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The Primal Prescription Summary
The Primal Prescription
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4.23
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3.66
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Economic Policy Summary
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Default Summary
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4.37
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The Option of Urbanism Summary
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3.89
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How to Think Like an Entrepreneur Summary
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3.76
202 ratings
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Red Capitalism Summary
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3.85
453 ratings
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Fire Your Boss Summary
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3.68
148 ratings
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BOOM Summary
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3.89
696 ratings
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How to Speak Money Summary
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3.74
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A Beautiful Math Summary
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3.60
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Managing in the Next Society Summary
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3.90
174 ratings
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Universal Man Summary
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3.69
202 ratings
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The Growth Map Summary
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3.59
286 ratings
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A Fine Mess Summary
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4.24
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An Economist in the Real World Summary
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4.04
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The Happiness Equation Summary
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3.54
139 ratings
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Hall of Mirrors Summary
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4.01
285 ratings
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Inside Money Summary
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4.10
380 ratings
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Coming Apart Summary
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3.81
5.7K ratings
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Planet on Fire Summary
Planet on Fire
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by Mathew Lawrence 2021 289 pages
3.66
168 ratings
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Smarter Investing Summary
Smarter Investing
Simpler Decisions for Better Results
by Tim Hale 2006 301 pages
4.10
723 ratings
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We've Got You Covered Summary
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Rebooting American Health Care
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4.09
317 ratings
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Eat People Summary
Eat People
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by Andy Kessler 2011 256 pages
3.63
391 ratings
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The Accidental Investment Banker Summary
The Accidental Investment Banker
Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
by Jonathan A. Knee 2006 288 pages
3.59
830 ratings
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The Elephant and the Dragon Summary
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by Robyn Meredith 2007 256 pages
3.74
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Amazon Summary
Amazon
How the World’s Most Relentless Retailer will Continue to Revolutionize Commerce
by Natalie Berg 2019 272 pages
3.76
190 ratings
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Freedomnomics Summary
Freedomnomics
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by John R. Lott Jr. 2007 275 pages
3.55
574 ratings
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Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
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3.70
146 ratings
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How We Decide Summary
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3.84
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Liberty and Tyranny Summary
Liberty and Tyranny
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by Mark R. Levin 2004 245 pages
4.18
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First Principles Summary
First Principles
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by John Brian Taylor 2012 240 pages
3.64
106 ratings
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Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary
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3.87
1.1K ratings
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Too High to Fail Summary
Too High to Fail
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by Doug Fine 2012 368 pages
3.75
260 ratings
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The Expertise Economy Summary
The Expertise Economy
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by Kelly Palmer 2018 240 pages
3.98
170 ratings
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Not Working Summary
Not Working
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by D.W. Gibson 2012 470 pages
3.69
58 ratings
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Bending Adversity Summary
Bending Adversity
Japan and the Art of Survival
by David Pilling 2013 416 pages
4.10
1.2K ratings
Japan
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9 Lessons in Brexit Summary
9 Lessons in Brexit
by Ivan Rogers 2019 46 pages
4.07
538 ratings
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Your Life Is Manufactured Summary
Your Life Is Manufactured
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3.74
136 ratings
Science
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May Contain Lies Summary
May Contain Lies
How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It
by Alex Edmans 2024 322 pages
4.09
765 ratings
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Jackpot Summary
Jackpot
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by Michael Mechanic 2021 416 pages
3.87
795 ratings
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The Theft of a Decade Summary
The Theft of a Decade
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by Joseph C. Sternberg 2019 255 pages
3.39
208 ratings
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The Little Book of Venture Capital Investing Summary
The Little Book of Venture Capital Investing
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3.29
49 ratings
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Bagehot Summary
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The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
by James Grant 2019 368 pages
3.68
154 ratings
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The 9.9 Percent Summary
The 9.9 Percent
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by Matthew Stewart 2021 352 pages
3.69
398 ratings
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The New World Economy Summary
The New World Economy
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by Randy Charles Epping 2020 352 pages
3.65
141 ratings
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Energy and Civilization Summary
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by Vaclav Smil 2017 552 pages
4.09
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The Origins of Happiness Summary
The Origins of Happiness
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by Andrew E. Clark 2018 339 pages
3.71
59 ratings
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Guide to Economic Indicators Summary
Guide to Economic Indicators
Making Sense of Economics - Sixth Edition
by The Economist 1998 244 pages
3.67
139 ratings
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I Summary
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I
by Adam Smith 1776 550 pages
3.92
281 ratings
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Philosophy
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