Economics Book Summaries

The Last Tycoons Summary
The Last Tycoons
The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.
by William D. Cohan 2007 752 pages
3.86
1.2K ratings
Business
Finance
History
Buffett Summary
Buffett
The Making of an American Capitalist
by Roger Lowenstein 1995 475 pages
4.19
15.6K ratings
Biography
Business
Finance
Non Obvious Megatrends Summary
Non Obvious Megatrends
How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future
by Rohit Bhargava 2020 258 pages
3.55
345 ratings
Business
Technology
Society
Socialism Betrayed Summary
Socialism Betrayed
Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union
by Roger Keeran 2004 230 pages
4.39
455 ratings
History
Politics
Russia
The Stock Market Cash Flow Summary
The Stock Market Cash Flow
Four Pillars of Investing for Thriving in Today s Markets
by Andy Tanner 2012 350 pages
4.22
392 ratings
Finance
Business
Money
A Bull in China Summary
A Bull in China
Investing Profitably in the World's Greatest Market
by Jim Rogers 2007 221 pages
3.51
386 ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Underground Empire Summary
Underground Empire
How America Weaponized the World Economy
by Henry Farrell 2023 288 pages
4.04
766 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place Summary
How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
by Bjørn Lomborg 2006 206 pages
3.38
153 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Waste-Free World Summary
The Waste-Free World
How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet
by Ron Gonen 2021 288 pages
4.17
162 ratings
Sustainability
Environment
Economics
What They Don't Teach You About Money Summary
What They Don't Teach You About Money
Seven Habits to Unlock Financial Independence
by Claer Barrett 2023 280 pages
3.97
709 ratings
Finance
Money
Personal Finance
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
by John Hope Bryant 2014 176 pages
3.98
205 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Sex, Drugs & Economics Summary
Sex, Drugs & Economics
An Unconventional Introduction to Economics
by Diane Coyle 2002 280 pages
3.51
130 ratings
Economics
Investment Banking Summary
Investment Banking
Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions
by Joshua Rosenbaum 2009 304 pages
4.32
1.1K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Sellout Summary
The Sellout
How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System
by Charles Gasparino 2009 553 pages
3.88
286 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Models of My Life Summary
Models of My Life
by Herbert A. Simon 1991 415 pages
3.77
420 ratings
Biography
Science
Philosophy
The Art of Frugal Hedonism Summary
The Art of Frugal Hedonism
A Guide to Spending Less While Enjoying Everything More
by Annie Raser-Rowland 2017 256 pages
3.72
5.4K ratings
Self Help
Finance
Philosophy
It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage
Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street
by Nomi Prins 2009 296 pages
3.97
190 ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
Behavioural Economics Summary
Behavioural Economics
Psychology, Neuroscience, and the Human Side of Economics
by David Orrell 2021 195 pages
3.52
161 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Science
Six Pixels of Separation Summary
Six Pixels of Separation
Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone.
by Mitch Joel 2009 304 pages
3.83
1.3K ratings
Business
Social Media
Technology
The Lost History of Liberalism Summary
The Lost History of Liberalism
From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century
by Helena Rosenblatt 2018 368 pages
4.01
385 ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Buffettology Workbook Summary
The Buffettology Workbook
by Mary Buffett 2001 192 pages
4.02
147 ratings
Finance
Money
Business
Barbarians at the Gate Summary
Barbarians at the Gate
The Fall of RJR Nabisco
by Bryan Burrough 1989 592 pages
4.28
42.7K ratings
Business
Finance
History
Gems from Warren Buffett Summary
Gems from Warren Buffett
Wit and Wisdom from 34 Years of Letters to Shareholders
by Mark Gavagan 2012 62 pages
3.77
916 ratings
Finance
Business
Personal Finance
Behind the Kitchen Door Summary
Behind the Kitchen Door
by Sarumathi Jayaraman 2013 208 pages
3.65
490 ratings
Food
Social Justice
Politics
Private Empire Summary
Private Empire
ExxonMobil and American Power
by Steve Coll 2012 685 pages
3.99
4.1K ratings
Business
History
Politics
Money Management Skills Summary
Money Management Skills
by Michael C. Finke 2014 98 pages
3.79
771 ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
Vanishing Frontiers Summary
Vanishing Frontiers
The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together
by Andrew Selee 2018 336 pages
3.90
124 ratings
Politics
Business
History
The Forgotten Man Summary
The Forgotten Man
A New History of the Great Depression
by Amity Shlaes 2007 390 pages
3.91
6.2K ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Discover Your Inner Economist Summary
Discover Your Inner Economist
Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist
by Tyler Cowen 2007 256 pages
3.41
1.5K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
Manage Your Money like a F*cking Grownup Summary
Manage Your Money like a F*cking Grownup
The Best Money Advice You Never Got
by Sam Beckbessinger 2018 315 pages
4.35
1.1K ratings
Finance
Personal Finance
Self Help
When the Money Runs Out Summary
When the Money Runs Out
The End of Western Affluence
by Stephen D. King 2013 304 pages
3.64
201 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Jim Cramer's Get Rich Carefully Summary
Jim Cramer's Get Rich Carefully
by Jim Cramer 2013 418 pages
3.81
1.2K ratings
Finance
Business
Money
The Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
by Edward Luce 2017 234 pages
4.01
2.9K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Essays on the Great Depression Summary
Essays on the Great Depression
by Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 pages
3.78
128 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Empire of Debt Summary
Empire of Debt
The Rise of an Epic Financial Crisis
by William Bonner 2005 384 pages
3.89
329 ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
The Man Who Knew Summary
The Man Who Knew
The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan
by Sebastian Mallaby 2016 800 pages
4.32
1.2K ratings
Biography
Economics
Finance
Under the Influence Summary
Under the Influence
Putting Peer Pressure to Work
by Robert H. Frank 2020 311 pages
3.75
151 ratings
Psychology
Economics
Sociology
The Alchemists Summary
The Alchemists
Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire
by Neil Irwin 2013 448 pages
4.05
1.4K ratings
Economics
Finance
History
The Spider Network Summary
The Spider Network
The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
by David Enrich 2017 528 pages
4.07
6.2K ratings
Business
Finance
History
Who's Your City? Summary
Who's Your City?
How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
by Richard Florida 2008 384 pages
3.46
1.5K ratings
Economics
Sociology
Urbanism
The Lords of Strategy Summary
The Lords of Strategy
The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World
by Walter Kiechel III 2009 368 pages
3.94
2.5K ratings
Business
History
Management
The Great Divide Summary
The Great Divide
Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015 466 pages
3.82
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
How to Invest Summary
How to Invest
Masters on the Craft
by David M. Rubenstein 2022 416 pages
3.93
1.2K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Standard Deviations Summary
Standard Deviations
Flawed Assumptions, Tortured Data, and Other Ways to Lie with Statistics
by Gary Smith 2014 304 pages
3.94
882 ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
Confidence Game Summary
Confidence Game
How Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Called Wall Street's Bluff
by Christine S. Richard 2010 352 pages
4.13
901 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Confronting Collapse Summary
Confronting Collapse
The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World
by Michael C. Ruppert 2009 264 pages
3.84
313 ratings
Politics
Economics
Peak Oil
Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff 2019 150 pages
4.01
573 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Medicare for All Summary
Medicare for All
A Citizen's Guide
by Abdul El-Sayed 2021 368 pages
4.42
296 ratings
Politics
Health Care
Economics
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State Summary
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State
Why Americans Vote the Way They Do
by Andrew Gelman 2008 240 pages
3.64
371 ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
The Myth of the Strong Leader Summary
The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
by Archie Brown 2014 480 pages
3.65
783 ratings
Politics
Leadership
History
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