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This Time Is Different Summary
This Time Is Different
Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
by Carmen M. Reinhart 2009 460 pages
3.76
7.3K ratings
Economics
History
Finance
FAKE Summary
FAKE
Fake Money, Fake Teachers, Fake Assets: How Lies Are Making the Poor and Middle Class Poorer
by Robert T. Kiyosaki 2019 240 pages
3.73
1.4K ratings
Business
Finance
Money
Why the Rich Are Getting Richer Summary
Why the Rich Are Getting Richer
by Robert T. Kiyosaki 2017 272 pages
3.85
2.0K ratings
Finance
Business
Self Help
Samsung Rising Summary
Samsung Rising
The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech
by Geoffrey Cain 2020 416 pages
3.64
1.6K ratings
Business
Technology
History
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton 2013 362 pages
3.82
2.4K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
by Paul Krugman 2008 224 pages
3.83
8.8K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Little Book of Valuation Summary
The Little Book of Valuation
How to Value a Company, Pick a Stock and Profit
by Aswath Damodaran 2011 256 pages
3.98
2.5K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Trading Book Summary
The Trading Book
A Complete Solution to Mastering Technical Systems and Trading Psychology
by Baiynd 2011 272 pages
3.98
46 ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Obliquity Summary
Obliquity
Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly
by John Kay 2010 224 pages
3.63
1.2K ratings
Business
Economics
Psychology
Predictive Analytics Summary
Predictive Analytics
The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die
by Eric Siegel 2013 320 pages
3.66
2.1K ratings
Business
Science
Technology
Slow Down Summary
Slow Down
The Degrowth Manifesto
by Kōhei Saitō 2020 273 pages
3.94
1.9K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The New Case for Gold Summary
The New Case for Gold
by James Rickards 2016 192 pages
3.99
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 461 pages
4.21
6.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Beating the Street Summary
Beating the Street
by Peter Lynch 1992 336 pages
4.10
9.6K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Power Play Summary
Power Play
Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century
by Tim Higgins 2021 400 pages
4.08
1.8K ratings
Business
Biography
Technology
Competitive Advantage Summary
Competitive Advantage
Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance
by Michael E. Porter 1985 592 pages
4.17
4.8K ratings
Business
Management
Economics
The Origins of Political Order Summary
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama 2011 585 pages
4.18
10.1K ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Brand Failures Summary
Brand Failures
The Truth about the 100 Biggest Branding Mistakes of All Time
by Matt Haig 2003 310 pages
3.58
582 ratings
Business
Economics
Management
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur
America, the True Origins of the Financial Crisis and the Future of the World Economy
by Yanis Varoufakis 2011 252 pages
4.17
2.4K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The System Summary
The System
Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
by Robert B. Reich 2020 224 pages
4.28
3.4K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Worldly Philosophers Summary
The Worldly Philosophers
by Robert L. Heilbroner 1953 368 pages
4.16
8.7K ratings
Economics
Philosophy
History
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm
How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020 320 pages
4.17
2.6K ratings
Science
Politics
Climate Change
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior Summary
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
by John von Neumann 1944 776 pages
4.17
361 ratings
Economics
Mathematics
Science
Stock Market 101 Summary
Stock Market 101
From Bull and Bear Markets to Dividends, Shares, and Margins—Your Essential Guide to the Stock Market
by Michele Cagan 2016 282 pages
4.01
630 ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
The Success Equation Summary
The Success Equation
by Michael J. Mauboussin 2012 320 pages
3.95
1.7K ratings
Business
Finance
Psychology
Design for a Better World Summary
Design for a Better World
Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered
by Donald A. Norman 2023 376 pages
3.58
167 ratings
Design
Sustainability
Environment
The Theory of Money and Credit Summary
The Theory of Money and Credit
by Ludwig von Mises 1912 544 pages
4.21
1.2K ratings
Economics
Finance
Philosophy
Fully Automated Luxury Communism Summary
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A Manifesto
by Aaron Bastani 2018 278 pages
3.69
2.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Leading from the Emerging Future Summary
Leading from the Emerging Future
From Ego-System to Eco-System Economies
by C. Otto Scharmer 2013 304 pages
4.28
467 ratings
Leadership
Business
Economics
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014 448 pages
4.01
144 ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
Adults in the Room Summary
Adults in the Room
My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment
by Yanis Varoufakis 2017 561 pages
4.31
5.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Average Is Over Summary
Average Is Over
Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
by Tyler Cowen 2013 304 pages
3.64
2.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Raising Private Capital Summary
Raising Private Capital
Building Your Real Estate Empire Using Other People's Money
by Matt Faircloth 2018 191 pages
4.20
357 ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them Summary
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them
Lessons From The New Science Of Behavioral Economics
by Gary Belsky 1999 224 pages
3.96
1.6K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
by Charles Eisenstein 2011 469 pages
4.22
1.8K ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
Hidden Games Summary
Hidden Games
The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior
by Erez Yoeli 2022 368 pages
3.68
315 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
Doing Good Better Summary
Doing Good Better
How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
by William MacAskill 2015 272 pages
4.19
7.6K ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Economics
Easy Money Summary
Easy Money
Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
by Ben McKenzie 2023 304 pages
3.97
3.3K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Rebel Cities Summary
Rebel Cities
From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
by David Harvey 2012 206 pages
3.92
2.0K ratings
Politics
Urbanism
Urban Studies
The Predators' Ball Summary
The Predators' Ball
The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders
by Connie Bruck 1988 400 pages
4.09
4.3K ratings
Business
Finance
History
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary
The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy
An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
by Pietra Rivoli 2005 258 pages
3.69
2.9K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Mathletics Summary
Mathletics
How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football
by Wayne L. Winston 2009 376 pages
3.78
501 ratings
Sports
Mathematics
Science
The Great Game of Business Summary
The Great Game of Business
Unlocking the Power and Profitability of Open-Book Management
by Jack Stack 1992 252 pages
3.95
2.7K ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
Life at the Bottom Summary
Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
by Theodore Dalrymple 2001 284 pages
4.23
3.8K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Blood and Oil Summary
Blood and Oil
Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power
by Bradley Hope 2020 368 pages
4.25
9.3K ratings
Politics
History
Biography
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary
Wealth Secrets of the One Percent
A Modern Manual to Getting Marvelously, Obscenely Rich
by Sam Wilkin 2015 432 pages
3.69
349 ratings
Business
Finance
Money
Tower of Basel Summary
Tower of Basel
The Shadowy History of the Secret Bank that Runs the World
by Adam LeBor 2013 360 pages
3.81
551 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Theory of Moral Sentiments Summary
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
by Adam Smith 1759 368 pages
4.07
4.5K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Classics
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