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Capital
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A Critique of Political Economy
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The Ascent of Money
Niall Ferguson
A Financial History of the World
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The Means of Prediction
The Means of Prediction
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How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)
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From Third World to First
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Thinking in Systems
Thinking in Systems
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Alibaba’s World
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How a Remarkable Chinese Company Is Changing the Face of Global Business
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The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich August von Hayek
Van Hayek's classic text on Freedom
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The Only Game In Town
The Only Game In Town
Mohamed A. El-Erian
Central Banks, Instability, And Avoiding The Next Collapse
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Der Weg zur Knechtschaft
Der Weg zur Knechtschaft
Friedrich August von Hayek
Planwirtschaft vs. individuelle Freiheit
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Finstere Zeiten
Finstere Zeiten
Petros Markaris
Zur Krise in Griechenland
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Der Aufstieg des Geldes
Der Aufstieg des Geldes
Niall Ferguson
Die Währung der Geschichte
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Der Hass auf den Westen
Der Hass auf den Westen
Jean Ziegler
Wie sich die armen Völker gegen den wirtschaftlichen Weltkrieg wehren
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Wir statt Gier
Wir statt Gier
Gordon Müller-Eschenbach
Aufbruch in eine neue Ära der Wirtschaft
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Die Einkaufsrevolution
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Alibaba
Alibaba
Duncan Clark
The House That Jack Ma Built
20 min4.3
So You Want to Own Greenland?
So You Want to Own Greenland?
Elizabeth Buchanan
Lessons from the Vikings to Trump
23 min4.3
Economic Facts and Fallacies
Economic Facts and Fallacies
Thomas Sowell
Uncovering popular fallacies in economics
19 min3.5
Mutiny
Mutiny
Noam Scheiber
The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class
20 min2.8
The AI-fication of Jobs
The AI-fication of Jobs
Huy Nguyen Trieu
Preparing Ourselves for the Future of Work
17 min4.2
Weapons of Math Destruction
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O’Neil
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
14 min4.1
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alex Haley
As told to Alex Haley
23 min4.6
Capitalism
Capitalism
Sven Beckert
A Global History
31 min4.3
The Origin of Wealth
The Origin of Wealth
Eric D. Beinhocker
The Radical Remaking of Economics and What It Means for Business And Society
17 min3.9
Stop. Think. Invest.
Stop. Think. Invest.
Michael Bailey
​​A Behavioral Finance Framework for Optimizing Investment Portfolios
27 min3.9
Our Dollar, Your Problem
Our Dollar, Your Problem
Kenneth Rogoff
Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead
21 min4.6
Your Life Is Manufactured
Your Life Is Manufactured
Tim Minshall
How We Make Things, Why It Matters, and How We Can Do Better
25 min4.3
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Joseph Schumpeter
Essential analysis on where the world economy is headed
23 min4.1
Money
Money
David McWilliams
The Story Of Humanity
19 min4.6
Fooled by Randomness
Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and the Markets
20 min4.5
A Field Guide to Lies
A Field Guide to Lies
Daniel J. Levitin
Critical Thinking with Statistics and the Scientific Method
19 min4.3
The Economists’ Hour
The Economists’ Hour
Binyamin Appelbaum
False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
26 min4.3
The New Silk Roads
The New Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan
The Present and Future of the World
19 min3.9
Narrative and Numbers
Narrative and Numbers
Aswath Damodaran
The Value of Stories in Business
16 min3.9
Basic Economics
Basic Economics
Thomas Sowell
A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
20 min4.4
The Intelligence Explosion
The Intelligence Explosion
James Barrat
When AI Beats Humans at Everything
18 min4.0
The Winner's Curse
The Winner's Curse
Richard H. Thaler
Behavioral Economics Anomalies Then and Now
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Civilization
Civilization
Niall Ferguson
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AI Valley
Gary Rivlin
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