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We Are All Weird
by Seth Godin • 2011
The bell curve is stretching: normal is vanishing, and the edges now dominate commerce.
3.55
4k+
We Are All Weird Summary
We Are All Weird 92%
The bell curve is stretching: normal is vanishing, and the edges now dominate commerce.
by Seth Godin 2011
3.55
4k+ ratings
The Long Tail
by Chris Anderson • 2006
Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.
3.82
30k+
The Long Tail Summary
The Long Tail 92%
Digital shelves flip the economics: niche products collectively now outsell blockbusters.
by Chris Anderson 2006
3.82
30k+ ratings
Web 2.0
by Amy Shuen • 2007
Your users are your best asset: why giving products away builds billion-dollar businesses.
3.32
149
Web 2.0 Summary
Web 2.0 90%
Your users are your best asset: why giving products away builds billion-dollar businesses.
by Amy Shuen 2007
3.32
149 ratings
Free
by Chris Anderson • 2009
Free is not a price point; it's a business model built on attention, trust, and the new scarcities.
3.88
18k+
Free Summary
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
3.88
18k+ ratings
Eat People
by Andy Kessler • 2011
Find what gets cheaper every year, waste it prodigiously, and let the market eat the rest.
3.63
393
Eat People Summary
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
Rockonomics
by Alan B. Krueger • 2019
Why do the top 1 percent of musicians earn almost everything? The answer reaches far beyond music.
3.91
875
Rockonomics Summary
Rockonomics 89%
Why do the top 1 percent of musicians earn almost everything? The answer reaches far beyond music.
by Alan B. Krueger 2019
3.91
875 ratings
The Mesh
by Lisa Gansky • 2010
Selling access beats selling ownership. One product, dozens of transactions, and the customers stay.
3.66
1k+
The Mesh Summary
The Mesh 89%
Selling access beats selling ownership. One product, dozens of transactions, and the customers stay.
by Lisa Gansky 2010
3.66
1k+ ratings
The Wealth of Networks
by Yochai Benkler • 2006
Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.
3.96
2k+
The Wealth of Networks Summary
The Wealth of Networks 89%
Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.
by Yochai Benkler 2006
3.96
2k+ ratings
Why Most Things Fail
by Paul Ormerod • 2005
Business and biology share one extinction curve. Smarter planning barely bends it.
3.48
391
Why Most Things Fail Summary
Why Most Things Fail 89%
Business and biology share one extinction curve. Smarter planning barely bends it.
by Paul Ormerod 2005
3.48
391 ratings
Bezonomics
by Brian Dumaine • 2020
The self-reinforcing loop that built Amazon's empire, and how the best companies are stealing it.
3.76
2k+
Bezonomics Summary
Bezonomics 89%
The self-reinforcing loop that built Amazon's empire, and how the best companies are stealing it.
by Brian Dumaine 2020
3.76
2k+ ratings
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
by Jeremy Rifkin • 2014
When everything costs nearly nothing to produce, what happens to an economy built on scarcity?
3.92
2k+
The Zero Marginal Cost Society Summary
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
3.92
2k+ ratings
Intention Economy
by Doc Searls • 2012
The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.
3.71
177
Intention Economy Summary
Intention Economy 89%
The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.
by Doc Searls 2012
3.71
177 ratings
Knowledge and Power
by George Gilder • 2013
Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.
3.94
428
Knowledge and Power Summary
Knowledge and Power 89%
Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.
by George Gilder 2013
3.94
428 ratings
The Last Economy
by Emad Mostaque • 2025
When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.
4.26
304
The Last Economy Summary
The Last Economy 89%
When intelligence costs almost nothing, our economic dashboards register disaster, not abundance.
by Emad Mostaque 2025
4.26
304 ratings
The Sharing Economy
by Arun Sundararajan • 2016
Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.
3.66
491
The Sharing Economy Summary
The Sharing Economy 89%
Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.
by Arun Sundararajan 2016
3.66
491 ratings
What Would Google Do?
by Jeff Jarvis • 2009
The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.
3.87
11k+
What Would Google Do? Summary
What Would Google Do? 89%
The internet's most successful company wrote a playbook, and it has nothing to do with search.
by Jeff Jarvis 2009
3.87
11k+ ratings
The Origin of Wealth
by Eric D. Beinhocker • 2006
Traditional economics assumed equilibrium. Actually, economies evolve through trial and error.
4.27
2k+
The Origin of Wealth Summary
The Origin of Wealth 89%
Traditional economics assumed equilibrium. Actually, economies evolve through trial and error.
by Eric D. Beinhocker 2006
4.27
2k+ ratings
What's Mine Is Yours
by Rachel Botsman • 2010
Ownership is burden; access is power. How peer networks and digital trust are remaking the economy.
3.96
1k+
What's Mine Is Yours Summary
What's Mine Is Yours 89%
Ownership is burden; access is power. How peer networks and digital trust are remaking the economy.
by Rachel Botsman 2010
3.96
1k+ ratings
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+
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
Revolutionary Wealth
by Alvin Toffler • 2006
New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.
3.88
668
Revolutionary Wealth Summary
Revolutionary Wealth 88%
New wealth is not made of things but of ideas and invisible contributions the market ignores.
by Alvin Toffler 2006
3.88
668 ratings
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
by Tim Harford • 2017
Fifty inventions, from barbed wire to infant formula, and the economic ripples nobody saw coming.
4.06
4k+
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy Summary
Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy 88%
Fifty inventions, from barbed wire to infant formula, and the economic ripples nobody saw coming.
by Tim Harford 2017
4.06
4k+ ratings
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
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
2030
by Mauro F. Guillén • 2020
By 2030, three demographic waves collide: aging societies, female fortunes, and an ascendant Asia.
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3k+
2030 Summary
2030 88%
By 2030, three demographic waves collide: aging societies, female fortunes, and an ascendant Asia.
by Mauro F. Guillén 2020
3.69
3k+ ratings
Next
by Michael Lewis • 2001
Amateurs with modems started beating the experts. The market didn't fight back; it invested.
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2k+
Next Summary
Next 88%
Amateurs with modems started beating the experts. The market didn't fight back; it invested.
by Michael Lewis 2001
3.70
2k+ ratings
WTF?
by Tim O'Reilly • 2017
The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.
4.08
2k+
WTF? Summary
WTF? 88%
The economy is now an algorithm, and nobody wrote human well-being into its code.
by Tim O'Reilly 2017
4.08
2k+ ratings
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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3k+
How Economics Explains the World Summary
How Economics Explains the World 88%
The entire human story, retold through scarcity, trade, and the accidents of birth.
by Andrew Leigh 2024
3.91
3k+ ratings
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang • 2020
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
3.61
1k+
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis 88%
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
by Tim Hwang 2020
3.61
1k+ ratings
The World in 2050
by Hamish McRae • 2022
A handful of 1960s birth rates already chose the superpowers of 2050.
3.62
342
The World in 2050 Summary
The World in 2050 88%
A handful of 1960s birth rates already chose the superpowers of 2050.
by Hamish McRae 2022
3.62
342 ratings
Mine!
by Michael A. Heller • 2021
Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.
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2k+
Mine! Summary
Mine! 88%
Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.
by Michael A. Heller 2021
4.11
2k+ ratings
Hidden Order
by David D. Friedman • 1996
Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.
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527
Hidden Order Summary
Hidden Order 88%
Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.
by David D. Friedman 1996
3.75
527 ratings
The Platform Delusion
by Jonathan A. Knee • 2021
Not all platforms are created equal. The economic physics that separate Airbnb from Uber.
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223
The Platform Delusion Summary
The Platform Delusion 88%
Not all platforms are created equal. The economic physics that separate Airbnb from Uber.
by Jonathan A. Knee 2021
3.98
223 ratings
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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3k+
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back Summary
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back 88%
Recessions come in two kinds. The fix that cures one will destroy the other.
by Tim Harford 2013
3.92
3k+ ratings
Butterfly Economics
by Paul Ormerod • 1998
Crash without a shock: how firms and crowds generate boom, bust, and everything in between.
3.69
223
Butterfly Economics Summary
Butterfly Economics 88%
Crash without a shock: how firms and crowds generate boom, bust, and everything in between.
by Paul Ormerod 1998
3.69
223 ratings
Capitalism without Capital
by Jonathan Haskel • 2017
Investment shifted from machines to ideas, and ideas refuse to follow the old economic rules.
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2k+
Capitalism without Capital Summary
Capitalism without Capital 88%
Investment shifted from machines to ideas, and ideas refuse to follow the old economic rules.
by Jonathan Haskel 2017
3.78
2k+ ratings
Who Owns the Future?
by Jaron Lanier • 2013
Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.
3.77
4k+
Who Owns the Future? Summary
Who Owns the Future? 88%
Free services enter the internet. Middle-class jobs leave. A plan to reverse the pump.
by Jaron Lanier 2013
3.77
4k+ ratings
Working in Public
by Nadia Eghbal • 2020
Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.
3.92
951
Working in Public Summary
Working in Public 88%
Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.
by Nadia Eghbal 2020
3.92
951 ratings
Technofeudalism
by Yanis Varoufakis • 2023
Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.
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Technofeudalism Summary
Technofeudalism 88%
Capitalism is dead. The successor isn't socialism but a digital feudalism run by tech platforms.
by Yanis Varoufakis 2023
4.02
10k+ ratings
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
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
The People's Platform
by Astra Taylor • 2012
Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.
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610
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform 88%
Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.
by Astra Taylor 2012
4.04
610 ratings
Machine, Platform, Crowd
by Andrew McAfee • 2018
Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.
4.04
3k+
Machine, Platform, Crowd Summary
Machine, Platform, Crowd 88%
Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.
by Andrew McAfee 2018
4.04
3k+ ratings
The (Mis) Behavior of Markets
by Benoît B. Mandelbrot • 1997
Ten trading days can hold half a market's losses, and the standard models never see them coming.
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6k+
The (Mis) Behavior of Markets Summary
The (Mis) Behavior of Markets 88%
Ten trading days can hold half a market's losses, and the standard models never see them coming.
by Benoît B. Mandelbrot 1997
4.09
6k+ ratings
Slouching Towards Utopia
by J. Bradford DeLong • 2022
The engine of mass prosperity was built after 1870. We never learned to steer it toward utopia.
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2k+
Slouching Towards Utopia Summary
Slouching Towards Utopia 88%
The engine of mass prosperity was built after 1870. We never learned to steer it toward utopia.
by J. Bradford DeLong 2022
3.92
2k+ ratings
Why Information Grows
by César A. Hidalgo • 2015
Economies grow when knowledge solidifies into products. Information is physical, not abstract.
3.97
2k+
Why Information Grows Summary
Why Information Grows 88%
Economies grow when knowledge solidifies into products. Information is physical, not abstract.
by César A. Hidalgo 2015
3.97
2k+ ratings
The Rainforest
by Victor W. Hwang • 2012
Free markets can't build a Silicon Valley. The real secret is engineering trust between strangers.
4.07
238
The Rainforest Summary
The Rainforest 88%
Free markets can't build a Silicon Valley. The real secret is engineering trust between strangers.
by Victor W. Hwang 2012
4.07
238 ratings
SuperFreakonomics
by Steven D. Levitt • 2009
Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.
4.00
135k+
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics 88%
Incentives, not morality, explain prostitution, terrorism, and climate change. The data proves it.
by Steven D. Levitt 2009
4.00
135k+ ratings
Cheaponomics
by Michael S. Carolan • 2014
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
3.65
20
Cheaponomics Summary
Cheaponomics 88%
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
by Michael S. Carolan 2014
3.65
20 ratings
Scale and Scope
by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. • 1990
Why some firms dominate for decades while rivals vanish: the secret isn't technology or capital.
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71
Scale and Scope Summary
Scale and Scope 88%
Why some firms dominate for decades while rivals vanish: the secret isn't technology or capital.
by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. 1990
3.93
71 ratings
Unscaled
by Hemant Taneja • 2018
Size used to win. Now AI lets lean companies rent what big corporations had to build.
3.86
331
Unscaled Summary
Unscaled 88%
Size used to win. Now AI lets lean companies rent what big corporations had to build.
by Hemant Taneja 2018
3.86
331 ratings
The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Power Laws of Nature
by Richard Koch • 2013
Work less and win more: the 93 laws from nature that multiply your business results.
3.66
524
The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Power Laws of Nature Summary
The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Power Laws of Nature 88%
Work less and win more: the 93 laws from nature that multiply your business results.
by Richard Koch 2013
3.66
524 ratings
Reengineering Retail
by Doug Stephens • 2017
E-commerce ate the store. Here's how to rebuild retail into something worth leaving the couch for.
4.14
442
Reengineering Retail Summary
Reengineering Retail 88%
E-commerce ate the store. Here's how to rebuild retail into something worth leaving the couch for.
by Doug Stephens 2017
4.14
442 ratings
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