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Rethinking Capitalism Summary
Rethinking Capitalism
Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
by Michael Jacobs 2016 224 pages
4.01
121 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Norm Chronicles Summary
The Norm Chronicles
Stories and Numbers about Danger
by Michael Blastland 2014 336 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Popular Science
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment
How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
History
It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage
Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street
by Nomi Prins 2009 304 pages
3.96
195 ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
MBA In A Day Summary
MBA In A Day
What You Would Learn At Top-Tier Business Schools
by Steven Stralser 2004 320 pages
3.56
266 ratings
Business
Management
Education
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 Summary
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1975 354 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Eat People Summary
Eat People
And Other Unapologetic Rules for Game-Changing Entrepreneurs
by Andy Kessler 2011 256 pages
3.63
393 ratings
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I Summary
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume I
by Adam Smith 1776 550 pages
3.92
287 ratings
Economics
Philosophy
History
Six Billion Shoppers Summary
Six Billion Shoppers
The Companies Winning the Global E-Commerce Boom
by Porter Erisman 2017 256 pages
4.09
399 ratings
Business
Economics
Technology
The Shortest History of Economics Summary
The Shortest History of Economics
by Andrew Leigh 2024 241 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Development Economics Summary
Development Economics
by Debraj Ray 1998 872 pages
4.03
190 ratings
Economics
Textbooks
Academic
The Little Book of Economics, Revised and Updated Summary
The Little Book of Economics, Revised and Updated
How the Economy Works in the Real World
by Greg Ip 2010 288 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Bull by the Horns Summary
Bull by the Horns
Fighting to Save Main Street from Wall Street and Wall Street from Itself
by Sheila Bair 2012 432 pages
3.91
494 ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Butterfly Economics Summary
Butterfly Economics
A New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior
by Paul Ormerod 1998 217 pages
3.69
223 ratings
Economics
Social Science
Business
Unscaled Summary
Unscaled
How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future
by Hemant Taneja 2018 240 pages
3.86
331 ratings
Business
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Equal Is Unfair Summary
Equal Is Unfair
America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
by Don Watkins 2016 268 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Swimming With Sharks Summary
Swimming With Sharks
by Joris Luyendijk 2015 288 pages
3.84
7k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Growth Map Summary
The Growth Map
Economic Opportunity in the BRICs and Beyond
by Jim O'Neill 2011 256 pages
3.59
288 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
We've Got You Covered Summary
We've Got You Covered
Rebooting American Health Care
by Liran Einav 2023 304 pages
4.09
386 ratings
Economics
Health Care
Politics
The Givers Summary
The Givers
Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age
by David Callahan 2017 352 pages
3.73
485 ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
101 Things Everyone Needs to Know about the Global Economy Summary
101 Things Everyone Needs to Know about the Global Economy
The Guide to Understanding International Finance, World Markets, and How They Can Affect Your Financial Future
by Michael Taillard 2012 256 pages
3.82
39 ratings
Economics
The Green Collar Economy Summary
The Green Collar Economy
How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
by Van Jones 2008 256 pages
3.70
500+ ratings
Economics
Environment
Sustainability
How to Think Like an Entrepreneur Summary
How to Think Like an Entrepreneur
by Philip Delves Broughton 2016 120 pages
3.74
205 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Risk Intelligence Summary
Risk Intelligence
by Dylan Evans 2012 276 pages
3.71
256 ratings
Psychology
Business
Economics
Your Life Is Manufactured Summary
Your Life Is Manufactured
How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better
by Tim Minshall 2025 369 pages
3.63
376 ratings
Science
Business
Technology
A Fine Mess Summary
A Fine Mess
A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System
by T.R. Reid 2017 288 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Default Summary
Default
The Landmark Court Battle Over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
by Gregory Makoff 2024 424 pages
4.30
275 ratings
Economics
Finance
Law
The Primal Prescription Summary
The Primal Prescription
Surviving The "Sick Care" Sinkhole
by Doug McGuff 2015 362 pages
4.24
131 ratings
Health
Economics
Medicine
A Beautiful Math Summary
A Beautiful Math
John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
by Tom Siegfried 2006 272 pages
3.59
389 ratings
Science
Mathematics
Economics
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
437 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 Summary
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1987 405 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
World History
Macroeconomics Summary
Macroeconomics
by N. Gregory Mankiw 2013 608 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Economics
Textbooks
Business
Bending Adversity Summary
Bending Adversity
Japan and the Art of Survival
by David Pilling 2013 416 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Japan
History
Asia
The Elephant and the Dragon Summary
The Elephant and the Dragon
The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us
by Robyn Meredith 2007 256 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
China
Economics
Politics
The Paradox of Generosity Summary
The Paradox of Generosity
Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose
by Christian Smith 2014 280 pages
3.85
114 ratings
Psychology
Money
Economics
Confronting Collapse Summary
Confronting Collapse
The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World
by Michael C. Ruppert 2009 264 pages
3.83
313 ratings
Economics
Politics
Peak Oil
Smuggler Nation Summary
Smuggler Nation
How Illicit Trade Made America
by Peter Andreas 2013 472 pages
3.96
214 ratings
History
American History
Economics
Confidence Game Summary
Confidence Game
How Hedge Fund Manager Bill Ackman Called Wall Street's Bluff
by Christine S. Richard 2010 352 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Mind of Wall Street Summary
The Mind of Wall Street
A Legendary Financier on the Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market
by Leon Levy 2002 240 pages
3.52
132 ratings
Finance
Economics
Biography
Numbers Don't Lie Summary
Numbers Don't Lie
71 Things You Need to Know About the World
by Vaclav Smil 2020 384 pages
3.82
10k+ ratings
Science
History
Economics
BOOM Summary
BOOM
Oil, Money, Cowboys, Strippers, and the Energy Rush That Could Change America Forever. A Long, Strange Journey Along the Keystone XL Pipeline
by Tony Horwitz 2014 116 pages
3.89
500+ ratings
Travel
Environment
Politics
The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship Summary
The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship
by William D. Bygrave 1993 504 pages
3.72
143 ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Management
Disaster Nationalism Summary
Disaster Nationalism
The Downfall of Liberal Civilization
by Richard Seymour 2024 288 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Red Capitalism Summary
Red Capitalism
The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise
by Carl E. Walter 2010 256 pages
3.85
463 ratings
China
Economics
History
The Accidental Investment Banker Summary
The Accidental Investment Banker
Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
by Jonathan A. Knee 2006 288 pages
3.58
500+ ratings
Finance
Business
Biography
Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing Summary
Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing
The Blueprint To Quitting Your Job With Real Estate - Even Without Experience Or Cash
by Michael Blank 2018 259 pages
4.17
472 ratings
Business
Finance
Money
Smarter Investing Summary
Smarter Investing
Simpler Decisions for Better Results
by Tim Hale 2006 301 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Finance
Personal Finance
Money
Dignity in a Digital Age Summary
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
by Ro Khanna 2022 368 pages
3.71
149 ratings
Technology
Politics
Economics
Hall of Mirrors Summary
Hall of Mirrors
The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses - and Misuses - of History
by Barry Eichengreen 2014 520 pages
4.01
296 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
Cloudmoney Summary
Cloudmoney
Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets – The Axiom Award-Winning Exposé of the Cashless Society and Financial Privacy
by Brett Scott 2022 304 pages
3.66
480 ratings
Economics
Finance
Technology
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