Best Economics Books | Summaries & Audio

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Vienna

by Richard Cockett • 2023

Vienna's thinkers built the modern mind. When fascism drove them out, they rebuilt it globally.

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📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Viennese Modernism 💰 Austrian Economics 🛋️ Psychoanalysis History ✈️ Diaspora And Exile

Vienna

Vienna's thinkers built the modern mind. When fascism drove them out, they rebuilt it globally.

by Richard Cockett 2023 535 pages

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500+ ratings

📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Viennese Modernism 💰 Austrian Economics 🛋️ Psychoanalysis History ✈️ Diaspora And Exile

The Conscience of a Liberal

by Paul Krugman • 2007

Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.

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📊 Income Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Racial Politics 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🛡️ Welfare State Politics

The Conscience of a Liberal

Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.

by Paul Krugman 2007 296 pages

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📊 Income Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Racial Politics 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🛡️ Welfare State Politics

The Only Bitcoin Investing Book You’ll Ever Need

by Freeman Publications • 2021

Bitcoin for the cautious beginner: how to buy, store, and hold through the chaos.

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💰 Cryptocurrency Investing 🌱 Beginner Investing ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🏦 Sound Money 🌐 Decentralization

The Only Bitcoin Investing Book You’ll Ever Need

Bitcoin for the cautious beginner: how to buy, store, and hold through the chaos.

by Freeman Publications 2021 116 pages

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423 ratings

💰 Cryptocurrency Investing 🌱 Beginner Investing ⏳ Long-Term Investing 🏦 Sound Money 🌐 Decentralization

The Third Revolution

by Elizabeth C. Economy • 2018

Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.

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🏛️ Chinese Politics ⚡ Authoritarian Governance 🐉 Xi Jinping Era 🏭 State Capitalism 🌐 Internet Censorship

The Third Revolution

Deng opened China. Xi reversed it: the party now decides what gets built, read, and believed.

by Elizabeth C. Economy 2018 359 pages

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🏛️ Chinese Politics ⚡ Authoritarian Governance 🐉 Xi Jinping Era 🏭 State Capitalism 🌐 Internet Censorship

Economics Rules

by Dani Rodrik • 2015

Economics is a toolkit, not a doctrine. The skill is knowing which model the moment demands.

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🔬 Economic Methodology 🧩 Model Thinking 📉 Financial Crises 🌍 Development Economics 🔎 Neoliberal Critique

Economics Rules

Economics is a toolkit, not a doctrine. The skill is knowing which model the moment demands.

by Dani Rodrik 2015 272 pages

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1k+ ratings

🔬 Economic Methodology 🧩 Model Thinking 📉 Financial Crises 🌍 Development Economics 🔎 Neoliberal Critique

Clever Girl Finance

by Bola Sokunbi • 2020

Why $5,000 at 25 beats $5,000 at 35: the math that makes starting now non-negotiable.

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🏁 Beginner Investing 🏖️ Retirement Planning 🛋️ Passive Investing ⚖️ Asset Allocation 📈 Long-Term Investing

Clever Girl Finance

Why $5,000 at 25 beats $5,000 at 35: the math that makes starting now non-negotiable.

by Bola Sokunbi 2020 192 pages

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🏁 Beginner Investing 🏖️ Retirement Planning 🛋️ Passive Investing ⚖️ Asset Allocation 📈 Long-Term Investing

Big Money Thinks Small

by Joel Tillinghast • 2017

The blind spots that cost investors most aren't about numbers. They're about humility.

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🧑‍💼 Individual Investors 💎 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🏰 Competitive Moats 📊 Fundamental Analysis

Big Money Thinks Small

The blind spots that cost investors most aren't about numbers. They're about humility.

by Joel Tillinghast 2017 314 pages

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462 ratings

🧑‍💼 Individual Investors 💎 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🏰 Competitive Moats 📊 Fundamental Analysis

WTF?

by Tim O'Reilly • 2017

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

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🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

WTF?

The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.

by Tim O'Reilly 2017 448 pages

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🏗️ Platform Economy 🤖 Algorithmic Management 💼 Future Of Work 🌱 New Economics 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Spoilt Rotten

by dalrymple-theodore • 2010

Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🗣️ Political Polemics 🔍 Rational Inquiry 🎭 Victimhood Culture ⚖️ Public Policy Critique

Spoilt Rotten

Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.

by dalrymple-theodore 2010 256 pages

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🗣️ Political Polemics 🔍 Rational Inquiry 🎭 Victimhood Culture ⚖️ Public Policy Critique

Models of My Life

by Herbert A. Simon • 1991

He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💰 Behavioral Economics 📖 Scientific Memoir 💻 History Of Computing

Models of My Life

He taught computers to think, then used them to reveal how human minds actually work.

by Herbert A. Simon 1991 415 pages

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437 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💰 Behavioral Economics 📖 Scientific Memoir 💻 History Of Computing

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

by Lawrence G. McDonald • 2009

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

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🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

by Lawrence G. McDonald 2009 368 pages

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🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

The Bible of Options Strategies

by Guy Cohen • 2005

The visual method to trade any market, cap risk, and collect income without picking a direction.

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⚙️ Options Trading 👤 Active Traders 📈 Volatility Trading 📊 Spread Trading 📉 Option Greeks

The Bible of Options Strategies

The visual method to trade any market, cap risk, and collect income without picking a direction.

by Guy Cohen 2005 400 pages

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195 ratings

⚙️ Options Trading 👤 Active Traders 📈 Volatility Trading 📊 Spread Trading 📉 Option Greeks

Wealth Habits

by Candy Valentino • 2022

A bigger paycheck won't make you wealthy. The habits that do, whatever your starting income.

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🗽 Financial Independence 🏗️ Wealth Building 🔁 Habit Design 💰 Income Streams 🚀 Business Ownership

Wealth Habits

A bigger paycheck won't make you wealthy. The habits that do, whatever your starting income.

by Candy Valentino 2022 256 pages

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🗽 Financial Independence 🏗️ Wealth Building 🔁 Habit Design 💰 Income Streams 🚀 Business Ownership

The Little Book of Market Myths

by Kenneth L. Fisher • 2013

Stocks thrive on what investors dread: volatility, debt, and high unemployment. Here's why.

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📉 Investing Myths 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📊 Asset Allocation 📈 Market Volatility

The Little Book of Market Myths

Stocks thrive on what investors dread: volatility, debt, and high unemployment. Here's why.

by Kenneth L. Fisher 2013 224 pages

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📉 Investing Myths 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔄 Contrarian Investing 📊 Asset Allocation 📈 Market Volatility

The Great Transition

by Lester R. Brown • 2014

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

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⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

The Great Transition

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

by Lester R. Brown 2014 194 pages

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⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 📉 Energy Economics 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles

Branding Between the Ears

by Sandeep Dayal • 2021

Ninety-five percent of choice is subconscious: how to build a brand the brain can't resist.

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🧠 Brand Strategy 🧪 Consumer Psychology 🔬 Neuromarketing 🎯 Cognitive Biases 📈 Behavioral Economics

Branding Between the Ears

Ninety-five percent of choice is subconscious: how to build a brand the brain can't resist.

by Sandeep Dayal 2021 346 pages

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38 ratings

🧠 Brand Strategy 🧪 Consumer Psychology 🔬 Neuromarketing 🎯 Cognitive Biases 📈 Behavioral Economics

The Billionaire Raj

by James Crabtree • 2018

Two decades. Two billionaires became 100. The hidden cost of India's economic miracle.

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🇮🇳 Indian Economy 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Billionaire Raj

Two decades. Two billionaires became 100. The hidden cost of India's economic miracle.

by James Crabtree 2018 416 pages

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🇮🇳 Indian Economy 💰 Crony Capitalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Kicking Away the Ladder

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

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🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Kicking Away the Ladder

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2002 196 pages

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🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Lessons for the Young Economist

by Robert P. Murphy • 2010

Well-meaning laws often backfire. The economic logic that explains why, for young readers.

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🧠 Austrian Economics 🏷️ Price Theory 👥 Division Of Labor 📊 Profit And Loss 🪙 Sound Money

Lessons for the Young Economist

Well-meaning laws often backfire. The economic logic that explains why, for young readers.

by Robert P. Murphy 2010 422 pages

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🧠 Austrian Economics 🏷️ Price Theory 👥 Division Of Labor 📊 Profit And Loss 🪙 Sound Money

The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings

by Karl Marx • 2005

History is class struggle, and the bourgeoisie forged the weapons now aimed at its own throat.

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🚩 Marxism 🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Historical Materialism ⚒️ Class Struggle 🏢 State Theory

The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings

History is class struggle, and the bourgeoisie forged the weapons now aimed at its own throat.

by Karl Marx 2005 224 pages

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🚩 Marxism 🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Historical Materialism ⚒️ Class Struggle 🏢 State Theory

Jewish Space Lasers

by Mike Rothschild • 2023

One Jewish banking family has been blamed for every global catastrophe for 200 years.

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✡️ Antisemitism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📜 Jewish History 📢 Propaganda History 🔍 Disinformation

Jewish Space Lasers

One Jewish banking family has been blamed for every global catastrophe for 200 years.

by Mike Rothschild 2023 336 pages

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✡️ Antisemitism 🕵️ Conspiracy Culture 📜 Jewish History 📢 Propaganda History 🔍 Disinformation

The Velvet Rope Economy

by Nelson D. Schwartz • 2020

From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.

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💰 Income Inequality 🏛️ Class Stratification ✨ Luxury Marketing 🎢 Experience Economy 🚧 Economic Segregation

The Velvet Rope Economy

From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.

by Nelson D. Schwartz 2020 352 pages

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💰 Income Inequality 🏛️ Class Stratification ✨ Luxury Marketing 🎢 Experience Economy 🚧 Economic Segregation

Trading for Dummies

by Michael Griffis • 2004

Stop treating the market like a casino. Charts, risk rules, and three trading styles for beginners.

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🏪 Retail Trading 📊 Trading Fundamentals 📈 Technical Analysis 🔍 Fundamental Analysis 💰 Money Management

Trading for Dummies

Stop treating the market like a casino. Charts, risk rules, and three trading styles for beginners.

by Michael Griffis 2004 368 pages

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🏪 Retail Trading 📊 Trading Fundamentals 📈 Technical Analysis 🔍 Fundamental Analysis 💰 Money Management

Millionaire Traders

by Kathy Lien • 2007

Twelve traders who beat the market share the surprisingly simple principles that got them there.

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🗂️ Trader Profiles 🧠 Trading Psychology 🎯 Emotional Discipline 🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 High Probability Trading

Millionaire Traders

Twelve traders who beat the market share the surprisingly simple principles that got them there.

by Kathy Lien 2007 416 pages

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🗂️ Trader Profiles 🧠 Trading Psychology 🎯 Emotional Discipline 🛡️ Risk Management 🎲 High Probability Trading

On Social Justice

by Basil the Great • 2009

Your extra coat is stolen from the naked. A fourth-century bishop on wealth, hoarding, and love.

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🏛️ Patristic Theology ✝️ Christian Ethics ⚖️ Economic Justice 💰 Wealth And Poverty 🏘️ Communal Living

On Social Justice

Your extra coat is stolen from the naked. A fourth-century bishop on wealth, hoarding, and love.

by Basil the Great 2009 111 pages

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🏛️ Patristic Theology ✝️ Christian Ethics ⚖️ Economic Justice 💰 Wealth And Poverty 🏘️ Communal Living

A Splendid Exchange

by William J. Bernstein • 2008

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

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📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History ⚓ Maritime History 🌶️ Commodity History

A Splendid Exchange

Commerce, not conquest, built the modern world: the history of trade from obsidian to oil.

by William J. Bernstein 2008 384 pages

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📈 Economic History 🌍 Global Trade 🕰️ Big History ⚓ Maritime History 🌶️ Commodity History

The Trolls of Wall Street

by Nathaniel Popper • 2024

A Reddit mob, a dying mall retailer, and the short squeeze that shook Wall Street.

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🧾 Retail Trading 🎭 Financial Subcultures 🏴 Digital Counterculture 🐸 Meme Culture 🌐 Techno-Populism

The Trolls of Wall Street

A Reddit mob, a dying mall retailer, and the short squeeze that shook Wall Street.

by Nathaniel Popper 2024 352 pages

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288 ratings

🧾 Retail Trading 🎭 Financial Subcultures 🏴 Digital Counterculture 🐸 Meme Culture 🌐 Techno-Populism

Democratizing Innovation

by Eric von Hippel • 2005

Innovation's hidden engine isn't corporate R&D. It's users, and companies that ignore them lose out.

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👥 User Innovation 🔓 Open Innovation 📈 Innovation Economics 🛠️ Product Development 📱 Technology Adoption

Democratizing Innovation

Innovation's hidden engine isn't corporate R&D. It's users, and companies that ignore them lose out.

by Eric von Hippel 2005 204 pages

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👥 User Innovation 🔓 Open Innovation 📈 Innovation Economics 🛠️ Product Development 📱 Technology Adoption

Modernising Money

by Andrew Jackson • 2012

Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.

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🔄 Monetary Reform 🏛️ Banking Reform 💵 Money Creation 🔒 Full-Reserve Banking 🗳️ Economic Democracy

Modernising Money

Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.

by Andrew Jackson 2012 336 pages

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53 ratings

🔄 Monetary Reform 🏛️ Banking Reform 💵 Money Creation 🔒 Full-Reserve Banking 🗳️ Economic Democracy

Freedom, Inc.

by Brian M. Carney • 2009

Command-and-control kills innovation. The case for setting employees free and watching growth soar.

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✊ Workplace Autonomy 🏢 Self-Managing Organizations 👂 Listening Leadership 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 👀 Shared Purpose

Freedom, Inc.

Command-and-control kills innovation. The case for setting employees free and watching growth soar.

by Brian M. Carney 2009 336 pages

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✊ Workplace Autonomy 🏢 Self-Managing Organizations 👂 Listening Leadership 🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 👀 Shared Purpose

Why Americans Hate Politics

by E.J. Dionne Jr. • 1991

The counterculture aimed to bury the right. It built the right a majority instead.

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🏛️ American Conservatism 🗳️ Political Realignment ⚔️ Culture Wars 🤝 Racial Politics 🕊️ Postwar Liberalism

Why Americans Hate Politics

The counterculture aimed to bury the right. It built the right a majority instead.

by E.J. Dionne Jr. 1991 589 pages

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🏛️ American Conservatism 🗳️ Political Realignment ⚔️ Culture Wars 🤝 Racial Politics 🕊️ Postwar Liberalism

Financial Literacy for Managers

by Richard A. Lambert • 2012

Decode financial statements, evaluate any project, and pull the profit levers that drive real value.

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📊 Financial Analysis 💼 Corporate Finance 📋 Managerial Accounting 💰 Valuation 📏 Performance Metrics

Financial Literacy for Managers

Decode financial statements, evaluate any project, and pull the profit levers that drive real value.

by Richard A. Lambert 2012 172 pages

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📊 Financial Analysis 💼 Corporate Finance 📋 Managerial Accounting 💰 Valuation 📏 Performance Metrics

Kids These Days

by Malcolm Harris • 2017

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

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👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis 🔧 Precarious Labor 🏛️ Neoliberal Critique

Kids These Days

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

by Malcolm Harris 2017 261 pages

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👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis 🔧 Precarious Labor 🏛️ Neoliberal Critique

925 Ideas to Help You Save Money, Get Out of Debt and Retire a Millionaire So You Can Leave Your Mark on the World!

by Devin D. Thorpe • 2012

925 specific moves to save more, kill debt, retire a millionaire, and leave a lasting mark.

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💰 Personal Finance 🏡 Frugal Living 🕊️ Financial Independence 💳 Debt Reduction 👴 Retirement Planning

925 Ideas to Help You Save Money, Get Out of Debt and Retire a Millionaire So You Can Leave Your Mark on the World!

925 specific moves to save more, kill debt, retire a millionaire, and leave a lasting mark.

by Devin D. Thorpe 2012 144 pages

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💰 Personal Finance 🏡 Frugal Living 🕊️ Financial Independence 💳 Debt Reduction 👴 Retirement Planning

The Robots Are Coming!

by Andrés Oppenheimer • 2018

Factory workers lost their jobs to robots last decade. This decade, it's lawyers and accountants.

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🤖 Future Of Work 🏭 Technological Unemployment 📚 Lifelong Learning 💻 Education Technology 🏥 Healthcare Innovation

The Robots Are Coming!

Factory workers lost their jobs to robots last decade. This decade, it's lawyers and accountants.

by Andrés Oppenheimer 2018 416 pages

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2k+ ratings

🤖 Future Of Work 🏭 Technological Unemployment 📚 Lifelong Learning 💻 Education Technology 🏥 Healthcare Innovation

An Introduction to Decision Theory

by Martin Peterson • 2009

Probability is a philosophical puzzle; how you define it changes what counts as rational.

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🧠 Decision Science ⚖️ Rational Choice Theory 🎲 Philosophy Of Probability ♟️ Game Theory ⚠️ Risk And Uncertainty

An Introduction to Decision Theory

Probability is a philosophical puzzle; how you define it changes what counts as rational.

by Martin Peterson 2009 328 pages

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131 ratings

🧠 Decision Science ⚖️ Rational Choice Theory 🎲 Philosophy Of Probability ♟️ Game Theory ⚠️ Risk And Uncertainty

How the Internet Happened

by Brian McCullough • 2018

The Internet was not inevitable: a handful of companies built it in a frantic twenty-year race.

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🖥️ Internet History 💸 Dot-Com Bubble 🔧 Tech History 🌉 Silicon Valley History 🧭 Internet Pioneers

How the Internet Happened

The Internet was not inevitable: a handful of companies built it in a frantic twenty-year race.

by Brian McCullough 2018 386 pages

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2k+ ratings

🖥️ Internet History 💸 Dot-Com Bubble 🔧 Tech History 🌉 Silicon Valley History 🧭 Internet Pioneers

Benjamin Graham on Value Investing

by Janet Lowe • 1996

How Benjamin Graham taught Wall Street to read balance sheets and treat fear as opportunity.

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📉 Value Investing 🔍 Security Analysis 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🎯 Intrinsic Value

Benjamin Graham on Value Investing

How Benjamin Graham taught Wall Street to read balance sheets and treat fear as opportunity.

by Janet Lowe 1996 272 pages

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244 ratings

📉 Value Investing 🔍 Security Analysis 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🎯 Intrinsic Value

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

by Bernie Sanders • 2023

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

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🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

by Bernie Sanders 2023 311 pages

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🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

by John Allen Paulos • 1997

The morning paper rests on hidden math. A mathematician reveals the numbers that change the story.

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A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper

The morning paper rests on hidden math. A mathematician reveals the numbers that change the story.

by John Allen Paulos 1997 224 pages

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1k+ ratings

Hedgehogging

by Barton Biggs • 2005

One thousand hedge funds die every year. The psychological gauntlet that kills them.

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🏦 Hedge Fund Industry ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🔁 Contrarian Investing 🤔 Market Psychology ⚖️ Risk Management

Hedgehogging

One thousand hedge funds die every year. The psychological gauntlet that kills them.

by Barton Biggs 2005 320 pages

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🏦 Hedge Fund Industry ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🔁 Contrarian Investing 🤔 Market Psychology ⚖️ Risk Management

Implementing Value Pricing

by Ronald J. Baker • 2010

Charging by the hour kills profits and innovation. A pricing model built on customer value instead.

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🏢 Professional Firms 💰 Value Pricing 🧠 Subjective Value 💼 Knowledge Work 📚 Intellectual Capital

Implementing Value Pricing

Charging by the hour kills profits and innovation. A pricing model built on customer value instead.

by Ronald J. Baker 2010 400 pages

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175 ratings

🏢 Professional Firms 💰 Value Pricing 🧠 Subjective Value 💼 Knowledge Work 📚 Intellectual Capital

The Trouble With Billionaires

by Linda McQuaig • 2011

Billionaires didn't build their fortunes: society did. And the bill is long overdue.

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🏦 Economic Inequality 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏝️ Tax Havens 👑 Plutocracy 🔍 Neoliberalism Critique

The Trouble With Billionaires

Billionaires didn't build their fortunes: society did. And the bill is long overdue.

by Linda McQuaig 2011 272 pages

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210 ratings

🏦 Economic Inequality 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏝️ Tax Havens 👑 Plutocracy 🔍 Neoliberalism Critique

The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros

by Mark Tier • 2005

Buffett and Soros: opposite styles, same 23 mental habits. The learnable system behind two fortunes.

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🧠 Investing Psychology 💰 Wealth Building 🧩 Mental Models 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Behavioral Finance

The Winning Investment Habits of Warren Buffett & George Soros

Buffett and Soros: opposite styles, same 23 mental habits. The learnable system behind two fortunes.

by Mark Tier 2005 368 pages

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500+ ratings

🧠 Investing Psychology 💰 Wealth Building 🧩 Mental Models 🛡️ Risk Management 📊 Behavioral Finance

Liquid Surveillance

by Zygmunt Bauman • 2012

Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.

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👁️ Surveillance Studies 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory 📊 Social Sorting ⚙️ Technological Determinism

Liquid Surveillance

Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.

by Zygmunt Bauman 2012 152 pages

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490 ratings

👁️ Surveillance Studies 🔒 Digital Privacy 🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory 📊 Social Sorting ⚙️ Technological Determinism

The Hungry Spirit

by Charles B. Handy • 1997

Markets maximize profit but starve the spirit: what efficiency can't give you, and where to look.

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🏢 Stakeholder Capitalism 🎯 Corporate Purpose 💼 Work And Meaning 🌟 Personal Calling 🔄 Reforming Capitalism

The Hungry Spirit

Markets maximize profit but starve the spirit: what efficiency can't give you, and where to look.

by Charles B. Handy 1997 288 pages

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🏢 Stakeholder Capitalism 🎯 Corporate Purpose 💼 Work And Meaning 🌟 Personal Calling 🔄 Reforming Capitalism

GDP

by Diane Coyle • 2014

GDP was built for counting tanks and factories, not software, services, or a livable planet.

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📏 Economic Measurement 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Macroeconomic Policy 💷 Keynesian Economics 🌐 Welfare Economics

GDP

GDP was built for counting tanks and factories, not software, services, or a livable planet.

by Diane Coyle 2014 168 pages

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500+ ratings

📏 Economic Measurement 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Macroeconomic Policy 💷 Keynesian Economics 🌐 Welfare Economics

Arguing with Zombies

by Paul Krugman • 2020

Dead economic ideas still shape policy. A Nobel laureate on why they survive and what they cost.

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💰 Income Inequality 📊 Economic Policy 📝 Political Commentary 📈 Keynesian Economics 🌎 Climate Economics

Arguing with Zombies

Dead economic ideas still shape policy. A Nobel laureate on why they survive and what they cost.

by Paul Krugman 2020 464 pages

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💰 Income Inequality 📊 Economic Policy 📝 Political Commentary 📈 Keynesian Economics 🌎 Climate Economics

The 30-Minute Stock Trader

by Laurens Bensdorp • 2017

Fire your financial advisor and run your own automated trading system in 30 minutes a day.

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