Abundance Economics Books | Summaries & Audio

The Long Tail

by Chris Anderson • 2006

Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.

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🖥️ Digital Economics 🎯 Niche Markets 🔍 Algorithmic Curation 🌐 Cultural Fragmentation 📦 Digital Distribution

The Long Tail 91%

Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.

by Chris Anderson 2006

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30k+ ratings

🖥️ Digital Economics 🎯 Niche Markets 🔍 Algorithmic Curation 🌐 Cultural Fragmentation 📦 Digital Distribution

Free

by Chris Anderson • 2009

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

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💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

Free 90%

Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.

by Chris Anderson 2009

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💻 Digital Economics 💰 Pricing Strategy 🧠 Behavioral Economics 👁️ Attention Economy 🎁 Gift Economy

The Last Economy

by Emad Mostaque • 2025

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

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🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 🎯 Ai Alignment

The Last Economy 90%

When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.

by Emad Mostaque 2025

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🤖 Ai And Society 📉 Beyond Gdp 🕸️ Network Effects 🔬 Complexity Economics 🎯 Ai Alignment

The Rules of Wealth

by Richard Templar • 2006

A hundred rules for prosperity: the mindset, math, and moves anyone can learn.

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🏗️ Wealth Building 💰 Personal Finance 🔄 Financial Habits 📈 Investing Basics 🧠 Wealth Mindset

The Rules of Wealth 90%

A hundred rules for prosperity: the mindset, math, and moves anyone can learn.

by Richard Templar 2006

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🏗️ Wealth Building 💰 Personal Finance 🔄 Financial Habits 📈 Investing Basics 🧠 Wealth Mindset

The Millionaire Next Door

by Thomas J. Stanley • 1995

Most luxury-car drivers aren't rich. Real millionaires wear $399 suits and live in ordinary houses.

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🏗️ Wealth Building 🧾 Frugal Living 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Lifestyle Inflation 🐷 Saving Strategies

The Millionaire Next Door 90%

Most luxury-car drivers aren't rich. Real millionaires wear $399 suits and live in ordinary houses.

by Thomas J. Stanley 1995

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🏗️ Wealth Building 🧾 Frugal Living 🧠 Behavioral Economics 📈 Lifestyle Inflation 🐷 Saving Strategies

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes

by Peter D. Schiff • 2010

A cartoon island parable about why stimulus and easy credit always end in a crash.

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🏫 Austrian Economics 📖 Economic Literacy 📉 Inflation Critique 🔄 Economic Cycles 🫧 Debt And Bubbles

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes 90%

A cartoon island parable about why stimulus and easy credit always end in a crash.

by Peter D. Schiff 2010

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🏫 Austrian Economics 📖 Economic Literacy 📉 Inflation Critique 🔄 Economic Cycles 🫧 Debt And Bubbles

In This Economy?

by Kyla Scanlon • 2024

Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.

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📉 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💵 Money Mechanics 🎢 Market Psychology 📊 Economic Indicators

In This Economy? 90%

Memes, moods, and manic panics: what really moves markets and your money.

by Kyla Scanlon 2024

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📉 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💵 Money Mechanics 🎢 Market Psychology 📊 Economic Indicators

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life

by Robert Skidelsky • 2012

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

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🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life Summary

How Much Is Enough? Money and the Good Life 90%

Keynes predicted 15-hour workweeks by 2030. Here is why the money came but the time never did.

by Robert Skidelsky 2012

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🌱 Post-Growth Economics 🛒 Anti-Consumerism ⚖️ Economic Ethics ⏳ Work-Time Reduction 💰 Basic Income Debate

How Come That Idiot's Rich and I'm Not?

by Robert Shemin • 2008

The real rules of wealth: acquire assets, use good debt, think like a rich fool.

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💰 Wealth Building 📊 Personal Finance 🔄 Unconventional Wealth 🏠 Real Estate Investing 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset

How Come That Idiot's Rich and I'm Not? Summary

How Come That Idiot's Rich and I'm Not? 90%

The real rules of wealth: acquire assets, use good debt, think like a rich fool.

by Robert Shemin 2008

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417 ratings

💰 Wealth Building 📊 Personal Finance 🔄 Unconventional Wealth 🏠 Real Estate Investing 🚀 Entrepreneurial Mindset

Sacred Economics

by Charles Eisenstein • 2011

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

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🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

Sacred Economics 90%

Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.

by Charles Eisenstein 2011

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🏛 Heterodox Economics 🎁 Gift Economies 🌳 Commons And Enclosures ⏳ Post-Growth Economics 🕊 Spiritual Ecology

Hot Commodities

by Jim Rogers • 2004

Forget stocks: the real bull market is in raw materials, and it is only halfway through.

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🛢️ Commodity Investing 📈 Cyclical Markets 📊 Portfolio Diversification 🔒 Inflation Hedging 🌏 Emerging Market Demand

Hot Commodities 90%

Forget stocks: the real bull market is in raw materials, and it is only halfway through.

by Jim Rogers 2004

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🛢️ Commodity Investing 📈 Cyclical Markets 📊 Portfolio Diversification 🔒 Inflation Hedging 🌏 Emerging Market Demand

How to Listen When Markets Speak

by Lawrence G. McDonald • 2024

The thirty-year deflation is dead. Inflation is back, and the old portfolio is lethal.

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🌡️ Inflation Hedging ⛏️ Commodity Supercycles 📉 Value Investing 💵 Sound Money 💲 Dollar Reserve Currency

How to Listen When Markets Speak Summary

How to Listen When Markets Speak 90%

The thirty-year deflation is dead. Inflation is back, and the old portfolio is lethal.

by Lawrence G. McDonald 2024

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572 ratings

🌡️ Inflation Hedging ⛏️ Commodity Supercycles 📉 Value Investing 💵 Sound Money 💲 Dollar Reserve Currency

How Economics Explains the World

by Andrew Leigh • 2024

The entire human story, retold through scarcity, trade, and the accidents of birth.

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🌍 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Global Trade 💡 Technological Progress ⚖️ Economic Inequality

How Economics Explains the World Summary

How Economics Explains the World 89%

The entire human story, retold through scarcity, trade, and the accidents of birth.

by Andrew Leigh 2024

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🌍 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Global Trade 💡 Technological Progress ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Millionaire Master Plan

by Roger James Hamilton • 2014

Every wealth strategy works for someone. Yours depends on your personality type and financial stage.

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🏗️ Wealth Building 💼 Entrepreneurial Finance 🧠 Financial Psychology 🔄 Side Business 👥 Team Building

The Millionaire Master Plan 89%

Every wealth strategy works for someone. Yours depends on your personality type and financial stage.

by Roger James Hamilton 2014

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535 ratings

🏗️ Wealth Building 💼 Entrepreneurial Finance 🧠 Financial Psychology 🔄 Side Business 👥 Team Building

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

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy Summary

Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy 89%

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

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015

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291 ratings

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

The Zero Marginal Cost Society

by Jeremy Rifkin • 2014

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

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🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

The Zero Marginal Cost Society 89%

When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?

by Jeremy Rifkin 2014

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🏚️ Post-Capitalism 🤝 Sharing Economy 🤖 Technological Unemployment 🌐 Commons Thinking 🛠️ Maker Movement

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.

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

The Winner-Take-All Society 89%

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

by Robert H. Frank 1995

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257 ratings

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

Early Retirement Extreme

by Jacob Lund Fisker • 2010

Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.

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🏦 Financial Independence 🧮 Extreme Frugality 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity 🎨 Lifestyle Design ⚙️ Systems Thinking

Early Retirement Extreme 89%

Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.

by Jacob Lund Fisker 2010

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🏦 Financial Independence 🧮 Extreme Frugality 🌱 Voluntary Simplicity 🎨 Lifestyle Design ⚙️ Systems Thinking

The Economics of Enough

by Diane Coyle • 2011

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

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

The Economics of Enough 89%

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

by Diane Coyle 2011

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116 ratings

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

Small is Beautiful

by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

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🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

Small is Beautiful 89%

The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.

by Ernst F. Schumacher 1973

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🌱 Ecological Economics 🔧 Human-Scale Technology 🛠️ Work And Meaning 📏 Limits To Growth ⚖️ Ethical Economics

8 Secrets Of The Truly Rich

by Bo Sánchez • 2007

Your beliefs about God may be keeping you broke. A Filipino preacher's practical cure.

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💰 Personal Finance 🙏 Faith And Money 🧠 Money Mindset 💸 Multiple Income Streams 🎁 Giving And Prosperity

8 Secrets Of The Truly Rich 89%

Your beliefs about God may be keeping you broke. A Filipino preacher's practical cure.

by Bo Sánchez 2007

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💰 Personal Finance 🙏 Faith And Money 🧠 Money Mindset 💸 Multiple Income Streams 🎁 Giving And Prosperity

Why We Can't Afford the Rich

by Andrew Sayer • 2014

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

Why We Can't Afford the Rich 89%

Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.

by Andrew Sayer 2014

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🏦 Rentier Capitalism 🏝️ Tax Havens 📈 Financialization ⚖️ Climate Justice 🌱 Degrowth

50 Prosperity Classics

by Tom Butler-Bowdon • 2008

Fifty classics on wealth and success, distilled into one short guide to building a prosperous life.

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🧱 Wealth Building 📚 Personal Finance Classics 🌊 Abundance Mindset 💸 Income Diversification 🐷 Frugality

50 Prosperity Classics 89%

Fifty classics on wealth and success, distilled into one short guide to building a prosperous life.

by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2008

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🧱 Wealth Building 📚 Personal Finance Classics 🌊 Abundance Mindset 💸 Income Diversification 🐷 Frugality

Discover Your Inner Economist

by Tyler Cowen • 2007

Hidden economics of love, lunch, and looking good: incentives that work when cash fails.

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🛒 Everyday Economics 🕊️ Signaling Theory 🎭 Self-Deception ⏳ Attention Scarcity

Discover Your Inner Economist 89%

Hidden economics of love, lunch, and looking good: incentives that work when cash fails.

by Tyler Cowen 2007

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🧠 Behavioral Economics 🛒 Everyday Economics 🕊️ Signaling Theory 🎭 Self-Deception ⏳ Attention Scarcity

Right Riches For You

by Gary M. Douglas • 2010

Most money problems are receiving problems in disguise. The verbal tools to reverse them.

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🧠 Abundance Mindset 🙏 Money And Spirituality 🔓 Limiting Beliefs ✨ New Thought 💸 Receiving Money

Right Riches For You 89%

Most money problems are receiving problems in disguise. The verbal tools to reverse them.

by Gary M. Douglas 2010

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🧠 Abundance Mindset 🙏 Money And Spirituality 🔓 Limiting Beliefs ✨ New Thought 💸 Receiving Money

Knowledge and Power

by George Gilder • 2013

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

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📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

Knowledge and Power 89%

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

by George Gilder 2013

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📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan

by Liesl Clark • 2020

A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.

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🧩 Anti-Consumerism 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Sharing Economy 🪴 Minimalism ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan Summary

The Buy Nothing, Get Everything Plan 89%

A no-shopping plan that saves money, cuts waste, and turns neighbors into your best resource.

by Liesl Clark 2020

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🧩 Anti-Consumerism 🎁 Gift Economies 🤝 Sharing Economy 🪴 Minimalism ♻️ Waste Reduction

The Next Millionaire Next Door

by Thomas J. Stanley • 2018

Why the rich don't look rich: updated evidence that frugality and discipline out-earn any salary.

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🔨 Wealth Building 💰 Personal Finance 🧹 Frugal Living 🗽 Financial Independence 🕶️ Stealth Wealth

The Next Millionaire Next Door 89%

Why the rich don't look rich: updated evidence that frugality and discipline out-earn any salary.

by Thomas J. Stanley 2018

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🔨 Wealth Building 💰 Personal Finance 🧹 Frugal Living 🗽 Financial Independence 🕶️ Stealth Wealth

The Breaking Point

by James Dale Davidson • 2016

Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.

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🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary History ⚡ Energy Economics 🏛️ Crony Capitalism 🔄 Civilization Cycles

The Breaking Point 89%

Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.

by James Dale Davidson 2016

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42 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary History ⚡ Energy Economics 🏛️ Crony Capitalism 🔄 Civilization Cycles

Mom's Got Money

by Catherine Alford • 2021

The money guide for moms done feeling broke: practical steps from net worth to negotiation.

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🧠 Money Mindset 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Budgeting 🗽 Financial Independence 📱 Millennial Finance 👩‍💼 Working Mothers

Mom's Got Money 89%

The money guide for moms done feeling broke: practical steps from net worth to negotiation.

by Catherine Alford 2021

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19 ratings

🧠 Money Mindset 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Budgeting 🗽 Financial Independence 📱 Millennial Finance 👩‍💼 Working Mothers

Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere

by Jason Kelly • 2010

Credit cards, car loans, and mortgages are not tools. They are the traps that keep Americans broke.

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🏡 Frugal Living 💳 Debt Reduction 🗽 Financial Independence 🛒 Consumer Debt 🏦 Austrian Economics

Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere Summary

Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere 89%

Credit cards, car loans, and mortgages are not tools. They are the traps that keep Americans broke.

by Jason Kelly 2010

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🏡 Frugal Living 💳 Debt Reduction 🗽 Financial Independence 🛒 Consumer Debt 🏦 Austrian Economics

How to Invest in Gold & Silver

by Don Durrett • 2010

Physical metal first, then miners: a blueprint with the metrics, entry zones, and exit targets.

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🪙 Precious Metals ⛏️ Mining Stocks 📊 Portfolio Construction 🛡️ Inflation Hedging 💰 Hard Money

How to Invest in Gold & Silver 89%

Physical metal first, then miners: a blueprint with the metrics, entry zones, and exit targets.

by Don Durrett 2010

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45 ratings

🪙 Precious Metals ⛏️ Mining Stocks 📊 Portfolio Construction 🛡️ Inflation Hedging 💰 Hard Money

Beyond Money

by Anitra Nelson • 2022

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

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🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Beyond Money 89%

Money is not a neutral tool. It is a growth engine incompatible with a living planet.

by Anitra Nelson 2022

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24 ratings

🏛️ Postcapitalism 📉 Degrowth 🤝 Commoning 🪙 Money Critique 🗳️ Direct Democracy

Utopia for Realists

by Rutger Bregman • 2014

Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.

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💸 Universal Basic Income 🌍 Open Borders ⏳ Work Reduction 🏙️ Utopian Thinking 🪙 Poverty Alleviation

Utopia for Realists 89%

Three policies sound absurd: free money, open borders, a fifteen-hour week. The evidence disagrees.

by Rutger Bregman 2014

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💸 Universal Basic Income 🌍 Open Borders ⏳ Work Reduction 🏙️ Utopian Thinking 🪙 Poverty Alleviation

The Road to Ruin

by James Rickards • 2016

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

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🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Road to Ruin 89%

The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.

by James Rickards 2016

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🌐 Global Finance 💥 Financial Crises 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔗 Complexity Theory 🛡️ Wealth Preservation

The Rational Optimist

by Matt Ridley • 2010

Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.

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🤝 Free Trade 📜 Economic History 🌟 Human Progress 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔍 Debunking Pessimism

The Rational Optimist 89%

Trade, not genius, drives human progress. Two centuries of data, and why the pessimists always lose.

by Matt Ridley 2010

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🤝 Free Trade 📜 Economic History 🌟 Human Progress 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🔍 Debunking Pessimism

The Wisdom Of Finance

by Mihir Desai • 2017

Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.

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🧠 Financial Philosophy 💰 Money And Meaning 🎲 Risk And Uncertainty 🔀 Optionality 🤲 Stewardship

The Wisdom Of Finance 89%

Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.

by Mihir Desai 2017

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Financial Philosophy 💰 Money And Meaning 🎲 Risk And Uncertainty 🔀 Optionality 🤲 Stewardship

The Real Crash

by Peter D. Schiff • 2012

America's recovery is a debt-fueled illusion. The 2008 crash was merely the preview.

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🏫 Austrian Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🥇 Gold Standard 📊 National Debt 📉 Economic Collapse

The Real Crash 89%

America's recovery is a debt-fueled illusion. The 2008 crash was merely the preview.

by Peter D. Schiff 2012

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1k+ ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🥇 Gold Standard 📊 National Debt 📉 Economic Collapse

The Undercover Economist Strikes Back

by Tim Harford • 2013

Recessions come in two kinds. The fix that cures one will destroy the other.

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📊 Macroeconomics 🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Recession Economics 👷 Labor Markets ⚙️ Economic Productivity

The Undercover Economist Strikes Back Summary

The Undercover Economist Strikes Back 89%

Recessions come in two kinds. The fix that cures one will destroy the other.

by Tim Harford 2013

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3k+ ratings

📊 Macroeconomics 🏛️ Economic Policy 📉 Recession Economics 👷 Labor Markets ⚙️ Economic Productivity

The Wealth Dragon Way

by John Lee • 2015

The moral case for getting rich: escaping the rat race through property and an abundance mindset.

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🏠 Property Investing 🌱 Beginner Investors 🐀 Escaping The Rat Race 💸 Passive Income 🌟 Abundance Mindset

The Wealth Dragon Way 89%

The moral case for getting rich: escaping the rat race through property and an abundance mindset.

by John Lee 2015

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67 ratings

🏠 Property Investing 🌱 Beginner Investors 🐀 Escaping The Rat Race 💸 Passive Income 🌟 Abundance Mindset

An Essay on Economic Theory

by Richard Cantillon • 1755

Wealth is soil and sweat, not silver. New money favors whoever touches it first.

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📜 Political Economy 💰 Monetary Theory 💼 Entrepreneurial Theory 💸 Non-Neutral Money 📈 Price Theory

An Essay on Economic Theory 89%

Wealth is soil and sweat, not silver. New money favors whoever touches it first.

by Richard Cantillon 1755

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128 ratings

📜 Political Economy 💰 Monetary Theory 💼 Entrepreneurial Theory 💸 Non-Neutral Money 📈 Price Theory

The Dao of Capital

by Mark Spitznagel • 2013

Central banks warp markets. The indirect strategy that profits when the distortions break.

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🏛️ Austrian Economics 🌍 Macro Investing 🔄 Market Cycles 🏗️ Capital Theory ⏳ Time Preference

The Dao of Capital 89%

Central banks warp markets. The indirect strategy that profits when the distortions break.

by Mark Spitznagel 2013

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🏛️ Austrian Economics 🌍 Macro Investing 🔄 Market Cycles 🏗️ Capital Theory ⏳ Time Preference

The Economist Guide to Commodities

by Caroline Bain • 2013

What moves commodity prices isn't just supply and demand: it's China, speculation, and geopolitics.

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🏭 Commodity Markets 📊 Price Volatility 🚩 Resource Nationalism 💰 Financialization 📈 Emerging Market Demand

The Economist Guide to Commodities Summary

The Economist Guide to Commodities 89%

What moves commodity prices isn't just supply and demand: it's China, speculation, and geopolitics.

by Caroline Bain 2013

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57 ratings

🏭 Commodity Markets 📊 Price Volatility 🚩 Resource Nationalism 💰 Financialization 📈 Emerging Market Demand

GDP

by Diane Coyle • 2014

GDP was built for counting tanks and factories, not software, services, or a livable planet.

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📏 Economic Measurement 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Macroeconomic Policy 💷 Keynesian Economics 🌐 Welfare Economics

GDP 89%

GDP was built for counting tanks and factories, not software, services, or a livable planet.

by Diane Coyle 2014

3.65

816 ratings

📏 Economic Measurement 📜 Economic History 🏛️ Macroeconomic Policy 💷 Keynesian Economics 🌐 Welfare Economics

Doughnut Economics

by Kate Raworth • 2017

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

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🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Doughnut Economics 89%

GDP growth cooks the planet. A two-boundary goal replaces it; the space inside remakes economics.

by Kate Raworth 2017

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16k+ ratings

🌍 Ecological Economics 📉 Post-Growth Economics 🌎 Planetary Boundaries 🔄 Systems Thinking 🧠 Behavioral Economics

Brazil Is the New America

by James Dale Davidson • 2012

The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.

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📉 National Decline 🌍 Emerging Markets 🛢️ Peak Oil 👥 Demographic Shift 💧 Water Scarcity

Brazil Is the New America 89%

The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.

by James Dale Davidson 2012

3.17

36 ratings

📉 National Decline 🌍 Emerging Markets 🛢️ Peak Oil 👥 Demographic Shift 💧 Water Scarcity

Eat People

by Andy Kessler • 2011

Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.

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🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💥 Creative Destruction 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🖥️ Platform Economics 📉 Zero Marginal Cost

Eat People 89%

Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.

by Andy Kessler 2011

3.63

393 ratings

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💥 Creative Destruction 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🖥️ Platform Economics 📉 Zero Marginal Cost

Boom Bust

by Fred Harrison • 1999

Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.

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🏠 Land Economics 🫧 Housing Bubbles 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles 💥 Financial Crises 📜 Georgist Economics

Boom Bust 89%

Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.

by Fred Harrison 1999

3.95

38 ratings

🏠 Land Economics 🫧 Housing Bubbles 📉 Boom-Bust Cycles 💥 Financial Crises 📜 Georgist Economics

The Post-Corporate World

by David C. Korten • 1999

Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.

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