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🇺🇸 Us Economic History

Books tracing the booms, busts, and structural transformations that shaped the American economy from its agrarian origins to its modern complexity. Readers gain perspective on how past economic forces continue to shape present realities.
An Empire of Wealth
by John Steele Gordon • 2004
How a scrappy republic became the engine of global capitalism, from canals to microchips.
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🏛️ Economic History🏭 American Capitalism💰 Financial History⚙️ Industrial Revolution🚂 Infrastructure History
An Empire of Wealth Summary
An Empire of Wealth 94%
How a scrappy republic became the engine of global capitalism, from canals to microchips.
by John Steele Gordon 2004
4.10
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🏭 American Capitalism💰 Financial History⚙️ Industrial Revolution🚂 Infrastructure History
Capitalism in America
by Alan Greenspan • 2018
America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.
4.06
2k+
🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Business History💵 Monetary History⚖️ Government And Markets
Capitalism in America Summary
Capitalism in America 93%
America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.
by Alan Greenspan 2018
4.06
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Business History💵 Monetary History⚖️ Government And Markets
The Market Revolution in America
by John Lauritz Larson • 2009
From the Erie Canal to the cotton fields, free markets built America and then tore it apart.
3.60
88
🏦 American Economic History📜 Antebellum America🗳️ Capitalism And Democracy⚖️ Political Economy🔨 Labor History
The Market Revolution in America Summary
The Market Revolution in America 93%
From the Erie Canal to the cotton fields, free markets built America and then tore it apart.
by John Lauritz Larson 2009
3.60
88 ratings
🏦 American Economic History📜 Antebellum America🗳️ Capitalism And Democracy⚖️ Political Economy🔨 Labor History
Marketcrafters
by Chris Hughes • 2025
Free markets are a myth. A century of government building and bailing out the American economy.
3.78
178
🏛️ Economic History⚖️ Political Economy🏭 Industrial Policy🏦 Central Banking📋 Financial Regulation
Marketcrafters Summary
Marketcrafters 93%
Free markets are a myth. A century of government building and bailing out the American economy.
by Chris Hughes 2025
3.78
178 ratings
🏛️ Economic History⚖️ Political Economy🏭 Industrial Policy🏦 Central Banking📋 Financial Regulation
Essays on the Great Depression
by Ben S. Bernanke • 2000
Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.
3.77
133
🏛️ Economic History💰 Monetary Economics🥇 Gold Standard🏦 Banking Crises📉 Debt Deflation
Essays on the Great Depression Summary
Essays on the Great Depression 93%
Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.
by Ben S. Bernanke 2000
3.77
133 ratings
🏛️ Economic History💰 Monetary Economics🥇 Gold Standard🏦 Banking Crises📉 Debt Deflation
The Rise and Fall of American Growth
by Robert J. Gordon • 2016
Indoor plumbing, electricity, and the car transformed daily life in ways the internet never will.
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🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Economy⚙️ Technological Change🏠 Standard Of Living🏭 Industrial Revolutions
The Rise and Fall of American Growth Summary
The Rise and Fall of American Growth 93%
Indoor plumbing, electricity, and the car transformed daily life in ways the internet never will.
by Robert J. Gordon 2016
4.18
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Economy⚙️ Technological Change🏠 Standard Of Living🏭 Industrial Revolutions
A Nation of Deadbeats
by Scott Reynolds Nelson • 2012
American booms and busts trace to borrowed optimism meeting foreign distrust.
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136
📜 American Economic History📉 Financial Panics🫧 Speculative Bubbles🌍 Global Capital Flows🏦 Banking History
A Nation of Deadbeats Summary
A Nation of Deadbeats 93%
American booms and busts trace to borrowed optimism meeting foreign distrust.
by Scott Reynolds Nelson 2012
3.69
136 ratings
📜 American Economic History📉 Financial Panics🫧 Speculative Bubbles🌍 Global Capital Flows🏦 Banking History
America's Bank
by Roger Lowenstein • 2015
In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.
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🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary History📉 Financial Panics🎩 Gilded Age Banking🗳️ Progressive Era
America's Bank Summary
America's Bank 93%
In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.
by Roger Lowenstein 2015
3.81
1k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary History📉 Financial Panics🎩 Gilded Age Banking🗳️ Progressive Era
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1
by Allan H. Meltzer • 2003
The Federal Reserve's founding doctrines caused the Great Depression and the 1937 recession.
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53
🏦 Federal Reserve History💰 Monetary Policy📉 Great Depression🥇 Gold Standard📚 Institutional History
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1 Summary
A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume 1 93%
The Federal Reserve's founding doctrines caused the Great Depression and the 1937 recession.
by Allan H. Meltzer 2003
4.04
53 ratings
🏦 Federal Reserve History💰 Monetary Policy📉 Great Depression🥇 Gold Standard📚 Institutional History
Railroaded
by Richard White • 2011
Corrupt, overbuilt, taxpayer-funded: the transcontinentals failed their way into modern America.
3.63
912
🚂 Railroad History💰 Gilded Age🏜️ American West🕵️ Corporate Corruption🏛️ Political Economy
Railroaded Summary
Railroaded 93%
Corrupt, overbuilt, taxpayer-funded: the transcontinentals failed their way into modern America.
by Richard White 2011
3.63
912 ratings
🚂 Railroad History💰 Gilded Age🏜️ American West🕵️ Corporate Corruption🏛️ Political Economy
The Great Crash 1929
by John Kenneth Galbraith • 1955
Authorities knew a crash was coming; five structural flaws ensured it became the Great Depression.
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📜 Financial History📉 Stock Market Crashes🫧 Speculative Bubbles🧠 Market Psychology🏛️ Institutional Economics
The Great Crash 1929 Summary
The Great Crash 1929 92%
Authorities knew a crash was coming; five structural flaws ensured it became the Great Depression.
by John Kenneth Galbraith 1955
3.92
6k+ ratings
📜 Financial History📉 Stock Market Crashes🫧 Speculative Bubbles🧠 Market Psychology🏛️ Institutional Economics
Concrete Economics
by Stephen S. Cohen • 2015
Free markets didn't build American prosperity. Government did, repeatedly, then we forgot.
3.87
283
🏛️ Economic History🏭 Industrial Policy🏗️ State-Led Development🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism💰 Financialization
Concrete Economics Summary
Concrete Economics 92%
Free markets didn't build American prosperity. Government did, repeatedly, then we forgot.
by Stephen S. Cohen 2015
3.87
283 ratings
🏛️ Economic History🏭 Industrial Policy🏗️ State-Led Development🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism💰 Financialization
The Big Change
by Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952
America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.
3.95
243
📖 American History🕰️ Early 20th Century🔄 Economic Transformation📈 Social Mobility🏢 Corporate America
The Big Change Summary
The Big Change 92%
America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952
3.95
243 ratings
📖 American History🕰️ Early 20th Century🔄 Economic Transformation📈 Social Mobility🏢 Corporate America
The Forgotten Man
by Amity Shlaes • 2007
The 1929 crash didn't cause a decade of misery. Government experiments did, and the taxpayer paid.
3.91
6k+
🏚️ Great Depression📜 New Deal Criticism📈 Free Market Economics🗳️ Public Choice Theory🏛️ Regulatory State
The Forgotten Man Summary
The Forgotten Man 92%
The 1929 crash didn't cause a decade of misery. Government experiments did, and the taxpayer paid.
by Amity Shlaes 2007
3.91
6k+ ratings
🏚️ Great Depression📜 New Deal Criticism📈 Free Market Economics🗳️ Public Choice Theory🏛️ Regulatory State
J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker
by J.R. MacGregor • 2019
He rescued American capitalism twice, so the government built the Federal Reserve to replace him.
3.87
143
🎭 Gilded Age🏦 Banking History📈 Wall Street History📉 Financial Panics🏛️ Federal Reserve Origins
J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker Summary
J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker 92%
He rescued American capitalism twice, so the government built the Federal Reserve to replace him.
by J.R. MacGregor 2019
3.87
143 ratings
🎭 Gilded Age🏦 Banking History📈 Wall Street History📉 Financial Panics🏛️ Federal Reserve Origins
Made in the USA
by Vaclav Smil • 2013
How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.
3.76
510
🏛️ Economic History🏭 American Industry⚡ Energy Economics📉 Deindustrialization🔗 Supply Chains
Made in the USA Summary
Made in the USA 92%
How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.
by Vaclav Smil 2013
3.76
510 ratings
🏛️ Economic History🏭 American Industry⚡ Energy Economics📉 Deindustrialization🔗 Supply Chains
1929
by Andrew Ross Sorkin • 2025
A $255-a-month prosecutor took down Wall Street. The 1929 crash was never about greed.
4.16
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🏛️ Financial History📉 Stock Market Crashes🏦 Wall Street History💳 Credit And Debt📋 Banking Regulation
1929 Summary
1929 92%
A $255-a-month prosecutor took down Wall Street. The 1929 crash was never about greed.
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2025
4.16
31k+ ratings
🏛️ Financial History📉 Stock Market Crashes🏦 Wall Street History💳 Credit And Debt📋 Banking Regulation
21st Century Monetary Policy
by Ben S. Bernanke • 2022
A former Fed chair on how panics, not plans, built the central bank's arsenal.
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🏦 Central Banking💵 Monetary Policy🏛️ Institutional History📉 Financial Crises📊 Modern Macroeconomics
21st Century Monetary Policy Summary
21st Century Monetary Policy 92%
A former Fed chair on how panics, not plans, built the central bank's arsenal.
by Ben S. Bernanke 2022
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking💵 Monetary Policy🏛️ Institutional History📉 Financial Crises📊 Modern Macroeconomics
The New Lombard Street
by Perry G. Mehrling • 2010
The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.
4.26
274
🏦 Central Banking📜 Monetary History🔧 Financial Plumbing🔄 Credit Cycles🕶️ Shadow Banking
The New Lombard Street Summary
The New Lombard Street 92%
The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.
by Perry G. Mehrling 2010
4.26
274 ratings
🏦 Central Banking📜 Monetary History🔧 Financial Plumbing🔄 Credit Cycles🕶️ Shadow Banking
Hall of Mirrors
by Barry Eichengreen • 2014
History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.
4.01
296
📉 Financial Crises📜 Economic History💵 Monetary Policy🏦 Central Banking🔄 Historical Parallels
Hall of Mirrors Summary
Hall of Mirrors 92%
History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.
by Barry Eichengreen 2014
4.01
296 ratings
📉 Financial Crises📜 Economic History💵 Monetary Policy🏦 Central Banking🔄 Historical Parallels
Freedom's Forge
by Arthur Herman • 2012
The decisive American weapon in World War II wasn't the atomic bomb; it was the assembly line.
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🇺🇸 American Business History🏭 Wartime Production🏗️ Mass Production📈 Economic History📋 Government Contracting
Freedom's Forge Summary
Freedom's Forge 92%
The decisive American weapon in World War II wasn't the atomic bomb; it was the assembly line.
by Arthur Herman 2012
4.33
3k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Business History🏭 Wartime Production🏗️ Mass Production📈 Economic History📋 Government Contracting
The Tycoons
by Charles R. Morris • 2005
Four rival industrialists, four methods, one generation: how America became the world's factory.
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🏛️ Gilded Age🚂 Railroads💰 Robber Barons🏭 Industrial Revolution📊 Corporate Consolidation
The Tycoons Summary
The Tycoons 92%
Four rival industrialists, four methods, one generation: how America became the world's factory.
by Charles R. Morris 2005
3.74
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Gilded Age🚂 Railroads💰 Robber Barons🏭 Industrial Revolution📊 Corporate Consolidation
Goliath
by Matt Stoller • 2019
A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.
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⚖️ Antitrust Policy🏢 Corporate Power🔄 Neoliberalism📜 New Deal Economics🎓 Chicago School Economics
Goliath Summary
Goliath 92%
A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.
by Matt Stoller 2019
4.23
1k+ ratings
⚖️ Antitrust Policy🏢 Corporate Power🔄 Neoliberalism📜 New Deal Economics🎓 Chicago School Economics
All the Presidents' Bankers
by Nomi Prins • 2014
A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.
4.07
539
🏦 Banking History💰 Political Economy🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Financial Crises🗽 American Empire
All the Presidents' Bankers Summary
All the Presidents' Bankers 92%
A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.
by Nomi Prins 2014
4.07
539 ratings
🏦 Banking History💰 Political Economy🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Financial Crises🗽 American Empire
Lombard Street
by Walter Bagehot • 1873
All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.
3.89
435
🏦 Central Banking🚨 Financial Panics🔄 Credit Cycles🧠 Market Psychology📚 Classical Economics
Lombard Street Summary
Lombard Street 91%
All England's credit rests on one institution. When it wobbles, the money market panics.
by Walter Bagehot 1873
3.89
435 ratings
🏦 Central Banking🚨 Financial Panics🔄 Credit Cycles🧠 Market Psychology📚 Classical Economics
The Race between Education and Technology
by Claudia Goldin • 2008
The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.
3.81
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📈 Economic History🏫 Education Policy👷 Human Capital💰 Income Inequality⚙️ Technological Change
The Race between Education and Technology Summary
The Race between Education and Technology 91%
The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.
by Claudia Goldin 2008
3.81
189 ratings
📈 Economic History🏫 Education Policy👷 Human Capital💰 Income Inequality⚙️ Technological Change
Day of Reckoning
by Benjamin M. Friedman • 1989
The 1980s turned America's prosperity into a mortgage, with the next generation as collateral.
3.38
13
🏛️ Fiscal Policy⚖️ Political Economy💸 National Debt🇺🇸📉 American Decline🚢 Trade Deficits
Day of Reckoning Summary
Day of Reckoning 91%
The 1980s turned America's prosperity into a mortgage, with the next generation as collateral.
by Benjamin M. Friedman 1989
3.38
13 ratings
🏛️ Fiscal Policy⚖️ Political Economy💸 National Debt🇺🇸📉 American Decline🚢 Trade Deficits
Freedom from Fear
by David M. Kennedy • 1999
How World War I's broken peace became the Depression, and World War II made modern America.
4.21
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🏚️ Great Depression🏛️ New Deal Era⚔️ World War Two🏠 Home Front🛑 American Isolationism
Freedom from Fear Summary
Freedom from Fear 91%
How World War I's broken peace became the Depression, and World War II made modern America.
by David M. Kennedy 1999
4.21
5k+ ratings
🏚️ Great Depression🏛️ New Deal Era⚔️ World War Two🏠 Home Front🛑 American Isolationism
The Ascent of Money
by Niall Ferguson • 2007
Wars are won on bond markets, not battlefields. A financial historian rewrites the story of power.
3.90
31k+
🏛️ Financial History📈 Economic History🏦 Banking Systems🌐 Global Finance📉 Financial Crises
The Ascent of Money Summary
The Ascent of Money 91%
Wars are won on bond markets, not battlefields. A financial historian rewrites the story of power.
by Niall Ferguson 2007
3.90
31k+ ratings
🏛️ Financial History📈 Economic History🏦 Banking Systems🌐 Global Finance📉 Financial Crises
The Man Who Knew
by Sebastian Mallaby • 2016
The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.
4.32
1k+
🏦 Central Banking💹 Monetary Policy📜 Economic History🛡️ Financial Regulation🕊️ Free-Market Thought
The Man Who Knew Summary
The Man Who Knew 91%
The jazz musician who ran the American economy, and the libertarian faith that almost broke it.
by Sebastian Mallaby 2016
4.32
1k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking💹 Monetary Policy📜 Economic History🛡️ Financial Regulation🕊️ Free-Market Thought
Land of Promise
by Michael Lind • 2012
America's economic history is a tug-of-war between two founders: one who built, one who dismantled.
3.91
397
📜 Economic History🏛️ Political Economy🏭 Industrial Revolutions🔬 State-Led Innovation📉 Rising Inequality
Land of Promise Summary
Land of Promise 91%
America's economic history is a tug-of-war between two founders: one who built, one who dismantled.
by Michael Lind 2012
3.91
397 ratings
📜 Economic History🏛️ Political Economy🏭 Industrial Revolutions🔬 State-Led Innovation📉 Rising Inequality
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🎣 Predatory Lending🚫 Financial Exclusion
How the Other Half Banks Summary
How the Other Half Banks 91%
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🎣 Predatory Lending🚫 Financial Exclusion
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.
3.92
2k+
📈 Economic History🏛️ Political Economy🗓️ Twentieth Century⚙️ Technological Revolutions💰 Income Inequality
Slouching Towards Utopia Summary
Slouching Towards Utopia 91%
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
📈 Economic History🏛️ Political Economy🗓️ Twentieth Century⚙️ Technological Revolutions💰 Income Inequality
Easy Money
by Vivek Kaul • 2013
Money's 2,500-year history is a single story: governments debase, bubbles burst, and no one learns.
4.16
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🪙 Monetary History🫧 Financial Bubbles🏦 Central Banking🥇 Gold Standard💸 Currency Debasement
Easy Money Summary
Easy Money 91%
Money's 2,500-year history is a single story: governments debase, bubbles burst, and no one learns.
by Vivek Kaul 2013
4.16
224 ratings
🪙 Monetary History🫧 Financial Bubbles🏦 Central Banking🥇 Gold Standard💸 Currency Debasement
Capitalizing on Crisis
by Greta R. Krippner • 2011
Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.
4.35
181
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Financial History📉 Financial Deregulation🏦 Monetary Policy🎭 Depoliticization
Capitalizing on Crisis Summary
Capitalizing on Crisis 91%
Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.
by Greta R. Krippner 2011
4.35
181 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Financial History📉 Financial Deregulation🏦 Monetary Policy🎭 Depoliticization
The Visible Hand
by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. • 1977
Markets didn't coordinate the modern economy. Management did. And it started with the railroads.
4.05
348
🏛️ Business History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Organizational Theory🔗 Vertical Integration👔 Managerial Class
The Visible Hand Summary
The Visible Hand 91%
Markets didn't coordinate the modern economy. Management did. And it started with the railroads.
by Alfred D. Chandler Jr. 1977
4.05
348 ratings
🏛️ Business History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Organizational Theory🔗 Vertical Integration👔 Managerial Class
The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900
by Richard Franklin Bensel • 2000
How did Gilded Age democracy coexist with industrial capitalism? Tariffs, gold, and the courts.
3.50
22
🏛️ Political Economy🕰️ Gilded Age🇺🇸 American Political Development🏭 Industrialization📜 Tariff Politics
The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900 Summary
The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900 91%
How did Gilded Age democracy coexist with industrial capitalism? Tariffs, gold, and the courts.
by Richard Franklin Bensel 2000
3.50
22 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🕰️ Gilded Age🇺🇸 American Political Development🏭 Industrialization📜 Tariff Politics
Paper Soldiers
by Saleha Mohsin • 2024
Treasury secretaries turned the dollar into a weapon. Now the world is engineering its replacement.
3.68
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🏛️ Financial History💵 Reserve Currency⚔️ Economic Warfare🇺🇸 American Hegemony🌐 Political Economy
Paper Soldiers Summary
Paper Soldiers 91%
Treasury secretaries turned the dollar into a weapon. Now the world is engineering its replacement.
by Saleha Mohsin 2024
3.68
256 ratings
🏛️ Financial History💵 Reserve Currency⚔️ Economic Warfare🇺🇸 American Hegemony🌐 Political Economy
The Big Myth
by Naomi Oreskes • 2023
Free market worship was never ancient wisdom. It was a business propaganda campaign.
4.36
712
📉 Economic Myths🏢 Corporate Lobbying📢 Propaganda History🌪️ Deregulation Disasters⛓️‍💥 Free Market Critique
The Big Myth Summary
The Big Myth 91%
Free market worship was never ancient wisdom. It was a business propaganda campaign.
by Naomi Oreskes 2023
4.36
712 ratings
📉 Economic Myths🏢 Corporate Lobbying📢 Propaganda History🌪️ Deregulation Disasters⛓️‍💥 Free Market Critique
The Technology Trap
by Carl Benedikt Frey • 2019
The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?
4.10
657
🏛️ Economic History👷 Labor Economics🏭 Industrial Revolution🤖 Technological Unemployment⚖️ Inequality And Technology
The Technology Trap Summary
The Technology Trap 91%
The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?
by Carl Benedikt Frey 2019
4.10
657 ratings
🏛️ Economic History👷 Labor Economics🏭 Industrial Revolution🤖 Technological Unemployment⚖️ Inequality And Technology
Money Changes Everything
by William N. Goetzmann • 2016
Five thousand years of contracts and compound interest built cities, empires, and global trade.
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530
🏦 Financial History🌏 Comparative Economics🏛️ Sovereign Debt💥 Bubbles And Crises🎲 Financial Risk
Money Changes Everything Summary
Money Changes Everything 91%
Five thousand years of contracts and compound interest built cities, empires, and global trade.
by William N. Goetzmann 2016
4.03
530 ratings
🏦 Financial History🌏 Comparative Economics🏛️ Sovereign Debt💥 Bubbles And Crises🎲 Financial Risk
Socializing Capital
by William G. Roy • 1997
Corporations dominate industry because state law and banks built a system only they could win.
3.90
21
🏢 Corporate History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📚 Historical Sociology⚡ Corporate Power💰 Financial History
Socializing Capital Summary
Socializing Capital 91%
Corporations dominate industry because state law and banks built a system only they could win.
by William G. Roy 1997
3.90
21 ratings
🏢 Corporate History🇺🇸 American Capitalism📚 Historical Sociology⚡ Corporate Power💰 Financial History
The Great Exception
by Jefferson R. Cowie • 2016
The New Deal era was a historical anomaly built on crisis and compromise; it won't return.
3.90
203
🏭 Labor History🗽 20th Century America📜 New Deal Era🔄 Revisionist History💔 Class Fragmentation
The Great Exception Summary
The Great Exception 91%
The New Deal era was a historical anomaly built on crisis and compromise; it won't return.
by Jefferson R. Cowie 2016
3.90
203 ratings
🏭 Labor History🗽 20th Century America📜 New Deal Era🔄 Revisionist History💔 Class Fragmentation
American Taxation, American Slavery
by Robin L. Einhorn • 2006
The anti-government tradition Americans celebrate was built to shield slavery, not liberty.
4.17
46
📈 Economic History💰 Tax History⛓ Slave Power⚔️ Sectional Conflict⚖️ Constitutional Law
American Taxation, American Slavery Summary
American Taxation, American Slavery 91%
The anti-government tradition Americans celebrate was built to shield slavery, not liberty.
by Robin L. Einhorn 2006
4.17
46 ratings
📈 Economic History💰 Tax History⛓ Slave Power⚔️ Sectional Conflict⚖️ Constitutional Law
Lords of Finance
by Liaquat Ahamed • 2009
The Great Depression was not inevitable; four powerful bankers steered the world into it.
4.04
17k+
🏦 Central Banking History🥇 Gold Standard📉 Great Depression History💥 Financial Crises📖 Popular Economics
Lords of Finance Summary
Lords of Finance 91%
The Great Depression was not inevitable; four powerful bankers steered the world into it.
by Liaquat Ahamed 2009
4.04
17k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking History🥇 Gold Standard📉 Great Depression History💥 Financial Crises📖 Popular Economics
Money and Power
by William D. Cohan • 2011
Goldman Sachs's rise from a near-fatal 1970 crisis to the most powerful bank in the world.
3.85
2k+
🏦 Investment Banking🏛️ Wall Street History📜 Corporate Biography📉 Financial Crises🤝 Banking Culture
Money and Power Summary
Money and Power 91%
Goldman Sachs's rise from a near-fatal 1970 crisis to the most powerful bank in the world.
by William D. Cohan 2011
3.85
2k+ ratings
🏦 Investment Banking🏛️ Wall Street History📜 Corporate Biography📉 Financial Crises🤝 Banking Culture
The House of Morgan
by Ron Chernow • 1990
Before the Federal Reserve, a single private bank rescued Wall Street and answered to no one.
3.96
13k+
🏛️ Banking History👑 Financial Dynasties📈 Wall Street History🎩 Gilded Age⚖️ Financial Regulation
The House of Morgan Summary
The House of Morgan 91%
Before the Federal Reserve, a single private bank rescued Wall Street and answered to no one.
by Ron Chernow 1990
3.96
13k+ ratings
🏛️ Banking History👑 Financial Dynasties📈 Wall Street History🎩 Gilded Age⚖️ Financial Regulation
Industry and Empire
by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1968
Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.
3.92
574
📈 Economic History🏭 Industrial Revolution🇬🇧 British History🏛️ Marxist Historiography👥 History From Below
Industry and Empire Summary
Industry and Empire 91%
Britain's industrial head start created an empire-dependent economy destined to fall behind.
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1968
3.92
574 ratings
📈 Economic History🏭 Industrial Revolution🇬🇧 British History🏛️ Marxist Historiography👥 History From Below
How the West Grew Rich
by Nathan Rosenberg • 1985
Fractured power, secure property, and corporate experiment built a prosperity no empire could match.
3.67
131
📈 Economic History🏛️ Institutional Economics🏭 Industrial Revolution🗺️ State Competition📜 Property Rights
How the West Grew Rich Summary
How the West Grew Rich 91%
Fractured power, secure property, and corporate experiment built a prosperity no empire could match.
by Nathan Rosenberg 1985
3.67
131 ratings
📈 Economic History🏛️ Institutional Economics🏭 Industrial Revolution🗺️ State Competition📜 Property Rights
The Creature from Jekyll Island
by G. Edward Griffin • 1994
A private cartel creates every dollar as debt, then destroys 90 percent of its value.
4.29
7k+
🏦 Central Banking📜 Monetary History🏛️ Austrian Economics🥇 Gold Standard🔍 Hidden History
The Creature from Jekyll Island Summary
The Creature from Jekyll Island 91%
A private cartel creates every dollar as debt, then destroys 90 percent of its value.
by G. Edward Griffin 1994
4.29
7k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking📜 Monetary History🏛️ Austrian Economics🥇 Gold Standard🔍 Hidden History
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