50 Books like Common Sense

The Two Percent Solution

by Matt Miller • 2003

America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.

3.98

🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

The Two Percent Solution 96%

America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.

by Matt Miller 2003

3.98

89 ratings

🏛️ Domestic Policy 🏥 Healthcare Reform 📚 Education Reform 💰 Campaign Finance 🤝 Bipartisan Solutions

What We Owe Each Other

by Minouche Shafik • 2021

The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.

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🏛️ Social Policy 📉 Economic Inequality 👷 Labor Markets 🎓 Education Reform 👶 Early Childhood

What We Owe Each Other 95%

The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.

by Minouche Shafik 2021

3.85

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Social Policy 📉 Economic Inequality 👷 Labor Markets 🎓 Education Reform 👶 Early Childhood

Applied Economics

by Thomas Sowellm • 2003

Popular policies trade visible benefits for invisible costs. Applied economics reads the price tag.

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🗳️ Political Economy 🔮 Unintended Consequences 🧠 Economic Reasoning 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Immigration Economics

Applied Economics 94%

Popular policies trade visible benefits for invisible costs. Applied economics reads the price tag.

by Thomas Sowellm 2003

4.18

3k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Economy 🔮 Unintended Consequences 🧠 Economic Reasoning 🏠 Property Rights 🌍 Immigration Economics

Them and Us

by Will Hutton • 2010

Fairness is not capitalism's enemy. It is the one condition on which capitalism actually works.

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109

🏛️ Political Economy 🇬🇧 British Politics ⚖️ Economic Fairness 📜 Social Contract 🪜 Social Mobility

Them and Us 94%

Fairness is not capitalism's enemy. It is the one condition on which capitalism actually works.

by Will Hutton 2010

3.89

109 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇬🇧 British Politics ⚖️ Economic Fairness 📜 Social Contract 🪜 Social Mobility

Good Economics for Hard Times

by Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2019

The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.

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15k+

📊 Economic Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🌍 Migration 🌱 Development Economics

Good Economics for Hard Times 94%

The data on immigration, trade, and inequality contradicts everything the policy fight assumes.

by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2019

4.22

15k+ ratings

📊 Economic Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📋 Evidence-Based Policy 🌍 Migration 🌱 Development Economics

In Our Hands

by Charles Murray • 2006

Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.

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290

🏦 Universal Basic Income 📋 Welfare Reform 🏘️ Civil Society 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🛡️ Social Insurance

In Our Hands 94%

Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.

by Charles Murray 2006

3.74

290 ratings

🏦 Universal Basic Income 📋 Welfare Reform 🏘️ Civil Society 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🛡️ Social Insurance

First Principles

by John Brian Taylor • 2012

America's prosperity was built on five economic principles. Then it abandoned every one of them.

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105

🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 🗽 Economic Freedom 📜 Classical Liberalism 🏥 Entitlement Reform

First Principles 94%

America's prosperity was built on five economic principles. Then it abandoned every one of them.

by John Brian Taylor 2012

3.67

105 ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 🗽 Economic Freedom 📜 Classical Liberalism 🏥 Entitlement Reform

Economic Facts and Fallacies

by Thomas Sowellm • 2007

Five reasoning mistakes produce the policies you support, and they all backfire on the vulnerable.

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6k+

🏛️ Free Market Economics 🔍 Economic Myths 🧠 Logical Fallacies 📊 Statistical Literacy 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Economic Facts and Fallacies 94%

Five reasoning mistakes produce the policies you support, and they all backfire on the vulnerable.

by Thomas Sowellm 2007

4.23

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Free Market Economics 🔍 Economic Myths 🧠 Logical Fallacies 📊 Statistical Literacy 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Radical Markets

by Eric A. Posner • 2018

We stopped markets halfway. Finishing them means anyone can buy your house at your price.

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2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🎛️ Market Design 🗳️ Voting Reform 🛂 Immigration Reform 📊 Data Economy

Radical Markets 94%

We stopped markets halfway. Finishing them means anyone can buy your house at your price.

by Eric A. Posner 2018

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🎛️ Market Design 🗳️ Voting Reform 🛂 Immigration Reform 📊 Data Economy

The Price of Inequality

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2012

Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.

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🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🎯 Rent-Seeking 💸 Financial Deregulation 🌹 Progressive Economics

The Price of Inequality 94%

Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012

4.02

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🎯 Rent-Seeking 💸 Financial Deregulation 🌹 Progressive Economics

The Race between Education and Technology

by Claudia Goldin • 2008

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

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189

📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital 💰 Income Inequality ⚙️ Technological Change

The Race between Education and Technology Summary

The Race between Education and Technology 94%

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

by Claudia Goldin 2008

3.81

189 ratings

📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital 💰 Income Inequality ⚙️ Technological Change

The Conservative Heart

by Arthur C. Brooks • 2015

Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.

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🏛️ American Conservatism 😊 Happiness Economics 🔨 Meaningful Work 🏚️ Poverty And Culture 🗣️ Political Persuasion

The Conservative Heart 94%

Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.

by Arthur C. Brooks 2015

4.11

1k+ ratings

🏛️ American Conservatism 😊 Happiness Economics 🔨 Meaningful Work 🏚️ Poverty And Culture 🗣️ Political Persuasion

The Economics of Enough

by Diane Coyle • 2011

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

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116

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Economics of Enough 94%

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

by Diane Coyle 2011

3.43

116 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Price of Civilization

by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2010

What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.

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2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 American Decline 🗽 Civic Decline 🏢 Corporate Influence ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Price of Civilization 94%

What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.

by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010

3.84

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 American Decline 🗽 Civic Decline 🏢 Corporate Influence ⚖️ Economic Inequality

How the Other Half Banks

by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2015

Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.

4.09

626

🏦 Banking History 📜 Financial Regulation 🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy 🎣 Predatory Lending 🚫 Financial Exclusion

How the Other Half Banks 94%

Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.

by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015

4.09

626 ratings

🏦 Banking History 📜 Financial Regulation 🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy 🎣 Predatory Lending 🚫 Financial Exclusion

Thinking like an Economist

by Elizabeth Popp Berman • 2022

How efficiency-driven economics took over US policy, even from liberals, and what it left behind.

3.93

213

📜 Economic Policy History 🌐 Neoliberalism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🏛️ Law And Economics 💰 Market Fundamentalism

Thinking like an Economist 94%

How efficiency-driven economics took over US policy, even from liberals, and what it left behind.

by Elizabeth Popp Berman 2022

3.93

213 ratings

📜 Economic Policy History 🌐 Neoliberalism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🏛️ Law And Economics 💰 Market Fundamentalism

Capitalism and Freedom

by Milton Friedman • 1962

Why political freedom requires competitive capitalism, and what that means for government's role.

3.90

15k+

💰 Free Market Economics 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🧮 Chicago School Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🔒 Regulatory Capture

Capitalism and Freedom 94%

Why political freedom requires competitive capitalism, and what that means for government's role.

by Milton Friedman 1962

3.90

15k+ ratings

💰 Free Market Economics 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🧮 Chicago School Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🔒 Regulatory Capture

Who Stole the American Dream?

by Hedrick Smith • 2012

One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.

4.19

874

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 📉 Middle Class Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🗳️ Campaign Finance

Who Stole the American Dream? 94%

One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.

by Hedrick Smith 2012

4.19

874 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 📉 Middle Class Decline 💰 Income Inequality 🗳️ Campaign Finance

People, Power, and Profits

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2019

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

3.88

2k+

📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

People, Power, and Profits 94%

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019

3.88

2k+ ratings

📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2010

Markets were never free, finance is too fast: 23 reversals that rewrite capitalism.

3.96

13k+

💡 Heterodox Economics 🧨 Economic Myths 🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🏦 Financial Reform

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism Summary

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism 94%

Markets were never free, finance is too fast: 23 reversals that rewrite capitalism.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2010

3.96

13k+ ratings

💡 Heterodox Economics 🧨 Economic Myths 🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🏦 Financial Reform

Kids These Days

by Malcolm Harris • 2017

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

3.77

2k+

👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis 🔧 Precarious Labor 🏛️ Neoliberal Critique

Kids These Days 93%

Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.

by Malcolm Harris 2017

3.77

2k+ ratings

👥 Generational Economics 💼 Human Capital Theory 💸 Student Debt Crisis 🔧 Precarious Labor 🏛️ Neoliberal Critique

The Conscience of a Liberal

by Paul Krugman • 2007

Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.

3.97

6k+

📊 Income Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Racial Politics 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🛡️ Welfare State Politics

The Conscience of a Liberal 93%

Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.

by Paul Krugman 2007

3.97

6k+ ratings

📊 Income Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Racial Politics 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🛡️ Welfare State Politics

Poor Economics

by Abhijit V. Banerjee • 2011

Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.

4.27

25k+

🏗️ Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🧪 Randomized Controlled Trials 📊 Evidence-Based Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Poor Economics 93%

Poverty is not one problem but many small ones. Randomized trials reveal which fixes actually work.

by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2011

4.27

25k+ ratings

🏗️ Development Economics 🌍 Global Poverty 🧪 Randomized Controlled Trials 📊 Evidence-Based Policy 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Keeping the Republic

by Mitch Daniels • 2011

A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.

4.02

252

💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🏛️ Limited Government 📉 Fiscal Policy 🗳️ Civic Virtue 🫡 Political Leadership

Keeping the Republic 93%

A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.

by Mitch Daniels 2011

4.02

252 ratings

💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🏛️ Limited Government 📉 Fiscal Policy 🗳️ Civic Virtue 🫡 Political Leadership

When More Is Not Better

by Roger L. Martin • 2020

Treating the economy like a machine broke the link between growth and shared prosperity.

3.80

292

💰 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🦋 Complex Adaptive Systems ⚠️ Efficiency Traps 🎯 Perverse Incentives

When More Is Not Better 93%

Treating the economy like a machine broke the link between growth and shared prosperity.

by Roger L. Martin 2020

3.80

292 ratings

💰 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🦋 Complex Adaptive Systems ⚠️ Efficiency Traps 🎯 Perverse Incentives

Capitalism, Alone

by Branko Milanović • 2019

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

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🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

Capitalism, Alone 93%

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

by Branko Milanović 2019

4.11

1k+ ratings

🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

The Human Cost of Welfare

by Phil Harvey • 2016

Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.

4.45

🏛️ Welfare Reform 📉 Anti-Poverty Policy 💼 Work Incentives 🔗 Welfare Dependency 🪢 Social Safety Net

The Human Cost of Welfare 93%

Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.

by Phil Harvey 2016

4.45

20 ratings

🏛️ Welfare Reform 📉 Anti-Poverty Policy 💼 Work Incentives 🔗 Welfare Dependency 🪢 Social Safety Net

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution

by Bernie Sanders • 2017

The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.

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💸 Economic Inequality 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🎓 College Affordability ✊ Workers Rights 🌍 Climate Action

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution 93%

The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.

by Bernie Sanders 2017

3.99

2k+ ratings

💸 Economic Inequality 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🎓 College Affordability ✊ Workers Rights 🌍 Climate Action

Wealth, Poverty and Politics

by Thomas Sowell • 2015

Four forces create wealth. None of them is redistribution.

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2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🗺️ Economic Geography 🎭 Cultural Economics 📊 Income Inequality 🏥 Welfare State Critique

Wealth, Poverty and Politics 93%

Four forces create wealth. None of them is redistribution.

by Thomas Sowell 2015

4.36

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🗺️ Economic Geography 🎭 Cultural Economics 📊 Income Inequality 🏥 Welfare State Critique

The Speech

by Bernie Sanders • 2010

The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.

4.20

916

📊 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Progressive Politics 📉 Wall Street Critique 💵 Campaign Finance

The Speech 93%

The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.

by Bernie Sanders 2010

4.20

916 ratings

📊 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Progressive Politics 📉 Wall Street Critique 💵 Campaign Finance

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism

by John Hope Bryant • 2014

The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.

3.99

210

🧠 Financial Literacy 📈 Credit Repair 🏦 Community Banking 💸 Predatory Lending 💭 Poverty Psychology

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary

How the Poor Can Save Capitalism 93%

The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.

by John Hope Bryant 2014

3.99

210 ratings

🧠 Financial Literacy 📈 Credit Repair 🏦 Community Banking 💸 Predatory Lending 💭 Poverty Psychology

Undercover Economist

by Tim Harford • 2005

Prices tell the truth about power and scarcity, and a used car lot proves it.

3.81

30k+

🛒 Everyday Economics 📚 Economic Literacy ⚠️ Market Failure 🚢 Free Trade 💰 Price Mechanics

Undercover Economist 93%

Prices tell the truth about power and scarcity, and a used car lot proves it.

by Tim Harford 2005

3.81

30k+ ratings

🛒 Everyday Economics 📚 Economic Literacy ⚠️ Market Failure 🚢 Free Trade 💰 Price Mechanics

A World of Three Zeros

by Muhammad Yunus • 2017

Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.

3.69

2k+

🏢 Social Entrepreneurship 💰 Microfinance ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🌍 Climate Economics 🏠 Poverty Alleviation

A World of Three Zeros 93%

Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.

by Muhammad Yunus 2017

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏢 Social Entrepreneurship 💰 Microfinance ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🌍 Climate Economics 🏠 Poverty Alleviation

Naked Economics

by Charles Wheelan • 2002

Markets are brilliant and broken. Incentives explain why. Economics without the equations.

4.03

20k+

📚 Economic Literacy 🧭 Incentives And Behavior ⚠️ Market Failures 🌐 Globalization And Trade 🌱 Development Economics

Naked Economics 93%

Markets are brilliant and broken. Incentives explain why. Economics without the equations.

by Charles Wheelan 2002

4.03

20k+ ratings

📚 Economic Literacy 🧭 Incentives And Behavior ⚠️ Market Failures 🌐 Globalization And Trade 🌱 Development Economics

Finance and the Good Society

by Robert J. Shiller • 2012

Finance is not the enemy of a good society. Its problems are design flaws, not sins.

3.64

810

💳 Financial Inclusion ⚖️ Inequality Economics 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 💸 Impact Investing 🕊️ Moral Economy

Finance and the Good Society 93%

Finance is not the enemy of a good society. Its problems are design flaws, not sins.

by Robert J. Shiller 2012

3.64

810 ratings

💳 Financial Inclusion ⚖️ Inequality Economics 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 💸 Impact Investing 🕊️ Moral Economy

An Economist in the Real World

by Kaushik Basu • 2015

Laws coordinate expectations, not just punish. What India's chief economist learned the hard way.

4.03

220

🏗️ Development Economics 🇮🇳 Indian Economy 💰 Monetary Policy 🛡️ Corruption Control 🍚 Food Security

An Economist in the Real World 93%

Laws coordinate expectations, not just punish. What India's chief economist learned the hard way.

by Kaushik Basu 2015

4.03

220 ratings

🏗️ Development Economics 🇮🇳 Indian Economy 💰 Monetary Policy 🛡️ Corruption Control 🍚 Food Security

Angrynomics

by Eric Lonergan • 2020

Economic anger has two sources: grievances elites ignore, and tribal rage politicians exploit.

3.90

842

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 😤 Anger And Politics

Angrynomics 93%

Economic anger has two sources: grievances elites ignore, and tribal rage politicians exploit.

by Eric Lonergan 2020

3.90

842 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Inequality 🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Fiscal Policy 😤 Anger And Politics

A Generation of Sociopaths

by Bruce Cannon Gibney • 2017

A generation raised with no limits grew up, seized power, and wrote its appetite into law.

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👴 Baby Boomer History 🗳️ Demographic Politics 🧾 Tax Policy 💸 Debt And Deficits 🏥 Entitlement Reform

A Generation of Sociopaths 93%

A generation raised with no limits grew up, seized power, and wrote its appetite into law.

by Bruce Cannon Gibney 2017

3.55

3k+ ratings

👴 Baby Boomer History 🗳️ Demographic Politics 🧾 Tax Policy 💸 Debt And Deficits 🏥 Entitlement Reform

Think Like an Economist

by Anne Rooney • 2019

What economists know about scarcity, money, and crashes that the rest of us keep getting wrong.

3.85

🎓 Introductory Economics 🔍 Everyday Economics 🏫 Mainstream Economics 💵 Money And Banking 📉 Financial Crises

Think Like an Economist 93%

What economists know about scarcity, money, and crashes that the rest of us keep getting wrong.

by Anne Rooney 2019

3.85

39 ratings

🎓 Introductory Economics 🔍 Everyday Economics 🏫 Mainstream Economics 💵 Money And Banking 📉 Financial Crises

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

by Joseph Fishkin • 2022

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

4.10

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution 93%

A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.

by Joseph Fishkin 2022

4.10

40 ratings

🏦 Political Economy 📜 Constitutional History ⚖️ Economic Justice 🛠️ Labor History 🌾 Populism

Social Justice Fallacies

by Thomas Sowell • 2023

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

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📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies 👥 Group Differences 🧠 Knowledge Problem

Social Justice Fallacies 93%

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

by Thomas Sowell 2023

4.38

3k+ ratings

📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies 👥 Group Differences 🧠 Knowledge Problem

The Trouble with Diversity

by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

3.59

516

🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics 🏦 Neoliberalism Critique ⚖️ Wealth Redistribution

The Trouble with Diversity 93%

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

by Walter Benn Michaels 2006

3.59

516 ratings

🏛️ Class Politics 💸 Economic Inequality 🏷️ Identity Politics 🏦 Neoliberalism Critique ⚖️ Wealth Redistribution

Who Gets What ― and Why

by Alvin E. Roth • 2015

The hidden rules that allocate jobs, schools, and kidneys.

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3k+

📐 Market Design 🤝 Matching Markets ⚙️ Mechanism Design 📱 Platform Economics 🔨 Auction Theory

Who Gets What ― and Why 93%

The hidden rules that allocate jobs, schools, and kidneys.

by Alvin E. Roth 2015

3.86

3k+ ratings

📐 Market Design 🤝 Matching Markets ⚙️ Mechanism Design 📱 Platform Economics 🔨 Auction Theory

A Simple Government

by Mike Huckabee • 2011

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

3.73

302

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

A Simple Government 93%

A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.

by Mike Huckabee 2011

3.73

302 ratings

🐘 American Conservatism 🏛️ Federalism 💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🧾 Tax Reform 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism

The Capitalist Manifesto

by Johan Norberg • 2023

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

4.23

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🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

The Capitalist Manifesto 93%

What brought extreme poverty from 29% to 8% in twenty years? The answer is not what you've been told

by Johan Norberg 2023

4.23

811 ratings

🌍 Poverty Reduction 🌐 Globalization Debate 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 📊 Data-Driven Economics 🌤️ Climate Optimism

The Value of Everything

by Mariana Mazzucato • 2018

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

4.07

4k+

🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

The Value of Everything 93%

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

by Mariana Mazzucato 2018

4.07

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy

by Warren Mosler • 2010

Why taxes don't fund spending, national debt is your savings, and trade deficits are a gift.

3.86

232

🏦 Modern Monetary Theory 🏛️ Central Banking 📉 Budget Deficits 💼 Job Guarantee 🌍 Trade Deficits

The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy Summary

The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy 93%

Why taxes don't fund spending, national debt is your savings, and trade deficits are a gift.

by Warren Mosler 2010

3.86

232 ratings

🏦 Modern Monetary Theory 🏛️ Central Banking 📉 Budget Deficits 💼 Job Guarantee 🌍 Trade Deficits

How Economics Can Save the World

by Erik Angner • 2023

Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.

3.61

288

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 👶 Evidence-Based Parenting 💰 Cash Transfers 🌍 Carbon Pricing

How Economics Can Save the World Summary

How Economics Can Save the World 93%

Economics isn't just about money; it's a proven toolkit for poverty, climate, and your wellbeing.

by Erik Angner 2023

3.61

288 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🧩 Cognitive Biases 👶 Evidence-Based Parenting 💰 Cash Transfers 🌍 Carbon Pricing

Mission Economy

by Mariana Mazzucato • 2020

State-led missions built the internet and GPS; now turn that force on climate and inequality.

3.85

3k+

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Government rules used to be about politics. Then Reagan made them about arithmetic.

by Cass R. Sunstein 2018

3.62

116 ratings

⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 📜 Regulatory Policy 🏛️ Technocratic Governance ⚠️ Risk Regulation 📋 Administrative Law

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