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The Triangle of Power
The Triangle of Power
Alexander Stubb
Rebalancing the New World Order
26.8 min
4.1
Weapons of Math Destruction
Weapons of Math Destruction
Cathy O’Neil
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
13.9 min
4.1
Freakonomics
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
20.5 min
4.3
The Only Game In Town
The Only Game In Town
Mohamed A. El-Erian
Central Banks, Instability, And Avoiding The Next Collapse
16.1 min
4.0
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
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
AI Valley
AI Valley
Gary Rivlin
The Mad Dash to Cash In on Artificial Intelligence
20.2 min
4.0
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton G. Malkiel
The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
5.2 min
3.8

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Naomi Klein
Der Kampf der Global Players um Marktmacht – Ein Spiel mit vielen Verlierern und wenigen Gewinnern
22.5 min
4.4
Der Weg zur Knechtschaft
Der Weg zur Knechtschaft
Friedrich August von Hayek
Planwirtschaft vs. individuelle Freiheit
17.4 min
4.3
Finstere Zeiten
Finstere Zeiten
Petros Markaris
Zur Krise in Griechenland
21 min
3.8
Der Aufstieg des Geldes
Der Aufstieg des Geldes
Niall Ferguson
Die Währung der Geschichte
25.1 min
3.6
Der Hass auf den Westen
Der Hass auf den Westen
Jean Ziegler
Wie sich die armen Völker gegen den wirtschaftlichen Weltkrieg wehren
32.8 min
4.5
Wir statt Gier
Wir statt Gier
Gordon Müller-Eschenbach
Aufbruch in eine neue Ära der Wirtschaft
24.1 min
4.2
Civilization
Civilization
Niall Ferguson
The Six Killer Apps of Western Power
19.9 min
4.1
Die Einkaufsrevolution
Die Einkaufsrevolution
Tanja Busse
Konsumenten entdecken ihre Macht
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How Countries Go Broke
How Countries Go Broke
Ray Dalio
The Big Cycle
31.1 min
4.5
1929
1929
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
23 min
4.5
A Little History of Economics
A Little History of Economics
Niall Kishtainy
A whistle-stop tour of the major questions posed by economists through the centuries, from Aristotle to Thomas Piketty
28.9 min
4.5
Same as Ever
Same as Ever
Morgan Housel
A Guide to What Never Changes
17 min
4.3
Enshittification
Enshittification
Cory Doctorow
Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
24.6 min
4.5
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.
22.6 min
3.8
Your Life Is Manufactured
Your Life Is Manufactured
Tim Minshall
How We Make Things, Why It Matters, and How We Can Do Better
24.8 min
4.4
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
One Summer
One Summer
Bill Bryson
America, 1927
12.4 min
4.1
The Intelligence Explosion
The Intelligence Explosion
James Barrat
When AI Beats Humans at Everything
18 min
4.0
Adaptive Markets
Adaptive Markets
Andrew W. Lo
Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought
20.2 min
4.0
How the World Really Works
How the World Really Works
Vaclav Smil
The Science of Our Past, Present and Future
21.8 min
4.4
The Four
The Four
Scott Galloway
The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
24.9 min
4.0
Capitalism
Capitalism
Sven Beckert
A Global History
31 min
4.3
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
To Dye For
To Dye For
Alden Wicker
How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick
21.1 min
4.3
Thinking in Systems
Thinking in Systems
Donella H. Meadows
A Primer
17.4 min
4.2
AI Superpowers
AI Superpowers
Kai-Fu Lee
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
20.3 min
4.3
Fooled by Randomness
Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and the Markets
20.1 min
4.5
Makers and Takers
Makers and Takers
Rana Foroohar
The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business
17.2 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 Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
The most influential economic book of all time
11 min
4.3
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
A Philosophical Tale About the Failures of Government Coercion
20.4 min
3.7
So You Want to Own Greenland?
So You Want to Own Greenland?
Elizabeth Buchanan
Lessons from the Vikings to Trump
22.8 min
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