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The Culture of the New Capitalism Summary
The Culture of the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett 2006 214 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
Business
The Impulse Society Summary
The Impulse Society
America in the Age of Instant Gratification
by Paul Roberts 2014 320 pages
3.64
467 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
If We Can Keep It Summary
If We Can Keep It
How the Republic Collapsed and How it Might Be Saved
by Michael Tomasky 2019 288 pages
3.96
181 ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol 2 Summary
Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol 2
The Wheels of Commerce
by Fernand Braudel 1979 670 pages
4.47
500+ ratings
History
Economics
Sociology
The Making of the English Working Class Summary
The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson 1963 848 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Criptomonedas para dummies Summary
Criptomonedas para dummies
by Víctor Ronco Viladot 2020 332 pages
3.80
122 ratings
Economics
Business
How Global Currencies Work Summary
How Global Currencies Work
Past, Present, and Future
by Barry Eichengreen 2017 272 pages
3.60
89 ratings
Economics
Finance
History
Wealth, War and Wisdom Summary
Wealth, War and Wisdom
by Barton Biggs 2008 368 pages
3.96
408 ratings
History
Finance
Business
The Breaking Point Summary
The Breaking Point
Profit from the Coming Money Cataclysm
by James Dale Davidson 2016 551 pages
3.57
42 ratings
Business
Economics
How to Retire Early Summary
How to Retire Early
Your Guide to Getting Rich Slowly and Retiring on Less
by Robert Charlton 2013 252 pages
4.29
307 ratings
Finance
Personal Finance
Money
The Rise of the Western World Summary
The Rise of the Western World
A New Economic History
by Douglass C. North 1973 180 pages
3.85
171 ratings
History
Economics
Political Science
A Failure of Capitalism Summary
A Failure of Capitalism
The Crisis of '08 and the Descent into Depression
by Richard A. Posner 2009 368 pages
3.71
352 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The One Percent Solution Summary
The One Percent Solution
How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time
by Gordon Lafer 2017 272 pages
4.50
70 ratings
Politics
Economics
The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite Summary
The Fracturing of the American Corporate Elite
by Mark S. Mizruchi 2013 384 pages
3.47
19 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Political Science
Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's Summary
Who Rules America Now? A View for the 80's
by G. William Domhoff 1083 256 pages
4.17
30 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Political Science
Organizing America Summary
Organizing America
Wealth, Power, and the Origins of Corporate Capitalism
by Charles Perrow 2001 272 pages
3.91
35 ratings
History
Sociology
Business
American Taxation, American Slavery Summary
American Taxation, American Slavery
by Robin L. Einhorn 2006 352 pages
4.17
46 ratings
History
Economics
American History
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? Summary
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
by Robert Kuttner 2018 384 pages
4.10
318 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Capitalism and Its Critics Summary
Capitalism and Its Critics
A History: From the Industrial Revolution to AI
by John Cassidy 2025 624 pages
4.18
434 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista Summary
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista
by China Miéville 2022 338 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Rich Thanks to Racism Summary
Rich Thanks to Racism
by Jim Freeman 2021 296 pages
4.13
46 ratings
Race
Economics
Politics
Nation on the Take Summary
Nation on the Take
How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It
by Wendell Potter 2016 288 pages
3.97
126 ratings
Politics
Economics
The Global Police State Summary
The Global Police State
by William I. Robinson 2020 208 pages
4.11
112 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate Summary
Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate
How a Small Investor Can Make It Big
by Brian Murray 2017 352 pages
4.33
500+ ratings
Business
Finance
Money
The Transformation of Corporate Control Summary
The Transformation of Corporate Control
by Neil Fligstein 1990 408 pages
4.09
11 ratings
History
Economics
Planet Money Summary
Planet Money
A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life
by Alex Mayyasi 2026 336 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Captured Economy Summary
The Captured Economy
How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality
by Brink Lindsey 2017 232 pages
3.89
416 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Moral Economists Summary
The Moral Economists
R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism
by Tim Rogan 2017 270 pages
3.59
41 ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
The Architecture of Markets Summary
The Architecture of Markets
An Economic Sociology of Twenty-First-Century Capitalist Societies
by Neil Fligstein 2001 288 pages
4.15
52 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Punishing the Poor Summary
Punishing the Poor
The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity
by Loïc Wacquant 2004 384 pages
4.21
277 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Society and Economy Summary
Society and Economy
Framework and Principles
by Mark Granovetter 2017 256 pages
3.61
44 ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth Summary
The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth
by Benjamin M. Friedman 2005 592 pages
3.73
255 ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
Sunbelt Capitalism Summary
Sunbelt Capitalism
Phoenix and the Transformation of American Politics
by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer 2013 432 pages
3.23
22 ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Mind and the Market Summary
The Mind and the Market
Capitalism in Western Thought
by Jerry Z. Muller 2002 512 pages
4.17
347 ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
The Deindustrialization of America Summary
The Deindustrialization of America
Plant Closings, Community Abandonment, and the Dismantling of Basic Industry
by Barry Bluestone 1982 336 pages
3.92
25 ratings
Economics
American History
History
World Eaters Summary
World Eaters
How Venture Capital is Cannibalizing the Economy
by Catherine Bracy 2025 272 pages
3.85
229 ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Money Problem Summary
The Money Problem
Rethinking Financial Regulation
by Morgan Ricks 2016 336 pages
4.33
45 ratings
Economics
Finance
Money
Corporation Nation Summary
Corporation Nation
How Corporations are Taking Over Our Lives -- and What We Can Do About It
by Charles Derber 1998 384 pages
3.74
65 ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
The Limits to Growth Summary
The Limits to Growth
by Donella H. Meadows 1972 207 pages
4.17
500+ ratings
Economics
Science
Environment
Class War? Summary
Class War?
What Americans Really Think about Economic Inequality
by Benjamin I. Page 2009 160 pages
3.53
45 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Scale and Scope Summary
Scale and Scope
The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism
by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. 1990 780 pages
3.93
71 ratings
Economics
History
Business
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
The Future of an Illusion
by Fred L. Block 2018 260 pages
3.63
19 ratings
Economics
Perfectly Legal Summary
Perfectly Legal
The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich--and Cheat Everybody Else
by David Cay Johnston 2003 352 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Streetwise Summary
Streetwise
Getting to and Through Goldman Sachs
by Lloyd Blankfein 2026 400 pages
4.41
500+ ratings
Business
Biography
Finance
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism Summary
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
by Benjamin M. Friedman 2021 560 pages
3.89
357 ratings
Economics
History
Religion
How to Feed the World Summary
How to Feed the World
The History and Future of Food
by Vaclav Smil 2025 272 pages
3.56
500+ ratings
Science
Food
Economics
The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism Summary
The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism
by Samir Amin 2013 144 pages
4.00
56 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Day of Reckoning Summary
Day of Reckoning
The Consequences of American Economic Policy
by Benjamin M. Friedman 1989 323 pages
3.38
13 ratings
Economics
The New Road to Serfdom Summary
The New Road to Serfdom
A Letter of Warning to America
by Daniel Hannan 2010 224 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Maintenance of Everything Summary
Maintenance of Everything
Part One
by Stewart Brand 2026 308 pages
4.07
348 ratings
Philosophy
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