Best Economics Books | Summaries & Audio

Economics Book Summaries

A Country Is Not a Company

by Paul Krugman • 2009

Why running a country like a business fails: the economic logic business leaders never learn.

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🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Trade Deficits 💱 Balance Of Payments ❌ Economic Fallacies 💼 Business Analogies

A Country Is Not a Company

Why running a country like a business fails: the economic logic business leaders never learn.

by Paul Krugman 2009 64 pages

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🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Trade Deficits 💱 Balance Of Payments ❌ Economic Fallacies 💼 Business Analogies

The People Vs Tech

by Jamie Bartlett • 2018

Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.

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🗳️ Digital Politics 🏛️ Tech Monopolies 🎭 Political Tribalism 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🤖 Ai And Society

The People Vs Tech

Liberal democracy rests on a few fragile pillars; the internet is dismantling every one.

by Jamie Bartlett 2018 146 pages

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🗳️ Digital Politics 🏛️ Tech Monopolies 🎭 Political Tribalism 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🤖 Ai And Society

Like, Comment, Subscribe

by Mark Bergen • 2022

Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.

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💹 Platform Economics 🏢 Tech Company Histories 🤖 Algorithmic Influence 🛡️ Content Moderation 🎬 Creator Economy

Like, Comment, Subscribe

Three PayPal coworkers built a dating site. It became the algorithm deciding what the world watches.

by Mark Bergen 2022 464 pages

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💹 Platform Economics 🏢 Tech Company Histories 🤖 Algorithmic Influence 🛡️ Content Moderation 🎬 Creator Economy

Glimpses of Utopia

by Jess Scully • 2020

A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.

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🗳️ Participatory Democracy 💡 Alternative Economics 🌳 Commons Stewardship 🤲 Care Economy 🏦 Financial Reform

Glimpses of Utopia

A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.

by Jess Scully 2020 532 pages

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110 ratings

🗳️ Participatory Democracy 💡 Alternative Economics 🌳 Commons Stewardship 🤲 Care Economy 🏦 Financial Reform

The Formula

by Joshua Robinson • 2024

Beneath the speed, F1's real race was in business, engineering loopholes, and reality television.

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🏎️ Motorsport Management 🏟️ Sports Business ✈️ Aero Engineering 📺 Sports Media 🔄 Corporate Reinvention

The Formula

Beneath the speed, F1's real race was in business, engineering loopholes, and reality television.

by Joshua Robinson 2024 298 pages

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🏎️ Motorsport Management 🏟️ Sports Business ✈️ Aero Engineering 📺 Sports Media 🔄 Corporate Reinvention

The Wife Drought

by Annabel Crabb • 2014

We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.

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🏠 Domestic Labor Inequality 🍞 Breadwinner Homemaker Divide 👻 Invisible Labor 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 📊 Feminist Economics

The Wife Drought

We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.

by Annabel Crabb 2014 288 pages

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🏠 Domestic Labor Inequality 🍞 Breadwinner Homemaker Divide 👻 Invisible Labor 👩‍👧 Working Mothers 📊 Feminist Economics

Rebooting Justice

by Benjamin H. Barton • 2017

Justice is too expensive for most Americans. The surprising cure: fewer lawyers and smarter systems.

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🏛️ Access To Justice ⚖️ Legal System Reform 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform 💻 Technology And Law 📜 Occupational Licensing

Rebooting Justice

Justice is too expensive for most Americans. The surprising cure: fewer lawyers and smarter systems.

by Benjamin H. Barton 2017 242 pages

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🏛️ Access To Justice ⚖️ Legal System Reform 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform 💻 Technology And Law 📜 Occupational Licensing

Capital City

by Samuel Stein • 2019

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

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🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement 📖 Marxist Urban Theory 🏠 Housing Justice

Capital City

Gentrification is not a market outcome. It is policy, written by the real estate industry.

by Samuel Stein 2019 202 pages

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🏙️ Urban Political Economy 🏗️ Gentrification Studies 🚚 Urban Displacement 📖 Marxist Urban Theory 🏠 Housing Justice

How Boards Work

by Dambisa Moyo • 2021

Approval-only boards are dead. Co-creation, CEO ethics, and cultural oversight now define the role.

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🏛️ Corporate Governance 🌱 ESG Oversight 📢 Shareholder Activism 🔄 CEO Succession 💼 Corporate Culture

How Boards Work

Approval-only boards are dead. Co-creation, CEO ethics, and cultural oversight now define the role.

by Dambisa Moyo 2021 211 pages

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290 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Governance 🌱 ESG Oversight 📢 Shareholder Activism 🔄 CEO Succession 💼 Corporate Culture

Get Rich or Lie Trying

by Symeon Brown • 2022

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

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🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

Get Rich or Lie Trying

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

by Symeon Brown 2022 248 pages

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🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

Artificial Intelligence

by Lasse Rouhiainen • 2018

An AI 101: the tech, the jobs at risk, and the one skill machines can't touch.

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work

Artificial Intelligence

An AI 101: the tech, the jobs at risk, and the one skill machines can't touch.

by Lasse Rouhiainen 2018 300 pages

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🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💻 Digital Transformation 🧠 Machine Learning ⚖️ Ai Ethics 💼 Future Of Work

The Socialist Manifesto

by Bhaskar Sunkara • 2019

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

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🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

The Socialist Manifesto

Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.

by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages

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🗳️ Democratic Socialism 📚 Marxism 🏭 Labor History 🔍 Class Analysis ✊ Anti-Capitalism

Intention Economy

by Doc Searls • 2012

The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.

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🌐 Internet Commerce 💪 Customer Empowerment 🔐 Data Ownership 🏗️ Market Design 🔌 Platform Economy

Intention Economy

The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.

by Doc Searls 2012 320 pages

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🌐 Internet Commerce 💪 Customer Empowerment 🔐 Data Ownership 🏗️ Market Design 🔌 Platform Economy

How Everything Can Collapse

by Pablo Servigne • 2015

Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.

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📉 Collapsology 🏚️ Civilizational Collapse 🔗 Systems Thinking 📊 Diminishing Returns 🧠 Cognitive Biases

How Everything Can Collapse

Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.

by Pablo Servigne 2015 250 pages

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📉 Collapsology 🏚️ Civilizational Collapse 🔗 Systems Thinking 📊 Diminishing Returns 🧠 Cognitive Biases

Unthinking

by Harry Beckwith • 2011

What really makes consumers buy: the invisible forces no focus group will ever reveal.

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🧠 Consumer Psychology 📊 Behavioral Economics 🏗️ Brand Building 📖 Brand Storytelling 👁️ Attention Economy

Unthinking

What really makes consumers buy: the invisible forces no focus group will ever reveal.

by Harry Beckwith 2011

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🧠 Consumer Psychology 📊 Behavioral Economics 🏗️ Brand Building 📖 Brand Storytelling 👁️ Attention Economy

You May Also Like

Your tastes feel personal. The science of why they're mostly unconscious, borrowed, or made up.

by Tom Vanderbilt 2016 320 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Cognitive Biases 📈 Social Contagion 🤖 Algorithmic Curation 🎨 Aesthetics

Making the Most of Your Money Now

by Jane Bryant Quinn • 2009

Every money question a lifetime asks, answered in one comprehensive guide.

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🏦 Money Management 📚 Financial Literacy 💳 Debt Reduction 🏖️ Retirement Planning 📈 Index Investing

Making the Most of Your Money Now

Every money question a lifetime asks, answered in one comprehensive guide.

by Jane Bryant Quinn 2009 1264 pages

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🏦 Money Management 📚 Financial Literacy 💳 Debt Reduction 🏖️ Retirement Planning 📈 Index Investing

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

by Steve Tsang • 2024

Xi Jinping's political system runs on one logic: his survival is China's survival.

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🐉 Chinese Politics 🏴 Communist Party States 🚫 Authoritarian Governance 🌏 Chinese Foreign Policy 🏭 State Capitalism

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping's political system runs on one logic: his survival is China's survival.

by Steve Tsang 2024 296 pages

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🐉 Chinese Politics 🏴 Communist Party States 🚫 Authoritarian Governance 🌏 Chinese Foreign Policy 🏭 State Capitalism

The Winner's Curse

by Richard H. Thaler • 1991

Economic models assume you're rational; auctions, risk, and mental accounting prove otherwise.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases 📉 Market Anomalies 🎲 Risk Perception 🤝 Social Preferences

The Winner's Curse

Economic models assume you're rational; auctions, risk, and mental accounting prove otherwise.

by Richard H. Thaler 1991 240 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases 📉 Market Anomalies 🎲 Risk Perception 🤝 Social Preferences

Debunkery

by Kenneth L. Fisher • 2010

Widely accepted investing rules fail the data test. The method for profiting from their collapse.

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🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📈 Investment Strategy 🌍 Global Investing ⏳ Long-Term Investing

Debunkery

Widely accepted investing rules fail the data test. The method for profiting from their collapse.

by Kenneth L. Fisher 2010 256 pages

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🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📈 Investment Strategy 🌍 Global Investing ⏳ Long-Term Investing

Ain't No Makin' It

by Jay MacLeod • 2008

One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.

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🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Sociology ⚖️ Class Inequality 🔄 Social Reproduction 🚧 Structural Barriers

Ain't No Makin' It

One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.

by Jay MacLeod 2008 537 pages

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🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Sociology ⚖️ Class Inequality 🔄 Social Reproduction 🚧 Structural Barriers

Millionaire Women Next Door

by Thomas J. Stanley • 2004

Why the wealthiest women drive used cars, run dull businesses, and never stop saving.

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💰 Personal Finance 👩‍💼 Women And Money 🧾 Frugality 👷‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs 🏠 Real Estate Investing

Millionaire Women Next Door

Why the wealthiest women drive used cars, run dull businesses, and never stop saving.

by Thomas J. Stanley 2004 407 pages

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💰 Personal Finance 👩‍💼 Women And Money 🧾 Frugality 👷‍♀️ Women Entrepreneurs 🏠 Real Estate Investing

The Price of Everything

by Russell Roberts • 2008

A Cuban-born student's fury at price gouging meets an economics professor's defense of the market.

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📈 Economic Fiction 🎓 Campus Novel 👨‍🏫 Mentor And Student 🧳 Immigrant Sacrifice ✨ Parable

The Price of Everything

A Cuban-born student's fury at price gouging meets an economics professor's defense of the market.

by Russell Roberts 2008 224 pages

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📈 Economic Fiction 🎓 Campus Novel 👨‍🏫 Mentor And Student 🧳 Immigrant Sacrifice ✨ Parable

Investing All-in-One for Dummies (for Dummies

by Eric Tyson • 2017

The investing playbook from your first index fund to the day you stop working.

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🌱 Beginner Investing 💰 Personal Finance 📉 Passive Investing 🧱 Asset Allocation 🏛️ Boglehead Philosophy

Investing All-in-One for Dummies (for Dummies

The investing playbook from your first index fund to the day you stop working.

by Eric Tyson 2017 552 pages

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🌱 Beginner Investing 💰 Personal Finance 📉 Passive Investing 🧱 Asset Allocation 🏛️ Boglehead Philosophy

House of Bush, House of Saud

by Craig Unger • 2004

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

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🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

House of Bush, House of Saud

Oil, covert wars, and a revolving door: the Bush-Saudi alliance that 9/11 nearly destroyed.

by Craig Unger 2004 384 pages

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🛢️ Oil Politics 🇸🇦 Us-Saudi Relations 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Blowback 🔄 Revolving Door

Loopholes of Real Estate

by Garrett Sutton • 2013

Why real estate investors pay less tax than W-2 earners and entity structures that make it legal.

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🏠 Real Estate Investing 📊 Tax Planning 🛡️ Asset Protection 🏢 Legal Entities 🔍 Due Diligence

Loopholes of Real Estate

Why real estate investors pay less tax than W-2 earners and entity structures that make it legal.

by Garrett Sutton 2013 352 pages

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🏠 Real Estate Investing 📊 Tax Planning 🛡️ Asset Protection 🏢 Legal Entities 🔍 Due Diligence

Thank You for Being Late

by Thomas L. Friedman • 2016

Technology, markets, and the climate are all speeding up simultaneously; adaptation is not optional.

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🏛️ Global Affairs 💼 Future Of Work 🌍 Climate Policy 📈 Digital Transformation 📐 Systems Thinking

Thank You for Being Late

Technology, markets, and the climate are all speeding up simultaneously; adaptation is not optional.

by Thomas L. Friedman 2016 496 pages

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🏛️ Global Affairs 💼 Future Of Work 🌍 Climate Policy 📈 Digital Transformation 📐 Systems Thinking

In Our Hands

by Charles Murray • 2006

Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.

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🏦 Universal Basic Income 📋 Welfare Reform 🏘️ Civil Society 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🛡️ Social Insurance

In Our Hands

Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.

by Charles Murray 2006 152 pages

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290 ratings

🏦 Universal Basic Income 📋 Welfare Reform 🏘️ Civil Society 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🛡️ Social Insurance

The End of Wall Street

by Roger Lowenstein • 2010

Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.

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🏦 Financial Crises 🏢 Wall Street 🏠 Housing Bubble 🔗 Systemic Risk 🧿 Moral Hazard

The End of Wall Street

Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.

by Roger Lowenstein 2010 368 pages

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🏦 Financial Crises 🏢 Wall Street 🏠 Housing Bubble 🔗 Systemic Risk 🧿 Moral Hazard

Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich

by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey • 2020

Global income rose thirty-fold since 1800. The cause wasn't empire or exploitation: it was a deal.

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🏛️ Economic History 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Human Progress 🏭 Industrial Revolution 💡 Innovation Economics

Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich

Global income rose thirty-fold since 1800. The cause wasn't empire or exploitation: it was a deal.

by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 2020 245 pages

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164 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Human Progress 🏭 Industrial Revolution 💡 Innovation Economics

Crime & Punishment

by Russell Marks • 2015

Prison punishes disadvantage, not crime. The alternatives that reduce reoffending work elsewhere.

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🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🤝 Restorative Justice 🧠 Therapeutic Jurisprudence 💰 Justice Reinvestment

Crime & Punishment

Prison punishes disadvantage, not crime. The alternatives that reduce reoffending work elsewhere.

by Russell Marks 2015 226 pages

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49 ratings

🏛️ Criminal Justice Reform 🇦🇺 Australian Politics 🤝 Restorative Justice 🧠 Therapeutic Jurisprudence 💰 Justice Reinvestment

Red Roulette

by Desmond Shum • 2021

From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.

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🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes 🔗 Elite Networks ✍️ Dissident Memoir

Red Roulette

From poverty to billions, she partnered with premiers. Then Beijing made her vanish.

by Desmond Shum 2021

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🇨🇳 Chinese Politics 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Authoritarian Regimes 🔗 Elite Networks ✍️ Dissident Memoir

The Startup Checklist

by David S. Rose • 2016

From business model to boardroom: a stepwise path to a funded, scalable company.

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🚀 Startup Playbooks 🔄 Lean Startup 💰 Venture Funding 🍰 Equity Splits 🎤 Investor Pitching

The Startup Checklist

From business model to boardroom: a stepwise path to a funded, scalable company.

by David S. Rose 2016 320 pages

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🚀 Startup Playbooks 🔄 Lean Startup 💰 Venture Funding 🍰 Equity Splits 🎤 Investor Pitching

The Smart Money Method

by Stephen Clapham • 2020

How a former hedge fund analyst picks stocks, and the rigorous process any investor can replicate.

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🔍 Equity Research 📊 Financial Analysis 💰 Business Valuation 🏰 Competitive Moats 👔 Management Assessment

The Smart Money Method

How a former hedge fund analyst picks stocks, and the rigorous process any investor can replicate.

by Stephen Clapham 2020 288 pages

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156 ratings

🔍 Equity Research 📊 Financial Analysis 💰 Business Valuation 🏰 Competitive Moats 👔 Management Assessment

You Deserve to Be Rich

by Rashad Bilal • 2025

The wealth playbook for those the system failed: heal money wounds and build your first million.

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🏗️ Wealth Building 📚 Financial Literacy 🧠 Financial Trauma 📊 Budgeting Methods 💳 Debt Management

You Deserve to Be Rich

The wealth playbook for those the system failed: heal money wounds and build your first million.

by Rashad Bilal 2025 320 pages

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354 ratings

🏗️ Wealth Building 📚 Financial Literacy 🧠 Financial Trauma 📊 Budgeting Methods 💳 Debt Management

No Is Not Enough

by Naomi Klein • 2017

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

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🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

No Is Not Enough

Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.

by Naomi Klein 2017

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10k+ ratings

🏦 Political Economy ✊ Progressive Activism 🌀 Crisis Politics 🌍 Climate Justice 💸 Economic Inequality

In Defense of Open Society

by George Soros • 2019

Economists ignore a simple feedback loop, and that blindness is handing power to authoritarians.

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💰 Economic Philosophy 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles 🗽 Open Societies 💸 Financial Crises 🛑 Authoritarian Rise

In Defense of Open Society

Economists ignore a simple feedback loop, and that blindness is handing power to authoritarians.

by George Soros 2019 224 pages

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404 ratings

💰 Economic Philosophy 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles 🗽 Open Societies 💸 Financial Crises 🛑 Authoritarian Rise

The Dumb Things Smart People Do with Their Money

by Jill Schlesinger • 2019

Thirteen money mistakes intelligence doesn't prevent, and the rules that do.

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🏦 Personal Finance 📊 Behavioral Economics 💭 Money Psychology 🏖️ Retirement Planning 📈 Investing Basics

The Dumb Things Smart People Do with Their Money

Thirteen money mistakes intelligence doesn't prevent, and the rules that do.

by Jill Schlesinger 2019 288 pages

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🏦 Personal Finance 📊 Behavioral Economics 💭 Money Psychology 🏖️ Retirement Planning 📈 Investing Basics

Can’t We Just Print More Money?

by The Bank of England • 2022

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

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🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

Can’t We Just Print More Money?

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

by The Bank of England 2022 311 pages

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🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

Climate Justice

by Mary Robinson • 2018

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

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⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Climate Justice

Climate change is a human rights crisis. Frontline communities are showing the world how to respond.

by Mary Robinson 2018 176 pages

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2k+ ratings

⚖️ Climate Justice ✊ Human Rights 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🌿 Indigenous Knowledge 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Don't Wait for the Next War

by Wesley K. Clark • 2014

A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.

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🧭 Grand Strategy 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💼 Economic Statecraft 🌎 Climate Security 🌏 Us China Relations

Don't Wait for the Next War

A retired general's strategy: America, united by energy, not enemies.

by Wesley K. Clark 2014 271 pages

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🧭 Grand Strategy 🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 💼 Economic Statecraft 🌎 Climate Security 🌏 Us China Relations

The Retail Revival

by Doug Stephens • 2013

Retail's middle ground is gone. Winners pick a side: extreme convenience or premium experience.

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🛒 Retail Strategy 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📉 Market Polarization 📱 Omnichannel Strategy ❤️ Customer Experience

The Retail Revival

Retail's middle ground is gone. Winners pick a side: extreme convenience or premium experience.

by Doug Stephens 2013 272 pages

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110 ratings

🛒 Retail Strategy 🧠 Consumer Psychology 📉 Market Polarization 📱 Omnichannel Strategy ❤️ Customer Experience

The Price You Pay for College

by Ron Lieber • 2021

The discount system colleges hide, and the appeal letter that cuts your bill by thousands.

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🎓 College Financing 🏫 College Selection 💸 Financial Aid 🧠 Money Psychology 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Finance

The Price You Pay for College

The discount system colleges hide, and the appeal letter that cuts your bill by thousands.

by Ron Lieber 2021 320 pages

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2k+ ratings

🎓 College Financing 🏫 College Selection 💸 Financial Aid 🧠 Money Psychology 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Finance

Wealth and Power

by Orville Schell • 2013

Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.

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🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History 🏛️ Chinese Political Thought 🏭 Authoritarian Development 🔄 National Rejuvenation 📚 Intellectual History

Wealth and Power

Modern China's one obsession: reclaiming power after humiliation, even when freedom was the cost.

by Orville Schell 2013 478 pages

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1k+ ratings

🇨🇳 Modern Chinese History 🏛️ Chinese Political Thought 🏭 Authoritarian Development 🔄 National Rejuvenation 📚 Intellectual History

Keynes

by Robert Skidelsky • 2009

The 2008 crash was an indictment of an economics that abandoned Keynes. Markets don't self-correct.

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💰 Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 📋 Financial Regulation 📊 Macroeconomic Policy 🏛️ Political Economy

Keynes

The 2008 crash was an indictment of an economics that abandoned Keynes. Markets don't self-correct.

by Robert Skidelsky 2009 256 pages

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💰 Keynesian Economics 📉 Financial Crises 📋 Financial Regulation 📊 Macroeconomic Policy 🏛️ Political Economy

Drawdown

by Paul Hawken • 2017

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

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🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

Drawdown

100 existing solutions, modeled and ranked: the plan to reverse global warming is already here.

by Paul Hawken 2017 240 pages

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🌍 Climate Reversal 💰 Environmental Economics 🌱 Regenerative Agriculture 🍃 Carbon Sequestration 🔄 Circular Economy

The Battle For Syria

by Christopher Phillips • 2016

Syria's uprising became a proxy war: six outside powers picking sides and arming their own factions.

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🌍 Middle East Politics ⚔️ Syrian Civil War 🌸 Arab Spring ♟️ Proxy Warfare 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

The Battle For Syria

Syria's uprising became a proxy war: six outside powers picking sides and arming their own factions.

by Christopher Phillips 2016 320 pages

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🌍 Middle East Politics ⚔️ Syrian Civil War 🌸 Arab Spring ♟️ Proxy Warfare 🕌 Sectarian Conflict

The Price of Football

by Kieran Maguire • 2020

Your club's accounts tell a story the scoreboard never will.

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⚽ Football Finance 📈 Sports Economics 💼 Sports Business 🏢 Club Ownership 📊 Financial Reporting

The Price of Football

Your club's accounts tell a story the scoreboard never will.

by Kieran Maguire 2020 224 pages

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267 ratings

⚽ Football Finance 📈 Sports Economics 💼 Sports Business 🏢 Club Ownership 📊 Financial Reporting

Thinking and Deciding

by Jonathan Baron • 2007

A psychologist's guide to mental shortcuts that fail, and the rules that repair them.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧱 Mental Models 📊 Decision Frameworks ⚙️ Productivity Methods 🧩 Problem Solving

Thinking and Deciding

A psychologist's guide to mental shortcuts that fail, and the rules that repair them.

by Jonathan Baron 2007 600 pages

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320 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧱 Mental Models 📊 Decision Frameworks ⚙️ Productivity Methods 🧩 Problem Solving

Factory Man

by Beth Macy • 2014

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

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🏭 American Manufacturing 🌍 Globalization Impact 🏘️ Small Town America ⚖️ Trade Policy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Business

Factory Man

John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.

by Beth Macy 2014 451 pages

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