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How Markets Fail Summary
How Markets Fail
The Logic of Economic Calamities
by John Cassidy 2009 400 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
From Silk to Silicon Summary
From Silk to Silicon
The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives
by Jeffrey E. Garten 2016 464 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
History
Business
Economics
The Eurasian Century Summary
The Eurasian Century
Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World
by Hal Brands 2025 320 pages
3.99
278 ratings
History
Politics
Asia
Multinational Business Finance Summary
Multinational Business Finance
by David K. Eiteman 1973 848 pages
3.50
128 ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Railroaded Summary
Railroaded
The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
by Richard White 2011 704 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
History
American History
Economics
Empire of Cotton Summary
Empire of Cotton
A New History of Global Capitalism
by Sven Beckert 2014 640 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
History
Economics
World History
Popular Economics Summary
Popular Economics
What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James can teach you about economics
by John Tamny 2015 279 pages
3.64
300 ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Age of Abundance Summary
The Age of Abundance
How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture
by Brink Lindsey 2007 400 pages
3.51
134 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Kaput Summary
Kaput
The End of the German Miracle
by Wolfgang Münchau 2006 220 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Capital and Ideology Summary
Capital and Ideology
by Thomas Piketty 2019 1104 pages
4.28
3k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Diversity and Complexity Summary
Diversity and Complexity
by Scott E. Page 2010 304 pages
4.12
207 ratings
Science
Economics
Business
The Triangle of Power Summary
The Triangle of Power
Rebalancing the New World Order
by Alexander Stubb 2026 216 pages
4.13
397 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Free Gifts Summary
Free Gifts
Capitalism and the Politics of Nature
by Alyssa Battistoni 2025 328 pages
4.11
46 ratings
Politics
Theory
Environment
The Rise and Decline of Nations Summary
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities
by Mancur Olson 1982 276 pages
3.96
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece Summary
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
by Josiah Ober 2015 416 pages
3.94
308 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence Summary
American Exceptionalism and American Innocence
A People's History of Fake News―From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror
by Roberto Sirvent 2019 256 pages
4.08
287 ratings
Politics
History
United States
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism Summary
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
by Daniel Bell 1976 363 pages
3.83
301 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
More from Less Summary
More from Less
The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources―and What Happens Next
by Andrew McAfee 2019 352 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Economics
Science
Environment
The Economist Guide to Financial Management Summary
The Economist Guide to Financial Management
Principles and practice
by John Tennent 2008 368 pages
3.97
92 ratings
Finance
Business
Management
Sweetness and Power Summary
Sweetness and Power
The Place of Sugar in Modern History
by Sidney W. Mintz 1985 304 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Food
Behavioral Economics When Psychology and Economics Collide Summary
Behavioral Economics When Psychology and Economics Collide
by Scott A. Huettel 2013 12 pages
3.95
386 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
The Visible Hand Summary
The Visible Hand
The Managerial Revolution in American Business
by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. 1977 624 pages
4.05
348 ratings
History
Business
Economics
The Acquisitive Society Summary
The Acquisitive Society
by R.H. Tawney 1920 192 pages
4.09
110 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Why the New Deal Matters Summary
Why the New Deal Matters
by Eric Rauchway 2021 232 pages
3.98
235 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Age of Acquiescence Summary
The Age of Acquiescence
The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
by Steve Fraser 2015 480 pages
3.82
454 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Economists' Hour Summary
The Economists' Hour
False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
by Binyamin Appelbaum 2019 448 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Great Exception Summary
The Great Exception
The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
by Jefferson R. Cowie 2016 288 pages
3.90
203 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Quantitative Value Summary
Quantitative Value
A Practitioner's Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors
by Wesley R. Gray 2012 288 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Citizenship between Empire and Nation Summary
Citizenship between Empire and Nation
Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960
by Frederick Cooper 2014 512 pages
3.93
30 ratings
History
Africa
France
The Great Risk Shift Summary
The Great Risk Shift
The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care, and Retirement--And How You Can Fight Back
by Jacob S. Hacker 2006 256 pages
3.81
274 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy
Justice, Sustainability, and Peace
by Vandana Shiva 2005 205 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Environment
Politics
Sustainability
Unequal Democracy Summary
Unequal Democracy
The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
by Larry M. Bartels 2008 344 pages
3.89
457 ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
The Price of Democracy Summary
The Price of Democracy
The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History
by Vanessa S. Williamson 2025 249 pages
4.33
69 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Fall of the House of Labor Summary
The Fall of the House of Labor
The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865-1925
by David Montgomery 1987 508 pages
3.93
147 ratings
History
Labor
Politics
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Summary
Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
by Barrington Moore Jr. 1966 586 pages
4.00
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Sociology
The Age of Responsibility Summary
The Age of Responsibility
Luck, Choice, and the Welfare State
by Yascha Mounk 2017 288 pages
3.66
82 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
A Nation of Deadbeats Summary
A Nation of Deadbeats
An Uncommon History of America's Financial Disasters
by Scott Reynolds Nelson 2012 352 pages
3.69
136 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Why Nudge? Summary
Why Nudge?
The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 208 pages
3.47
245 ratings
Politics
Economics
Psychology
The One Best Way Summary
The One Best Way
Frederick Winslow Taylor and the Enigma of Efficiency
by Robert Kanigel 1997 704 pages
4.03
98 ratings
Biography
History
Business
Yankee Leviathan Summary
Yankee Leviathan
The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877
by Richard Franklin Bensel 1991 466 pages
3.69
49 ratings
History
American History
Politics
Everybody Loses Summary
Everybody Loses
The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling
by Danny Funt 2026 320 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Sports
Politics
History
How to Make a Killing Summary
How to Make a Killing
Blood, Death and Dollars in American Medicine
by Tom Mueller 2023 288 pages
3.92
461 ratings
Medicine
Science
History
The Populist Explosion Summary
The Populist Explosion
How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
by John B. Judis 2016 182 pages
3.74
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
How the West Grew Rich Summary
How the West Grew Rich
The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial World
by Nathan Rosenberg 1985 368 pages
3.67
131 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Passions and the Interests Summary
The Passions and the Interests
Political Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph
by Albert O. Hirschman 1977 180 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
White Collar Summary
White Collar
The American Middle Classes
by C. Wright Mills 1951 416 pages
4.04
269 ratings
Sociology
History
Economics
More Guns, Less Crime Summary
More Guns, Less Crime
Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
by John R. Lott Jr. 1998 321 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Politics
Law
Economics
The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy Summary
The Economist Guide to Investment Strategy
How to Understand Markets, Risk, Rewards, and Behaviour
by Peter Stanyer 2006 384 pages
3.28
200 ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
The Privatization of Everything Summary
The Privatization of Everything
How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back
by Donald Cohen 2021 320 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
437 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
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