💰 Capitalism Origins

Historical investigations into how capitalism emerged — from feudal land relations, colonial extraction, and mercantile innovation — reshaping the world in its wake.

Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3

by Fernand Braudel • 1979

Capitalism thrives by avoiding the market. How monopolies, not competition, built the modern world.

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498

🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🌐 World-Systems Theory 📜 Annales School ⏳ Macrohistory 🔄 Economic Cycles

Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3 Summary

Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3 93%

Capitalism thrives by avoiding the market. How monopolies, not competition, built the modern world.

by Fernand Braudel 1979

4.44

498 ratings

🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🌐 World-Systems Theory 📜 Annales School ⏳ Macrohistory 🔄 Economic Cycles

Studies in the Development of Capitalism

by Maurice Dobb • 2007

Capitalism was born when peasants lost their land and had nothing left to sell but their own labor.

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📈 Economic History 📊 Marxist Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Class Analysis 📜 Historical Materialism

Studies in the Development of Capitalism Summary

Studies in the Development of Capitalism 93%

Capitalism was born when peasants lost their land and had nothing left to sell but their own labor.

by Maurice Dobb 2007

3.85

62 ratings

📈 Economic History 📊 Marxist Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Class Analysis 📜 Historical Materialism

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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1k+

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Capitalism 💰 Financial History ⚙️ Industrial Revolution 🚂 Infrastructure History

An Empire of Wealth 92%

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.

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2k+

🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏢 Business History 💵 Monetary History ⚖️ Government And Markets

Capitalism in America 92%

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

Capitalism and Its Critics

by John Cassidy • 2025

The critics capitalism tried to ignore, and the 200-year history that proves they were right.

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512

🔬 Intellectual History 🏭 Economic History ⚡ Critiques Of Capitalism ⛓️ Colonial Capitalism 📉 Crisis Cycles

Capitalism and Its Critics 92%

The critics capitalism tried to ignore, and the 200-year history that proves they were right.

by John Cassidy 2025

4.19

512 ratings

🔬 Intellectual History 🏭 Economic History ⚡ Critiques Of Capitalism ⛓️ Colonial Capitalism 📉 Crisis Cycles

Capitalism Unbound

by Andrew Bernstein • 2009

Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.

4.36

🗿 Objectivism 💼 Laissez-Faire ⚖️ Moral Philosophy ✊ Individual Rights 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

Capitalism Unbound 92%

Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.

by Andrew Bernstein 2009

4.36

50 ratings

🗿 Objectivism 💼 Laissez-Faire ⚖️ Moral Philosophy ✊ Individual Rights 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

The Mind and the Market

by Jerry Z. Muller • 2002

Thinkers have argued for centuries whether markets free us or enslave us. The fight is unfinished.

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347

📚 Intellectual History 💡 Economic Thought ⚔️ Critique Of Capitalism 🛡️ Defenses Of Capitalism ⚖️ Morality And Markets

The Mind and the Market 92%

Thinkers have argued for centuries whether markets free us or enslave us. The fight is unfinished.

by Jerry Z. Muller 2002

4.17

347 ratings

📚 Intellectual History 💡 Economic Thought ⚔️ Critique Of Capitalism 🛡️ Defenses Of Capitalism ⚖️ Morality And Markets

Empire of Cotton

by Sven Beckert • 2014

Before coal, cotton powered the world. The plantation, not the factory, built modern capitalism.

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4k+

🏛️ Economic History 🧵 Commodity Histories ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism 🌍 Imperialism And Trade 🔗 Supply Chains

Empire of Cotton 92%

Before coal, cotton powered the world. The plantation, not the factory, built modern capitalism.

by Sven Beckert 2014

3.90

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🧵 Commodity Histories ⛓️ Slavery And Capitalism 🌍 Imperialism And Trade 🔗 Supply Chains

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent

by Sam Wilkin • 2015

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

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357

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent 92%

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

by Sam Wilkin 2015

3.71

357 ratings

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

The Familial State

by Julia Adams • 2005

The Dutch Golden Age was built by families who treated the state as private property.

3.91

🏰 Early Modern Europe 🌷 Dutch Golden Age 🏛️ State Formation 🕸️ Kinship Networks 💰 Merchant Capitalism

The Familial State 92%

The Dutch Golden Age was built by families who treated the state as private property.

by Julia Adams 2005

3.91

22 ratings

🏰 Early Modern Europe 🌷 Dutch Golden Age 🏛️ State Formation 🕸️ Kinship Networks 💰 Merchant Capitalism

Concrete Economics

by Stephen S. Cohen • 2015

Free markets didn't build American prosperity. Government did, repeatedly, then we forgot.

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283

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 Industrial Policy 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇺🇸 Economic Nationalism 💰 Financialization

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

Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich

by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey • 2020

Global income rose thirty-fold since 1800. The cause wasn't empire or exploitation: it was a deal.

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164

🏛️ Economic History 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Human Progress 🏭 Industrial Revolution 💡 Innovation Economics

Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich Summary

Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich 91%

Global income rose thirty-fold since 1800. The cause wasn't empire or exploitation: it was a deal.

by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 2020

3.81

164 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Human Progress 🏭 Industrial Revolution 💡 Innovation Economics

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+

📈 Economic History 🏛️ Political Economy 🗓️ Twentieth Century ⚙️ Technological Revolutions 💰 Income Inequality

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

How the West Grew Rich

by Nathan Rosenberg • 1985

Fractured power, secure property, and corporate experiment built a prosperity no empire could match.

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131

📈 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🗺️ State Competition 📜 Property Rights

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

Monopoly Capital

by Paul A. Baran • 1966

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

4.20

276

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

Monopoly Capital 91%

A surplus the system cannot absorb: monopoly capitalism's real engine is not production, but waste.

by Paul A. Baran 1966

4.20

276 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📉 Economic Stagnation 💣 Military-Industrial Complex ⚠️ Crisis Theory

The Victory of Reason

by Rodney Stark • 2005

The 'Dark Ages' were an era of explosive innovation, lit by the Church's obsession with reason.

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927

🏰 Medieval Innovation 💰 Origins Of Capitalism ⛪️ Church And State 🗽 Political Freedom ✝️ Faith And Reason

The Victory of Reason 91%

The 'Dark Ages' were an era of explosive innovation, lit by the Church's obsession with reason.

by Rodney Stark 2005

3.99

927 ratings

🏰 Medieval Innovation 💰 Origins Of Capitalism ⛪️ Church And State 🗽 Political Freedom ✝️ Faith And Reason

Money

by Yuval Noah Harari • 2018

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

3.90

3k+

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

Money 91%

Algorithms are building an economy where the human is the bottleneck, not the point.

by Yuval Noah Harari 2018

3.90

3k+ ratings

💰 History Of Money 🤝 Social Constructs ⚖️ Capitalism Critique ⏳ Technological Determinism 🤖 Future Of Work

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 91%

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

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.

3.93

📊 Industrial Organization 🌐 Comparative Capitalism ⚖️ Economies Of Scale 🏃 First-Mover Advantage 🏢 Managerial Hierarchies

Scale and Scope 91%

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

📊 Industrial Organization 🌐 Comparative Capitalism ⚖️ Economies Of Scale 🏃 First-Mover Advantage 🏢 Managerial Hierarchies

The Value of Everything

by Mariana Mazzucato • 2018

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

4.07

4k+

🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

The Value of Everything 91%

Economics lost the line between earning and extracting. A 150-year mistake now shapes every sector.

by Mariana Mazzucato 2018

4.07

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💎 Value Theory 💹 Financialization 🎰 Rent-Seeking 📊 Shareholder Capitalism

Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies

by Karl Polanyi • 1971

The market system we take for granted is a 200-year anomaly, built on three dangerous fictions.

4.00

🌍 Economic Anthropology 💸 Capitalism Critique 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Non-Market Exchange 🏙️ Market Society

Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies Summary

Primitive, Archaic, and Modern Economies 91%

The market system we take for granted is a 200-year anomaly, built on three dangerous fictions.

by Karl Polanyi 1971

4.00

23 ratings

🌍 Economic Anthropology 💸 Capitalism Critique 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Non-Market Exchange 🏙️ Market Society

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

🏦 American Economic History 📜 Antebellum America 🗳️ Capitalism And Democracy ⚖️ Political Economy 🔨 Labor History

The Market Revolution in America Summary

The Market Revolution in America 91%

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

Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol 2

by Fernand Braudel • 1979

Markets are transparent. Capitalism is their shadow, thriving on distance and state collusion.

4.47

603

🏛️ Economic History 💰 Merchant Capitalism 🚢 Long-Distance Trade ⚖️ Political Economy 🌍 Global Divergence

Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol 2 Summary

Civilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol 2 91%

Markets are transparent. Capitalism is their shadow, thriving on distance and state collusion.

by Fernand Braudel 1979

4.47

603 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 💰 Merchant Capitalism 🚢 Long-Distance Trade ⚖️ Political Economy 🌍 Global Divergence

The Age of Acquiescence

by Steve Fraser • 2015

Mass movements once made America ungovernable for the rich. Now extreme inequality meets silence.

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454

✊ Class Conflict 💰 Wealth Inequality 👷 Labor Movements 🏢 Corporate Power 🏦 American Capitalism

The Age of Acquiescence 91%

Mass movements once made America ungovernable for the rich. Now extreme inequality meets silence.

by Steve Fraser 2015

3.82

454 ratings

✊ Class Conflict 💰 Wealth Inequality 👷 Labor Movements 🏢 Corporate Power 🏦 American Capitalism

The Big Myth

by Naomi Oreskes • 2023

Free market worship was never ancient wisdom. It was a business propaganda campaign.

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712

📉 Economic Myths 🏢 Corporate Lobbying 📢 Propaganda History 🌪️ Deregulation Disasters ⛓️‍💥 Free Market Critique

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

All the Presidents' Bankers

by Nomi Prins • 2014

A century of backroom deals: how bankers, not presidents, drove America's rise to global power.

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539

🏦 Banking History 💰 Political Economy 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Financial Crises 🗽 American Empire

All the Presidents' Bankers 91%

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

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875

by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 1975

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

4.27

5k+

🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism 🎩 Bourgeois Society 🌍 Uneven Development

The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 91%

After 1848, capitalism conquered the globe. Railways, gold, and free trade were its weapons.

by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1975

4.27

5k+ ratings

🏭 Economic History 🔨 Marxist History 🏗️ Industrial Capitalism 🎩 Bourgeois Society 🌍 Uneven Development

The Rise of the Western World

by Douglass C. North • 1973

The West did not rise because of technology. It rose because of property rights.

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171

📊 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔑 Property Rights 🤝 Transaction Costs 🏰 State Formation

The Rise of the Western World 91%

The West did not rise because of technology. It rose because of property rights.

by Douglass C. North 1973

3.85

171 ratings

📊 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔑 Property Rights 🤝 Transaction Costs 🏰 State Formation

Global Capitalism

by Jeffry A. Frieden • 2007

How governments built the first global economy, dismantled it, and rebuilt.

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🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Global Capitalism 🥇 Gold Standard 🚢 International Trade 🌍 Globalization History

Global Capitalism 91%

How governments built the first global economy, dismantled it, and rebuilt.

by Jeffry A. Frieden 2007

3.87

644 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Global Capitalism 🥇 Gold Standard 🚢 International Trade 🌍 Globalization History

Organizing America

by Charles Perrow • 2001

The corporation wasn't a business model. It was a legal weapon engineered to concentrate power.

3.91

📜 Historical Sociology 🏭 Corporate History 🏢 Organizational Theory 🚂 Railroad History ⚖️ Legal Foundations Of Capitalism

Organizing America 91%

The corporation wasn't a business model. It was a legal weapon engineered to concentrate power.

by Charles Perrow 2001

3.91

35 ratings

📜 Historical Sociology 🏭 Corporate History 🏢 Organizational Theory 🚂 Railroad History ⚖️ Legal Foundations Of Capitalism

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution

by Maxine Berg • 2023

Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.

4.42

🏛️ Economic History ⛓️ Atlantic Slavery 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🍬 Colonial Commodities 🟤 Racial Capitalism

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution Summary

Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution 91%

Sugar, copper, cotton, and credit: how enslaved labor built the Industrial Revolution.

by Maxine Berg 2023

4.42

26 ratings

🏛️ Economic History ⛓️ Atlantic Slavery 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🍬 Colonial Commodities 🟤 Racial Capitalism

Saving Capitalism

by Robert B. Reich • 2004

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

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5k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

Saving Capitalism 91%

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 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

The Acquisitive Society

by R.H. Tawney • 1920

When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.

4.09

110

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Critique Of Capitalism ✝️ Christian Socialism 📜 Moral Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice

The Acquisitive Society 91%

When property rights outrank social purpose, owners collect without contributing. The diagnosis.

by R.H. Tawney 1920

4.09

110 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 💰 Critique Of Capitalism ✝️ Christian Socialism 📜 Moral Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

by Joseph A. Schumpeter • 1942

The real threat to capitalism isn't failure. It's its own spectacular success.

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3k+

🏛️ Economic History 🗳️ Political Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 👥 Class Analysis 🚩 Socialism

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Summary

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy 91%

The real threat to capitalism isn't failure. It's its own spectacular success.

by Joseph A. Schumpeter 1942

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3k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🗳️ Political Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 👥 Class Analysis 🚩 Socialism

Global Civil War

by William I. Robinson • 2022

Tech giants, banks, and the military used Covid to fuse into a global surveillance order.

4.13

📊 Political Economy 🌐 Global Capitalism 📈 Marxist Economics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 💻 Digital Capitalism

Global Civil War 91%

Tech giants, banks, and the military used Covid to fuse into a global surveillance order.

by William I. Robinson 2022

4.13

32 ratings

📊 Political Economy 🌐 Global Capitalism 📈 Marxist Economics 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 💻 Digital Capitalism

The Passions and the Interests

by Albert O. Hirschman • 1977

Before capitalism won, it was sold as a check on tyranny and a brake on dangerous passions.

4.14

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📖 Intellectual History 💰 Political Economy 🧠 Political Psychology ⚖️ Political Theory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Enlightenment

The Passions and the Interests 91%

Before capitalism won, it was sold as a check on tyranny and a brake on dangerous passions.

by Albert O. Hirschman 1977

4.14

811 ratings

📖 Intellectual History 💰 Political Economy 🧠 Political Psychology ⚖️ Political Theory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Enlightenment

Defending the Free Market

by Robert Sirico • 2012

Why free markets, not socialism, serve the poor: a priest's moral and theological case.

4.14

258

🏪 Free Market Economics ✝️ Christian Economics ⚖️ Ethics Of Capitalism 🏠 Private Property Rights 🌱 Poverty And Enterprise

Defending the Free Market 91%

Why free markets, not socialism, serve the poor: a priest's moral and theological case.

by Robert Sirico 2012

4.14

258 ratings

🏪 Free Market Economics ✝️ Christian Economics ⚖️ Ethics Of Capitalism 🏠 Private Property Rights 🌱 Poverty And Enterprise

The Moral Economists

by Tim Rogan • 2017

Capitalism's best critics fought for its moral toll, not its material one. We lost that fight.

3.59

🏛️ Political Economy 🧠 Intellectual History 🤝 Ethical Economics ✝️ Christian Socialism 🔨 Marxist Humanism

The Moral Economists 91%

Capitalism's best critics fought for its moral toll, not its material one. We lost that fight.

by Tim Rogan 2017

3.59

41 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🧠 Intellectual History 🤝 Ethical Economics ✝️ Christian Socialism 🔨 Marxist Humanism

The Half Has Never Been Told

by Edward E. Baptist • 2013

Torture, not the cotton gin, drove America's economic miracle. The numbers the textbooks leave out.

4.46

6k+

🏛️ New History Of Capitalism 💰 Racial Capitalism 🌾 Antebellum South 🌿 Cotton Economy 📜 Financialization Of Slavery

The Half Has Never Been Told 91%

Torture, not the cotton gin, drove America's economic miracle. The numbers the textbooks leave out.

by Edward E. Baptist 2013

4.46

6k+ ratings

🏛️ New History Of Capitalism 💰 Racial Capitalism 🌾 Antebellum South 🌿 Cotton Economy 📜 Financialization Of Slavery

Economic Policy

by Ludwig von Mises • 1979

Why price controls always cause queues, and why printing money is a policy, not an accident.

4.34

2k+

🏫 Austrian Economics 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Free Market Economics 💰 Monetary Policy 💸 Inflation

Economic Policy 91%

Why price controls always cause queues, and why printing money is a policy, not an accident.

by Ludwig von Mises 1979

4.34

2k+ ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics 🗽 Classical Liberalism 📈 Free Market Economics 💰 Monetary Policy 💸 Inflation

Socializing Capital

by William G. Roy • 1997

Corporations dominate industry because state law and banks built a system only they could win.

3.90

🏢 Corporate History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📚 Historical Sociology ⚡ Corporate Power 💰 Financial History

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 Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism

by Gerald Horne • 2018

Slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism: fused in the 1600s, they still power the modern world.

4.26

189

🌊 Atlantic History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 💰 Racial Capitalism ◻️ Origins Of Whiteness ⛓️ Slave Trade History

The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism Summary

The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism 91%

Slavery, white supremacy, and capitalism: fused in the 1600s, they still power the modern world.

by Gerald Horne 2018

4.26

189 ratings

🌊 Atlantic History 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 💰 Racial Capitalism ◻️ Origins Of Whiteness ⛓️ Slave Trade History

Transaction Man

by Nicholas Lemann • 2019

America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.

3.71

318

🏢 Corporate Governance 📜 Financial History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📈 Shareholder Capitalism 🏚️ Institutional Decline

Transaction Man 91%

America traded institutions for deals, then deals for networks. Each era left more people behind.

by Nicholas Lemann 2019

3.71

318 ratings

🏢 Corporate Governance 📜 Financial History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📈 Shareholder Capitalism 🏚️ Institutional Decline

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 💰 Rent Extraction ✂️ Austerity Critique

Killing the Host 91%

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 💰 Rent Extraction ✂️ Austerity Critique

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

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary History ⚡ Energy Economics 🏛️ Crony Capitalism 🔄 Civilization Cycles

The Breaking Point 91%

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 Birth of Plenty

by William J. Bernstein • 2004

Four conditions built the modern world; without them, even silver empires collapse.

4.19

858

📜 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔐 Property Rights 🔬 Scientific Revolution 💹 Capital Markets

The Birth of Plenty 91%

Four conditions built the modern world; without them, even silver empires collapse.

by William J. Bernstein 2004

4.19

858 ratings

📜 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔐 Property Rights 🔬 Scientific Revolution 💹 Capital Markets

The Tycoons

by Charles R. Morris • 2005

Four rival industrialists, four methods, one generation: how America became the world's factory.

3.74

2k+

🏛️ Gilded Age 🚂 Railroads 💰 Robber Barons 🏭 Industrial Revolution 📊 Corporate Consolidation

The Tycoons 91%

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

Our Lives in Their Portfolios

by Brett Christophers • 2023

The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.

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