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💰 Farm Economics

An exploration of the financial forces shaping agriculture, from commodity prices and trade policy to the precarious math of making a living from the land.
You Can Farm
by Joel Salatin • 1998
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
4.31
2k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms🐔 Pastured Livestock
You Can Farm Summary
You Can Farm 92%
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
by Joel Salatin 1998
4.31
2k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms🐔 Pastured Livestock
The Profitable Hobby Farm
by Sarah Beth Aubrey • 2010
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
3.71
157
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture📋 Farm Marketing🤝 Cooperative Models
The Profitable Hobby Farm Summary
The Profitable Hobby Farm 92%
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
by Sarah Beth Aubrey 2010
3.71
157 ratings
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture📋 Farm Marketing🤝 Cooperative Models
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook
by Richard Wiswall • 2009
The business manual organic farmers actually need: plan for profit, track costs, and pay yourself.
4.08
157
🥕 Organic Farming Business🚜 Small Farm Management💰 Farm Finance📋 Farm Business Planning🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook Summary
The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook 91%
The business manual organic farmers actually need: plan for profit, track costs, and pay yourself.
by Richard Wiswall 2009
4.08
157 ratings
🥕 Organic Farming Business🚜 Small Farm Management💰 Farm Finance📋 Farm Business Planning🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
by Joel Salatin • 2007
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
4.20
2k+
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique🌾 Agrarianism🚜 Farming Memoirs
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal Summary
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal 91%
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
by Joel Salatin 2007
4.20
2k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique🌾 Agrarianism🚜 Farming Memoirs
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
by Woody Tasch • 2008
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
3.57
198
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing🐌 Slow Food Movement⏳ Patient Capital
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money Summary
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money 91%
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
by Woody Tasch 2008
3.57
198 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing🐌 Slow Food Movement⏳ Patient Capital
The Lean Farm
by Ben Hartman • 2015
Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.
4.26
417
🚜 Farm Management🏭 Lean Methodology🇯🇵 Toyota Production System🔄 Continuous Improvement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
The Lean Farm Summary
The Lean Farm 90%
Toyota's efficiency system, adapted for the field: all the waste gone, none of the soul.
by Ben Hartman 2015
4.26
417 ratings
🚜 Farm Management🏭 Lean Methodology🇯🇵 Toyota Production System🔄 Continuous Improvement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry • 1977
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
4.33
7k+
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism🏘️ Localism⚖️ Moral Economy
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America 90%
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
by Wendell Berry 1977
4.33
7k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism🏘️ Localism⚖️ Moral Economy
Folks, This Ain't Normal
by Joel Salatin • 2011
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
4.21
5k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration🗳️ Food Politics🐄 Pasture-Based Farming
Folks, This Ain't Normal Summary
Folks, This Ain't Normal 90%
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
by Joel Salatin 2011
4.21
5k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration🗳️ Food Politics🐄 Pasture-Based Farming
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer
by Joel Salatin • 2010
Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.
4.26
462
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Soil Health🐄 Grass-Based Farming🗳️ Food Politics📖 Farm Memoir
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer Summary
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer 90%
Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.
by Joel Salatin 2010
4.26
462 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Soil Health🐄 Grass-Based Farming🗳️ Food Politics📖 Farm Memoir
The Lies of the Land
by Steven Conn • 2023
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
3.98
148
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics🏘️ Suburban Expansion🏚️ Deindustrialization
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land 90%
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
by Steven Conn 2023
3.98
148 ratings
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics🏘️ Suburban Expansion🏚️ Deindustrialization
Restoration Agriculture
by Mark Shepard • 2013
Twice corn's calories at one-third the cost: building a farm that restores the land.
4.30
1k+
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Agroforestry💧 Keyline Design🐄 Holistic Grazing🌱 Plant Breeding
Restoration Agriculture Summary
Restoration Agriculture 90%
Twice corn's calories at one-third the cost: building a farm that restores the land.
by Mark Shepard 2013
4.30
1k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Agroforestry💧 Keyline Design🐄 Holistic Grazing🌱 Plant Breeding
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🔄 Economic Cycles🫧 Debt And Bubbles
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes 89%
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🔄 Economic Cycles🫧 Debt And Bubbles
The New Organic Grower
by Eliot Coleman • 1989
How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.
4.41
1k+
🍃 Organic Farming🥬 Market Gardening🪱 Soil Health🌡️ Season Extension🚜 Small-Scale Farming
The New Organic Grower Summary
The New Organic Grower 89%
How to make a living from five acres by farming with nature, not against it.
by Eliot Coleman 1989
4.41
1k+ ratings
🍃 Organic Farming🥬 Market Gardening🪱 Soil Health🌡️ Season Extension🚜 Small-Scale Farming
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks • 2020
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
4.42
8k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health📖 Agrarian Memoir🍽️ Food Systems Critique
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song 89%
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
by James Rebanks 2020
4.42
8k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health📖 Agrarian Memoir🍽️ Food Systems Critique
Small is Beautiful
by Ernst F. Schumacher • 1973
The case for an economics small enough to fit people, their work, and a finite planet.
4.09
7k+
🌱 Ecological Economics🔧 Human-Scale Technology🛠️ Work And Meaning📏 Limits To Growth⚖️ Ethical Economics
Small is Beautiful Summary
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
4.09
7k+ ratings
🌱 Ecological Economics🔧 Human-Scale Technology🛠️ Work And Meaning📏 Limits To Growth⚖️ Ethical Economics
40 Chances
by Howard G. Buffett • 2013
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
3.83
843
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
40 Chances Summary
40 Chances 89%
Forty planting seasons. What a farmer learned about why food aid fails and what actually works.
by Howard G. Buffett 2013
3.83
843 ratings
🌍 International Development🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏞️ Soil Conservation📜 Land Rights🛒 Market-Based Aid
Hot Commodities
by Jim Rogers • 2004
Forget stocks: the real bull market is in raw materials, and it is only halfway through.
3.75
1k+
🛢️ Commodity Investing📈 Cyclical Markets📊 Portfolio Diversification🔒 Inflation Hedging🌏 Emerging Market Demand
Hot Commodities Summary
Hot Commodities 89%
Forget stocks: the real bull market is in raw materials, and it is only halfway through.
by Jim Rogers 2004
3.75
1k+ ratings
🛢️ Commodity Investing📈 Cyclical Markets📊 Portfolio Diversification🔒 Inflation Hedging🌏 Emerging Market Demand
Dirt to Soil
by Gabe Brown • 2018
After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.
4.46
2k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Health🐄 Holistic Grazing🏞️ Ecosystem Restoration💰 Farm Profitability
Dirt to Soil Summary
Dirt to Soil 89%
After four crop failures, a farmer stopped tilling. His dead soil came alive, and profits followed.
by Gabe Brown 2018
4.46
2k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Health🐄 Holistic Grazing🏞️ Ecosystem Restoration💰 Farm Profitability
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks
by Gail Damerow • 2013
Incubation specs, brooder setups, and hatch-failure fixes for five poultry species in one manual.
4.34
142
🐔 Poultry Keeping🐄 Animal Husbandry🏡 Homesteading Skills🌱 Self-Sufficiency🚜 Small-Scale Farming
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks Summary
Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks 89%
Incubation specs, brooder setups, and hatch-failure fixes for five poultry species in one manual.
by Gail Damerow 2013
4.34
142 ratings
🐔 Poultry Keeping🐄 Animal Husbandry🏡 Homesteading Skills🌱 Self-Sufficiency🚜 Small-Scale Farming
The Power in the Land
by Fred Harrison • 1983
An 18-year land cycle, not interest rates, drives recessions. Economics missed it entirely.
4.13
15
🏗️ Land Economics🧾 Tax Reform📉 Business Cycles🏛️ Georgism📚 Political Economy
The Power in the Land Summary
The Power in the Land 89%
An 18-year land cycle, not interest rates, drives recessions. Economics missed it entirely.
by Fred Harrison 1983
4.13
15 ratings
🏗️ Land Economics🧾 Tax Reform📉 Business Cycles🏛️ Georgism📚 Political Economy
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back
by Tim Harford • 2013
Recessions come in two kinds. The fix that cures one will destroy the other.
3.92
3k+
📊 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
3.92
3k+ ratings
📊 Macroeconomics🏛️ Economic Policy📉 Recession Economics👷 Labor Markets⚙️ Economic Productivity
Food Politics
by Robert Paarlberg • 2010
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
3.49
340
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
Food Politics Summary
Food Politics 88%
The hidden policy battles behind every bite, from farm subsidy wars to the GMO divide.
by Robert Paarlberg 2010
3.49
340 ratings
🍽️ Food Politics🌾 Agricultural Policy🍞 Global Hunger💵 Farm Subsidies🚜 Industrial Agriculture
Fiat Food
by Matthew Lysiak • 2023
The dollar left gold and your health went with it. How sound money rebuilds what fiat destroyed.
4.32
263
🔗 Austrian Economics🧈 Dietary Fat Debate💵 Monetary History🏛️ Food Policy🎭 Corporate Capture
Fiat Food Summary
Fiat Food 88%
The dollar left gold and your health went with it. How sound money rebuilds what fiat destroyed.
by Matthew Lysiak 2023
4.32
263 ratings
🔗 Austrian Economics🧈 Dietary Fat Debate💵 Monetary History🏛️ Food Policy🎭 Corporate Capture
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology 88%
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
Nature's Metropolis
by William Cronon • 1991
The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.
4.26
4k+
🌿 Environmental History🗺️ Economic Geography🏙️ Urban Systems📦 Commodity History🏭 Industrial Food
Nature's Metropolis Summary
Nature's Metropolis 88%
The grain and hogs flowing through Chicago didn't just feed the nation, they rewired the continent.
by William Cronon 1991
4.26
4k+ ratings
🌿 Environmental History🗺️ Economic Geography🏙️ Urban Systems📦 Commodity History🏭 Industrial Food
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.
3.17
36
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil👥 Demographic Shift💧 Water Scarcity
Brazil Is the New America Summary
Brazil Is the New America 88%
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
The Economics of Enough
by Diane Coyle • 2011
Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.
3.43
116
🏛️ Political Economy🌿 Environmental Economics📈 Sustainable Growth📊 Beyond Gdp⚖️ Economic Inequality
The Economics of Enough Summary
The Economics of Enough 88%
Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.
by Diane Coyle 2011
3.43
116 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🌿 Environmental Economics📈 Sustainable Growth📊 Beyond Gdp⚖️ Economic Inequality
Applied Economics
by Thomas Sowellm • 2003
Popular policies trade visible benefits for invisible costs. Applied economics reads the price tag.
4.18
3k+
🗳️ Political Economy🔮 Unintended Consequences🧠 Economic Reasoning🏠 Property Rights🌍 Immigration Economics
Applied Economics Summary
Applied Economics 88%
Popular policies trade visible benefits for invisible costs. Applied economics reads the price tag.
by Thomas Sowellm 2003
4.18
3k+ ratings
🗳️ Political Economy🔮 Unintended Consequences🧠 Economic Reasoning🏠 Property Rights🌍 Immigration Economics
Boom Bust
by Fred Harrison • 1999
Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.
3.95
38
🏠 Land Economics🫧 Housing Bubbles📉 Boom-Bust Cycles💥 Financial Crises📜 Georgist Economics
Boom Bust Summary
Boom Bust 88%
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
Cattle Kingdom
by Christopher Knowlton • 2017
The Wild West was a speculative bubble fueled by British aristocrats and popped by a single winter.
4.10
1k+
🤠 American West🐄 Cattle Industry📈 Economic History💥 Boom And Bust💰 Gilded Age
Cattle Kingdom Summary
Cattle Kingdom 88%
The Wild West was a speculative bubble fueled by British aristocrats and popped by a single winter.
by Christopher Knowlton 2017
4.10
1k+ ratings
🤠 American West🐄 Cattle Industry📈 Economic History💥 Boom And Bust💰 Gilded Age
Lessons for the Young Economist
by Robert P. Murphy • 2010
Well-meaning laws often backfire. The economic logic that explains why, for young readers.
3.97
666
🧠 Austrian Economics🏷️ Price Theory👥 Division Of Labor📊 Profit And Loss🪙 Sound Money
Lessons for the Young Economist Summary
Lessons for the Young Economist 88%
Well-meaning laws often backfire. The economic logic that explains why, for young readers.
by Robert P. Murphy 2010
3.97
666 ratings
🧠 Austrian Economics🏷️ Price Theory👥 Division Of Labor📊 Profit And Loss🪙 Sound Money
The Breaking Point
by James Dale Davidson • 2016
Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.
3.57
42
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary History⚡ Energy Economics🏛️ Crony Capitalism🔄 Civilization Cycles
The Breaking Point Summary
The Breaking Point 88%
Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.
by James Dale Davidson 2016
3.57
42 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary History⚡ Energy Economics🏛️ Crony Capitalism🔄 Civilization Cycles
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.
3.77
132
🌍 Post-Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy🏘️ Local Economies🤝 Cooperative Economics⚖️ Corporate Personhood
The Post-Corporate World Summary
The Post-Corporate World 88%
Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.
by David C. Korten 1999
3.77
132 ratings
🌍 Post-Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy🏘️ Local Economies🤝 Cooperative Economics⚖️ Corporate Personhood
Basic Economics
by Thomas Sowellm • 2000
Prices coordinate strangers. Ignore their signal and good intentions breed shortages and decay.
4.37
15k+
📈 Free Market Economics📚 Economic Literacy💰 Price Theory🎯 Incentive Analysis🔄 Unintended Consequences
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics 88%
Prices coordinate strangers. Ignore their signal and good intentions breed shortages and decay.
by Thomas Sowellm 2000
4.37
15k+ ratings
📈 Free Market Economics📚 Economic Literacy💰 Price Theory🎯 Incentive Analysis🔄 Unintended Consequences
Designing Regenerative Food Systems
by Marina O'Connell • 2022
Farming doesn't have to destroy. Six systems that restore soil, store carbon, and feed the world.
3.75
4
🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🌱 Regenerative Farming🏡 Permaculture🌍 Agroecology🌳 Agroforestry
Designing Regenerative Food Systems Summary
Designing Regenerative Food Systems 88%
Farming doesn't have to destroy. Six systems that restore soil, store carbon, and feed the world.
by Marina O'Connell 2022
3.75
4 ratings
🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🌱 Regenerative Farming🏡 Permaculture🌍 Agroecology🌳 Agroforestry
Rethinking Capitalism
by Michael Jacobs • 2016
The state built the internet, not the invisible hand. A blueprint for a greener, fairer capitalism.
4.01
121
🏛️ Political Economy🌍 Sustainable Capitalism🧬 Evolutionary Economics🏗️ Institutional Economics📈 Market Shaping
Rethinking Capitalism Summary
Rethinking Capitalism 88%
The state built the internet, not the invisible hand. A blueprint for a greener, fairer capitalism.
by Michael Jacobs 2016
4.01
121 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🌍 Sustainable Capitalism🧬 Evolutionary Economics🏗️ Institutional Economics📈 Market Shaping
Gardening When It Counts
by Steve Solomon • 2006
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
4.05
982
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
Gardening When It Counts Summary
Gardening When It Counts 88%
Most gardening books assume cheap inputs and grocery stores. This one assumes the day both are gone.
by Steve Solomon 2006
4.05
982 ratings
🔨 Subsistence Gardening🌱 Organic Gardening🧪 Soil Fertility🌾 Seed Saving💧 Water Conservation
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Richie Chevat • 2015
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
4.03
4k+
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 88%
Most of what you eat begins as corn, and the price tag hides the real cost.
by Richie Chevat 2015
4.03
4k+ ratings
🍽️ Food Systems🐄 Factory Farming🇺🇸 American Diet🗳️ Food Politics🌾 Sustainable Agriculture
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
4.34
724
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture🧘 Nature Spirituality
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert 88%
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012
4.34
724 ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture🧘 Nature Spirituality
The Global Minotaur
by Yanis Varoufakis • 2011
Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.
4.17
2k+
🏦 International Economics🏛️ Political Economy📉 Financial Crises💵 Dollar Hegemony🏭 Financialization
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur 88%
Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.
by Yanis Varoufakis 2011
4.17
2k+ ratings
🏦 International Economics🏛️ Political Economy📉 Financial Crises💵 Dollar Hegemony🏭 Financialization
Freedom Farmers
by Monica M. White • 2018
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
4.36
404
🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics🏙️ Urban Farming🫂 Mutual Aid
Freedom Farmers Summary
Freedom Farmers 88%
How Black farmers built cooperative freedom, from Reconstruction fields to Detroit’s urban farms.
by Monica M. White 2018
4.36
404 ratings
🌱 Black Agriculture🥗 Food Sovereignty🤝 Cooperative Economics🏙️ Urban Farming🫂 Mutual Aid
Think Like an Economist
by Anne Rooney • 2019
What economists know about scarcity, money, and crashes that the rest of us keep getting wrong.
3.85
39
🎓 Introductory Economics🔍 Everyday Economics🏫 Mainstream Economics💵 Money And Banking📉 Financial Crises
Think Like an Economist Summary
Think Like an Economist 88%
What economists know about scarcity, money, and crashes that the rest of us keep getting wrong.
by Anne Rooney 2019
3.85
39 ratings
🎓 Introductory Economics🔍 Everyday Economics🏫 Mainstream Economics💵 Money And Banking📉 Financial Crises
Aftermath
by Rickards James • 2019
Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.
4.09
676
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⚠️ Systemic Risk🧠 Behavioral Economics📉 Economic Inequality
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 88%
Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.
by Rickards James 2019
4.09
676 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⚠️ Systemic Risk🧠 Behavioral Economics📉 Economic Inequality
Economics in One Lesson
by Henry Hazlitt • 1946
Nearly every economic fallacy traces to one mistake: counting only the effects you can see.
4.16
22k+
🏫 Austrian Economics⚠️ Economic Fallacies📚 Economic Literacy🏛️ Free Market Economics🔧 Creative Destruction
Economics in One Lesson Summary
Economics in One Lesson 88%
Nearly every economic fallacy traces to one mistake: counting only the effects you can see.
by Henry Hazlitt 1946
4.16
22k+ ratings
🏫 Austrian Economics⚠️ Economic Fallacies📚 Economic Literacy🏛️ Free Market Economics🔧 Creative Destruction
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan • 2006
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
4.19
211k+
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
The Omnivore's Dilemma Summary
The Omnivore's Dilemma 88%
From McDonald's to a hunted wild pig: four meals that expose what you're really eating.
by Michael Pollan 2006
4.19
211k+ ratings
🧬 Industrial Agriculture🌾 Sustainable Farming🔗 Food Systems🥬 Organic Food Critique🐄 Ethics Of Eating Animals
Project Animal Farm
by Sonia Faruqi • 2015
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
4.21
405
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating🌱 Sustainable Agriculture💊 Antibiotic Resistance
Project Animal Farm Summary
Project Animal Farm 88%
One dairy farm visit sent a banker undercover worldwide to expose factory farming's hidden reality.
by Sonia Faruqi 2015
4.21
405 ratings
🏭 Factory Farming🐾 Animal Welfare🍽️ Ethical Eating🌱 Sustainable Agriculture💊 Antibiotic Resistance
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
4.04
168
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope 88%
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
by Courtney White 2014
4.04
168 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
The Rise and Fall of Nations
by Ruchir Sharma • 2016
Onion prices and billionaire lists reveal more about a country's future than any official forecast.
4.14
3k+
🏛️ Political Economy🔄 Economic Cycles👥 Demographic Economics💰 Wealth Inequality💸 Currency Crises
The Rise and Fall of Nations Summary
The Rise and Fall of Nations 88%
Onion prices and billionaire lists reveal more about a country's future than any official forecast.
by Ruchir Sharma 2016
4.14
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🔄 Economic Cycles👥 Demographic Economics💰 Wealth Inequality💸 Currency Crises
Sacred Economics
by Charles Eisenstein • 2011
Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.
4.21
2k+
🏛 Heterodox Economics🎁 Gift Economies🌳 Commons And Enclosures⏳ Post-Growth Economics🕊 Spiritual Ecology
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics 88%
Money is a story. Our version programs scarcity, demands infinite growth, and hoards wealth.
by Charles Eisenstein 2011
4.21
2k+ ratings
🏛 Heterodox Economics🎁 Gift Economies🌳 Commons And Enclosures⏳ Post-Growth Economics🕊 Spiritual Ecology
Quantum Economics
by David Orrell • 2018
The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.
3.38
136
🏦 Monetary Reform🔮 Quantum Social Science💸 Money Creation🕸️ Complexity Economics📉 Beyond GDP
Quantum Economics Summary
Quantum Economics 88%
The economy follows the rules of quantum physics, not clockwork, and that changes everything.
by David Orrell 2018
3.38
136 ratings
🏦 Monetary Reform🔮 Quantum Social Science💸 Money Creation🕸️ Complexity Economics📉 Beyond GDP
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