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The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 352 pages
4.13
7.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
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Good Profit Summary
Good Profit
How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies
by Charles G. Koch 2015
3.87
1.6K ratings
Business
Economics
Leadership
Technical Analysis for Dummies Summary
Technical Analysis for Dummies
by Barbara Rockefeller 2004 384 pages
3.78
490 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Freefall Summary
Freefall
America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2010 361 pages
3.88
4.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
The Unknown Ideal
by Ayn Rand 1946 340 pages
3.89
4.4K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Small Is Beautiful Summary
Small Is Beautiful
Economics as if People Mattered
by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973 352 pages
4.09
6.8K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
Blood and Oil Summary
Blood and Oil
Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
by Bradley Hope 2020 368 pages
4.25
9.3K ratings
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History
Biography
The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary
The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy
An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
by Pietra Rivoli 2005 258 pages
3.69
2.9K ratings
Economics
Business
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The Great Game of Business Summary
The Great Game of Business
Unlocking the Power and Profitability of Open-Book Management
by Jack Stack 1992 252 pages
3.95
2.7K ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Samsung Rising Summary
Samsung Rising
The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
by Geoffrey Cain 2020 416 pages
3.64
1.6K ratings
Business
Technology
History
Against Intellectual Monopoly Summary
Against Intellectual Monopoly
by Michele Boldrin 2008 312 pages
4.03
364 ratings
Economics
Law
Politics
The Age of Cryptocurrency Summary
The Age of Cryptocurrency
How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order
by Paul Vigna 2015 368 pages
3.83
2.8K ratings
Economics
Business
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The Robber Barons Summary
The Robber Barons
by Matthew Josephson 1934 496 pages
3.73
402 ratings
History
Business
American History
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland 1992 256 pages
3.91
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The White Coat Investor's Financial Boot Camp Summary
The White Coat Investor's Financial Boot Camp
A 12-Step High-Yield Guide to Bring Your Finances Up to Speed
by James M. Dahle 2019 264 pages
4.59
394 ratings
Finance
Personal Finance
Self Help
The Success Equation Summary
The Success Equation
by Michael J. Mauboussin 2012 320 pages
3.95
1.7K ratings
Business
Finance
Psychology
Luxury Fever Summary
Luxury Fever
by Robert H. Frank 1999 326 pages
3.78
180 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Psychology
Doing Good Better Summary
Doing Good Better
How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
by William MacAskill 2015 272 pages
4.19
7.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Economics
Unconventional Success Summary
Unconventional Success
A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment
by David F. Swensen 2005 403 pages
3.96
1.5K ratings
Finance
Business
Personal Finance
The Essays of Warren Buffett Summary
The Essays of Warren Buffett
Lessons for Corporate America
by Warren Buffett 1998 256 pages
4.33
8.0K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
On Liberty Summary
On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill 1859 187 pages
3.96
41.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
Obliquity Summary
Obliquity
Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly
by John Kay 2010 224 pages
3.63
1.2K ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
Slow Down Summary
Slow Down
The Degrowth Manifesto
by Kōhei Saitō 2020 273 pages
3.94
1.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm
How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020 320 pages
4.17
2.6K ratings
Science
Politics
Climate Change
The Long Game Summary
The Long Game
China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order
by Rush Doshi 2021 432 pages
4.02
1.0K ratings
China
Politics
History
Priceless Summary
Priceless
The Myth of Fair Value
by William Poundstone 2010 336 pages
3.83
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Business
Economics
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto Summary
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto
by Slavoj Žižek 2018 70 pages
3.57
745 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Start-up Nation Summary
Start-up Nation
The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
by Dan Senor 2009 304 pages
4.11
12.4K ratings
Business
Economics
Israel
Small Data Summary
Small Data
The Tiny Clues that Uncover Huge Trends
by Martin Lindstrom 2016 256 pages
3.78
2.9K ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
Corporate Social Responsibility Summary
Corporate Social Responsibility
Doing the Most Good for Your Company and Your Cause
by Philip Kotler 2004 320 pages
3.89
187 ratings
Business
Economics
The Halo Effect Summary
The Halo Effect
... and the Eight Other Business Delusions That Deceive Managers
by Philip M. Rosenzweig 2007 256 pages
3.89
5.6K ratings
Business
Management
Psychology
Stock Market 101 Summary
Stock Market 101
From Bull and Bear Markets to Dividends, Shares, and Margins—Your Essential Guide to the Stock Market
by Michele Cagan 2016 282 pages
4.01
630 ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
Chaos Kings Summary
Chaos Kings
How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
by Scott Patterson 2023 335 pages
3.76
1.0K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Black Edge Summary
Black Edge
Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
by Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017 295 pages
4.20
16.1K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market Summary
A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market
by John Allen Paulos 2003 224 pages
3.45
804 ratings
Finance
Mathematics
Economics
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018 240 pages
4.00
6.8K ratings
Feminism
Politics
History
Cold Hard Truth On Men, Women and Money Summary
Cold Hard Truth On Men, Women and Money
50 Common Money Mistakes and How To Fix Them
by Kevin O'Leary 2012 272 pages
3.89
1.5K ratings
Finance
Money
Business
Apocalypse Never Summary
Apocalypse Never
Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All
by Michael Shellenberger 2020 272 pages
4.17
6.0K ratings
Science
Politics
Environment
Getting Beyond Better Summary
Getting Beyond Better
How Social Entrepreneurship Works
by Roger L. Martin 2015 272 pages
3.92
353 ratings
Business
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Why Empires Fall Summary
Why Empires Fall
Rome, America and the Future of the West
by Peter Heather 1983 185 pages
3.60
655 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Simpler Summary
Simpler
The Future of Government
by Cass R. Sunstein 2013 272 pages
3.57
522 ratings
Politics
Economics
Law
Sludge Summary
Sludge
What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It
by Cass R. Sunstein 2021 155 pages
3.34
301 ratings
Economics
Politics
Psychology
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them Summary
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them
Lessons From The New Science Of Behavioral Economics
by Gary Belsky 1999 224 pages
3.96
1.6K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Digital Gold Summary
Digital Gold
Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money
by Nathaniel Popper 2015 416 pages
4.15
6.8K ratings
Business
Economics
Finance
Design for a Better World Summary
Design for a Better World
Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered
by Donald A. Norman 2023 376 pages
3.58
167 ratings
Design
Sustainability
Environment
The Day the World Stops Shopping Summary
The Day the World Stops Shopping
How Ending Consumerism Saves the Environment and Ourselves
by J.B. MacKinnon 2021 336 pages
4.17
4.3K ratings
Environment
Economics
Science
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 461 pages
4.21
6.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Future of Management Summary
The Future of Management
by Gary Hamel 1996 288 pages
4.03
1.4K ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Humans Are Underrated Summary
Humans Are Underrated
What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will
by Geoff Colvin 2015 248 pages
3.79
766 ratings
Business
Technology
Psychology
The Big Three in Economics Summary
The Big Three in Economics
Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes
by Mark Skousen 2007 264 pages
3.59
831 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
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