction

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy Summary

Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy 94%

Fifty inventions, from barbed wire to infant formula, and the economic ripples nobody saw coming.

by Tim Harford 2017

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4k+ ratings

📜 Economic History 💡 Innovation Economics 🔧 Technological History 🦋 Unintended Consequences 🌪️ Creative Destruction

Edible Economics

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2022

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

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

Edible Economics 94%

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

by Ha-Joon Chang 2022

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3k+ ratings

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

Trade Wars Are Class Wars

by Matthew C. Klein • 2020

The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.

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🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💰 Inequality And Trade 👥 Class Conflict 📊 Financial Flows

Trade Wars Are Class Wars 94%

The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.

by Matthew C. Klein 2020

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2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💰 Inequality And Trade 👥 Class Conflict 📊 Financial Flows

The Globalization Paradox

by Dani Rodrik • 2010

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

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

The Globalization Paradox 94%

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

by Dani Rodrik 2010

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2k+ ratings

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

Factory Man

by Beth Macy • 2014

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

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🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

Factory Man 94%

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

by Beth Macy 2014

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3k+ ratings

🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

No Logo

by Naomi Klein • 2000

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

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🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

No Logo 94%

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

by Naomi Klein 2000

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33k+ ratings

🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

The Wal-Mart Effect

by Charles Fishman • 2006

200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.

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🏬 Big-Box Retail 🔗 Supply Chain 💼 Corporate Power 🛒 Consumer Ethics 👷 Labor Exploitation

The Wal-Mart Effect 94%

200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.

by Charles Fishman 2006

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4k+ ratings

🏬 Big-Box Retail 🔗 Supply Chain 💼 Corporate Power 🛒 Consumer Ethics 👷 Labor Exploitation

Your Life Is Manufactured

by Tim Minshall • 2025

The hidden system that builds everything you touch is fragile and overdue for reinvention.

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432

🚢 Global Supply Chains ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial History 🔗 Systems Thinking 📊 Lean Manufacturing

Your Life Is Manufactured 94%

The hidden system that builds everything you touch is fragile and overdue for reinvention.

by Tim Minshall 2025

3.62

432 ratings

🚢 Global Supply Chains ♻️ Circular Economy 🏭 Industrial History 🔗 Systems Thinking 📊 Lean Manufacturing

How Economics Explains the World

by Andrew Leigh • 2024

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

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

How Economics Explains the World Summary

How Economics Explains the World 93%

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

by Andrew Leigh 2024

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3k+ ratings

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

Bad Samaritans

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2007

Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.

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🏗️ Development Economics 📜 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy ⚖️ Neoliberal Critique 🔄 Heterodox Economics

Bad Samaritans 93%

Rich nations preach free trade. Their own history is tariffs, state planning, and stolen patents.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2007

4.20

6k+ ratings

🏗️ Development Economics 📜 Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy ⚖️ Neoliberal Critique 🔄 Heterodox Economics

Capitalism, Alone

by Branko Milanović • 2019

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

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🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

Capitalism, Alone 93%

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

by Branko Milanović 2019

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1k+ ratings

🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

Sold Out

by James Rickards • 2022

Supply chains rewarded efficiency over resilience for decades. The world is now running that bill.

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🔗 Supply Chains 🚢 Global Trade 📈 Inflation Economics 🌍 Geopolitical Risk 🏦 Monetary Policy

Sold Out 93%

Supply chains rewarded efficiency over resilience for decades. The world is now running that bill.

by James Rickards 2022

3.50

316 ratings

🔗 Supply Chains 🚢 Global Trade 📈 Inflation Economics 🌍 Geopolitical Risk 🏦 Monetary Policy

Making Globalization Work

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2006

Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.

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🌍 International Development 📊 Development Economics ⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism 🏛️ Global Governance 🚢 Trade Policy

Making Globalization Work 93%

Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2006

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2k+ ratings

🌍 International Development 📊 Development Economics ⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism 🏛️ Global Governance 🚢 Trade Policy

The New World Economy

by Randy Charles Epping • 2020

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

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

The New World Economy 93%

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

by Randy Charles Epping 2020

3.64

152 ratings

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

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 93%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Underground Empire

by Henry Farrell • 2023

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

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🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

Underground Empire 93%

The global economy's plumbing became America's most powerful weapons, and it was an accident.

by Henry Farrell 2023

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1k+ ratings

🏴‍☠️ Economic Warfare 💵 Dollar Dominance 🔗 Global Supply Chains 💻 Geopolitics Of Technology 🌐 Geoeconomics

The Global Minotaur

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2011

Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.

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

The Global Minotaur 93%

Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2011

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2k+ ratings

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

101 Things Everyone Needs to Know about the Global Economy

by Michael Taillard • 2012

Make sense of the global economy: trade, currencies, and the forces that move your money.

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🌐 Global Economy 💱 International Finance 🚢 Trade Policy 💲 Currency Markets 🏦 Foreign Investment

101 Things Everyone Needs to Know about the Global Economy Summary

101 Things Everyone Needs to Know about the Global Economy 93%

Make sense of the global economy: trade, currencies, and the forces that move your money.

by Michael Taillard 2012

3.82

39 ratings

🌐 Global Economy 💱 International Finance 🚢 Trade Policy 💲 Currency Markets 🏦 Foreign Investment

The Elephant and the Dragon

by Robyn Meredith • 2007

China built factories, India ran the back office, and together they redrew the global economic map.

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🏙️ Emerging Markets 🐉 Asian Economic Rise 🔗 Global Supply Chains 🏛️ State Capitalism 💻 Offshoring

The Elephant and the Dragon 93%

China built factories, India ran the back office, and together they redrew the global economic map.

by Robyn Meredith 2007

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1k+ ratings

🏙️ Emerging Markets 🐉 Asian Economic Rise 🔗 Global Supply Chains 🏛️ State Capitalism 💻 Offshoring

Breakout Nations

by Ruchir Sharma • 2012

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

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

Breakout Nations 93%

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

by Ruchir Sharma 2012

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3k+ ratings

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

The Growth Map

by Jim O'Neill • 2011

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

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

The Growth Map 93%

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

by Jim O'Neill 2011

3.59

288 ratings

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

The Truth About Markets

by John Kay • 2003

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

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362

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

The Truth About Markets 93%

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

by John Kay 2003

3.85

362 ratings

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

The End of Fashion

by Teri Agins • 1999

How Gap, Armani, and LVMH dismantled fashion's old order and gave consumers the crown.

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💼 Luxury Conglomerates 🏷️ Fashion Branding 📰 Fashion Journalism 🌍 Global Fashion ⚡ Fast Fashion

The End of Fashion 93%

How Gap, Armani, and LVMH dismantled fashion's old order and gave consumers the crown.

by Teri Agins 1999

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1k+ ratings

💼 Luxury Conglomerates 🏷️ Fashion Branding 📰 Fashion Journalism 🌍 Global Fashion ⚡ Fast Fashion

The Rise and Fall of Nations

by Ruchir Sharma • 2016

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

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

The Rise and Fall of Nations 93%

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

by Ruchir Sharma 2016

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3k+ ratings

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

The World Is Flat

by Thomas L. Friedman • 2005

Three billion new workers entered the global economy, and geography stopped deciding who wins.

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🚢 Global Supply Chains 🧠 Knowledge Economy 📦 Outsourcing 💻 Digital Revolution ⚡ Technological Disruption

The World Is Flat 93%

Three billion new workers entered the global economy, and geography stopped deciding who wins.

by Thomas L. Friedman 2005

3.69

103k+ ratings

🚢 Global Supply Chains 🧠 Knowledge Economy 📦 Outsourcing 💻 Digital Revolution ⚡ Technological Disruption

The Box

by Marc Levinson • 2006

In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.

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7k+

⚓ Maritime History 🌐 Global Trade 💥 Technological Disruption 📦 Supply Chain Innovation 🤖 Labor And Automation

The Box 93%

In 1956, a trucker shipped 58 truck bodies on a tanker. What followed remade the global economy.

by Marc Levinson 2006

3.86

7k+ ratings

⚓ Maritime History 🌐 Global Trade 💥 Technological Disruption 📦 Supply Chain Innovation 🤖 Labor And Automation

Deluxe

by Dana Thomas • 2007

How family ateliers became global machines, and why your handbag now funds drug cartels.

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👗 Fashion Industry 💎 Luxury Brands 🛍️ Consumer Culture 🌐 Globalization Critique 🏭 Labor Exploitation

Deluxe 93%

How family ateliers became global machines, and why your handbag now funds drug cartels.

by Dana Thomas 2007

3.89

4k+ ratings

👗 Fashion Industry 💎 Luxury Brands 🛍️ Consumer Culture 🌐 Globalization Critique 🏭 Labor Exploitation

The Age of Turbulence

by Alan Greenspan • 2007

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

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

The Age of Turbulence 93%

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

by Alan Greenspan 2007

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7k+ ratings

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

Global Capitalism

by Jeffry A. Frieden • 2007

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

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644

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

Global Capitalism 93%

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

Silent Coup

by Claire Provost • 2023

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

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277

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Silent Coup 93%

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

by Claire Provost 2023

4.31

277 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Think Like an Economist

by Anne Rooney • 2019

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

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

Think Like an Economist 93%

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

by Anne Rooney 2019

3.85

39 ratings

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

Good Economics for Hard Times

by Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2019

The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.

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📊 Economic Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🌍 Migration 🌱 Development Economics

Good Economics for Hard Times 93%

The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.

by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2019

4.22

15k+ ratings

📊 Economic Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🌍 Migration 🌱 Development Economics

The Square and the Tower

by Niall Ferguson • 2017

The real shapers of history were not kings but the networks connecting everyone else.

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🌍 World History 💰 Economic History 📜 Big History 🕸️ Network Science 👥 Social Networks

The Square and the Tower 93%

The real shapers of history were not kings but the networks connecting everyone else.

by Niall Ferguson 2017

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🌍 World History 💰 Economic History 📜 Big History 🕸️ Network Science 👥 Social Networks

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 93%

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

by Naomi Klein 2007

4.30

55k+ ratings

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

Fashionopolis

by Dana Thomas • 2019

Real cost of a $2 shirt: factory collapses, poisoned water, and the race to build something cleaner.

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👕 Fast Fashion 🌿 Sustainable Fashion 🔄 Circular Economy 🧵 Garment Workers 🧠 Conscious Consumerism

Fashionopolis 93%

Real cost of a $2 shirt: factory collapses, poisoned water, and the race to build something cleaner.

by Dana Thomas 2019

3.88

4k+ ratings

👕 Fast Fashion 🌿 Sustainable Fashion 🔄 Circular Economy 🧵 Garment Workers 🧠 Conscious Consumerism

Gambling on Development

by Stefan Dercon • 2022

Elite bets on growth, not aid or policy, explain why some nations prosper and others stall.

4.02

275

🏗️ Development Economics ⚖️ Political Economy 🏛️ State Capacity 👥 Political Elites 💸 Foreign Aid

Gambling on Development 93%

Elite bets on growth, not aid or policy, explain why some nations prosper and others stall.

by Stefan Dercon 2022

4.02

275 ratings

🏗️ Development Economics ⚖️ Political Economy 🏛️ State Capacity 👥 Political Elites 💸 Foreign Aid

2030

by Mauro F. Guillén • 2020

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

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

2030 93%

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

by Mauro F. Guillén 2020

3.69

3k+ ratings

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

The Capitalist Manifesto

by Johan Norberg • 2023

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

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🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

The Capitalist Manifesto 93%

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

by Johan Norberg 2023

4.23

811 ratings

🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins • 2005

A former insider reveals how the US uses debt to control poor nations and extract trillions.

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🌍 International Development 🌐 Geopolitics 💰 Debt Imperialism 🕵️ Whistleblower Memoir 🏢 Corporate Power

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 93%

A former insider reveals how the US uses debt to control poor nations and extract trillions.

by John Perkins 2005

3.87

40k+ ratings

🌍 International Development 🌐 Geopolitics 💰 Debt Imperialism 🕵️ Whistleblower Memoir 🏢 Corporate Power

The Sharing Economy

by Arun Sundararajan • 2016

Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.

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🤝 Sharing Economy 🔌 Platform Economics 🚗 Gig Economy 🤖 Future Of Work 💼 Independent Work

The Sharing Economy 93%

Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.

by Arun Sundararajan 2016

3.66

491 ratings

🤝 Sharing Economy 🔌 Platform Economics 🚗 Gig Economy 🤖 Future Of Work 💼 Independent Work

Ninety Percent of Everything

by Rose George • 2013

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

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🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries ⚓ Maritime Labor 📝 Immersion Journalism 🏴‍☠️ Piracy Studies

Ninety Percent of Everything 93%

Behind everything you own: an invisible, lawless ocean industry that makes globalization possible.

by Rose George 2013

3.79

4k+ ratings

🚢 Shipping Industry 🏭 Hidden Industries ⚓ Maritime Labor 📝 Immersion Journalism 🏴‍☠️ Piracy Studies

Winning Global Markets

by Philip Kotler • 2014

Countries are the wrong unit for global expansion. The companies winning now target cities instead.

3.83

🏙️ Urban Economics 🌏 Global Market Entry 🏢 Multinational Strategy 🌆 City-Centric Growth 📍 Place Marketing

Winning Global Markets 93%

Countries are the wrong unit for global expansion. The companies winning now target cities instead.

by Philip Kotler 2014

3.83

35 ratings

🏙️ Urban Economics 🌏 Global Market Entry 🏢 Multinational Strategy 🌆 City-Centric Growth 📍 Place Marketing

Boomerang

by Michael Lewis • 2011

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

3.90

48k+

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

Boomerang 92%

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

by Michael Lewis 2011

3.90

48k+ ratings

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

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