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Thinking in Systems
Thinking in Systems
Donella H. Meadows
A Primer
17 min
4.2
Pillars of Wealth
Pillars of Wealth
David M. Greene
How to Make, Save, and Invest Your Way to Financial Freedom
14 min
4.0
Continuous-Time Finance
Continuous-Time Finance
Robert C. Merton
Mastering Financial Strategies with Math, Models, and Insights
18 min
AI Superpowers
AI Superpowers
Kai-Fu Lee
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
20 min
4.3
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds
Charles Mackay
Why People Believe the Unbelievable
19 min
4.3
How Economics Explains the World
How Economics Explains the World
Andrew Leigh
A Short History of Humanity
20 min
4.0
Trading in the Zone
Trading in the Zone
Mark Douglas
Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude
11 min
4.0
Phishing for Phools
Phishing for Phools
George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller
The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
15 min
3.9

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Smart Until It's Dumb
Emmanuel Maggiori
Why Artificial Intelligence Keeps Making Epic Mistakes (and why the AI Bubble Will Burst)
21 min
Kaput
Kaput
Wolfgang Münchau
The End of the German Miracle
22 min
The Trading Game
The Trading Game
Gary Stevenson
A Confession
28 min
Invention and Innovation
Invention and Innovation
Vaclav Smil
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
21 min
Common Sense on Mutual Funds
Common Sense on Mutual Funds
John C. Bogle
New Imperatives for the Intelligent Investor
18 min
4.2
The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century
The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century
John Kay
Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told about Business Is Wrong
18 min
4.2
The Longevity Imperative
The Longevity Imperative
Andrew J Scott
Building a Healthier, Productive Society to Support Longer Lives
17 min
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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefèvre
Step into the World of a Trading Legend
15 min
3.8
The Age of Cryptocurrency
The Age of Cryptocurrency
Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey
How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order
16 min
4.1
Capital
Capital
Karl Marx
A Critique of Political Economy
19 min
4.3
The Panama Papers
The Panama Papers
Bastian Obermayer & Frederik Obermaier
Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
17 min
4.6
The World for Sale
The World for Sale
Javier Blas
Money, Power, and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources
20 min
The Great Mental Models, Volume 4
The Great Mental Models, Volume 4
Shane Parrish
Economics and Art
18 min
4.1
The Money Trap
The Money Trap
Alok Sama
Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble
19 min
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
Ha-Joon Chang
Why capitalism is not what you think it is.
23 min
3.8
The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich August von Hayek
Van Hayek's classic text on Freedom
15 min
4.4
Life After Google
Life After Google
George Gilder
The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy
23 min
3.9
The Square and the Tower
The Square and the Tower
Niall Ferguson
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
42 min
4.4
Principles For Dealing With the Changing World Order
Principles For Dealing With the Changing World Order
Ray Dalio
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
19 min
4.0
Energy and Power Risk Management
Energy and Power Risk Management
Alexander Eydeland
New Developments in Modeling, Pricing, and Hedging
20 min
4.2
The Algebra of Wealth
The Algebra of Wealth
Scott Galloway
A Simple Formula for Financial Security
17 min
3.9
The Mind's Mirror
The Mind's Mirror
Gregory Mone
Risk and Reward in the Age of AI
16 min
4.3
This Time Is Different
This Time Is Different
Carmen M. Reinhart
Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
19 min
4.6
Financial Literacy for All
Financial Literacy for All
John Hope Bryant
Disrupting Struggle, Advancing Financial Freedom, and Building a New American Middle Class
19 min
3.2
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton G. Malkiel
The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
5 min
3.9
Same as Ever
Same as Ever
Morgan Housel
A Guide to What Never Changes
17 min
4.3
House of Huawei
House of Huawei
Eva Dou
The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company
18 min
3.9
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
18 min
4.3
Weapons of Math Destruction
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O’Neil
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
14 min
4.1
Capital Ideas
Capital Ideas
Peter L. Bernstein
The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street
22 min
4.3
The Unaccountability Machine
The Unaccountability Machine
Dan Davies
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions & And How the World Lost Its Mind
19 min

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