50 Books like Your Money or Your Life - Abridged

Money

by Jacob Goldstein • 2020

Money is a story we agree to believe, and its history is stranger than textbooks admit.

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🏛️ Monetary History 📉 Financial Crises 🤝 Money And Trust 🏦 History Of Central Banking 🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins

Money 96%

Money is a story we agree to believe, and its history is stranger than textbooks admit.

by Jacob Goldstein 2020

4.19

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Monetary History 📉 Financial Crises 🤝 Money And Trust 🏦 History Of Central Banking 🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins

The Philosophy of Money

by Georg Simmel • 1900

Before coins, money was already an idea: that value is a relationship, not a substance.

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426

💡 Economic Philosophy 🪙 Sociology Of Money 📜 Monetary History 🧠 Economic Psychology 📚 Classical Sociology

The Philosophy of Money 96%

Before coins, money was already an idea: that value is a relationship, not a substance.

by Georg Simmel 1900

4.04

426 ratings

💡 Economic Philosophy 🪙 Sociology Of Money 📜 Monetary History 🧠 Economic Psychology 📚 Classical Sociology

Money

by David McWilliams • 2024

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

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

Money 96%

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

Layered Money

by Nik Bhatia • 2021

Money is a stack of promises. Bitcoin offers a new bottom layer no government can touch.

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🏛️ Monetary History ₿ Digital Currencies 🏦 Central Banking 🔗 Bitcoin And Crypto 📉 Currency Debasement

Layered Money 95%

Money is a stack of promises. Bitcoin offers a new bottom layer no government can touch.

by Nik Bhatia 2021

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Monetary History ₿ Digital Currencies 🏦 Central Banking 🔗 Bitcoin And Crypto 📉 Currency Debasement

The Almightier

by Paul Vigna • 2025

From temple tokens to God: how money sanctified greed and outlawed debt relief.

3.79

🔄 History Of Money 🌀 Debt Jubilee 💰 Greed And Virtue ⛪ Money And Religion ⚖️ Moral Economy

The Almightier 95%

From temple tokens to God: how money sanctified greed and outlawed debt relief.

by Paul Vigna 2025

3.79

89 ratings

🔄 History Of Money 🌀 Debt Jubilee 💰 Greed And Virtue ⛪ Money And Religion ⚖️ Moral Economy

Broken Money

by Lyn Alden • 2023

Gold, fiat, Bitcoin: a 5,000-year story of money, and why the newest chapter may finally stick.

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📜 Monetary History 🪙 Sound Money 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Central Banking 💻 Digital Currency

Broken Money 95%

Gold, fiat, Bitcoin: a 5,000-year story of money, and why the newest chapter may finally stick.

by Lyn Alden 2023

4.60

3k+ ratings

📜 Monetary History 🪙 Sound Money 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Central Banking 💻 Digital Currency

Thank God for Bitcoin

by Bitcoin and Bible Group • 2020

Money is spiritual, fiat is theft, and Bitcoin is the biblical fix.

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📜 Monetary History 🪙 Sound Money ₿ Bitcoin ✝️ Christian Finance 🏛️ Austrian Economics

Thank God for Bitcoin 95%

Money is spiritual, fiat is theft, and Bitcoin is the biblical fix.

by Bitcoin and Bible Group 2020

4.12

494 ratings

📜 Monetary History 🪙 Sound Money ₿ Bitcoin ✝️ Christian Finance 🏛️ Austrian Economics

Sacred Economics

by Charles Eisenstein • 2011

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

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🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

Sacred Economics 94%

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

by Charles Eisenstein 2011

4.21

2k+ ratings

🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

Quantum Economics

by David Orrell • 2018

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

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🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

Quantum Economics 94%

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

by David Orrell 2018

3.38

136 ratings

🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?

by Steve Keen • 2017

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

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💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏠 Household Debt

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 94%

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

by Steve Keen 2017

4.22

281 ratings

💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏠 Household Debt

Think Like an Economist

by Anne Rooney • 2019

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

3.85

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

Think Like an Economist 94%

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

Cloudmoney

by Brett Scott • 2022

Cash blocks total surveillance of your spending. Banks and tech firms are dismantling it together.

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💳 Digital Payments 🏦 Cashless Society 👁️ Financial Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Power 💻 Tech Criticism

Cloudmoney 94%

Cash blocks total surveillance of your spending. Banks and tech firms are dismantling it together.

by Brett Scott 2022

3.66

480 ratings

💳 Digital Payments 🏦 Cashless Society 👁️ Financial Surveillance 🏢 Corporate Power 💻 Tech Criticism

Money

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

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💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Money 94%

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2018

3.90

3k+ ratings

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

The Wisdom Of Finance

by Mihir Desai • 2017

Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.

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🧠 Financial Philosophy 💰 Money And Meaning 🎲 Risk And Uncertainty 🔀 Optionality 🤲 Stewardship

The Wisdom Of Finance 94%

Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.

by Mihir Desai 2017

4.01

2k+ ratings

🧠 Financial Philosophy 💰 Money And Meaning 🎲 Risk And Uncertainty 🔀 Optionality 🤲 Stewardship

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 94%

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

by Yanis Varoufakis 2011

4.17

2k+ ratings

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

The Price Of Money

by Rob Dix • 2022

A 50-year-old system of money creation has quietly wiped out your savings. The exit plan.

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775

🏦 Central Banking 💸 Fiat Currency 📉 Inflation Economics 🏠 Real Assets 📜 Monetary History

The Price Of Money 94%

A 50-year-old system of money creation has quietly wiped out your savings. The exit plan.

by Rob Dix 2022

4.45

775 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💸 Fiat Currency 📉 Inflation Economics 🏠 Real Assets 📜 Monetary History

Bad with Money

by Gaby Dunn • 2019

Personal finance from someone who blew her money during manic episodes and learned why.

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🧠 Money Psychology 💸 Millennial Finance 💳 Emotional Spending 🫀 Financial Trauma ⚖️ Systemic Inequality

Bad with Money 94%

Personal finance from someone who blew her money during manic episodes and learned why.

by Gaby Dunn 2019

3.50

2k+ ratings

🧠 Money Psychology 💸 Millennial Finance 💳 Emotional Spending 🫀 Financial Trauma ⚖️ Systemic Inequality

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 94%

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

by Alan Greenspan 2007

3.65

7k+ ratings

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

Currency Wars

by James Rickards • 2011

Currency wars follow a cycle: distress, devaluation, collapse. The third has begun.

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🏦 Monetary Policy 🌐 International Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📜 Monetary History

Currency Wars 94%

Currency wars follow a cycle: distress, devaluation, collapse. The third has begun.

by James Rickards 2011

3.96

5k+ ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 🌐 International Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📜 Monetary History

Supermoney

by George Goodman • 1972

Wealth comes not from wages but from earnings multiplied by stocks. How the machine works.

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339

📈 Stock Market 💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🧾 Accounting Manipulation

Supermoney 94%

Wealth comes not from wages but from earnings multiplied by stocks. How the machine works.

by George Goodman 1972

3.85

339 ratings

📈 Stock Market 💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🧾 Accounting Manipulation

The Road to Ruin

by James Rickards • 2016

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

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1k+

🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Road to Ruin 94%

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

by James Rickards 2016

4.05

1k+ ratings

🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Bitcoin Standard

by Saifedean Ammous • 2018

Before Bitcoin, every digital good could be copied. The argument for what happens when that changes.

4.17

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📚 Austrian Economics 🪙 Sound Money ₿ Bitcoin 💻 Digital Currency 📜 Monetary History

The Bitcoin Standard 93%

Before Bitcoin, every digital good could be copied. The argument for what happens when that changes.

by Saifedean Ammous 2018

4.17

15k+ ratings

📚 Austrian Economics 🪙 Sound Money ₿ Bitcoin 💻 Digital Currency 📜 Monetary History

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

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2013

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

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🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Summary

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy 93%

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2013

4.13

21k+ ratings

🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

Paper Promises

by Philip Coggan • 2011

The gold standard died in 1914. The debt-fueled system that replaced it is dying now.

3.94

552

💰 Monetary History 🏦 Sovereign Debt ⚖️ Debt Politics 💥 Financial Crises 🔄 Minskyan Economics

Paper Promises 93%

The gold standard died in 1914. The debt-fueled system that replaced it is dying now.

by Philip Coggan 2011

3.94

552 ratings

💰 Monetary History 🏦 Sovereign Debt ⚖️ Debt Politics 💥 Financial Crises 🔄 Minskyan Economics

Modernising Money

by Andrew Jackson • 2012

Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.

4.34

🔄 Monetary Reform 🏛️ Banking Reform 💵 Money Creation 🔒 Full-Reserve Banking 🗳️ Economic Democracy

Modernising Money 93%

Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.

by Andrew Jackson 2012

4.34

53 ratings

🔄 Monetary Reform 🏛️ Banking Reform 💵 Money Creation 🔒 Full-Reserve Banking 🗳️ Economic Democracy

What Has Government Done to Our Money?

by Murray N. Rothbard • 2018

Why gold became money, how governments broke it, and the tax nobody sees coming.

4.31

955

🏫 Austrian Economics 💰 Monetary Theory 🥇 Gold Standard 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Free Banking

What Has Government Done to Our Money? Summary

What Has Government Done to Our Money? 93%

Why gold became money, how governments broke it, and the tax nobody sees coming.

by Murray N. Rothbard 2018

4.31

955 ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 💰 Monetary Theory 🥇 Gold Standard 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Free Banking

The End of Alchemy

by Mervyn A. King • 2016

Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.

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🏦 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ❓ Unknowable Futures 🔧 Banking Reform

The End of Alchemy 93%

Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.

by Mervyn A. King 2016

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ❓ Unknowable Futures 🔧 Banking Reform

Aftermath

by Rickards James • 2019

Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.

4.09

676

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📉 Economic Inequality

Aftermath 93%

Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.

by Rickards James 2019

4.09

676 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📉 Economic Inequality

Crashed

by Adam Tooze • 2018

The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.

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💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Political Economy ✂️ Austerity Politics 🌍 Geopolitics

Crashed 93%

The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.

by Adam Tooze 2018

4.29

4k+ ratings

💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Central Banking 🏛️ Political Economy ✂️ Austerity Politics 🌍 Geopolitics

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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📉 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

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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1k+

📜 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? 93%

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

Goldene Zukunft

by Florian Bruce-Boye • 2024

An engineered digital asset with ideal monetary traits outperforms every traditional asset class.

4.33

🪙 Sound Money 🌐 Cryptocurrency 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🥇 Digital Gold 🔐 Financial Sovereignty

Goldene Zukunft 93%

An engineered digital asset with ideal monetary traits outperforms every traditional asset class.

by Florian Bruce-Boye 2024

4.33

27 ratings

🪙 Sound Money 🌐 Cryptocurrency 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🥇 Digital Gold 🔐 Financial Sovereignty

The Little Bitcoin Book

by Bitcoin Collective • 2019

Money that can't be printed, frozen, or surveilled: why Bitcoin matters beyond the price.

4.12

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💸 Digital Currency 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Cryptocurrency Basics 🔑 Financial Sovereignty 🌐 Decentralization

The Little Bitcoin Book 93%

Money that can't be printed, frozen, or surveilled: why Bitcoin matters beyond the price.

by Bitcoin Collective 2019

4.12

690 ratings

💸 Digital Currency 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Cryptocurrency Basics 🔑 Financial Sovereignty 🌐 Decentralization

In This Economy?

by Kyla Scanlon • 2024

Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.

3.84

2k+

📉 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💵 Money Mechanics 🎢 Market Psychology 📊 Economic Indicators

In This Economy? 93%

Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.

by Kyla Scanlon 2024

3.84

2k+ ratings

📉 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💵 Money Mechanics 🎢 Market Psychology 📊 Economic Indicators

Collusion

by Nomi Prins • 2018

Central banks print trillions from nothing to prop up the rich, with no way to stop.

3.69

334

🏦 Central Banking 📈 Monetary Policy 💸 Quantitative Easing 📉 Financial Crises 💲 Dollar Hegemony

Collusion 93%

Central banks print trillions from nothing to prop up the rich, with no way to stop.

by Nomi Prins 2018

3.69

334 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📈 Monetary Policy 💸 Quantitative Easing 📉 Financial Crises 💲 Dollar Hegemony

Modern Money Theory

by L. Randall Wray • 2012

Taxes don't pay for government. They make its currency desirable. The real rules start from there.

4.22

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💸 Modern Money Theory 🏦 Monetary Economics 📊 Fiscal Policy 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 👷 Full Employment

Modern Money Theory 93%

Taxes don't pay for government. They make its currency desirable. The real rules start from there.

by L. Randall Wray 2012

4.22

327 ratings

💸 Modern Money Theory 🏦 Monetary Economics 📊 Fiscal Policy 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 👷 Full Employment

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

by Paul Krugman • 2008

2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.

3.83

9k+

🚨 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance 🏦 Shadow Banking 💰 Monetary Policy ⚖️ Financial Regulation

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 93%

2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.

by Paul Krugman 2008

3.83

9k+ ratings

🚨 Financial Crises 🌐 Global Finance 🏦 Shadow Banking 💰 Monetary Policy ⚖️ Financial Regulation

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life

by Robert Skidelsky • 2012

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

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🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 93%

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

by Robert Skidelsky 2012

3.56

2k+ ratings

🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

Broke Millennial

by Erin Lowry • 2017

Money baggage first. Then fix the budget, the debt, and the salary you settled for.

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💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Money Mindset 📊 Budgeting Methods 💳 Debt Repayment 🔬 Behavioral Finance

Broke Millennial 93%

Money baggage first. Then fix the budget, the debt, and the salary you settled for.

by Erin Lowry 2017

3.88

6k+ ratings

💰 Personal Finance 🧠 Money Mindset 📊 Budgeting Methods 💳 Debt Repayment 🔬 Behavioral Finance

Finance and the Good Society

by Robert J. Shiller • 2012

Finance is not the enemy of a good society. Its problems are design flaws, not sins.

3.64

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💳 Financial Inclusion ⚖️ Inequality Economics 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 💸 Impact Investing 🕊️ Moral Economy

Finance and the Good Society 93%

Finance is not the enemy of a good society. Its problems are design flaws, not sins.

by Robert J. Shiller 2012

3.64

810 ratings

💳 Financial Inclusion ⚖️ Inequality Economics 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 💸 Impact Investing 🕊️ Moral Economy

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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1k+

🏛️ 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

3.52

1k+ ratings

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

Can’t We Just Print More Money?

by The Bank of England • 2022

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

4.05

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🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

Can’t We Just Print More Money? 93%

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

by The Bank of England 2022

4.05

2k+ ratings

🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

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 93%

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

The Alchemists

by Neil Irwin • 2013

They create money from nothing. Three centuries of alchemy, culminating in the crash of 2008.

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🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis

The Alchemists 93%

They create money from nothing. Three centuries of alchemy, culminating in the crash of 2008.

by Neil Irwin 2013

4.05

1k+ ratings

🏦 Central Banking 💰 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 📜 Economic History 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis

Financial Adulting

by Ashley Feinstein Gerstley • 2022

Personal finance for the system we actually live in, not the one your parents had.

4.16

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💰 Personal Finance Basics 📊 Budgeting 📈 Investment Basics 💳 Debt Management ✊ Consumer Activism

Financial Adulting 93%

Personal finance for the system we actually live in, not the one your parents had.

by Ashley Feinstein Gerstley 2022

4.16

205 ratings

💰 Personal Finance Basics 📊 Budgeting 📈 Investment Basics 💳 Debt Management ✊ Consumer Activism

Bitcoin

by Dominic Frisby • 2014

Satoshi Nakamoto solved digital trust without banks. The repercussions are still unfolding.

3.86

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🕶️ Cypherpunk Ideology 🔗 Blockchain Explained 🪙 Cryptocurrency History 📉 Monetary Reform 🌐 Borderless Money

Bitcoin 93%

Satoshi Nakamoto solved digital trust without banks. The repercussions are still unfolding.

by Dominic Frisby 2014

3.86

693 ratings

🕶️ Cypherpunk Ideology 🔗 Blockchain Explained 🪙 Cryptocurrency History 📉 Monetary Reform 🌐 Borderless Money

The New Case for Gold

by James Rickards • 2016

Digital assets can be erased overnight. The coming monetary collapse demands physical gold.

3.98

1k+

🏅 Precious Metals 🏛️ Fiat Currency Critique 🏫 Austrian Economics 🔒 Wealth Preservation 🏦 Central Bank Policy

The New Case for Gold 93%

Digital assets can be erased overnight. The coming monetary collapse demands physical gold.

by James Rickards 2016

3.98

1k+ ratings

🏅 Precious Metals 🏛️ Fiat Currency Critique 🏫 Austrian Economics 🔒 Wealth Preservation 🏦 Central Bank Policy

The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy

by Warren Mosler • 2010

Why taxes don't fund spending, national debt is your savings, and trade deficits are a gift.

3.86

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🏦 Modern Monetary Theory 🏛️ Central Banking 📉 Budget Deficits 💼 Job Guarantee 🌍 Trade Deficits

The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy Summary

The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy 93%

Why taxes don't fund spending, national debt is your savings, and trade deficits are a gift.

by Warren Mosler 2010

3.86

232 ratings

🏦 Modern Monetary Theory 🏛️ Central Banking 📉 Budget Deficits 💼 Job Guarantee 🌍 Trade Deficits

Love Your Life, Not Theirs

by Rachel Cruze • 2016

Comparison costs you money. Seven habits that trade envy for contentment and debt for freedom.

3.97

8k+

🔓 Debt Freedom 👀 Social Comparison 😌 Financial Contentment 🎯 Intentional Spending 💑 Couples And Money

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Comparison costs you money. Seven habits that trade envy for contentment and debt for freedom.

by Rachel Cruze 2016

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🔓 Debt Freedom 👀 Social Comparison 😌 Financial Contentment 🎯 Intentional Spending 💑 Couples And Money

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