Best Economics Books | Summaries & Audio

Economics Book Summaries

Intelligence

by Stuart Ritchie • 2015

General intelligence is real, measurable, and predicts far more than we're comfortable admitting.

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🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Brain And Cognition

Intelligence

General intelligence is real, measurable, and predicts far more than we're comfortable admitting.

by Stuart Ritchie 2015 160 pages

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500+ ratings

🔬 Intelligence Research 📝 Cognitive Testing 🧬 Behavioral Genetics 🌱 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Brain And Cognition

The Song Machine

by John Seabrook • 2015

Pop hits aren't moments of genius; they're manufactured on an assembly line that began in Stockholm.

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🎯 Hit Making ✍️ Pop Songwriting 💻 Digital Disruption 🎧 Streaming 🌍 Music Globalization

The Song Machine

Pop hits aren't moments of genius; they're manufactured on an assembly line that began in Stockholm.

by John Seabrook 2015 336 pages

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🎯 Hit Making ✍️ Pop Songwriting 💻 Digital Disruption 🎧 Streaming 🌍 Music Globalization

A Doctor in the House

by Mahathir Mohamad • 2011

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

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🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs 🏭 Developmental State 💹 Economic Nationalism

A Doctor in the House

A country doctor, expelled by his party, returned to lead Malaysia and told the IMF no.

by Mahathir Mohamad 2011 843 pages

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🌏 Southeast Asian Politics 🏗️ Nation-Building 📜 Political Memoirs 🏭 Developmental State 💹 Economic Nationalism

The Pricing Roadmap

by Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt • 2023

SaaS pricing is a design job. How to build models that customers love and committees approve.

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💻 Saas Pricing 💎 Value-Based Pricing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Subscription Models 🎯 Customer Segmentation

The Pricing Roadmap

SaaS pricing is a design job. How to build models that customers love and committees approve.

by Ulrik Lehrskov-Schmidt 2023 278 pages

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183 ratings

💻 Saas Pricing 💎 Value-Based Pricing 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Subscription Models 🎯 Customer Segmentation

Men and Marriage

by George Gilder • 1986

Men are the weaker sex: only marriage channels their energy into something civilization can use.

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🧬 Biological Determinism 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Sexual Economics ❌ Antifeminism 💍 Monogamy

Men and Marriage

Men are the weaker sex: only marriage channels their energy into something civilization can use.

by George Gilder 1986

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🧬 Biological Determinism 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Sexual Economics ❌ Antifeminism 💍 Monogamy

The Mis-Education of the Negro

by Carter G. Woodson • 1933

America's most effective tool of racial control was never the police. It was the classroom.

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🏫 Black Education ✊ Racial Uplift ⛓️ Educational Oppression 🧠 Critical Consciousness 💰 Economic Self-Reliance

The Mis-Education of the Negro

America's most effective tool of racial control was never the police. It was the classroom.

by Carter G. Woodson 1933 162 pages

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🏫 Black Education ✊ Racial Uplift ⛓️ Educational Oppression 🧠 Critical Consciousness 💰 Economic Self-Reliance

Poor Economics

by Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2011

Grand theories say invest in institutions. The data says deworm children and give away bed nets.

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🏗️ Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎲 Randomized Trials 📋 Evidence-Based Policy

Poor Economics

Grand theories say invest in institutions. The data says deworm children and give away bed nets.

by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011 303 pages

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🏗️ Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎲 Randomized Trials 📋 Evidence-Based Policy

Kings of Crypto

by Jeff John Roberts • 2021

One startup made bitcoin simple. The regulators came. Then the rivals. Then the civil war.

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🪙 Cryptocurrency 🏦 Fintech Startups 🏛️ Crypto Exchanges 📈 Startup Scaling 🏢 Company Biography

Kings of Crypto

One startup made bitcoin simple. The regulators came. Then the rivals. Then the civil war.

by Jeff John Roberts 2021 236 pages

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500+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🏦 Fintech Startups 🏛️ Crypto Exchanges 📈 Startup Scaling 🏢 Company Biography

Chokepoint Capitalism

by Rebecca Giblin • 2022

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

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🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power ⚖️ Copyright Reform 🤝 Collective Bargaining

Chokepoint Capitalism

A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.

by Rebecca Giblin 2022

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🧠 Creative Industries 💻 Digital Platforms 🏢 Corporate Power ⚖️ Copyright Reform 🤝 Collective Bargaining

The Genesis Machine

by Amy Webb • 2022

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

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🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics 🔮 Futurism 🧫 Reproductive Technology

The Genesis Machine

Life is becoming programmable. The technology is here; the rules for using it are not.

by Amy Webb 2022 368 pages

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🧬 Synthetic Biology 📋 Science Policy ⚖️ Bioethics 🔮 Futurism 🧫 Reproductive Technology

The Dope

by Benjamin T. Smith • 2021

State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.

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🇲🇽 Mexican Drug War 💰 Drug Trafficking ⚔️ War On Drugs 🏛️ State Corruption 🕴️ Organized Crime

The Dope

State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.

by Benjamin T. Smith 2021 464 pages

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🇲🇽 Mexican Drug War 💰 Drug Trafficking ⚔️ War On Drugs 🏛️ State Corruption 🕴️ Organized Crime

The Lever of Riches

by Joel Mokyr • 1990

Europe didn't out-invent Asia by chance. Culture, not geography, explains who industrializes first.

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🏛️ Economic History 🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🌏 Great Divergence 💡 Innovation Economics

The Lever of Riches

Europe didn't out-invent Asia by chance. Culture, not geography, explains who industrializes first.

by Joel Mokyr 1990 368 pages

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🏛️ Economic History 🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🌏 Great Divergence 💡 Innovation Economics

The House of Rothschild, Vol 2

by Niall Ferguson • 1998

Europe's most powerful bank was a family affair. The biggest risk was the family itself.

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👑 Banking Dynasties 🌐 International Finance ✡️ Jewish Emancipation ⚔️ War Financing 🏦 Merchant Banking

The House of Rothschild, Vol 2

Europe's most powerful bank was a family affair. The biggest risk was the family itself.

by Niall Ferguson 1998 592 pages

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500+ ratings

👑 Banking Dynasties 🌐 International Finance ✡️ Jewish Emancipation ⚔️ War Financing 🏦 Merchant Banking

The Joy of Game Theory

by Presh Talwalkar • 2013

A concise playbook of strategic thinking: spot the hidden games, then learn to win them.

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🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Strategic Thinking 🔢 Decision Theory 🤝 Coordination Problems 🗳️ Voting Theory

The Joy of Game Theory

A concise playbook of strategic thinking: spot the hidden games, then learn to win them.

by Presh Talwalkar 2013 155 pages

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🎲 Game Theory 🧠 Strategic Thinking 🔢 Decision Theory 🤝 Coordination Problems 🗳️ Voting Theory

Code Dependent

by Madhumita Murgia • 2024

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

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⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

Code Dependent

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

by Madhumita Murgia 2024 309 pages

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⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

Shitbürgertum

by Ulf Poschardt • 2025

Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.

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🇩🇪 German Politics 🏛️ Elite Critique 🎭 Cultural Hegemony 🗣️ Language And Power 🏗️ State Worship

Shitbürgertum

Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.

by Ulf Poschardt 2025 164 pages

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🇩🇪 German Politics 🏛️ Elite Critique 🎭 Cultural Hegemony 🗣️ Language And Power 🏗️ State Worship

Trailblazer

by Marc Benioff • 2019

Shareholder primacy is broken. One CEO bet his company on a bigger idea, and it worked.

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🖥️ Tech Leadership 🌍 Stakeholder Capitalism 📢 Corporate Activism 🌐 Open Innovation 🧘 Mindful Leadership

Trailblazer

Shareholder primacy is broken. One CEO bet his company on a bigger idea, and it worked.

by Marc Benioff 2019 235 pages

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🖥️ Tech Leadership 🌍 Stakeholder Capitalism 📢 Corporate Activism 🌐 Open Innovation 🧘 Mindful Leadership

The White Man's Burden

by William Easterly • 2006

$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.

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📈 Development Economics 🔍 Aid Skepticism 🌱 Bottom-Up Development 🔗 Colonial Legacies 🗳️ Public Choice Theory

The White Man's Burden

$2.3 trillion in aid left the poorest no better off. A World Bank insider explains why.

by William Easterly 2006 443 pages

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📈 Development Economics 🔍 Aid Skepticism 🌱 Bottom-Up Development 🔗 Colonial Legacies 🗳️ Public Choice Theory

The Misinformation Age

by Cailin O'Connor • 2018

False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.

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🧠 Social Epistemology 🕸️ Network Science 💭 Belief Formation 🏭 Manufactured Doubt 🔬 Scientific Consensus

The Misinformation Age

False beliefs spread through social networks, not faulty brains. And the math proves it.

by Cailin O'Connor 2018 280 pages

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🧠 Social Epistemology 🕸️ Network Science 💭 Belief Formation 🏭 Manufactured Doubt 🔬 Scientific Consensus

ABCs of Buying Rental Property

by Ken McElroy • 2020

A single rental property can buy your freedom. The method that puts the market first.

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🏘️ Real Estate Investing 🏠 Rental Property 🔑 Landlord Guide 💰 Passive Income 🧾 Tax Strategy

ABCs of Buying Rental Property

A single rental property can buy your freedom. The method that puts the market first.

by Ken McElroy 2020 216 pages

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🏘️ Real Estate Investing 🏠 Rental Property 🔑 Landlord Guide 💰 Passive Income 🧾 Tax Strategy

Freedom Farmers

by Monica M. White • 2018

How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.

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🌱 Black Agriculture 🥗 Food Sovereignty 🤝 Cooperative Economics 🏙️ Urban Farming 🫂 Mutual Aid

Freedom Farmers

How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.

by Monica M. White 2018 189 pages

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🌱 Black Agriculture 🥗 Food Sovereignty 🤝 Cooperative Economics 🏙️ Urban Farming 🫂 Mutual Aid

Machines of Loving Grace

by John Markoff • 2015

Silicon Valley split between replacing humans and upgrading them. The fight isn't over.

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🖥️ History Of Computing 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🖱️ Human-Computer Interaction 🏭 Automation And Labor ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Machines of Loving Grace

Silicon Valley split between replacing humans and upgrading them. The fight isn't over.

by John Markoff 2015 400 pages

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500+ ratings

🖥️ History Of Computing 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🖱️ Human-Computer Interaction 🏭 Automation And Labor ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Upcycle

by William McDonough • 2013

Less harm is still harm. The blueprint for designing products, buildings, and systems that heal.

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🔄 Circular Economy 🦋 Biomimicry 🌱 Regenerative Design 💼 Sustainable Business 🔗 Systems Thinking

The Upcycle

Less harm is still harm. The blueprint for designing products, buildings, and systems that heal.

by William McDonough 2013 257 pages

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🔄 Circular Economy 🦋 Biomimicry 🌱 Regenerative Design 💼 Sustainable Business 🔗 Systems Thinking

How to Day Trade

by Ross Cameron • 2015

The brutal stats, the mental game, and the small-cap strategy for joining the profitable 3%.

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📈 Day Trading 🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Technical Analysis 💡 Behavioral Finance 🧘 Emotional Discipline

How to Day Trade

The brutal stats, the mental game, and the small-cap strategy for joining the profitable 3%.

by Ross Cameron 2015 163 pages

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455 ratings

📈 Day Trading 🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Technical Analysis 💡 Behavioral Finance 🧘 Emotional Discipline

A Culture of Growth

by Joel Mokyr • 2016

What fueled modern growth? Not property rights. A cultural shift that made nature a solvable puzzle.

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💰 Economic History 📜 Intellectual History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🕸️ Knowledge Networks 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

A Culture of Growth

What fueled modern growth? Not property rights. A cultural shift that made nature a solvable puzzle.

by Joel Mokyr 2016 403 pages

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427 ratings

💰 Economic History 📜 Intellectual History 🧬 Cultural Evolution 🕸️ Knowledge Networks 🔬 Philosophy Of Science

The Art of Pricing

by Rafi Mohammed • 2005

Most businesses have one price. Their customers have many valuations.

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📊 Pricing Strategy 💎 Value-Based Pricing 📈 Revenue Optimization 🎯 Customer Segmentation 💵 Margin Improvement

The Art of Pricing

Most businesses have one price. Their customers have many valuations.

by Rafi Mohammed 2005 240 pages

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163 ratings

📊 Pricing Strategy 💎 Value-Based Pricing 📈 Revenue Optimization 🎯 Customer Segmentation 💵 Margin Improvement

The 100-Year Life

by Lynda Gratton • 2016

A 100-year lifespan breaks the old school, work, retire sequence. The rules that replace it.

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🧭 Career Planning 🌍 Aging Societies 🔄 Life Design 📘 Lifelong Learning ⚖ Work-Life Balance

The 100-Year Life

A 100-year lifespan breaks the old school, work, retire sequence. The rules that replace it.

by Lynda Gratton 2016 280 pages

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2k+ ratings

🧭 Career Planning 🌍 Aging Societies 🔄 Life Design 📘 Lifelong Learning ⚖ Work-Life Balance

Capitalism, Alone

by Branko Milanović • 2019

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

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🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

Capitalism, Alone

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

by Branko Milanović 2019 304 pages

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🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

The Quants

by Scott Patterson • 2010

In August 2007, models designed for once-in-ten-millennia failures broke three days running.

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🧮 Quantitative Finance 🏦 Wall Street History 💰 Hedge Funds 📊 Financial Modeling 🔧 Financial Engineering

The Quants

In August 2007, models designed for once-in-ten-millennia failures broke three days running.

by Scott Patterson 2010 352 pages

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9k+ ratings

🧮 Quantitative Finance 🏦 Wall Street History 💰 Hedge Funds 📊 Financial Modeling 🔧 Financial Engineering

One World

by Peter Singer • 2002

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

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🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

One World

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

by Peter Singer 2002 272 pages

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1k+ ratings

🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

Working in Public

by Nadia Eghbal • 2020

Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.

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💻 Open Source Software 💰 Creator Economy 👁️ Attention Economics 🔧 Digital Labor 🌐 Community Management

Working in Public

Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.

by Nadia Eghbal 2020 252 pages

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500+ ratings

💻 Open Source Software 💰 Creator Economy 👁️ Attention Economics 🔧 Digital Labor 🌐 Community Management

The Moment of Lift

by Melinda French Gates • 2019

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

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🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

The Moment of Lift

Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.

by Melinda French Gates 2019 273 pages

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64k+ ratings

🌍 Global Development 📈 Feminist Economics 👶 Family Planning 🎓 Girls' Education 🏠 Unpaid Care Work

FRICTION―The Untapped Force That Can Be Your Most Powerful Advantage

by Roger Dooley • 2019

The hidden force that decides what you buy, what you quit, and what you never start.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🛒 Customer Experience 🧱 Habit Design 💻 User Experience 👆 Nudge Theory

FRICTION―The Untapped Force That Can Be Your Most Powerful Advantage

The hidden force that decides what you buy, what you quit, and what you never start.

by Roger Dooley 2019 320 pages

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119 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🛒 Customer Experience 🧱 Habit Design 💻 User Experience 👆 Nudge Theory

Fooling some of the People all of the time

by David Einhorn • 2007

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

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🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Regulatory Failure

Fooling some of the People all of the time

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

by David Einhorn 2007 380 pages

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4k+ ratings

🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Regulatory Failure

Investing with She’s on the Money

by Victoria Devine • 2022

A $500 monthly habit can turn into $1.25 million. This is the step-by-step plan.

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💰 Personal Finance 📈 Investing Basics 🏗️ Wealth Building 🧠 Money Mindset 🌱 Ethical Investing

Investing with She’s on the Money

A $500 monthly habit can turn into $1.25 million. This is the step-by-step plan.

by Victoria Devine 2022 315 pages

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1k+ ratings

💰 Personal Finance 📈 Investing Basics 🏗️ Wealth Building 🧠 Money Mindset 🌱 Ethical Investing

Designing for Behavior Change

by Stephen Wendel • 2013

Build products that change real-world behavior: a system grounded in how the mind actually decides.

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🧠 Behavioral Design 🏛️ Choice Architecture 🔄 Lean Product Development 🔍 User Research 📈 Behavioral Economics

Designing for Behavior Change

Build products that change real-world behavior: a system grounded in how the mind actually decides.

by Stephen Wendel 2013 391 pages

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414 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Design 🏛️ Choice Architecture 🔄 Lean Product Development 🔍 User Research 📈 Behavioral Economics

The small BIG

by Robert B. Cialdini • 2014

Adding one sentence to a letter boosted tax compliance 15 percent. What else works that cheaply?

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🧠 Persuasion Science 🎲 Behavioral Economics 👥 Social Influence 🖼️ Framing Effects 🏗️ Choice Architecture

The small BIG

Adding one sentence to a letter boosted tax compliance 15 percent. What else works that cheaply?

by Robert B. Cialdini 2014 288 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Persuasion Science 🎲 Behavioral Economics 👥 Social Influence 🖼️ Framing Effects 🏗️ Choice Architecture

To Dye For

by Alden Wicker • 2023

Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.

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🧪 Toxic Textiles 👗 Fast Fashion 🧬 Endocrine Disruptors ☣️ Chemical Exposure 🏭 Supply Chain Ethics

To Dye For

Flight attendants lost their hair and their health. The culprit was hiding in their uniforms.

by Alden Wicker 2023 303 pages

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1k+ ratings

🧪 Toxic Textiles 👗 Fast Fashion 🧬 Endocrine Disruptors ☣️ Chemical Exposure 🏭 Supply Chain Ethics

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

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

by Adam Tooze 2018 720 pages

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4k+ ratings

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

Clothing Poverty

by Andrew Brooks • 2015

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

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👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Clothing Poverty

The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.

by Andrew Brooks 2015 296 pages

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173 ratings

👔 Fashion Industry ⛓️ Commodity Chains 🌾 Cotton Industry 👕 Fast Fashion ♻️ Second-Hand Clothing

Buffett

by Roger Lowenstein • 1995

When a salad oil scandal knocked American Express flat, Buffett bet everything. The story of how.

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🏢 Corporate Biography 💰 Value Investing 📉 Contrarian Investing 📈 Compound Interest 🛒 Buy And Hold

Buffett

When a salad oil scandal knocked American Express flat, Buffett bet everything. The story of how.

by Roger Lowenstein 1995 638 pages

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15k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Biography 💰 Value Investing 📉 Contrarian Investing 📈 Compound Interest 🛒 Buy And Hold

Essentials of Supply Chain Management

by Michael H. Hugos • 2002

Five levers control every supply chain. Tuning their balance beats optimizing any single one.

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🏭 Supply Chain Management ⚙️ Operations Management 🚚 Logistics Planning 📦 Inventory Optimization 📊 Performance Metrics

Essentials of Supply Chain Management

Five levers control every supply chain. Tuning their balance beats optimizing any single one.

by Michael H. Hugos 2002 355 pages

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280 ratings

🏭 Supply Chain Management ⚙️ Operations Management 🚚 Logistics Planning 📦 Inventory Optimization 📊 Performance Metrics

River Kings

by Cat Jarman • 2021

A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.

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🛡️ Viking History 🌍 Global Middle Ages 🧬 Bioarchaeology 🐪 Silk Roads 🪙 Silver Trade

River Kings

A bead from India, buried in England, reveals the Silk Road world the Vikings actually built.

by Cat Jarman 2021 336 pages

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4k+ ratings

🛡️ Viking History 🌍 Global Middle Ages 🧬 Bioarchaeology 🐪 Silk Roads 🪙 Silver Trade

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in car crashes. The cause is everywhere.

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🧱 Data Bias 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Labor 🏥 Medical Sexism 📐 Gendered Design

Invisible Women

Women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in car crashes. The cause is everywhere.

by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages

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100k+ ratings

🧱 Data Bias 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Labor 🏥 Medical Sexism 📐 Gendered Design

Bright-Sided

by Barbara Ehrenreich • 2009

America demands cheerfulness. It quiets dissent, blames victims, and helped cause the 2008 crash.

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🚫 Toxic Positivity 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🔬 Pseudoscience Debunking ⛪ Prosperity Gospel 📚 Self-Help Critique

Bright-Sided

America demands cheerfulness. It quiets dissent, blames victims, and helped cause the 2008 crash.

by Barbara Ehrenreich 2009 206 pages

3.74

10k+ ratings

🚫 Toxic Positivity 🔍 Cultural Criticism 🔬 Pseudoscience Debunking ⛪ Prosperity Gospel 📚 Self-Help Critique

Subprime Attention Crisis

by Tim Hwang • 2020

The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.

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🌐 Internet Economy 👀 Attention Economy 💥 Market Bubbles ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🕵️ Advertising Fraud

Subprime Attention Crisis

The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.

by Tim Hwang 2020 176 pages

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1k+ ratings

🌐 Internet Economy 👀 Attention Economy 💥 Market Bubbles ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🕵️ Advertising Fraud

Work Won't Love You Back

by Sarah Jaffe • 2021

From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.

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✊ Labor Organizing 🧡 Passion Economy 🎭 Emotional Labor 🔥 Burnout Culture 📝 Unpaid Internships

Work Won't Love You Back

From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.

by Sarah Jaffe 2021 432 pages

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5k+ ratings

✊ Labor Organizing 🧡 Passion Economy 🎭 Emotional Labor 🔥 Burnout Culture 📝 Unpaid Internships

Future Crimes

by Marc Goodman • 2015

Crime went corporate. The dark web runs like Amazon, and your digital exhaust is its inventory.

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🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕶️ Dark Web 💻 Digital Crime 🔍 Data Privacy 📡 Digital Surveillance

Future Crimes

Crime went corporate. The dark web runs like Amazon, and your digital exhaust is its inventory.

by Marc Goodman 2015 393 pages

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4k+ ratings

🛡️ Cybersecurity 🕶️ Dark Web 💻 Digital Crime 🔍 Data Privacy 📡 Digital Surveillance

Capital Ideas

by Peter L. Bernstein • 1991

How a handful of academics with no money and little respect rebuilt the financial world.

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📈 Financial Economics 📜 History Of Finance 🧱 Portfolio Theory ⚖️ Risk Management 🤖 Quantitative Investing

Capital Ideas

How a handful of academics with no money and little respect rebuilt the financial world.

by Peter L. Bernstein 1991 368 pages

3.99

500+ ratings

📈 Financial Economics 📜 History Of Finance 🧱 Portfolio Theory ⚖️ Risk Management 🤖 Quantitative Investing

Who Owns the Future?

by Jaron Lanier • 2013

Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.

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💻 Digital Economy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 🔐 Data Ownership 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Decentralization

Who Owns the Future?

Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.

by Jaron Lanier 2013 416 pages

3.77

3k+ ratings

💻 Digital Economy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 🔐 Data Ownership 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Decentralization

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