Best Economics Books | Summaries & Audio

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The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary • 2019

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

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🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Price We Pay

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

by Marty Makary 2019 288 pages

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🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Tatas

by Girish Kuber • 2015

One family's six-generation bet: that decency and nation-building fuel profit, not drain it.

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👳 Indian Business 🏛️ Business Dynasties ⚖️ Ethical Capitalism 🎗️ Corporate Philanthropy 🤝 Strategic Acquisitions

The Tatas

One family's six-generation bet: that decency and nation-building fuel profit, not drain it.

by Girish Kuber 2015 276 pages

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👳 Indian Business 🏛️ Business Dynasties ⚖️ Ethical Capitalism 🎗️ Corporate Philanthropy 🤝 Strategic Acquisitions

Why Startups Fail

by Tom Eisenmann • 2021

Why two-thirds of startups fail: six failure patterns and the early warnings every founder misses.

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📉 Startup Failure Patterns 🧭 Startup Strategy 💰 Venture Capital Dynamics 📈 Scaling Challenges 🧩 Product Market Fit

Why Startups Fail

Why two-thirds of startups fail: six failure patterns and the early warnings every founder misses.

by Tom Eisenmann 2021 329 pages

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📉 Startup Failure Patterns 🧭 Startup Strategy 💰 Venture Capital Dynamics 📈 Scaling Challenges 🧩 Product Market Fit

⿻ 數位 Plurality

by E. Glen Weyl • 2024

Tech promised liberation but delivered surveillance and polarization. Taiwan found the off-ramp.

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🗳️ Digital Democracy 🏛️ Civic Technology 🧠 Collective Intelligence 💰 Public Goods Funding 🆔 Digital Identity

⿻ 數位 Plurality

Tech promised liberation but delivered surveillance and polarization. Taiwan found the off-ramp.

by E. Glen Weyl 2024 584 pages

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🗳️ Digital Democracy 🏛️ Civic Technology 🧠 Collective Intelligence 💰 Public Goods Funding 🆔 Digital Identity

Secrets Of Self-Made Millionaires

by Adam Khoo • 2008

$300 monthly in an index fund, thirty years, over a million. The math self-made millionaires trust.

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💰 Personal Finance 🏗️ Wealth Building 🗽 Financial Independence 📊 Value Investing 📈 Index Investing

Secrets Of Self-Made Millionaires

$300 monthly in an index fund, thirty years, over a million. The math self-made millionaires trust.

by Adam Khoo 2008 368 pages

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💰 Personal Finance 🏗️ Wealth Building 🗽 Financial Independence 📊 Value Investing 📈 Index Investing

What Young India Wants

by Chetan Bhagat • 2012

A bestselling novelist's urgent call for young Indians to reshape a nation stuck in old habits.

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🇮🇳 Indian Society 🏛️ Indian Politics 🔍 Anti-Corruption ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🏫 Indian Education

What Young India Wants

A bestselling novelist's urgent call for young Indians to reshape a nation stuck in old habits.

by Chetan Bhagat 2012 181 pages

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🇮🇳 Indian Society 🏛️ Indian Politics 🔍 Anti-Corruption ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🏫 Indian Education

How to Make Your Money Last

by Jane Bryant Quinn • 2015

One Social Security decision can boost your retirement check by 76%. The full playbook starts there.

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🏦 Retirement Planning 💰 Social Security 📉 Low-Cost Investing 📊 Retirement Income 🏥 Health Insurance

How to Make Your Money Last

One Social Security decision can boost your retirement check by 76%. The full playbook starts there.

by Jane Bryant Quinn 2015 384 pages

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🏦 Retirement Planning 💰 Social Security 📉 Low-Cost Investing 📊 Retirement Income 🏥 Health Insurance

Consumerology

by Philip Graves • 2010

Consumers can't tell you why they buy. Asking them just invents false reasons. Watch them instead.

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📊 Market Research 🛒 Consumer Behavior 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Observational Research 🔬 Live Testing

Consumerology

Consumers can't tell you why they buy. Asking them just invents false reasons. Watch them instead.

by Philip Graves 2010 224 pages

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📊 Market Research 🛒 Consumer Behavior 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Observational Research 🔬 Live Testing

The Life You Can Save

by Peter Singer • 2009

Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.

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🧮 Effective Altruism 🌍 Global Poverty ⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics 💝 Charitable Giving 🌐 Global Justice

The Life You Can Save

Child drowning: you'd wade in. Child dying of malaria: $10 saves her. The moral math is identical.

by Peter Singer 2009 224 pages

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🧮 Effective Altruism 🌍 Global Poverty ⚖️ Utilitarian Ethics 💝 Charitable Giving 🌐 Global Justice

The Warren Buffett Stock Portfolio

by Mary Buffett • 2011

Buffett buys when others panic, using clues hidden in earnings, book value, and brand loyalty.

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🧠 Value Investing 📊 Stock Analysis 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🏰 Economic Moats 💰 Shareholder Returns

The Warren Buffett Stock Portfolio

Buffett buys when others panic, using clues hidden in earnings, book value, and brand loyalty.

by Mary Buffett 2011 240 pages

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🧠 Value Investing 📊 Stock Analysis 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🏰 Economic Moats 💰 Shareholder Returns

Lean Impact

by Ann Mei Chang • 2018

Lean startup methods can multiply social impact, once we reward experiments over activity.

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🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🔄 Lean Startup 🏛️ Nonprofit Management 🧪 Rapid Experimentation 📊 Innovation Metrics

Lean Impact

Lean startup methods can multiply social impact, once we reward experiments over activity.

by Ann Mei Chang 2018 304 pages

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370 ratings

🚀 Social Entrepreneurship 🔄 Lean Startup 🏛️ Nonprofit Management 🧪 Rapid Experimentation 📊 Innovation Metrics

The Mushroom at the End of the World

by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing • 2015

A global commodity mushroom reveals how life, value, and freedom endure in capitalism's wreckage.

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🧬 Multispecies Ethnography 🌍 Political Ecology 🌪️ Disturbance Ecology 🚢 Global Supply Chains 💹 Alternative Economies

The Mushroom at the End of the World

A global commodity mushroom reveals how life, value, and freedom endure in capitalism's wreckage.

by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 2015 331 pages

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🧬 Multispecies Ethnography 🌍 Political Ecology 🌪️ Disturbance Ecology 🚢 Global Supply Chains 💹 Alternative Economies

The Heat Will Kill You First

by Jeff Goodell • 2023

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

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🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

The Heat Will Kill You First

Heat bends steel, kills silently, and is already redrawing the map of where humans can live.

by Jeff Goodell 2023 400 pages

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🏭 Climate Crisis 🌀 Extreme Weather 🏙️ Urban Heat Islands ⚖️ Climate Inequality 🌍 Climate Migration

How to Make the World Add Up

by Tim Harford • 2020

Bad statistics weaponize your feelings. Ten rules for seeing what the numbers actually say.

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🧮 Statistical Literacy 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Data Skepticism 💡 Behavioral Economics 💰 Economic Thinking

How to Make the World Add Up

Bad statistics weaponize your feelings. Ten rules for seeing what the numbers actually say.

by Tim Harford 2020 352 pages

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🧮 Statistical Literacy 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Data Skepticism 💡 Behavioral Economics 💰 Economic Thinking

Trillions

by Robin Wigglesworth • 2021

Wall Street mocked them for proving nobody can beat the market. Now their idea directs trillions.

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📊 Index Funds 📉 Passive Investing 🖥️ Quantitative Finance 🎯 Efficient Markets 🏛️ Wall Street History

Trillions

Wall Street mocked them for proving nobody can beat the market. Now their idea directs trillions.

by Robin Wigglesworth 2021 352 pages

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📊 Index Funds 📉 Passive Investing 🖥️ Quantitative Finance 🎯 Efficient Markets 🏛️ Wall Street History

Discover Canada

by Citizenship and Immigration Canada • 2012

Ten million square kilometres, three founding cultures, one citizenship test: the official guide.

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🍁 Canadian Civics 📝 Citizenship Test Prep 🏛️ Westminster System 👑 Constitutional Monarchy 🗳️ Parliamentary Democracy

Discover Canada

Ten million square kilometres, three founding cultures, one citizenship test: the official guide.

by Citizenship and Immigration Canada 2012 66 pages

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🍁 Canadian Civics 📝 Citizenship Test Prep 🏛️ Westminster System 👑 Constitutional Monarchy 🗳️ Parliamentary Democracy

The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Power Laws of Nature

by Richard Koch • 2013

Work less and win more: the 93 laws from nature that multiply your business results.

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🏢 Business Strategy 📊 Power Laws 🔗 Systems Thinking ⚔️ Competitive Strategy 🧬 Business Evolution

The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Power Laws of Nature

Work less and win more: the 93 laws from nature that multiply your business results.

by Richard Koch 2013 338 pages

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🏢 Business Strategy 📊 Power Laws 🔗 Systems Thinking ⚔️ Competitive Strategy 🧬 Business Evolution

The New Rules of War

by Sean McFate • 2019

An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.

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🎖️ Military Strategy ⚔️ Modern Warfare ⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare 🔀 Hybrid Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

The New Rules of War

An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.

by Sean McFate 2019 336 pages

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🎖️ Military Strategy ⚔️ Modern Warfare ⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare 🔀 Hybrid Warfare 🎯 Counterinsurgency

How to Make Money in Stocks Success Stories

by Amy Smith • 2012

Seven data-backed stock traits, three chart setups, and the 7% sell rule that keeps you solvent.

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📈 Stock Market Investing 🚀 Growth Investing 📊 Technical Analysis 📉 Chart Patterns 🧠 Trading Psychology

How to Make Money in Stocks Success Stories

Seven data-backed stock traits, three chart setups, and the 7% sell rule that keeps you solvent.

by Amy Smith 2012 256 pages

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📈 Stock Market Investing 🚀 Growth Investing 📊 Technical Analysis 📉 Chart Patterns 🧠 Trading Psychology

How to Adult

by Jake Cousineau • 2021

The money class school skipped: how to budget, build credit, invest, and dodge the debt traps.

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📚 Financial Literacy 🔑 Adulting 💰 Budgeting 💳 Credit And Debt 📈 Beginner Investing

How to Adult

The money class school skipped: how to budget, build credit, invest, and dodge the debt traps.

by Jake Cousineau 2021 236 pages

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📚 Financial Literacy 🔑 Adulting 💰 Budgeting 💳 Credit And Debt 📈 Beginner Investing

Leadership BS

by Jeffrey Pfeffer • 2015

The leadership industry sold you modesty, authenticity, and trust. It was lying.

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🚫 Leadership Critique 📊 Organizational Behavior 💼 Workplace Realism 🔪 Anti-Self-Help ☣️ Toxic Workplaces

Leadership BS

The leadership industry sold you modesty, authenticity, and trust. It was lying.

by Jeffrey Pfeffer 2015 260 pages

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🚫 Leadership Critique 📊 Organizational Behavior 💼 Workplace Realism 🔪 Anti-Self-Help ☣️ Toxic Workplaces

Marching Powder

by Rusty Young • 2003

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

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⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

Marching Powder

A prison where inmates buy cells and a British smuggler leads tours for backpackers.

by Rusty Young 2003 401 pages

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⛓️ Prison Memoir 🧳 Drug Smuggling 💰 Prison Economy 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎒 Backpacker Encounters

The Real Madrid Way

by Steven G. Mandis • 2016

A sports team owned by its fans, worth billions, and the system that makes both possible.

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🏟️ Sports Management 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🌟 Talent Management 🧭 Values-Driven Leadership 📊 Sports Economics

The Real Madrid Way

A sports team owned by its fans, worth billions, and the system that makes both possible.

by Steven G. Mandis 2016 334 pages

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🏟️ Sports Management 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🌟 Talent Management 🧭 Values-Driven Leadership 📊 Sports Economics

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Dark Money

by Jane Mayer • 2016

One family's oil fortune built a secret political machine that now rivals the Republican Party.

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🐘 American Conservatism 💰 Campaign Finance 🧠 Think Tank Influence 🌡️ Climate Denial 🌿 Astroturf Politics

Dark Money

One family's oil fortune built a secret political machine that now rivals the Republican Party.

by Jane Mayer 2016 464 pages

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🐘 American Conservatism 💰 Campaign Finance 🧠 Think Tank Influence 🌡️ Climate Denial 🌿 Astroturf Politics

Humans Are Underrated

by Geoff Colvin • 2015

The skills that will command the highest pay are the ones no algorithm can replicate.

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💼 Future Of Work 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📖 Storytelling In Business 🤝 Collaboration Skills 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

Humans Are Underrated

The skills that will command the highest pay are the ones no algorithm can replicate.

by Geoff Colvin 2015 262 pages

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💼 Future Of Work 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 📖 Storytelling In Business 🤝 Collaboration Skills 👩‍💼 Women In Leadership

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

by Konstantin Kisin • 2022

A Russian immigrant watches the West abandon freedoms his family fled the Soviet Union to reach.

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🏛️ Western Civilization 🗣️ Free Speech 📝 Cultural Commentary ⚡ Anti-Woke Critique 🛂 Immigration Policy

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

A Russian immigrant watches the West abandon freedoms his family fled the Soviet Union to reach.

by Konstantin Kisin 2022 208 pages

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🏛️ Western Civilization 🗣️ Free Speech 📝 Cultural Commentary ⚡ Anti-Woke Critique 🛂 Immigration Policy

Adults in the Room

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2017

Europe's unelected chiefs demanded Greece ignore its voters. One minister refused and kept a record.

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💸 Sovereign Debt 🇪🇺 European Integration 🗣️ Political Memoir 🏦 Bank Bailouts 🗳️ Democratic Backsliding

Adults in the Room

Europe's unelected chiefs demanded Greece ignore its voters. One minister refused and kept a record.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2017 561 pages

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💸 Sovereign Debt 🇪🇺 European Integration 🗣️ Political Memoir 🏦 Bank Bailouts 🗳️ Democratic Backsliding

Investing

by Robert G. Hagstrom • 2000

Physics, biology, and psychology, woven together, give an investor an edge no financial model can.

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🧠 Mental Models 📈 Investment Philosophy 🔗 Multidisciplinary Thinking 🌐 Complexity Economics 🎭 Behavioral Finance

Investing

Physics, biology, and psychology, woven together, give an investor an edge no financial model can.

by Robert G. Hagstrom 2000 224 pages

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🧠 Mental Models 📈 Investment Philosophy 🔗 Multidisciplinary Thinking 🌐 Complexity Economics 🎭 Behavioral Finance

Brandwashed

by Martin Lindstrom • 2011

From before you were born, marketers have been shaping what you buy. The playbook, exposed.

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🧠 Consumer Psychology 📊 Marketing Tactics 💡 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Persuasion Techniques 👥 Social Influence

Brandwashed

From before you were born, marketers have been shaping what you buy. The playbook, exposed.

by Martin Lindstrom 2011 304 pages

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🧠 Consumer Psychology 📊 Marketing Tactics 💡 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Persuasion Techniques 👥 Social Influence

Trading Beyond the Matrix

by Van K. Tharp • 2013

Trading losses often trace back to a single source: the beliefs you never thought to question.

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📊 Trading Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔓 Limiting Beliefs 🚧 Self-Sabotage 🧘 Emotional Mastery

Trading Beyond the Matrix

Trading losses often trace back to a single source: the beliefs you never thought to question.

by Van K. Tharp 2013 432 pages

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📊 Trading Psychology 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔓 Limiting Beliefs 🚧 Self-Sabotage 🧘 Emotional Mastery

Trouble in Paradise

by Slavoj Žižek • 2014

Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.

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🏛️ Critical Theory 👁️ Cultural Critique 🏴 Anti-Capitalism 🧠 Hegemony And Ideology ⚡ Crisis Theory

Trouble in Paradise

Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.

by Slavoj Žižek 2014 272 pages

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🏛️ Critical Theory 👁️ Cultural Critique 🏴 Anti-Capitalism 🧠 Hegemony And Ideology ⚡ Crisis Theory

Accounting for Non-Accountants

by Wayne A. Label • 2006

The three financial statements every owner must read, explained without the jargon.

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🏪 Small Business Finance 📘 Beginner's Accounting 📊 Financial Statements 💸 Cash Flow Management 🧮 Financial Analysis

Accounting for Non-Accountants

The three financial statements every owner must read, explained without the jargon.

by Wayne A. Label 2006 224 pages

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🏪 Small Business Finance 📘 Beginner's Accounting 📊 Financial Statements 💸 Cash Flow Management 🧮 Financial Analysis

Irrationally yours

by Dan Ariely • 2015

Missing socks, bad dates, and impulse buys: a behavioral economist decodes your irrational life.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Choice Architecture 🔄 Hedonic Adaptation 👥 Social Norms

Irrationally yours

Missing socks, bad dates, and impulse buys: a behavioral economist decodes your irrational life.

by Dan Ariely 2015 219 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Choice Architecture 🔄 Hedonic Adaptation 👥 Social Norms

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.

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

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

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

by Paul Krugman 2008 224 pages

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

Diffusion of Innovations

by Everett M. Rogers • 1982

Better ideas don't always win. The social networks around an innovation decide what spreads.

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🖥️ Technology Adoption 🌊 Social Change 🏢 Organizational Change 🕸️ Social Networks 📢 Social Influence

Diffusion of Innovations

Better ideas don't always win. The social networks around an innovation decide what spreads.

by Everett M. Rogers 1982 576 pages

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🖥️ Technology Adoption 🌊 Social Change 🏢 Organizational Change 🕸️ Social Networks 📢 Social Influence

The System

by Robert B. Reich • 2020

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

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🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

The System

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

by Robert B. Reich 2020 224 pages

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🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

Impromptu

by Reid Hoffman • 2023

AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.

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🛠️ Applied Ai 💼 Future Of Work 🤝 Human Ai Collaboration ☀️ Technology Optimism 🧠 Augmented Intelligence

Impromptu

AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.

by Reid Hoffman 2023 248 pages

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500+ ratings

🛠️ Applied Ai 💼 Future Of Work 🤝 Human Ai Collaboration ☀️ Technology Optimism 🧠 Augmented Intelligence

The Smart Enough City

by Ben Green • 2019

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

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🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism ⚙️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

The Smart Enough City

Smart cities dress up political problems as engineering ones. The fix is governance, not gadgets.

by Ben Green 2019 223 pages

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🏙️ Smart Cities 🏛️ Urban Policy 💻 Technology Criticism ⚙️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

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

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

by Johan Norberg 2023 304 pages

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

The Big Thirst

by Charles Fishman • 2010

For a century, water was too cheap to notice. That era ended, and we didn't see it coming.

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🏜️ Water Scarcity 🏗️ Water Infrastructure 🏛️ Water Politics 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🚽 Sanitation Crisis

The Big Thirst

For a century, water was too cheap to notice. That era ended, and we didn't see it coming.

by Charles Fishman 2010 400 pages

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🏜️ Water Scarcity 🏗️ Water Infrastructure 🏛️ Water Politics 🌍 Climate Adaptation 🚽 Sanitation Crisis

All About Asset Allocation

by Richard A. Ferri • 2005

What you buy matters less than how you divide your money. The disciplined investor's blueprint.

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🧩 Asset Allocation 📊 Index Funds 🧠 Behavioral Finance ⚖️ Risk Management 🏖️ Retirement Planning

All About Asset Allocation

What you buy matters less than how you divide your money. The disciplined investor's blueprint.

by Richard A. Ferri 2005 354 pages

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🧩 Asset Allocation 📊 Index Funds 🧠 Behavioral Finance ⚖️ Risk Management 🏖️ Retirement Planning

Treasure Islands

by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

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🏝️ Offshore Finance ⚖️ Global Inequality 🏢 Corporate Crime 🏦 Financial Regulation 📜 Economic History

Treasure Islands

For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.

by Nicholas Shaxson 2011 272 pages

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🏝️ Offshore Finance ⚖️ Global Inequality 🏢 Corporate Crime 🏦 Financial Regulation 📜 Economic History

Citizens

by Jon Alexander • 2022

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

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🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action 🏘️ Community Organizing 📖 Narrative Change

Citizens

Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.

by Jon Alexander 2022 318 pages

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317 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 🤝 Civic Engagement 👥 Collective Action 🏘️ Community Organizing 📖 Narrative Change

The Return of Marco Polo's World

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2018

Liberal order collapsed. Eurasia fused into one war-prone corridor, and America is an island.

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🗺️ Geopolitics 🌏 Eurasian Politics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 🏛️ Offensive Realism 🇨🇳 Chinese Foreign Policy

The Return of Marco Polo's World

Liberal order collapsed. Eurasia fused into one war-prone corridor, and America is an island.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2018 304 pages

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500+ ratings

🗺️ Geopolitics 🌏 Eurasian Politics ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 🏛️ Offensive Realism 🇨🇳 Chinese Foreign Policy

The New Urban Crisis

by Richard Florida • 2017

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

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🏙️ Urban Inequality 🏘️ Gentrification 📊 Economic Segregation 🏠 Housing Affordability 🌐 Global Cities

The New Urban Crisis

Why urban revival is driving inequality and pushing out the middle class.

by Richard Florida 2017 336 pages

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🏙️ Urban Inequality 🏘️ Gentrification 📊 Economic Segregation 🏠 Housing Affordability 🌐 Global Cities

Smart Money Smart Kids

by Dave Ramsey • 2014

From three jars to a debt-free degree: the chore-and-save plan for raising financially capable kids.

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🧒 Financial Parenting 🚫 Debt-Free Living 🎓 College Without Loans 🎁 Generosity And Giving 💪 Work Ethic

Smart Money Smart Kids

From three jars to a debt-free degree: the chore-and-save plan for raising financially capable kids.

by Dave Ramsey 2014 272 pages

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🧒 Financial Parenting 🚫 Debt-Free Living 🎓 College Without Loans 🎁 Generosity And Giving 💪 Work Ethic

Hey, Hun

by Emily Lynn Paulson • 2023

Her 'free' Mercedes cost $9,000 extra. The real price of MLM sisterhood was higher.

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💼 Multilevel Marketing 🔺 Pyramid Schemes 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Predatory Business ✊ Intersectional Feminism

Hey, Hun

Her 'free' Mercedes cost $9,000 extra. The real price of MLM sisterhood was higher.

by Emily Lynn Paulson 2023 384 pages

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14k+ ratings

💼 Multilevel Marketing 🔺 Pyramid Schemes 🧠 Cult Psychology ⚠️ Predatory Business ✊ Intersectional Feminism

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