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Basic Economics
Basic Economics
Thomas Sowell
A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
19.8 min
4.4
The Intelligence Explosion
The Intelligence Explosion
James Barrat
When AI Beats Humans at Everything
18 min
4.0
The AI Economy
The AI Economy
Roger Bootle
Work, Wealth and Welfare in the Robot Age
21.7 min
4.0
Trading in the Zone
Trading in the Zone
Mark Douglas
Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude
11.5 min
4.0
Fintech Wars
Fintech Wars
James Da Costa
Tech Titans, Chaotic Crypto and the Future of Money
16.8 min
3.9
The Age of Extraction
The Age of Extraction
Tim Wu
How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity
20.7 min
3.9
Alibaba
Alibaba
Duncan Clark
The House That Jack Ma Built
19.7 min
4.3
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
John Maynard Keynes
The “Keynesian Revolution”—the Masterpiece That Changed Economics
14.5 min
3.7
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Understanding the 2024 US Elections
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Books by Noam Chomsky
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Must-Read General Knowledge Books
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The Truth About Giving Back
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Understanding Inflation & Recessions
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Principles For Dealing With the Changing World Order
Principles For Dealing With the Changing World Order
Ray Dalio
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
19.2 min
4.1
A Field Guide to Lies
A Field Guide to Lies
Daniel J. Levitin
Critical Thinking with Statistics and the Scientific Method
19.3 min
4.3
Money in the Twenty-First Century
Money in the Twenty-First Century
Richard Holden
Cheap, Mobile, and Digital
18.6 min
4.1
The Shortest History of Economics
The Shortest History of Economics
Andrew Leigh
Explore Key Economic Moments and Their Impact on Today’s World
17.8 min
4.1
Civilization
Civilization
Niall Ferguson
The Six Killer Apps of Western Power
19.9 min
4.1
Narrative and Numbers
Narrative and Numbers
Aswath Damodaran
The Value of Stories in Business
15.9 min
3.9
Resolute Japan
Resolute Japan
Jusuke Jj Ikegami
The Leaders Forging a Corporate Resurgence
22.5 min
4.3
The Triangle of Power
The Triangle of Power
Alexander Stubb
Rebalancing the New World Order
26.8 min
4.1
The New Geography of Innovation
The New Geography of Innovation
Mehran Gul
The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies
18.6 min
4.2
How Economics Explains the World
How Economics Explains the World
Andrew Leigh
A Short History of Humanity
20.4 min
4.0
Inheritocracy
Inheritocracy
Eliza Filby
It's Time to Talk About the Bank of Mum and Dad
16.6 min
3.5
The Square and the Tower
The Square and the Tower
Niall Ferguson
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
42.2 min
4.4
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
18.2 min
4.3
Adaptive Markets
Adaptive Markets
Andrew W. Lo
Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought
20.2 min
4.0
Doughnut Economics
Doughnut Economics
Kate Raworth
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
26.7 min
4.0
AI Valley
AI Valley
Gary Rivlin
The Mad Dash to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence
20.2 min
4.0
Makers and Takers
Makers and Takers
Rana Foroohar
The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
17.2 min
4.0
Smart Until It's Dumb
Smart Until It's Dumb
Emmanuel Maggiori
Why Artificial Intelligence Keeps Making Epic Mistakes (and why the AI Bubble Will Burst)
21.2 min
4.0
The Almightier
The Almightier
Paul Vigna
How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin
23.1 min
4.4
The Means of Prediction
The Means of Prediction
Maximilian Kasy
How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)
17.3 min
4.1
How Countries Go Broke
How Countries Go Broke
Ray Dalio
The Big Cycle
31.1 min
4.5
Life After Google
Life After Google
George Gilder
The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
23.1 min
3.9
MegaThreats
MegaThreats
Nouriel Roubini
Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them
15.9 min
3.9
So You Want to Own Greenland?
So You Want to Own Greenland?
Elizabeth Buchanan
Lessons from the Vikings to Trump
22.8 min
4.3

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