50 Books like Saving Capitalism

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 98%

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

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.

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2k+

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

People, Power, and Profits 98%

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

Requiem for the American Dream

by Noam Chomsky • 2017

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

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⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Requiem for the American Dream 97%

Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.

by Noam Chomsky 2017

4.21

4k+ ratings

⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🇺🇸 American Politics 📊 Neoliberalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📺 Media And Power

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent

by Sam Wilkin • 2015

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

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357

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent 97%

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

by Sam Wilkin 2015

3.71

357 ratings

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

The Speech

by Bernie Sanders • 2010

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

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916

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

The Speech 96%

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

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 96%

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 System

by Robert B. Reich • 2020

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

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🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

The System 96%

An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.

by Robert B. Reich 2020

4.28

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Money In Politics 📉 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🗳️ Democratic Reform

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2015

A Nobel economist reveals which rules broke the American economy, and how to fix them.

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291

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Inequality Economics 💰 Rent-Seeking 👷 Labor Markets 🏦 Financialization

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy Summary

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy 96%

A Nobel economist reveals which rules broke the American economy, and how to fix them.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015

3.98

291 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Inequality Economics 💰 Rent-Seeking 👷 Labor Markets 🏦 Financialization

The Economics of Innocent Fraud

by John Kenneth Galbraith • 2004

Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.

3.61

525

🌐 Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🏢 Corporate Power 📢 Manufactured Demand 📋 Corporate Governance

The Economics of Innocent Fraud 96%

Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.

by John Kenneth Galbraith 2004

3.61

525 ratings

🌐 Political Economy 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🏢 Corporate Power 📢 Manufactured Demand 📋 Corporate Governance

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

by Bernie Sanders • 2023

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

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🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary

It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism 96%

The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.

by Bernie Sanders 2023

4.10

8k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Progressivism 📉 Economic Inequality ✊ Labor Unions 🏥 Universal Healthcare 🌹 Democratic Socialism

Bad Company

by Megan Greenwell • 2025

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

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5k+

🏢 Private Equity 📉 Economic Inequality ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Bad Company 96%

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

by Megan Greenwell 2025

4.03

5k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 📉 Economic Inequality ⚖️ Corporate Accountability 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🏛️ 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? 96%

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

The Profit Paradox

by Jan Eeckhout • 2021

Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.

3.91

302

📊 Labor Economics 💪 Market Power 📉 Wage Stagnation ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🔨 Antitrust Reform

The Profit Paradox 96%

Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.

by Jan Eeckhout 2021

3.91

302 ratings

📊 Labor Economics 💪 Market Power 📉 Wage Stagnation ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🔨 Antitrust Reform

The Trouble With Billionaires

by Linda McQuaig • 2011

Billionaires didn't build their fortunes: society did. And the bill is long overdue.

3.98

210

🏦 Economic Inequality 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏝️ Tax Havens 👑 Plutocracy 🔍 Neoliberalism Critique

The Trouble With Billionaires 96%

Billionaires didn't build their fortunes: society did. And the bill is long overdue.

by Linda McQuaig 2011

3.98

210 ratings

🏦 Economic Inequality 📊 Progressive Taxation 🏝️ Tax Havens 👑 Plutocracy 🔍 Neoliberalism Critique

Limitarianism

by Ingrid Robeyns • 2023

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

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2k+

💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

Limitarianism 96%

At some point, wealth stops being earned and starts being taken. The case for an upper limit.

by Ingrid Robeyns 2023

4.06

2k+ ratings

💰 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ Money In Politics ⚖️ Distributive Justice 👑 Plutocracy 🎁 Philanthropy Critique

Monopoly Capital

by Paul A. Baran • 1966

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

4.20

276

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

Monopoly Capital 96%

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

by Paul A. Baran 1966

4.20

276 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

When More Is Not Better

by Roger L. Martin • 2020

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

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292

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

When More Is Not Better 95%

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

Equal Is Unfair

by Don Watkins • 2016

Income inequality is not the enemy. The real barriers to prosperity are government programs.

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557

🏛️ Income Inequality 📊 Political Economy 🏪 Free Market Economics 🛑 Welfare State Critique 🚀 Economic Mobility

Equal Is Unfair 95%

Income inequality is not the enemy. The real barriers to prosperity are government programs.

by Don Watkins 2016

4.07

557 ratings

🏛️ Income Inequality 📊 Political Economy 🏪 Free Market Economics 🛑 Welfare State Critique 🚀 Economic Mobility

Plutocrats

by Chrystia Freeland • 2012

The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.

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💰 Income Inequality 🌍 Global Elites 🏆 Superstar Economy 🏛️ Rent-Seeking 🎭 Political Capture

Plutocrats 95%

The new global elite earned its billions. The system isn't fairer; it's more fragile.

by Chrystia Freeland 2012

3.61

3k+ ratings

💰 Income Inequality 🌍 Global Elites 🏆 Superstar Economy 🏛️ Rent-Seeking 🎭 Political Capture

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.

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💡 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 95%

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

Fight Oligarchy

by Bernie Sanders • 2025

Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.

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🏛️ American Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power ✊ Grassroots Organizing 👷 Working Class Politics

Fight Oligarchy 95%

Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.

by Bernie Sanders 2025

4.36

4k+ ratings

🏛️ American Oligarchy 💰 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power ✊ Grassroots Organizing 👷 Working Class Politics

Jackpot

by Michael Mechanic • 2021

Extreme wealth corrodes character, isolates its owners, and rigs the economy against everyone else.

3.86

820

💸 Wealth Inequality ⚖️ Economic Justice 🧠 Psychology Of Wealth 🫧 Elite Bubbles 💰 Tax Avoidance

Jackpot 95%

Extreme wealth corrodes character, isolates its owners, and rigs the economy against everyone else.

by Michael Mechanic 2021

3.86

820 ratings

💸 Wealth Inequality ⚖️ Economic Justice 🧠 Psychology Of Wealth 🫧 Elite Bubbles 💰 Tax Avoidance

Predator Nation

by Charles Ferguson • 2012

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

4.11

491

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

Predator Nation 95%

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

by Charles Ferguson 2012

4.11

491 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

Goliath

by Matt Stoller • 2019

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

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⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Goliath 95%

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

by Matt Stoller 2019

4.23

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

The Value of Everything

by Mariana Mazzucato • 2018

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

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

The Value of Everything 95%

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

Freefall

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2010

The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.

3.88

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📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Economic Policy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🔓 Deregulation ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Freefall 95%

The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2010

3.88

4k+ ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Economic Policy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🔓 Deregulation ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Killing the Host

by Michael Hudson • 2013

Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.

4.34

387

🏦 Financialization 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Debt Cycles 💰 Rent Extraction ✂️ Austerity Critique

Killing the Host 95%

Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.

by Michael Hudson 2013

4.34

387 ratings

🏦 Financialization 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Debt Cycles 💰 Rent Extraction ✂️ Austerity Critique

Occupy

by Noam Chomsky • 2012

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

3.59

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🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

Occupy 95%

Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.

by Noam Chomsky 2012

3.59

2k+ ratings

🪙 Income Inequality 🗳️ Money In Politics 🏗️ Movement Building 🏢 Corporate Power 🏭 Economic Democracy

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.

3.84

2k+

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

The Price of Civilization 95%

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

The New Human Rights Movement

by Peter Joseph • 2017

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

4.33

625

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The New Human Rights Movement 95%

The economy is a well-oiled system of oppression. The case for rebuilding it, not fixing it.

by Peter Joseph 2017

4.33

625 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Structural Inequality 🔗 Systems Thinking 💔 Structural Violence 🤖 Technological Unemployment

The Winner-Take-All Society

by Robert H. Frank • 1995

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

3.70

257

📉 Income Inequality 🌟 Superstar Economics 🏁 Positional Arms Races 🎓 Educational Gatekeeping 💻 Technology And Inequality

The Winner-Take-All Society 95%

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

by Robert H. Frank 1995

3.70

257 ratings

📉 Income Inequality 🌟 Superstar Economics 🏁 Positional Arms Races 🎓 Educational Gatekeeping 💻 Technology And Inequality

Plunder

by Brendan Ballou • 2023

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

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2k+

🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism 🏠 Housing Inequality 🏥 Healthcare Economics

Plunder 95%

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

by Brendan Ballou 2023

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism 🏠 Housing Inequality 🏥 Healthcare Economics

Invisible Doctrine

by George Monbiot • 2024

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

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4k+

🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

Invisible Doctrine 95%

Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.

by George Monbiot 2024

4.37

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Neoliberalism 📊 Political Economy 💰 Rentier Capitalism 📉 Wealth Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power

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 95%

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

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.

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🧐 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 95%

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

The Velvet Rope Economy

by Nelson D. Schwartz • 2020

From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.

4.08

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💰 Income Inequality 🏛️ Class Stratification ✨ Luxury Marketing 🎢 Experience Economy 🚧 Economic Segregation

The Velvet Rope Economy 95%

From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.

by Nelson D. Schwartz 2020

4.08

1k+ ratings

💰 Income Inequality 🏛️ Class Stratification ✨ Luxury Marketing 🎢 Experience Economy 🚧 Economic Segregation

Them and Us

by Will Hutton • 2010

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

3.89

109

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

Them and Us 95%

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

Capitalism, Alone

by Branko Milanović • 2019

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

4.11

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

Capitalism, Alone 95%

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

Giants

by Peter Phillips • 2018

How a small group of financiers and their directors captured governments, media, and the military.

3.79

257

🏦 Financial Power 🌐 Global Elite ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🕸️ Elite Networks 📣 Propaganda Model

Giants 95%

How a small group of financiers and their directors captured governments, media, and the military.

by Peter Phillips 2018

3.79

257 ratings

🏦 Financial Power 🌐 Global Elite ⚖️ Wealth Inequality 🕸️ Elite Networks 📣 Propaganda Model

Makers and Takers

by Rana Foroohar • 2016

Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.

3.97

2k+

🏦 Financialization ⏳ Short-Termism 🏙️ Wall Street 📈 Shareholder Activism 🗳️ Money In Politics

Makers and Takers 95%

Finance has stopped serving business; it now feeds on it, extracting wealth, not creating it.

by Rana Foroohar 2016

3.97

2k+ ratings

🏦 Financialization ⏳ Short-Termism 🏙️ Wall Street 📈 Shareholder Activism 🗳️ Money In Politics

What Went Wrong with Capitalism

by Ruchir Sharma • 2024

Too much government, not too little, broke capitalism: bailouts, zombies, stalled growth.

3.84

733

🤝 Crony Capitalism 🚫 Government Overreach 💰 Monetary Policy 🔄 Debt Cycles 🆘 Financial Bailouts

What Went Wrong with Capitalism 95%

Too much government, not too little, broke capitalism: bailouts, zombies, stalled growth.

by Ruchir Sharma 2024

3.84

733 ratings

🤝 Crony Capitalism 🚫 Government Overreach 💰 Monetary Policy 🔄 Debt Cycles 🆘 Financial Bailouts

The Economics of Enough

by Diane Coyle • 2011

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

3.43

116

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

The Economics of Enough 95%

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

Capitalism in America

by Alan Greenspan • 2018

America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.

4.06

2k+

🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏢 Business History 💵 Monetary History ⚖️ Government And Markets

Capitalism in America 95%

America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.

by Alan Greenspan 2018

4.06

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏢 Business History 💵 Monetary History ⚖️ Government And Markets

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

Davos Man

by Peter S. Goodman • 2022

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

3.93

1k+

🔻 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Tax Evasion 🌪️ Disaster Capitalism 📉 Neoliberalism Critique

Davos Man 94%

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

by Peter S. Goodman 2022

3.93

1k+ ratings

🔻 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Tax Evasion 🌪️ Disaster Capitalism 📉 Neoliberalism Critique

The Problem of Twelve

by John Coates • 2023

A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.

3.52

177

🏛️ Corporate Governance ⚖️ Financial Regulation 💪 Concentrated Power 🗳️ Shareholder Activism 💰 Private Equity

The Problem of Twelve 94%

A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.

by John Coates 2023

3.52

177 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Governance ⚖️ Financial Regulation 💪 Concentrated Power 🗳️ Shareholder Activism 💰 Private Equity

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 94%

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

Applied Economics

by Thomas Sowellm • 2003

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

4.18

3k+

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