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Crazy Like Us

by Ethan Watters • 2009

Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.

4.10

4k+

🩺 Medical Anthropology 🌍 Global Mental Health 🗺️ Culture-Bound Syndromes

Immersive

Crazy Like Us

Exporting American psychiatric definitions changes mental illness from the inside, not just what doctors call it.

by Ethan Watters 2009 320 pages

4.10

4k+ ratings

🩺 Medical Anthropology 🌍 Global Mental Health 🗺️ Culture-Bound Syndromes

Imagined Communities

by Benedict Anderson • 1983

Your nation is not ancient. Print markets, colonial maps, and selective forgetting built it.

4.11

16k+

🏗️ Nation Building 🗳️ Political Identity 📚 Print Culture

Imagined Communities

Your nation is not ancient. Print markets, colonial maps, and selective forgetting built it.

by Benedict Anderson 1983 224 pages

4.11

16k+ ratings

🏗️ Nation Building 🗳️ Political Identity 📚 Print Culture

Currency Wars

by James Rickards • 2011

Currency wars follow a cycle: distress, devaluation, collapse. The third has begun.

3.96

5k+

🏦 Monetary Policy 🌐 International Finance 📉 Financial Crises

Currency Wars

Currency wars follow a cycle: distress, devaluation, collapse. The third has begun.

by James Rickards 2011 318 pages

3.96

5k+ ratings

🏦 Monetary Policy 🌐 International Finance 📉 Financial Crises

The Revenge of Geography

by Robert D. Kaplan • 2012

Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.

3.79

6k+

🌍 Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographical Determinism 📜 Classical Geopolitics

The Revenge of Geography

Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.

by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 448 pages

3.79

6k+ ratings

🌍 Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographical Determinism 📜 Classical Geopolitics

Man, the State, and War

by Kenneth N. Waltz • 1954

You cannot fix war by fixing people or states alone. Anarchy makes all other causes possible.

3.97

2k+

🌍 International Relations 🏛️ Political Theory 🎖️ War Studies

Man, the State, and War

You cannot fix war by fixing people or states alone. Anarchy makes all other causes possible.

by Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 pages

3.97

2k+ ratings

🌍 International Relations 🏛️ Political Theory 🎖️ War Studies

The World for Sale

by Javier Blas • 2021

A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.

4.32

13k+

🧱 Commodity Trading 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🚫 Sanctions Busting

The World for Sale

A few secretive companies move the world's oil, grain, and metals, thriving on sanctions and coups.

by Javier Blas 2021 410 pages

4.32

13k+ ratings

🧱 Commodity Trading 🚢 Global Supply Chains 🚫 Sanctions Busting

Dream Big

by Cristiane Correa • 2013

Three Brazilian bankers bought Budweiser by rewarding performance and cutting everything else.

4.17

5k+

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏆 Meritocratic Management

Dream Big

Three Brazilian bankers bought Budweiser by rewarding performance and cutting everything else.

by Cristiane Correa 2013 252 pages

4.17

5k+ ratings

🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏆 Meritocratic Management

Layered Money

by Nik Bhatia • 2021

Money is a stack of promises. Bitcoin offers a new bottom layer no government can touch.

4.29

1k+

🏛️ Monetary History ₿ Digital Currencies 🏦 Central Banking

Layered Money

Money is a stack of promises. Bitcoin offers a new bottom layer no government can touch.

by Nik Bhatia 2021 180 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Monetary History ₿ Digital Currencies 🏦 Central Banking

The Secrets of Economic Indicators

by Bernard Baumohl • 2004

Which economic reports swing markets, and how to trade them before the crowd catches on.

3.87

429

📊 Economic Indicators 📈 Financial Markets 🌐 Macro Investing

The Secrets of Economic Indicators

Which economic reports swing markets, and how to trade them before the crowd catches on.

by Bernard Baumohl 2004 401 pages

3.87

429 ratings

📊 Economic Indicators 📈 Financial Markets 🌐 Macro Investing

Trade Wars Are Class Wars

by Matthew C. Klein • 2020

The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.

4.11

2k+

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💰 Inequality And Trade

Trade Wars Are Class Wars

The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.

by Matthew C. Klein 2020 288 pages

4.11

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Global Imbalances 💰 Inequality And Trade

Banker to the Poor

by Muhammad Yunus • 1991

The poor aren't creditworthy, banks said. A $27 loan to basket weavers changed everything.

4.12

10k+

🏦 Microfinance 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Poverty Alleviation

Banker to the Poor

The poor aren't creditworthy, banks said. A $27 loan to basket weavers changed everything.

by Muhammad Yunus 1991 452 pages

4.12

10k+ ratings

🏦 Microfinance 🌱 Social Entrepreneurship 🌍 Poverty Alleviation

Blood and Oil

by Bradley Hope • 2020

Hundreds arrested. Phones hacked. A journalist killed. Inside Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia.

4.24

10k+

🕌 Saudi Politics 👑 Authoritarian Leaders 🛢️ Oil Economies

Blood and Oil

Hundreds arrested. Phones hacked. A journalist killed. Inside Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia.

by Bradley Hope 2020 368 pages

4.24

10k+ ratings

🕌 Saudi Politics 👑 Authoritarian Leaders 🛢️ Oil Economies

Money

by David McWilliams • 2024

Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.

4.17

2k+

💰 Monetary History 💳 Credit And Debt 📉 Boom And Bust

Money

Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.

by David McWilliams 2024 413 pages

4.17

2k+ ratings

💰 Monetary History 💳 Credit And Debt 📉 Boom And Bust

A Three Dimensional Approach To Forex Trading

by Anna Coulling • 2013

The forex trader's missing piece: bonds, commodities, and central bank signals, read as one system.

4.14

139

💱 Forex Trading 🔗 Intermarket Analysis 🌍 Global Macro Trading

A Three Dimensional Approach To Forex Trading

The forex trader's missing piece: bonds, commodities, and central bank signals, read as one system.

by Anna Coulling 2013 407 pages

4.14

139 ratings

💱 Forex Trading 🔗 Intermarket Analysis 🌍 Global Macro Trading

George Soros On Globalization

by George Soros • 2002

Financial markets are inherently unstable. The fix is stricter regulation and a new kind of aid.

3.20

251

🌍 Globalization Critique 📉 Market Instability 🕊️ Open Society

George Soros On Globalization

Financial markets are inherently unstable. The fix is stricter regulation and a new kind of aid.

by George Soros 2002 160 pages

3.20

251 ratings

🌍 Globalization Critique 📉 Market Instability 🕊️ Open Society

The Little Book of Economics

by Greg Ip • 2010

What drives growth, jobs, and inflation, and why no boom lasts forever.

3.74

1k+

📘 Economic Literacy 🌐 Macroeconomics 🏦 Monetary Policy

The Little Book of Economics

What drives growth, jobs, and inflation, and why no boom lasts forever.

by Greg Ip 2010 250 pages

3.74

1k+ ratings

📘 Economic Literacy 🌐 Macroeconomics 🏦 Monetary Policy

The Future of Fusion Energy

by Jason Parisi • 2018

Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.

4.49

127

⚛️ Nuclear Fusion 🔬 Plasma Physics 🔧 Energy Technology

The Future of Fusion Energy

Building a star on Earth: the 35-nation, 500-megawatt experiment to unlock fusion energy.

by Jason Parisi 2018 404 pages

4.49

127 ratings

⚛️ Nuclear Fusion 🔬 Plasma Physics 🔧 Energy Technology

Who Speaks for Islam?

by Dalia Mogahed • 2008

Gallup asked Muslims what they believe. The data upends most Western assumptions about Islam.

4.05

1k+

🕌 Muslim Societies 🌍 Islam And The West 📊 Empirical Sociology

Who Speaks for Islam?

Gallup asked Muslims what they believe. The data upends most Western assumptions about Islam.

by Dalia Mogahed 2008 240 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim Societies 🌍 Islam And The West 📊 Empirical Sociology

Easy Money

by Vivek Kaul • 2015

A Ponzi scheme built on bad loans and fake ratings: how the 2008 crash really happened.

4.40

107

📉 Financial Crises 🏚️ Subprime Mortgage Crisis 🔗 Systemic Risk

Easy Money

A Ponzi scheme built on bad loans and fake ratings: how the 2008 crash really happened.

by Vivek Kaul 2015 441 pages

4.40

107 ratings

📉 Financial Crises 🏚️ Subprime Mortgage Crisis 🔗 Systemic Risk

International Relations

by Paul Wilkinson • 2007

States remain the main event, but the stage is crowded. Why nukes, NGOs, and identity matter.

3.32

500+

🏛️ State Sovereignty 🤝 Multilateralism ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation

International Relations

States remain the main event, but the stage is crowded. Why nukes, NGOs, and identity matter.

by Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 pages

3.32

500+ ratings

🏛️ State Sovereignty 🤝 Multilateralism ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation

The Growth Map

by Jim O'Neill • 2011

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

3.59

288

🗺️ Global Macroeconomics 📈 Emerging Markets Investing 👥 Demographic Economics

The Growth Map

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

by Jim O'Neill 2011 256 pages

3.59

288 ratings

🗺️ Global Macroeconomics 📈 Emerging Markets Investing 👥 Demographic Economics

The Accidental Admiral

by James G. Stavridis • 2014

What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.

4.00

248

📖 Military Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Politics

The Accidental Admiral

What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.

by James G. Stavridis 2014 288 pages

4.00

248 ratings

📖 Military Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Politics

After the Fall

by Ben Rhodes • 2022

America's post-Cold War mistakes taught the world's authoritarians how to dismantle democracy.

4.15

157

🧭 Post-Cold War Order 🌍 Global Authoritarianism 🚧 Democratic Erosion

After the Fall

America's post-Cold War mistakes taught the world's authoritarians how to dismantle democracy.

by Ben Rhodes 2022 384 pages

4.15

157 ratings

🧭 Post-Cold War Order 🌍 Global Authoritarianism 🚧 Democratic Erosion

Connectography

by Parag Khanna • 2016

Connectivity rewrites global power: pipelines, cables, and supply chains are the borders that count.

3.82

1k+

🧵 Supply Chain Geopolitics 🏙️ Megacities 🗺️ Functional Geography

Connectography

Connectivity rewrites global power: pipelines, cables, and supply chains are the borders that count.

by Parag Khanna 2016 496 pages

3.82

1k+ ratings

🧵 Supply Chain Geopolitics 🏙️ Megacities 🗺️ Functional Geography

The Digital Banking Revolution

by Luigi Wewege • 2017

FinTech is unbundling banking, service by service. The playbook for fighting back.

3.86

🏦 Digital Banking 💻 Financial Technology ⚡ Industry Disruption

The Digital Banking Revolution

FinTech is unbundling banking, service by service. The playbook for fighting back.

by Luigi Wewege 2017 166 pages

3.86

21 ratings

🏦 Digital Banking 💻 Financial Technology ⚡ Industry Disruption

Blood and Treasure

by Duncan Weldon • 2026

The economic logic inside every war: why pirates ran democracies and silver bankrupted an empire.

4.08

262

🏛️ Economic History ⚔️ Military Economics 🏗️ State Formation

Blood and Treasure

The economic logic inside every war: why pirates ran democracies and silver bankrupted an empire.

by Duncan Weldon 2026 320 pages

4.08

262 ratings

🏛️ Economic History ⚔️ Military Economics 🏗️ State Formation

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