50 Books like Cloudmoney

The Little Bitcoin Book

by Bitcoin Collective • 2019

Money that can't be printed, frozen, or surveilled: why Bitcoin matters beyond the price.

4.12

690

💸 Digital Currency 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Cryptocurrency Basics 🔑 Financial Sovereignty 🌐 Decentralization

The Little Bitcoin Book 95%

Money that can't be printed, frozen, or surveilled: why Bitcoin matters beyond the price.

by Bitcoin Collective 2019

4.12

690 ratings

💸 Digital Currency 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Cryptocurrency Basics 🔑 Financial Sovereignty 🌐 Decentralization

Hijacking Bitcoin

by Roger Ver • 2024

Bitcoin was hijacked. Not by governments or banks, but by a handful of its own developers.

4.21

306

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🤝 Peer-To-Peer Cash 🏴 Financial Sovereignty 🗳️ Open Source Politics 📜 Monetary History

Hijacking Bitcoin 95%

Bitcoin was hijacked. Not by governments or banks, but by a handful of its own developers.

by Roger Ver 2024

4.21

306 ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🤝 Peer-To-Peer Cash 🏴 Financial Sovereignty 🗳️ Open Source Politics 📜 Monetary History

Layered Money

by Nik Bhatia • 2021

Money is a stack of promises. Bitcoin offers a new bottom layer no government can touch.

4.29

1k+

🏛️ Monetary History ₿ Digital Currencies 🏦 Central Banking 🔗 Bitcoin And Crypto 📉 Currency Debasement

Layered Money 95%

Money is a stack of promises. Bitcoin offers a new bottom layer no government can touch.

by Nik Bhatia 2021

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Monetary History ₿ Digital Currencies 🏦 Central Banking 🔗 Bitcoin And Crypto 📉 Currency Debasement

Cryptocurrency (WIRED guides)

by Gian Volpicelli • 2021

A cypherpunk rebellion against banks became a parallel financial system governments now mimic.

3.83

132

🪙 Digital Currency ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🏦 Decentralized Finance 🔐 Cypherpunk Origins 💱 Monetary Reform

Cryptocurrency (WIRED guides) 95%

A cypherpunk rebellion against banks became a parallel financial system governments now mimic.

by Gian Volpicelli 2021

3.83

132 ratings

🪙 Digital Currency ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🏦 Decentralized Finance 🔐 Cypherpunk Origins 💱 Monetary Reform

Money

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

3.90

3k+

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Money 95%

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2018

3.90

3k+ ratings

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

The Age of Cryptocurrency

by Paul Vigna • 2015

When the 2008 crash shattered trust in banks, a currency emerged that runs on math alone.

3.83

3k+

💱 Digital Currencies ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 💥 Financial Disruption 🔐 Cryptography 🕵️ Cypherpunk Roots

The Age of Cryptocurrency 95%

When the 2008 crash shattered trust in banks, a currency emerged that runs on math alone.

by Paul Vigna 2015

3.83

3k+ ratings

💱 Digital Currencies ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 💥 Financial Disruption 🔐 Cryptography 🕵️ Cypherpunk Roots

The Bitcoin Standard

by Saifedean Ammous • 2018

Before Bitcoin, every digital good could be copied. The argument for what happens when that changes.

4.17

15k+

📚 Austrian Economics 🪙 Sound Money ₿ Bitcoin 💻 Digital Currency 📜 Monetary History

The Bitcoin Standard 94%

Before Bitcoin, every digital good could be copied. The argument for what happens when that changes.

by Saifedean Ammous 2018

4.17

15k+ ratings

📚 Austrian Economics 🪙 Sound Money ₿ Bitcoin 💻 Digital Currency 📜 Monetary History

The Sovereign Individual

by James Dale Davidson • 1997

Encryption will destroy the nation-state: a 1997 prophecy the internet keeps proving.

4.17

4k+

🕵️ Crypto Anarchism 🏴 Anarcho-Capitalism 🔐 Cypherpunk Movement 💰 Monetary Competition 🏛️ Private Governance

The Sovereign Individual 94%

Encryption will destroy the nation-state: a 1997 prophecy the internet keeps proving.

by James Dale Davidson 1997

4.17

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Crypto Anarchism 🏴 Anarcho-Capitalism 🔐 Cypherpunk Movement 💰 Monetary Competition 🏛️ Private Governance

Goldene Zukunft

by Florian Bruce-Boye • 2024

An engineered digital asset with ideal monetary traits outperforms every traditional asset class.

4.33

🪙 Sound Money 🌐 Cryptocurrency 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🥇 Digital Gold 🔐 Financial Sovereignty

Goldene Zukunft 94%

An engineered digital asset with ideal monetary traits outperforms every traditional asset class.

by Florian Bruce-Boye 2024

4.33

27 ratings

🪙 Sound Money 🌐 Cryptocurrency 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🥇 Digital Gold 🔐 Financial Sovereignty

Blockchain Revolution

by Don Tapscott • 2016

The technology inside Bitcoin could replace banks, rewrite business, and reinvent how we govern.

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5k+

🔗 Cryptocurrency 💳 Financial Technology 🌐 Decentralized Systems 💻 Digital Economy ⚡ Economic Disruption

Blockchain Revolution 94%

The technology inside Bitcoin could replace banks, rewrite business, and reinvent how we govern.

by Don Tapscott 2016

3.39

5k+ ratings

🔗 Cryptocurrency 💳 Financial Technology 🌐 Decentralized Systems 💻 Digital Economy ⚡ Economic Disruption

Bitcoin

by Dominic Frisby • 2014

Satoshi Nakamoto solved digital trust without banks. The repercussions are still unfolding.

3.86

693

🕶️ Cypherpunk Ideology 🔗 Blockchain Explained 🪙 Cryptocurrency History 📉 Monetary Reform 🌐 Borderless Money

Bitcoin 94%

Satoshi Nakamoto solved digital trust without banks. The repercussions are still unfolding.

by Dominic Frisby 2014

3.86

693 ratings

🕶️ Cypherpunk Ideology 🔗 Blockchain Explained 🪙 Cryptocurrency History 📉 Monetary Reform 🌐 Borderless Money

Technofeudalism

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2023

Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.

4.02

10k+

🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Platform Economies 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏰 Rent Extraction 🔮 Post-Capitalism

Technofeudalism 94%

Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2023

4.02

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💻 Platform Economies 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏰 Rent Extraction 🔮 Post-Capitalism

The Truth Machine

by Michael J. Casey • 2018

Trust used to require banks and governments. A shared digital record is making them optional.

3.67

1k+

🔗 Blockchain 🪙 Digital Currency 🏗️ Trust Infrastructure 🌐 Decentralization 📉 Institutional Decline

The Truth Machine 94%

Trust used to require banks and governments. A shared digital record is making them optional.

by Michael J. Casey 2018

3.67

1k+ ratings

🔗 Blockchain 🪙 Digital Currency 🏗️ Trust Infrastructure 🌐 Decentralization 📉 Institutional Decline

Broken Money

by Lyn Alden • 2023

Gold, fiat, Bitcoin: a 5,000-year story of money, and why the newest chapter may finally stick.

4.60

3k+

📜 Monetary History 🪙 Sound Money 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Central Banking 💻 Digital Currency

Broken Money 94%

Gold, fiat, Bitcoin: a 5,000-year story of money, and why the newest chapter may finally stick.

by Lyn Alden 2023

4.60

3k+ ratings

📜 Monetary History 🪙 Sound Money 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Central Banking 💻 Digital Currency

Survival of the Richest

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2022

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

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3k+

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Survival of the Richest 94%

Tech billionaires build escape pods, not solutions. Rushkoff was invited to help plan one.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2022

3.83

3k+ ratings

💻 Digital Capitalism 🖥️ Tech Criticism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🏦 Tech Billionaires 💰 Wealth Inequality

Who Owns the Future?

by Jaron Lanier • 2013

Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.

3.77

4k+

💻 Digital Economy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 🔐 Data Ownership 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Decentralization

Who Owns the Future? 94%

Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.

by Jaron Lanier 2013

3.77

4k+ ratings

💻 Digital Economy 🔍 Big Tech Critique 🔐 Data Ownership 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Decentralization

The Road to Ruin

by James Rickards • 2016

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

4.05

1k+

🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Road to Ruin 94%

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

by James Rickards 2016

4.05

1k+ ratings

🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

Money

by Jacob Goldstein • 2020

Money is a story we agree to believe, and its history is stranger than textbooks admit.

4.19

7k+

🏛️ Monetary History 📉 Financial Crises 🤝 Money And Trust 🏦 History Of Central Banking 🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins

Money 94%

Money is a story we agree to believe, and its history is stranger than textbooks admit.

by Jacob Goldstein 2020

4.19

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Monetary History 📉 Financial Crises 🤝 Money And Trust 🏦 History Of Central Banking 🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins

Beyond Bitcoin

by Simon Dingle • 2022

Bitcoin was the rehearsal. Smart contracts now replace banks, and the money is already moving.

3.90

121

🔗 Decentralized Finance 💰 Cryptocurrency 🤝 Trustless Systems 📜 Smart Contracts 💥 Financial Disruption

Beyond Bitcoin 94%

Bitcoin was the rehearsal. Smart contracts now replace banks, and the money is already moving.

by Simon Dingle 2022

3.90

121 ratings

🔗 Decentralized Finance 💰 Cryptocurrency 🤝 Trustless Systems 📜 Smart Contracts 💥 Financial Disruption

The New World Economy

by Randy Charles Epping • 2020

One disruption anywhere now hits everywhere. A map of the new global economy for beginners.

3.64

152

🌐 Global Economics 📚 Economic Literacy 💻 Digital Economy 🤖 Technological Disruption ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The New World Economy 94%

One disruption anywhere now hits everywhere. A map of the new global economy for beginners.

by Randy Charles Epping 2020

3.64

152 ratings

🌐 Global Economics 📚 Economic Literacy 💻 Digital Economy 🤖 Technological Disruption ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Thank God for Bitcoin

by Bitcoin and Bible Group • 2020

Money is spiritual, fiat is theft, and Bitcoin is the biblical fix.

4.12

494

📜 Monetary History 🪙 Sound Money ₿ Bitcoin ✝️ Christian Finance 🏛️ Austrian Economics

Thank God for Bitcoin 93%

Money is spiritual, fiat is theft, and Bitcoin is the biblical fix.

by Bitcoin and Bible Group 2020

4.12

494 ratings

📜 Monetary History 🪙 Sound Money ₿ Bitcoin ✝️ Christian Finance 🏛️ Austrian Economics

DeFi and the Future of Finance

by Campbell R. Harvey • 2021

Banks replaced by code, middlemen by protocols: the blockchain remaking of global finance.

3.50

597

🪙 Cryptocurrency 📱 Fintech ⛓️ Blockchain 📝 Smart Contracts 💎 Digital Assets

DeFi and the Future of Finance 93%

Banks replaced by code, middlemen by protocols: the blockchain remaking of global finance.

by Campbell R. Harvey 2021

3.50

597 ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 📱 Fintech ⛓️ Blockchain 📝 Smart Contracts 💎 Digital Assets

The Money Hackers

by Dan P. Simon • 2020

Banking's biggest disruption came from coders who just wanted to split a dinner bill without cash.

3.97

272

🚀 Startup Disruption 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 📱 Mobile Payments ⛓️ Blockchain Applications 🌍 Financial Inclusion

The Money Hackers 93%

Banking's biggest disruption came from coders who just wanted to split a dinner bill without cash.

by Dan P. Simon 2020

3.97

272 ratings

🚀 Startup Disruption 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 📱 Mobile Payments ⛓️ Blockchain Applications 🌍 Financial Inclusion

Digital Gold

by Nathaniel Popper • 2015

A $460 million hack, a dark-web drug bazaar, and the outsiders who refused to let digital money die.

4.14

7k+

💰 Digital Currency 🕶️ Dark Web 🔐 Cypherpunk Movement 🚀 Startup Stories 🗽 Techno-Libertarianism

Digital Gold 93%

A $460 million hack, a dark-web drug bazaar, and the outsiders who refused to let digital money die.

by Nathaniel Popper 2015

4.14

7k+ ratings

💰 Digital Currency 🕶️ Dark Web 🔐 Cypherpunk Movement 🚀 Startup Stories 🗽 Techno-Libertarianism

Fintech in a Flash

by Agustin Rubini • 2017

Mobile payments, blockchain, and algorithm-driven loans: the new plumbing of global money.

3.64

140

🏦 Financial Services 📱 Digital Banking 💳 Payments Innovation 🤝 Alternative Lending 🛡️ Insurtech

Fintech in a Flash 93%

Mobile payments, blockchain, and algorithm-driven loans: the new plumbing of global money.

by Agustin Rubini 2017

3.64

140 ratings

🏦 Financial Services 📱 Digital Banking 💳 Payments Innovation 🤝 Alternative Lending 🛡️ Insurtech

Pound Foolish

by Helaine Olen • 2012

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

3.67

2k+

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help 🏦 Retirement Crisis 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy

Pound Foolish 93%

The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.

by Helaine Olen 2012

3.67

2k+ ratings

🦈 Predatory Finance 🔍 Investigative Journalism 💥 Anti-Self-Help 🏦 Retirement Crisis 🛡️ Consumer Advocacy

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

by Shoshana Zuboff • 2018

Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.

4.05

14k+

👁️ Corporate Surveillance 📊 Data Economy 🔍 Tech Industry Critique 🛡️ Data Privacy ⚙️ Algorithmic Control

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism 93%

Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.

by Shoshana Zuboff 2018

4.05

14k+ ratings

👁️ Corporate Surveillance 📊 Data Economy 🔍 Tech Industry Critique 🛡️ Data Privacy ⚙️ Algorithmic Control

Move Fast and Break Things

by Jonathan Taplin • 2017

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

3.59

2k+

🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

Move Fast and Break Things 93%

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

by Jonathan Taplin 2017

3.59

2k+ ratings

🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

The Road to Freedom

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

3.98

857

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

The Road to Freedom 93%

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024

3.98

857 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

The Infinite Machine

by Camila Russo • 2020

What happens when a decentralized revolution turns out to depend on one 23-year-old?

4.10

2k+

⛓️ Cryptocurrency History 🤖 Smart Contract Platforms 🏦 Decentralized Finance 🌐 Internet Governance 📰 Tech Journalism

The Infinite Machine 93%

What happens when a decentralized revolution turns out to depend on one 23-year-old?

by Camila Russo 2020

4.10

2k+ ratings

⛓️ Cryptocurrency History 🤖 Smart Contract Platforms 🏦 Decentralized Finance 🌐 Internet Governance 📰 Tech Journalism

Collusion

by Nomi Prins • 2018

Central banks print trillions from nothing to prop up the rich, with no way to stop.

3.69

334

🏦 Central Banking 📈 Monetary Policy 💸 Quantitative Easing 📉 Financial Crises 💲 Dollar Hegemony

Collusion 93%

Central banks print trillions from nothing to prop up the rich, with no way to stop.

by Nomi Prins 2018

3.69

334 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📈 Monetary Policy 💸 Quantitative Easing 📉 Financial Crises 💲 Dollar Hegemony

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?

by Steve Keen • 2017

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

4.22

281

💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏠 Household Debt

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 93%

When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.

by Steve Keen 2017

4.22

281 ratings

💥 Financial Crises 💳 Private Debt 🏦 Endogenous Money 📈 Post-Keynesian Economics 🏠 Household Debt

Money

by David McWilliams • 2024

Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.

4.17

3k+

💰 Monetary History 💳 Credit And Debt 📉 Boom And Bust 👑 Power And Money 💡 Financial Innovation

Money 93%

Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.

by David McWilliams 2024

4.17

3k+ ratings

💰 Monetary History 💳 Credit And Debt 📉 Boom And Bust 👑 Power And Money 💡 Financial Innovation

The Global Minotaur

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2011

Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.

4.17

2k+

🏦 International Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Financial Crises 💵 Dollar Hegemony 🏭 Financialization

The Global Minotaur 93%

Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2011

4.17

2k+ ratings

🏦 International Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Financial Crises 💵 Dollar Hegemony 🏭 Financialization

Don't Be Evil

by Rana Foroohar • 2019

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

3.85

1k+

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

Don't Be Evil 93%

The internet promised openness. What arrived was surveillance, addiction, and monopoly.

by Rana Foroohar 2019

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech Critique 🔒 Data Privacy 🧠 Attention Economy ⚖️ Tech Monopolies 💼 Gig Economy

Number Go Up

by Zeke Faux • 2023

A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.

4.24

9k+

🕵️ Crypto ExposéS 💸 Financial Bubbles 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕴️ Unregulated Finance 👔 White Collar Crime

Number Go Up 93%

A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.

by Zeke Faux 2023

4.24

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Crypto ExposéS 💸 Financial Bubbles 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕴️ Unregulated Finance 👔 White Collar Crime

Aftermath

by Rickards James • 2019

Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.

4.09

676

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📉 Economic Inequality

Aftermath 93%

Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.

by Rickards James 2019

4.09

676 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📉 Economic Inequality

The New Great Depression

by James Rickards • 2021

A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.

3.52

1k+

🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Monetary Policy Critique 📉 Deflation Economics 🔻 Economic Depression 🌪️ Social Breakdown

The New Great Depression 93%

A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.

by James Rickards 2021

3.52

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Austrian Economics 🏦 Monetary Policy Critique 📉 Deflation Economics 🔻 Economic Depression 🌪️ Social Breakdown

Life After Google

by George Gilder • 2018

Google's ad internet is dying. Blockchain will build a new one around human minds, not AI.

3.54

2k+

🔗 Blockchain Technology 🌐 Decentralized Internet 🤖 AI Skepticism 📱 Attention Economy 💰 Future Of Money

Life After Google 93%

Google's ad internet is dying. Blockchain will build a new one around human minds, not AI.

by George Gilder 2018

3.54

2k+ ratings

🔗 Blockchain Technology 🌐 Decentralized Internet 🤖 AI Skepticism 📱 Attention Economy 💰 Future Of Money

Modernising Money

by Andrew Jackson • 2012

Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.

4.34

🔄 Monetary Reform 🏛️ Banking Reform 💵 Money Creation 🔒 Full-Reserve Banking 🗳️ Economic Democracy

Modernising Money 93%

Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.

by Andrew Jackson 2012

4.34

53 ratings

🔄 Monetary Reform 🏛️ Banking Reform 💵 Money Creation 🔒 Full-Reserve Banking 🗳️ Economic Democracy

The Exponential Age

by Azeem Azhar • 2021

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

3.98

1k+

🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

The Exponential Age 93%

Tech accelerates exponentially; institutions crawl. The gap is reshaping wealth, work, and war.

by Azeem Azhar 2021

3.98

1k+ ratings

🤖 Technology And Society ⚡ Digital Disruption 🐌 Institutional Lag 🏆 Winner-Takes-All Markets 💻 Platform Economy

Capital Wars

by Michael J. Howell • 2020

Interest rates are a sideshow. A $130 trillion pool of global capital actually drives the economy.

4.22

102

🌐 Global Capital Flows 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Financial Cycles 💵 Currency Dominance 💥 Financial Crises

Capital Wars 93%

Interest rates are a sideshow. A $130 trillion pool of global capital actually drives the economy.

by Michael J. Howell 2020

4.22

102 ratings

🌐 Global Capital Flows 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Financial Cycles 💵 Currency Dominance 💥 Financial Crises

Quantum Economics

by David Orrell • 2018

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

3.38

136

🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

Quantum Economics 93%

The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.

by David Orrell 2018

3.38

136 ratings

🏦 Monetary Reform 🔮 Quantum Social Science 💸 Money Creation 🕸️ Complexity Economics 📉 Beyond GDP

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy

by Yanis Varoufakis • 2013

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

4.13

21k+

🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy Summary

Talking to My Daughter About the Economy 93%

Capitalism began when grain storage created money and debt. Its crisis is written into that origin.

by Yanis Varoufakis 2013

4.13

21k+ ratings

🧐 Political Economy 🏛️ History Of Capitalism ⚖️ Market Society Critique 💸 Debt And Money Creation 🤖 Automation And Work

Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere

by Jason Kelly • 2010

Credit cards, car loans, and mortgages are not tools. They are the traps that keep Americans broke.

3.50

134

🏡 Frugal Living 💳 Debt Reduction 🗽 Financial Independence 🛒 Consumer Debt 🏦 Austrian Economics

Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere Summary

Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere 93%

Credit cards, car loans, and mortgages are not tools. They are the traps that keep Americans broke.

by Jason Kelly 2010

3.50

134 ratings

🏡 Frugal Living 💳 Debt Reduction 🗽 Financial Independence 🛒 Consumer Debt 🏦 Austrian Economics

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

4.02

149

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich 93%

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

4.02

149 ratings

🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Controligarchs

by Seamus Bruner • 2023

A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.

4.10

271

🌐 Global Elites 💰 Billionaire Class 🚫 Anti-Globalism 📹 Digital Surveillance 🧐 Philanthropy Critique

Controligarchs 92%

A trillion-dollar global elite is using crises to control your food, money, and speech.

by Seamus Bruner 2023

4.10

271 ratings

🌐 Global Elites 💰 Billionaire Class 🚫 Anti-Globalism 📹 Digital Surveillance 🧐 Philanthropy Critique

The End of Alchemy

by Mervyn A. King • 2016

Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.

4.07

2k+

🏦 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ❓ Unknowable Futures 🔧 Banking Reform

The End of Alchemy 92%

Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.

by Mervyn A. King 2016

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Central Banking ❓ Unknowable Futures 🔧 Banking Reform

Intention Economy

by Doc Searls • 2012

The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.

3.71

177

🌐 Internet Commerce 💪 Customer Empowerment 🔐 Data Ownership 🏗️ Market Design 🔌 Platform Economy

Intention Economy 92%

The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.

by Doc Searls 2012

3.71

177 ratings

🌐 Internet Commerce 💪 Customer Empowerment 🔐 Data Ownership 🏗️ Market Design 🔌 Platform Economy

Read Write Own

by Chris Dixon • 2024

The architecture for internet networks no single company can control: ownership built into the code.

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🌐 Internet History 🔑 Digital Ownership 🪙 Token Economics 🔗 Network Effects ⛓️ Decentralization

Read Write Own 92%

The architecture for internet networks no single company can control: ownership built into the code.

by Chris Dixon 2024

3.93

2k+ ratings

🌐 Internet History 🔑 Digital Ownership 🪙 Token Economics 🔗 Network Effects ⛓️ Decentralization

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