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The Road to Serfdom
The Road to Serfdom
Friedrich August von Hayek
Van Hayek's classic text on Freedom
15 min
4.4
Weapons of Math Destruction
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O’Neil
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
14 min
4.1
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
The most influential economic book of all time
11 min
4.3
Invention and Innovation
Invention and Innovation
Vaclav Smil
A Brief History of Hype and Failure
21 min
Fooled by Randomness
Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and the Markets
20 min
4.6
The Road to Unfreedom
The Road to Unfreedom
Timothy Snyder
Russia, Europe, America
20 min
4.1
How to Day Trade for a Living
How to Day Trade for a Living
Andrew Aziz
A Beginner's Guide
19 min
4.1
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
21 min
4.3

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House of Huawei
House of Huawei
Eva Dou
The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company
18 min
3.9
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
How Soccer Explains the World
How Soccer Explains the World
Franklin Foer
An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
16 min
4.1
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Understanding & Overcoming Debt
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Books by Noam Chomsky
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Get smarter and improve your understanding of the world
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Understanding Inflation & Recessions
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The New Silk Roads
The New Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan
The Present and Future of the World
19 min
3.9
Makers and Takers
Makers and Takers
Rana Foroohar
The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
17 min
4.1
The Future of Work
The Future of Work
Darrell M. West
Robots, AI, and Automation
20 min
3.9
Adaptive Markets
Adaptive Markets
Andrew W. Lo
Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought
20 min
4.1
Ethereum
Ethereum
Henning Diedrich
Blockchains, Digital Assets, Smart Contracts, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
17 min
4.3
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
Joseph Schumpeter
Essential analysis on where the world economy is headed
23 min
4.2
The Shortest History of Economics
The Shortest History of Economics
Andrew Leigh
Explore Key Economic Moments and Their Impact on Today’s World
18 min
4.1
The Ascent of Money
The Ascent of Money
Niall Ferguson
A Financial History of the World
21 min
4.3
Kaput
Kaput
Wolfgang Münchau
The End of the German Miracle
22 min
Good Economics for Hard Times
Good Economics for Hard Times
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
30 min
4.0
The Great Mental Models, Volume 4
The Great Mental Models, Volume 4
Shane Parrish
Economics and Art
18 min
4.1
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Thomas Piketty
Groundbreaking Research That Unravels Economic Disparity in Our World Today
8 min
3.5
Moneyland
Moneyland
Oliver Bullough
Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How to Take It Back
19 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
Thinking in Systems
Thinking in Systems
Donella H. Meadows
A Primer
17 min
4.2
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
A Philosophical Tale About the Failures of Government Coercion
20 min
3.7
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning
Peter Zeihan
Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
21 min
4.4
Continuous-Time Finance
Continuous-Time Finance
Robert C. Merton
Mastering Financial Strategies with Math, Models, and Insights
18 min
Antifragile
Antifragile
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Things That Gain from Disorder
20 min
4.5
The New Map
The New Map
Daniel Yergin
Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
18 min
4.4
Digital Gold
Digital Gold
Nathaniel Popper
The Untold Story of Bitcoin
14 min
4.4
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
A Play About the Success and Disappointments of the American Dream
17 min
4.3
The Trading Game
The Trading Game
Gary Stevenson
A Confession
28 min
The Money Trap
The Money Trap
Alok Sama
Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble
19 min

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