Economy

Money moves the world — and the Economy genre pulls back the curtain on the hidden forces, bold decisions, and sweeping consequences that shape how wealth flows between people, markets, and nations. Whether you're drawn to the inner workings of global finance, the rise of digital banking, or the everyday logic behind human financial choices, these books bring the complex machinery of economic life into sharp, compelling focus.

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A History of Modern Iran

de Ervand Abrahamian • 2008

Iran: three revolutions, two shahs, one coup, and the unbroken drive to build a strong state.

3.89

1.000+

📜 Iranian History 🏗️ State Building 🏛️ Authoritarian Rule 🛢️ Oil Politics 🔥 Iranian Revolution

A History of Modern Iran

Iran: three revolutions, two shahs, one coup, and the unbroken drive to build a strong state.

de Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pagini

3.89

1.000+ evaluări

📜 Iranian History 🏗️ State Building 🏛️ Authoritarian Rule 🛢️ Oil Politics 🔥 Iranian Revolution

Digital Bank

de Chris Skinner • 2013

A bank is no longer a place. It is a platform. What that demands of the industry.

3.71

237

🏦 Digital Banking 💻 Financial Technology 📱 Mobile Banking 📊 Data Driven Strategy 🔌 Platform Models

Digital Bank

A bank is no longer a place. It is a platform. What that demands of the industry.

de Chris Skinner 2013 348 pagini

3.71

237 evaluări

🏦 Digital Banking 💻 Financial Technology 📱 Mobile Banking 📊 Data Driven Strategy 🔌 Platform Models

Our Dollar, Your Problem

de Kenneth Rogoff • 2025

China won't dethrone the dollar. But America's debt spiral and eroding Fed independence just might.

4.16

1.000+

💱 International Finance 📜 Monetary History 👑 Currency Hegemony 💥 Currency Crises 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry

Our Dollar, Your Problem

China won't dethrone the dollar. But America's debt spiral and eroding Fed independence just might.

de Kenneth Rogoff 2025 360 pagini

4.16

1.000+ evaluări

💱 International Finance 📜 Monetary History 👑 Currency Hegemony 💥 Currency Crises 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Us China Rivalry

The Logic of Life

de Tim Harford • 2008

Why risky sex, segregation, and office politics all have a rational explanation.

3.81

5.000+

The Logic of Life

Why risky sex, segregation, and office politics all have a rational explanation.

de Tim Harford 2008 213 pagini

3.81

5.000+ evaluări

Beat the Forex Dealer

de Agustin Silvani • 2008

Forex dealers hunt stops, shade prices, and front-run orders. A former insider's counter-playbook.

3.79

118

📊 Forex Trading 📈 Technical Analysis 🛡️ Risk Management ⚠️ Market Manipulation 🔍 Market Microstructure

Beat the Forex Dealer

Forex dealers hunt stops, shade prices, and front-run orders. A former insider's counter-playbook.

de Agustin Silvani 2008 240 pagini

3.79

118 evaluări

📊 Forex Trading 📈 Technical Analysis 🛡️ Risk Management ⚠️ Market Manipulation 🔍 Market Microstructure

Paper Soldiers

de Saleha Mohsin • 2024

Treasury secretaries turned the dollar into a weapon. Now the world is engineering its replacement.

3.68

256

🏛️ Financial History 💵 Reserve Currency ⚔️ Economic Warfare 🇺🇸 American Hegemony 🌐 Political Economy

Paper Soldiers

Treasury secretaries turned the dollar into a weapon. Now the world is engineering its replacement.

de Saleha Mohsin 2024 304 pagini

3.68

256 evaluări

🏛️ Financial History 💵 Reserve Currency ⚔️ Economic Warfare 🇺🇸 American Hegemony 🌐 Political Economy

Common Stocks and Common Sense

de Edgar Wachenheim • 2016

Balance sheets over forecasts, nerve over consensus: a value investor's decades of proof.

4.25

360

🧱 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Fundamental Analysis ⏳ Long-Term Investing

Common Stocks and Common Sense

Balance sheets over forecasts, nerve over consensus: a value investor's decades of proof.

de Edgar Wachenheim 2016 224 pagini

4.25

360 evaluări

🧱 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Fundamental Analysis ⏳ Long-Term Investing

The Road Taken

de Henry Petroski • 2016

The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.

3.44

500+

🏛️ Infrastructure Policy 🔧 Engineering History 🛣️ Road Design 🚦 Traffic Engineering ⚠️ Failure Studies

The Road Taken

The $121 billion congestion tax: what the history of pavement says about fixing America's roads.

de Henry Petroski 2016 322 pagini

3.44

500+ evaluări

🏛️ Infrastructure Policy 🔧 Engineering History 🛣️ Road Design 🚦 Traffic Engineering ⚠️ Failure Studies

Bailout Nation

de Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

500+

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Bailout Nation

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

de Barry Ritholtz 2009 352 pagini

3.87

500+ evaluări

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Macroeconomics

de N. Gregory Mankiw • 2013

From GDP measurement to growth theory: the core models that explain how national economies behave.

3.99

1.000+

🏦 Macroeconomic Theory 📈 Economic Growth 💵 Monetary Policy 🔄 Business Cycles 📊 Keynesian Economics

Macroeconomics

From GDP measurement to growth theory: the core models that explain how national economies behave.

de N. Gregory Mankiw 2013 608 pagini

3.99

1.000+ evaluări

🏦 Macroeconomic Theory 📈 Economic Growth 💵 Monetary Policy 🔄 Business Cycles 📊 Keynesian Economics

First Principles

de John Brian Taylor • 2012

America's prosperity was built on five economic principles. Then it abandoned every one of them.

3.67

105

🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 🗽 Economic Freedom 📜 Classical Liberalism 🏥 Entitlement Reform

First Principles

America's prosperity was built on five economic principles. Then it abandoned every one of them.

de John Brian Taylor 2012 224 pagini

3.67

105 evaluări

🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 🗽 Economic Freedom 📜 Classical Liberalism 🏥 Entitlement Reform

Just One Thing

de John Mauldin • 2005

Twelve investors. Twelve non-negotiable rules. The ones that kept them rich through every market.

3.45

102

📉 Value Investing 💰 Personal Finance 📈 Compound Interest 🛡️ Capital Preservation 🧠 Behavioral Finance

Just One Thing

Twelve investors. Twelve non-negotiable rules. The ones that kept them rich through every market.

de John Mauldin 2005 272 pagini

3.45

102 evaluări

📉 Value Investing 💰 Personal Finance 📈 Compound Interest 🛡️ Capital Preservation 🧠 Behavioral Finance

Weimar Republic

de Captivating History • 2021

The republic that killed itself: how Germany's first democracy surrendered to Hitler in 14 years.

4.14

🇩🇪 Weimar Republic 📜 Treaty Of Versailles 💸 Hyperinflation ⚠️ Rise Of Nazism 🏛️ Democratic Collapse

Weimar Republic

The republic that killed itself: how Germany's first democracy surrendered to Hitler in 14 years.

de Captivating History 2021 230 pagini

4.14

28 evaluări

🇩🇪 Weimar Republic 📜 Treaty Of Versailles 💸 Hyperinflation ⚠️ Rise Of Nazism 🏛️ Democratic Collapse

The Familial State

de Julia Adams • 2005

The Dutch Golden Age was built by families who treated the state as private property.

3.91

🏰 Early Modern Europe 🌷 Dutch Golden Age 🏛️ State Formation 🕸️ Kinship Networks 💰 Merchant Capitalism

The Familial State

The Dutch Golden Age was built by families who treated the state as private property.

de Julia Adams 2005

3.91

22 evaluări

🏰 Early Modern Europe 🌷 Dutch Golden Age 🏛️ State Formation 🕸️ Kinship Networks 💰 Merchant Capitalism

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