36 Books like Going Infinite

Easy Money

by Ben McKenzie • 2023

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

3.95

4k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔺 Ponzi Schemes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles

Easy Money 96%

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

by Ben McKenzie 2023

3.95

4k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔺 Ponzi Schemes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles

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

Number Go Up 95%

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

The Missing Cryptoqueen

by Jamie Bartlett • 2022

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

4.20

2k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing

The Missing Cryptoqueen 95%

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

by Jamie Bartlett 2022

4.20

2k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing

Bitcoin Billionaires

by Ben Mezrich • 2019

After $65 million from Facebook, the twins bet everything on digital money the world called a joke.

3.98

8k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins 📈 Bitcoin Investing ⚠️ Startup Cautionary Tales

Bitcoin Billionaires 95%

After $65 million from Facebook, the twins bet everything on digital money the world called a joke.

by Ben Mezrich 2019

3.98

8k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins 📈 Bitcoin Investing ⚠️ Startup Cautionary Tales

Money Men

by Dan McCrum • 2022

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

4.03

3k+

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers

Money Men 95%

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

by Dan McCrum 2022

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers

Kings of Crypto

by Jeff John Roberts • 2021

One startup made bitcoin simple. The regulators came. Then the rivals. Then the civil war.

3.98

991

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🏦 Fintech Startups 🏛️ Crypto Exchanges

Kings of Crypto 94%

One startup made bitcoin simple. The regulators came. Then the rivals. Then the civil war.

by Jeff John Roberts 2021

3.98

991 ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🏦 Fintech Startups 🏛️ Crypto Exchanges

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain

by David Gerard • 2017

Blockchain was meant to kill banks. It gave us hacks, bubbles, and seven transactions a second.

3.95

1k+

💻 Technoskepticism 💸 Financial Bubbles ⛓️ Blockchain Critique

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain Summary

Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain 94%

Blockchain was meant to kill banks. It gave us hacks, bubbles, and seven transactions a second.

by David Gerard 2017

3.95

1k+ ratings

💻 Technoskepticism 💸 Financial Bubbles ⛓️ Blockchain Critique

The Key Man

by Simon Clark • 2021

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

4.18

3k+

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud

The Key Man 94%

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

by Simon Clark 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud

Crypto Confidential

by Nathaniel Eliason • 2024

A 7,700 percent gain, then zero: one insider's ride through the crypto casino.

4.21

740

🪙 Crypto Markets 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧪 Behavioral Economics

Crypto Confidential 94%

A 7,700 percent gain, then zero: one insider's ride through the crypto casino.

by Nathaniel Eliason 2024

4.21

740 ratings

🪙 Crypto Markets 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧪 Behavioral Economics

Stamped

by Jason Reynolds • 2020

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

4.46

55k+

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting

Stamped 93%

A fake blood test, a charismatic founder, and the whistleblowers who risked everything to expose it.

by Jason Reynolds 2020

4.46

55k+ ratings

🕵️ Corporate Fraud 💻 Tech Scandal 🗞️ Investigative Reporting

The Cult of We

by Eliot Brown • 2021

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

4.26

7k+

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital

The Cult of We 93%

An office landlord convinced Wall Street he was worth $47 billion. Then the IPO filing landed.

by Eliot Brown 2021

4.26

7k+ ratings

💼 Startup Culture 📊 Corporate Governance 💰 Venture Capital

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

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

Rogue Trader

by Nick Leeson • 1996

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

3.93

1k+

🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading

Rogue Trader 93%

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

by Nick Leeson 1996

3.93

1k+ ratings

🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading

Black Edge

by Sheelah Kolhatkar • 2017

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

4.20

17k+

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime

Black Edge 93%

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

by Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017

4.20

17k+ ratings

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime

Losing the Signal

by Jacquie McNish • 2015

BlackBerry invented mobile email, built an $80 billion empire. The iPhone killed it in four years.

3.98

5k+

📉 Corporate Collapse 🔀 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Tech Industry

Losing the Signal 93%

BlackBerry invented mobile email, built an $80 billion empire. The iPhone killed it in four years.

by Jacquie McNish 2015

3.98

5k+ ratings

📉 Corporate Collapse 🔀 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Tech Industry

The Smartest Guys in the Room

by Bethany McLean • 2003

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

4.22

28k+

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance

The Smartest Guys in the Room 93%

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

by Bethany McLean 2003

4.22

28k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance

The Spider Network

by David Enrich • 2017

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

4.07

7k+

🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation

The Spider Network 93%

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

by David Enrich 2017

4.07

7k+ ratings

🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst

by Daniel Reingold • 2006

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

3.88

1k+

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst 93%

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

by Daniel Reingold 2006

3.88

1k+ ratings

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

by William K. Black • 1995

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

4.06

185

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One 93%

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

by William K. Black 1995

4.06

185 ratings

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud

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

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

Blockchain Revolution

by Don Tapscott • 2016

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

3.39

5k+

🔗 Cryptocurrency 💳 Financial Technology 🌐 Decentralized Systems

Blockchain Revolution 93%

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

Fooling some of the People all of the time

by David Einhorn • 2007

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

4.01

4k+

🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing

Fooling some of the People all of the time Summary

Fooling some of the People all of the time 93%

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

by David Einhorn 2007

4.01

4k+ ratings

🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing

Confidence Game

by Christine S. Richard • 2010

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

4.14

927

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors

Confidence Game 93%

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

by Christine S. Richard 2010

4.14

927 ratings

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors

A Demon of Our Own Design

by Richard Bookstaber • 2007

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

3.92

1k+

🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering

A Demon of Our Own Design 92%

Why safer economies create more volatile markets: a hidden design flaw that turns progress to peril.

by Richard Bookstaber 2007

3.92

1k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Markets ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🔧 Financial Engineering

Lights Out

by Thomas Gryta • 2020

GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.

3.92

5k+

⚖️ Corporate Governance 🏢 Organizational Culture 📉 Corporate Decline

Lights Out 92%

GE spent decades building the world's most admired numbers. The company behind them was a mirage.

by Thomas Gryta 2020

3.92

5k+ ratings

⚖️ Corporate Governance 🏢 Organizational Culture 📉 Corporate Decline

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

Life After Google 92%

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

The PayPal Wars

by Eric M. Jackson • 2004

Russian mobsters, eBay's sabotage, an IPO after 9/11: inside PayPal's fight to survive.

3.99

1k+

🚀 Startup Stories 💳 Fintech History 🔗 Network Effects

The PayPal Wars 92%

Russian mobsters, eBay's sabotage, an IPO after 9/11: inside PayPal's fight to survive.

by Eric M. Jackson 2004

3.99

1k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Stories 💳 Fintech History 🔗 Network Effects

Hype

by Gabrielle Bluestone • 2021

Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.

3.32

1k+

🎣 Internet Scams 📱 Influencer Culture 🚀 Startup Hype

Hype 92%

Fyre was not a glitch: the internet is built to reward hype and punish skepticism.

by Gabrielle Bluestone 2021

3.32

1k+ ratings

🎣 Internet Scams 📱 Influencer Culture 🚀 Startup Hype

The Billionaire's Apprentice

by Anita Raghavan • 2013

A Goldman board member called a billionaire hedge fund manager. The FBI was listening.

4.17

2k+

📉 Insider Trading 🏛️ Wall Street Crime ⚖️ White-Collar Prosecution

The Billionaire's Apprentice 92%

A Goldman board member called a billionaire hedge fund manager. The FBI was listening.

by Anita Raghavan 2013

4.17

2k+ ratings

📉 Insider Trading 🏛️ Wall Street Crime ⚖️ White-Collar Prosecution

The Caesars Palace Coup

by Max Frumes • 2021

One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.

4.05

4k+

🏢 Private Equity 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📋 Corporate Governance

The Caesars Palace Coup 92%

One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.

by Max Frumes 2021

4.05

4k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 💰 Leveraged Buyouts 📋 Corporate Governance

The Crypto Book

by Siam Kidd • 2018

The crypto bubble hasn't peaked yet. A three-phase plan to ride it without getting wrecked.

3.57

150

🪙 Cryptocurrency Investing ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🫧 Speculative Bubbles

The Crypto Book 92%

The crypto bubble hasn't peaked yet. A three-phase plan to ride it without getting wrecked.

by Siam Kidd 2018

3.57

150 ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency Investing ⛓️ Blockchain Technology 🫧 Speculative Bubbles

When Genius Failed

by Roger Lowenstein • 2000

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

4.20

32k+

🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management

When Genius Failed 92%

Two Nobel laureates and a trillion dollars in bets. Then a Russian default upended the models.

by Roger Lowenstein 2000

4.20

32k+ ratings

🏦 Hedge Funds 🔥 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management

Exile on Wall Street

by Mike Mayo • 2011

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

3.69

260

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises

Exile on Wall Street 92%

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

by Mike Mayo 2011

3.69

260 ratings

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire

by Dan Conway • 2019

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

4.22

199

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire Summary

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire 92%

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

by Dan Conway 2019

4.22

199 ratings

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation

The Great Indian Fraud

by Smarak Swain • 2020

Financial innovation outruns regulation by years. In that gap, India's biggest frauds are built.

4.21

🕵️ Financial Fraud 🏢 Corporate Crime 💰 Money Laundering

The Great Indian Fraud 92%

Financial innovation outruns regulation by years. In that gap, India's biggest frauds are built.

by Smarak Swain 2020

4.21

77 ratings

🕵️ Financial Fraud 🏢 Corporate Crime 💰 Money Laundering

Bailout Nation

by Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

572

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles

Bailout Nation 92%

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

by Barry Ritholtz 2009

3.87

572 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles

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