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🏚️ Economic Intimidation

The use of financial leverage as a weapon—sanctions, trade threats, debt traps—to coerce nations, companies, or individuals into compliance.
Broke, USA
by Gary Rivlin • 2010
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
3.71
1k+
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA 89%
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
by Gary Rivlin 2010
3.71
1k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion
Pound Foolish
by Helaine Olen • 2012
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
3.67
2k+
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help
Pound Foolish Summary
Pound Foolish 89%
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
by Helaine Olen 2012
3.67
2k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins • 2016
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
3.93
8k+
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man 88%
Empire runs on rigged loans and broken countries. One of its architects tells all.
by John Perkins 2016
3.93
8k+ ratings
🏴 Neocolonialism🌐 Global Finance📣 Whistleblower Accounts
Bad Company
by Megan Greenwell • 2025
Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.
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🏢 Private Equity📉 Economic Inequality⚖️ Corporate Accountability
Bad Company Summary
Bad Company 88%
Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.
by Megan Greenwell 2025
4.03
5k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity📉 Economic Inequality⚖️ Corporate Accountability
The Road to Freedom
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024
Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.
3.98
857
🏛️ Political Economy⚖️ Economic Justice📉 Market Failure
The Road to Freedom Summary
The Road to Freedom 88%
Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024
3.98
857 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy⚖️ Economic Justice📉 Market Failure
Plunder
by Brendan Ballou • 2023
Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.
4.09
2k+
🏦 Private Equity🦈 Corporate Raiders🏭 Predatory Capitalism
Plunder Summary
Plunder 88%
Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.
by Brendan Ballou 2023
4.09
2k+ ratings
🏦 Private Equity🦈 Corporate Raiders🏭 Predatory Capitalism
Treasure Islands
by Nicholas Shaxson • 2011
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
4.18
2k+
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands 88%
For every dollar in foreign aid, ten flee into tax havens. London's hidden City runs the system.
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011
4.18
2k+ ratings
🏝️ Offshore Finance⚖️ Global Inequality🏢 Corporate Crime
How the Other Half Banks
by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2015
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
4.09
626
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy
How the Other Half Banks Summary
How the Other Half Banks 88%
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015
4.09
626 ratings
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy
Griftopia
by Matt Taibbi • 2010
From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.
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📰 Financial Journalism🫧 Bubble Economics🏛️ Systemic Corruption
Griftopia Summary
Griftopia 88%
From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.
by Matt Taibbi 2010
4.16
10k+ ratings
📰 Financial Journalism🫧 Bubble Economics🏛️ Systemic Corruption
The Hidden Wealth of Nations
by Gabriel Zucman • 2015
Eight percent of global wealth hides in tax havens; the fix is known and unused.
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🏝️ Tax Havens💰 Wealth Inequality🕵️ Tax Evasion
The Hidden Wealth of Nations Summary
The Hidden Wealth of Nations 88%
Eight percent of global wealth hides in tax havens; the fix is known and unused.
by Gabriel Zucman 2015
3.95
1k+ ratings
🏝️ Tax Havens💰 Wealth Inequality🕵️ Tax Evasion
The Captured Economy
by Brink Lindsey • 2017
Why the economy works for the rich and against everyone else. Four policy levers, no conspiracy.
3.89
416
🔒 Regulatory Capture💸 Rent-Seeking📉 Economic Inequality
The Captured Economy Summary
The Captured Economy 88%
Why the economy works for the rich and against everyone else. Four policy levers, no conspiracy.
by Brink Lindsey 2017
3.89
416 ratings
🔒 Regulatory Capture💸 Rent-Seeking📉 Economic Inequality
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.
3.98
291
🏛️ Political Economy📉 Inequality Economics💰 Rent-Seeking
Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy Summary
Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy 88%
A Nobel economist reveals which rules broke the American economy, and how to fix them.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015
3.98
291 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📉 Inequality Economics💰 Rent-Seeking
Predator Nation
by Charles Ferguson • 2012
The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.
4.11
491
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Income Inequality
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation 88%
The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.
by Charles Ferguson 2012
4.11
491 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Income Inequality
The Great Taking
by David Rogers Webb • 2023
Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.
4.13
157
🕵️ Financial Conspiracy🏦 Central Banking⛓️ Debt And Power
The Great Taking Summary
The Great Taking 88%
Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.
by David Rogers Webb 2023
4.13
157 ratings
🕵️ Financial Conspiracy🏦 Central Banking⛓️ Debt And Power
The System
by Robert B. Reich • 2020
An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.
4.28
4k+
🏛️ Political Economy💰 Money In Politics📉 Economic Inequality
The System Summary
The System 88%
An oligarchy replaced American democracy. The forty-year playbook, and the path to taking it apart.
by Robert B. Reich 2020
4.28
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy💰 Money In Politics📉 Economic Inequality
Perfectly Legal
by David Cay Johnston • 2003
America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.
4.12
796
🏛️ Political Economy🔎 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality
Perfectly Legal Summary
Perfectly Legal 88%
America's tax code was quietly rebuilt so the middle class subsidizes billionaires. The paper trail.
by David Cay Johnston 2003
4.12
796 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🔎 Investigative Journalism💰 Wealth Inequality
Cloudmoney
by Brett Scott • 2022
Cash blocks total surveillance of your spending. Banks and tech firms are dismantling it together.
3.66
480
💳 Digital Payments🏦 Cashless Society👁️ Financial Surveillance
Cloudmoney Summary
Cloudmoney 88%
Cash blocks total surveillance of your spending. Banks and tech firms are dismantling it together.
by Brett Scott 2022
3.66
480 ratings
💳 Digital Payments🏦 Cashless Society👁️ Financial Surveillance
Our Lives in Their Portfolios
by Brett Christophers • 2023
The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.
4.00
303
🔑 Rentier Capitalism📊 Financialization🏦 Institutional Investment
Our Lives in Their Portfolios Summary
Our Lives in Their Portfolios 88%
The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.
by Brett Christophers 2023
4.00
303 ratings
🔑 Rentier Capitalism📊 Financialization🏦 Institutional Investment
Beyond Outrage
by Robert B. Reich • 2012
The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.
4.06
2k+
🏚️ Economic Inequality💰 Money In Politics🏢 Corporate Power
Beyond Outrage Summary
Beyond Outrage 88%
The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.
by Robert B. Reich 2012
4.06
2k+ ratings
🏚️ Economic Inequality💰 Money In Politics🏢 Corporate Power
Saving Capitalism
by Robert B. Reich • 2004
Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.
4.18
5k+
🏛️ Political Economy📉 Economic Inequality🏗️ Market Regulation
Saving Capitalism Summary
Saving Capitalism 88%
Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.
by Robert B. Reich 2004
4.18
5k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📉 Economic Inequality🏗️ Market Regulation
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.
4.15
5k+
🏫 Austrian Economics📖 Economic Literacy📉 Inflation Critique
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes 88%
A cartoon island parable about why stimulus and easy credit always end in a crash.
by Peter D. Schiff 2010
4.15
5k+ ratings
🏫 Austrian Economics📖 Economic Literacy📉 Inflation Critique
Bailout Nation
by Barry Ritholtz • 2009
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
3.87
572
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles
Bailout Nation Summary
Bailout Nation 88%
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
by Barry Ritholtz 2009
3.87
572 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles
The Profit Paradox
by Jan Eeckhout • 2021
Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.
3.91
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📊 Labor Economics💪 Market Power📉 Wage Stagnation
The Profit Paradox Summary
The Profit Paradox 88%
Since 1980, corporate profits have soared while wages stayed flat. The common thread: market power.
by Jan Eeckhout 2021
3.91
302 ratings
📊 Labor Economics💪 Market Power📉 Wage Stagnation
The Price of Inequality
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2012
Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.
4.02
10k+
🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Inequality🎯 Rent-Seeking
The Price of Inequality Summary
The Price of Inequality 88%
Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012
4.02
10k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Inequality🎯 Rent-Seeking
Nation on the Take
by Wendell Potter • 2016
Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.
3.97
126
💰 Money In Politics🏛️ Corporate Lobbying🗳️ Political Corruption
Nation on the Take Summary
Nation on the Take 88%
Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.
by Wendell Potter 2016
3.97
126 ratings
💰 Money In Politics🏛️ Corporate Lobbying🗳️ Political Corruption
The Key Man
by Simon Clark • 2021
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
4.18
3k+
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud
The Key Man Summary
The Key Man 87%
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
by Simon Clark 2021
4.18
3k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud
The People's Business
by Lee Drutman • 2004
Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.
4.33
12
🏛️ Corporate Accountability⚖️ Corporate Personhood💰 Money In Politics
The People's Business Summary
The People's Business 87%
Corporations are not people, yet they won human rights and bought the democracy that created them.
by Lee Drutman 2004
4.33
12 ratings
🏛️ Corporate Accountability⚖️ Corporate Personhood💰 Money In Politics
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.
3.50
134
🏡 Frugal Living💳 Debt Reduction🗽 Financial Independence
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere Summary
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere 87%
Credit cards, car loans, and mortgages are not tools. They are the traps that keep Americans broke.
by Jason Kelly 2010
3.50
134 ratings
🏡 Frugal Living💳 Debt Reduction🗽 Financial Independence
Reckless Endangerment
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
3.96
2k+
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment 87%
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011
3.96
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending
Killing the Host
by Michael Hudson • 2013
Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.
4.34
387
🏦 Financialization🏛️ Political Economy💸 Debt Cycles
Killing the Host Summary
Killing the Host 87%
Debt inflates wealth, then crushes the real economy; the 2008 bailouts saved the wrong patient.
by Michael Hudson 2013
4.34
387 ratings
🏦 Financialization🏛️ Political Economy💸 Debt Cycles
Davos Man
by Peter S. Goodman • 2022
A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.
3.93
1k+
🔻 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power💰 Tax Evasion
Davos Man Summary
Davos Man 87%
A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.
by Peter S. Goodman 2022
3.93
1k+ ratings
🔻 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power💰 Tax Evasion
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.
4.02
149
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich 87%
Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.
by Andrew Sayer 2014
4.02
149 ratings
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization
The Economics of Innocent Fraud
by John Kenneth Galbraith • 2004
Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.
3.61
525
🌐 Political Economy🏛️ Institutional Economics🏢 Corporate Power
The Economics of Innocent Fraud Summary
The Economics of Innocent Fraud 87%
Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.
by John Kenneth Galbraith 2004
3.61
525 ratings
🌐 Political Economy🏛️ Institutional Economics🏢 Corporate Power
Death by China
by Peter Navarro • 2011
America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.
3.50
531
🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism💱 Currency Manipulation
Death by China Summary
Death by China 87%
America armed its biggest rival: every dollar spent at Walmart helped finance the Chinese military.
by Peter Navarro 2011
3.50
531 ratings
🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism🏭 Authoritarian Capitalism💱 Currency Manipulation
American Oligarchy
by Ron Formisano • 2017
Money buys policy, office converts to wealth, and crimes go unpunished in American government.
3.81
31
📛 Political Corruption💰 Campaign Finance🚪 Revolving Door
American Oligarchy Summary
American Oligarchy 87%
Money buys policy, office converts to wealth, and crimes go unpunished in American government.
by Ron Formisano 2017
3.81
31 ratings
📛 Political Corruption💰 Campaign Finance🚪 Revolving Door
Butler to the World
by Oliver Bullough • 2022
How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.
3.98
3k+
🏝️ Offshore Finance💸 Money Laundering🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Butler to the World Summary
Butler to the World 87%
How post-imperial Britain became a concierge service for oligarchs, criminals, and tax dodgers.
by Oliver Bullough 2022
3.98
3k+ ratings
🏝️ Offshore Finance💸 Money Laundering🏛️ Regulatory Capture
The Caesars Palace Coup
by Max Frumes • 2021
One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.
4.05
4k+
🏢 Private Equity💰 Leveraged Buyouts📋 Corporate Governance
The Caesars Palace Coup Summary
The Caesars Palace Coup 87%
One casino, $24 billion in debt, and the holdout creditors who forced Apollo to pay.
by Max Frumes 2021
4.05
4k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity💰 Leveraged Buyouts📋 Corporate Governance
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith • 2012
One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.
4.19
874
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power📉 Middle Class Decline
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream? 87%
One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.
by Hedrick Smith 2012
4.19
874 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power📉 Middle Class Decline
The Great Divide
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2015
Inequality isn't fate; it's a policy choice, and the architects designed it for themselves.
3.82
1k+
💸 Income Inequality🏛 Political Economy💰 Money In Politics
The Great Divide Summary
The Great Divide 87%
Inequality isn't fate; it's a policy choice, and the architects designed it for themselves.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2015
3.82
1k+ ratings
💸 Income Inequality🏛 Political Economy💰 Money In Politics
The Velvet Rope Economy
by Nelson D. Schwartz • 2020
From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.
4.08
1k+
💰 Income Inequality🏛️ Class Stratification✨ Luxury Marketing
The Velvet Rope Economy Summary
The Velvet Rope Economy 87%
From fast passes to private firefighters, a new tier of everything is carving society in two.
by Nelson D. Schwartz 2020
4.08
1k+ ratings
💰 Income Inequality🏛️ Class Stratification✨ Luxury Marketing
It Takes a Pillage
by Nomi Prins • 2009
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
3.96
195
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail
It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage 87%
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
by Nomi Prins 2009
3.96
195 ratings
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail
The Shock Doctrine
by Naomi Klein • 2007
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
4.30
55k+
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine 87%
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
by Naomi Klein 2007
4.30
55k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization
Flash Boys
by Michael Lewis • 2014
Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.
4.14
91k+
📡 High-Frequency Trading🏦 Wall Street Exposé💻 Electronic Markets
Flash Boys Summary
Flash Boys 87%
Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.
by Michael Lewis 2014
4.14
91k+ ratings
📡 High-Frequency Trading🏦 Wall Street Exposé💻 Electronic Markets
Phishing for Phools
by George A. Akerlof • 2015
Your blind spots are a business model. Free markets reward deception as reliably as innovation.
3.43
2k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔧 Market Failures🎯 Consumer Manipulation
Phishing for Phools Summary
Phishing for Phools 87%
Your blind spots are a business model. Free markets reward deception as reliably as innovation.
by George A. Akerlof 2015
3.43
2k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔧 Market Failures🎯 Consumer Manipulation
The Speech
by Bernie Sanders • 2010
The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.
4.20
916
📊 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🗳️ Progressive Politics
The Speech Summary
The Speech 87%
The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.
by Bernie Sanders 2010
4.20
916 ratings
📊 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🗳️ Progressive Politics
The Givers
by David Callahan • 2017
When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.
3.73
485
🏛️ Money In Politics💰 Wealth And Democracy🕶️ Dark Money
The Givers Summary
The Givers 87%
When the richest Americans give, they also take: control over public life, without a vote.
by David Callahan 2017
3.73
485 ratings
🏛️ Money In Politics💰 Wealth And Democracy🕶️ Dark Money
The Wal-Mart Effect
by Charles Fishman • 2006
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
3.84
4k+
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power
The Wal-Mart Effect Summary
The Wal-Mart Effect 87%
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
by Charles Fishman 2006
3.84
4k+ ratings
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power
These Are the Plunderers
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2023
They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.
3.70
963
💼 Private Equity🔍 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Economic Inequality
These Are the Plunderers Summary
These Are the Plunderers 87%
They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2023
3.70
963 ratings
💼 Private Equity🔍 Investigative Journalism⚖️ Economic Inequality
Kicking Away the Ladder
by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
4.21
1k+
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy
Kicking Away the Ladder Summary
Kicking Away the Ladder 87%
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
by Ha-Joon Chang 2002
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
by Madeline Pendleton • 2024
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
4.52
4k+
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 87%
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
by Madeline Pendleton 2024
4.52
4k+ ratings
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
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