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🏦 Credit And Capital

Investigations into how lending, borrowing, and the flow of capital shape economies, power structures, and individual lives.
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
by Steve Keen • 2017
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
4.22
281
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money📈 Post-Keynesian Economics🏠 Household Debt
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 92%
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
by Steve Keen 2017
4.22
281 ratings
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money📈 Post-Keynesian Economics🏠 Household Debt
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
A Nation of Deadbeats
by Scott Reynolds Nelson • 2012
American booms and busts trace to borrowed optimism meeting foreign distrust.
3.69
136
📜 American Economic History📉 Financial Panics🫧 Speculative Bubbles🌍 Global Capital Flows🏦 Banking History
A Nation of Deadbeats Summary
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
Money
by David McWilliams • 2024
Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.
4.17
3k+
💰 Monetary History💳 Credit And Debt📉 Boom And Bust👑 Power And Money💡 Financial Innovation
Money Summary
Money 91%
Before coins, trust was scarce. How money became the scaffolding of civilization.
by David McWilliams 2024
4.17
3k+ ratings
💰 Monetary History💳 Credit And Debt📉 Boom And Bust👑 Power And Money💡 Financial Innovation
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
Can "It" Happen Again?
by Hyman P. Minsky • 1982
Stability plants the seeds of crisis: why capitalism's calmest moments are its most dangerous.
4.31
52
🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics📉 Financial Crises🎲 Speculative Finance🔗 Debt And Leverage🏦 Monetary Policy
Can "It" Happen Again? Summary
Can "It" Happen Again? 91%
Stability plants the seeds of crisis: why capitalism's calmest moments are its most dangerous.
by Hyman P. Minsky 1982
4.31
52 ratings
🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics📉 Financial Crises🎲 Speculative Finance🔗 Debt And Leverage🏦 Monetary Policy
Paper Promises
by Philip Coggan • 2011
The gold standard died in 1914. The debt-fueled system that replaced it is dying now.
3.94
552
💰 Monetary History🏦 Sovereign Debt⚖️ Debt Politics💥 Financial Crises🔄 Minskyan Economics
Paper Promises Summary
Paper Promises 91%
The gold standard died in 1914. The debt-fueled system that replaced it is dying now.
by Philip Coggan 2011
3.94
552 ratings
💰 Monetary History🏦 Sovereign Debt⚖️ Debt Politics💥 Financial Crises🔄 Minskyan Economics
The Price of Time
by Edward Chancellor • 2022
Interest kept low for too long doesn't stimulate: it creates bubbles, zombies, and oligarchs.
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3k+
🏦 Monetary Policy🫧 Asset Bubbles📜 Financial History⚖️ Economic Inequality🦅 Austrian Economics
The Price of Time Summary
The Price of Time 91%
Interest kept low for too long doesn't stimulate: it creates bubbles, zombies, and oligarchs.
by Edward Chancellor 2022
4.15
3k+ ratings
🏦 Monetary Policy🫧 Asset Bubbles📜 Financial History⚖️ Economic Inequality🦅 Austrian Economics
Crisis Economics
by Nouriel Roubini • 2010
Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.
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3k+
💥 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance⚠️ Systemic Risk💸 Debt And Leverage🫧 Market Bubbles
Crisis Economics Summary
Crisis Economics 91%
Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.
by Nouriel Roubini 2010
3.84
3k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance⚠️ Systemic Risk💸 Debt And Leverage🫧 Market Bubbles
The New Lombard Street
by Perry G. Mehrling • 2010
The Fed's 1873 playbook broke in 2008. The new role: dealer of last resort.
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274
🏦 Central Banking📜 Monetary History🔧 Financial Plumbing🔄 Credit Cycles🕶️ Shadow Banking
The New Lombard Street Summary
The New Lombard Street 91%
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
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere
by Jason Kelly • 2010
Credit cards, car loans, and mortgages are not tools. They are the traps that keep Americans broke.
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134
🏡 Frugal Living💳 Debt Reduction🗽 Financial Independence🛒 Consumer Debt🏦 Austrian Economics
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere Summary
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere 91%
Credit cards, car loans, and mortgages are not tools. They are the traps that keep Americans broke.
by Jason Kelly 2010
3.50
134 ratings
🏡 Frugal Living💳 Debt Reduction🗽 Financial Independence🛒 Consumer Debt🏦 Austrian Economics
Bailout Nation
by Barry Ritholtz • 2009
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
3.87
572
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles💰 Corporate Bailouts⚠️ Moral Hazard
Bailout Nation Summary
Bailout Nation 91%
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
by Barry Ritholtz 2009
3.87
572 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles💰 Corporate Bailouts⚠️ Moral Hazard
Capital Wars
by Michael J. Howell • 2020
Interest rates are a sideshow. A $130 trillion pool of global capital actually drives the economy.
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🌐 Global Capital Flows🏦 Monetary Policy🔄 Financial Cycles💵 Currency Dominance💥 Financial Crises
Capital Wars Summary
Capital Wars 91%
Interest rates are a sideshow. A $130 trillion pool of global capital actually drives the economy.
by Michael J. Howell 2020
4.22
102 ratings
🌐 Global Capital Flows🏦 Monetary Policy🔄 Financial Cycles💵 Currency Dominance💥 Financial Crises
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 Breaking Point
by James Dale Davidson • 2016
Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.
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42
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary History⚡ Energy Economics🏛️ Crony Capitalism🔄 Civilization Cycles
The Breaking Point Summary
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 Money Problem
by Morgan Ricks • 2016
Panics, not bubbles, destroy economies. And panics start wherever short-term debt acts like cash.
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45
📋 Financial Regulation🏦 Shadow Banking🏃 Bank Runs💵 Money Creation👑 Sovereign Money
The Money Problem Summary
The Money Problem 91%
Panics, not bubbles, destroy economies. And panics start wherever short-term debt acts like cash.
by Morgan Ricks 2016
4.33
45 ratings
📋 Financial Regulation🏦 Shadow Banking🏃 Bank Runs💵 Money Creation👑 Sovereign Money
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
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises
by Ray Dalio • 2018
Debt crises are predictable. They follow a template, and the policy playbook is four moves.
4.35
3k+
💰 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy📊 Economic Cycles📜 Macroeconomic History
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises Summary
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises 91%
Debt crises are predictable. They follow a template, and the policy playbook is four moves.
by Ray Dalio 2018
4.35
3k+ ratings
💰 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy📊 Economic Cycles📜 Macroeconomic History
The Bankers' New Clothes
by Anat Admati • 2013
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
3.83
776
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail⚠️ Moral Hazard📉 Leverage
The Bankers' New Clothes Summary
The Bankers' New Clothes 90%
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
by Anat Admati 2013
3.83
776 ratings
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail⚠️ Moral Hazard📉 Leverage
Other People's Money
by John Kay • 2015
Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.
3.92
1k+
🏦 Financial Systems📈 Financialization⚠️ Systemic Risk🏛️ Regulatory Capture🎲 Moral Hazard
Other People's Money Summary
Other People's Money 90%
Daily currency trading exceeds global trade a hundredfold. The rest is finance feeding on finance.
by John Kay 2015
3.92
1k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Systems📈 Financialization⚠️ Systemic Risk🏛️ Regulatory Capture🎲 Moral Hazard
Broke, USA
by Gary Rivlin • 2010
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
3.71
1k+
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion🏠 Subprime Crisis🔄 Debt Cycles
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA 90%
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
by Gary Rivlin 2010
3.71
1k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion🏠 Subprime Crisis🔄 Debt Cycles
Modernising Money
by Andrew Jackson • 2012
Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.
4.34
53
🔄 Monetary Reform🏛️ Banking Reform💵 Money Creation🔒 Full-Reserve Banking🗳️ Economic Democracy
Modernising Money Summary
Modernising Money 90%
Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.
by Andrew Jackson 2012
4.34
53 ratings
🔄 Monetary Reform🏛️ Banking Reform💵 Money Creation🔒 Full-Reserve Banking🗳️ Economic Democracy
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 Summary
Killing the Host 90%
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 Fiat Standard
by Saifedean Ammous • 2021
Money backed by nothing but debt reshapes human behavior from the table to the battlefield.
4.24
2k+
🏛️ Austrian Economics📜 Monetary History₿ Bitcoin Advocacy💳 Debt And Credit🏦 Central Banking
The Fiat Standard Summary
The Fiat Standard 90%
Money backed by nothing but debt reshapes human behavior from the table to the battlefield.
by Saifedean Ammous 2021
4.24
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Austrian Economics📜 Monetary History₿ Bitcoin Advocacy💳 Debt And Credit🏦 Central Banking
Corporate Capital Structures in the United States
by Benjamin M. Friedman • 2009
Inflation turned corporate debt into a tax shelter: the hidden engine of postwar borrowing.
3.50
2
🏢 Corporate Finance📊 Capital Structure💰 Corporate Taxation📈 Option Pricing Theory🔍 Agency Costs
Corporate Capital Structures in the United States Summary
Corporate Capital Structures in the United States 90%
Inflation turned corporate debt into a tax shelter: the hidden engine of postwar borrowing.
by Benjamin M. Friedman 2009
3.50
2 ratings
🏢 Corporate Finance📊 Capital Structure💰 Corporate Taxation📈 Option Pricing Theory🔍 Agency Costs
Financial Adulting
by Ashley Feinstein Gerstley • 2022
Personal finance for the system we actually live in, not the one your parents had.
4.16
205
💰 Personal Finance Basics📊 Budgeting📈 Investment Basics💳 Debt Management✊ Consumer Activism
Financial Adulting Summary
Financial Adulting 90%
Personal finance for the system we actually live in, not the one your parents had.
by Ashley Feinstein Gerstley 2022
4.16
205 ratings
💰 Personal Finance Basics📊 Budgeting📈 Investment Basics💳 Debt Management✊ Consumer Activism
This Time Is Different
by Carmen M. Reinhart • 2009
Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.
3.76
7k+
💥 Financial Crises📜 Economic History🏛️ Financial History💸 Debt And Leverage🔄 Boom And Bust Cycles
This Time Is Different Summary
This Time Is Different 90%
Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.
by Carmen M. Reinhart 2009
3.76
7k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises📜 Economic History🏛️ Financial History💸 Debt And Leverage🔄 Boom And Bust Cycles
Crashed
by Adam Tooze • 2018
The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.
4.29
4k+
💥 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Political Economy✂️ Austerity Politics🌍 Geopolitics
Crashed Summary
Crashed 90%
The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.
by Adam Tooze 2018
4.29
4k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Political Economy✂️ Austerity Politics🌍 Geopolitics
The Volatility Machine
by Michael Pettis • 2001
A country's debt is a machine that turns small external shocks into full-blown financial collapses.
4.51
143
🏦 Emerging Markets💸 Sovereign Debt📉 Financial Crises🛡️ Risk Management🌍 Global Capital
The Volatility Machine Summary
The Volatility Machine 90%
A country's debt is a machine that turns small external shocks into full-blown financial collapses.
by Michael Pettis 2001
4.51
143 ratings
🏦 Emerging Markets💸 Sovereign Debt📉 Financial Crises🛡️ Risk Management🌍 Global Capital
A Pragmatist's Guide to Leveraged Finance
by Robert S. Kricheff • 2012
A framework for analyzing high-yield bonds and leveraged loans, from ratios to covenants.
4.23
139
🏦 Leveraged Finance🔍 Credit Analysis📊 Fixed Income Analysis📈 Financial Modeling⚡ Event-Driven Analysis
A Pragmatist's Guide to Leveraged Finance Summary
A Pragmatist's Guide to Leveraged Finance 90%
A framework for analyzing high-yield bonds and leveraged loans, from ratios to covenants.
by Robert S. Kricheff 2012
4.23
139 ratings
🏦 Leveraged Finance🔍 Credit Analysis📊 Fixed Income Analysis📈 Financial Modeling⚡ Event-Driven Analysis
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism
by John Hope Bryant • 2014
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
3.99
210
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking💸 Predatory Lending💭 Poverty Psychology
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism Summary
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism 90%
The poor aren't a drain; they're an untapped engine. A blueprint for making capitalism include them.
by John Hope Bryant 2014
3.99
210 ratings
🧠 Financial Literacy📈 Credit Repair🏦 Community Banking💸 Predatory Lending💭 Poverty Psychology
The End of Alchemy
by Mervyn A. King • 2016
Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.
4.07
2k+
🏦 Monetary Policy📉 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking❓ Unknowable Futures🔧 Banking Reform
The End of Alchemy Summary
The End of Alchemy 90%
Your bank lends your deposit out for decades. You can demand it back this afternoon.
by Mervyn A. King 2016
4.07
2k+ ratings
🏦 Monetary Policy📉 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking❓ Unknowable Futures🔧 Banking Reform
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 90%
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
Financial Literacy
by Connel Fullenkamp • 2003
Financial products all do the same few things. Spot the pattern once and the complexity dissolves.
4.00
258
🧠 Financial Literacy📊 Financial Markets🕵️ Asymmetric Information💳 Credit And Lending🛡️ Risk Management
Financial Literacy Summary
Financial Literacy 90%
Financial products all do the same few things. Spot the pattern once and the complexity dissolves.
by Connel Fullenkamp 2003
4.00
258 ratings
🧠 Financial Literacy📊 Financial Markets🕵️ Asymmetric Information💳 Credit And Lending🛡️ Risk Management
Reckless Endangerment
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
3.96
2k+
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending💰 Wall Street Excess🔍 Investigative Journalism
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment 90%
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011
3.96
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending💰 Wall Street Excess🔍 Investigative Journalism
Values
by Mark Carney • 2021
What markets can't price, they destroy. A central banker's plan to fix capitalism before it breaks.
3.65
3k+
🏛️ Market Fundamentalism📜 Financial Regulation🏦 Central Banking🌍 Climate Economics🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism
Values Summary
Values 90%
What markets can't price, they destroy. A central banker's plan to fix capitalism before it breaks.
by Mark Carney 2021
3.65
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Market Fundamentalism📜 Financial Regulation🏦 Central Banking🌍 Climate Economics🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism
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 90%
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
Too Big to Fail
by Gary H. Stern • 2004
Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.
3.60
25
🏦 Banking Regulation📉 Financial Crises⚠️ Moral Hazard🔗 Systemic Risk💰 Bank Bailouts
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail 90%
Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.
by Gary H. Stern 2004
3.60
25 ratings
🏦 Banking Regulation📉 Financial Crises⚠️ Moral Hazard🔗 Systemic Risk💰 Bank Bailouts
Central Banking 101
by Joseph J. Wang • 2021
Your bank deposits aren't stored cash. A former Fed trader explains the hidden machinery of money.
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1k+
🏦 Central Banking💵 Money And Banking🏚️ Shadow Banking💲 Dollar Hegemony📉 Financial Crises
Central Banking 101 Summary
Central Banking 101 90%
Your bank deposits aren't stored cash. A former Fed trader explains the hidden machinery of money.
by Joseph J. Wang 2021
4.39
1k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking💵 Money And Banking🏚️ Shadow Banking💲 Dollar Hegemony📉 Financial Crises
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 90%
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
Meltdown
by Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2009
The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.
4.08
2k+
🏛️ Austrian Economics📉 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking⚠️ Moral Hazard🏠 Housing Bubble
Meltdown Summary
Meltdown 90%
The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.
by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009
4.08
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Austrian Economics📉 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking⚠️ Moral Hazard🏠 Housing Bubble
Debt
by David Graeber • 2011
Barter never happened. Credit predates coinage, and debt is how violence became morality.
4.21
27k+
📜 Economic History💰 Anthropology Of Money🪙 Origins Of Money🏦 Credit Systems⚖️ Debt And Morality
Debt Summary
Debt 90%
Barter never happened. Credit predates coinage, and debt is how violence became morality.
by David Graeber 2011
4.21
27k+ ratings
📜 Economic History💰 Anthropology Of Money🪙 Origins Of Money🏦 Credit Systems⚖️ Debt And Morality
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
by Paul Krugman • 2008
2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.
3.83
9k+
🚨 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance🏦 Shadow Banking💰 Monetary Policy⚖️ Financial Regulation
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 90%
2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.
by Paul Krugman 2008
3.83
9k+ ratings
🚨 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance🏦 Shadow Banking💰 Monetary Policy⚖️ Financial Regulation
Collusion
by Nomi Prins • 2018
Central banks print trillions from nothing to prop up the rich, with no way to stop.
3.69
334
🏦 Central Banking📈 Monetary Policy💸 Quantitative Easing📉 Financial Crises💲 Dollar Hegemony
Collusion Summary
Collusion 90%
Central banks print trillions from nothing to prop up the rich, with no way to stop.
by Nomi Prins 2018
3.69
334 ratings
🏦 Central Banking📈 Monetary Policy💸 Quantitative Easing📉 Financial Crises💲 Dollar Hegemony
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 90%
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
When Markets Collide
by Mohamed El-Erian • 2008
Emerging markets drive growth, new instruments hide risk, and the old economic playbook is obsolete.
3.52
790
🌍 Global Macro Investing📈 Emerging Markets💸 Global Capital Flows⚠️ Risk Management🗂️ Portfolio Strategy
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When Markets Collide 90%
Emerging markets drive growth, new instruments hide risk, and the old economic playbook is obsolete.
by Mohamed El-Erian 2008
3.52
790 ratings
🌍 Global Macro Investing📈 Emerging Markets💸 Global Capital Flows⚠️ Risk Management🗂️ Portfolio Strategy
Boomerang
by Michael Lewis • 2011
A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.
3.90
48k+
🏦 Financial Crises🌍 Global Finance📰 Financial Journalism🎭 Cultural Economics💸 Sovereign Debt
Boomerang Summary
Boomerang 90%
A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.
by Michael Lewis 2011
3.90
48k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🌍 Global Finance📰 Financial Journalism🎭 Cultural Economics💸 Sovereign Debt
The Road to Ruin
by James Rickards • 2016
The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.
4.05
1k+
🌐 Global Finance💥 Financial Crises🏦 Monetary Policy🔗 Complexity Theory🛡️ Wealth Preservation
The Road to Ruin Summary
The Road to Ruin 90%
The next financial crisis is scripted: a global currency switch, and gold is the escape hatch.
by James Rickards 2016
4.05
1k+ ratings
🌐 Global Finance💥 Financial Crises🏦 Monetary Policy🔗 Complexity Theory🛡️ Wealth Preservation
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
by George Soros • 2008
Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.
3.42
2k+
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Asset Bubbles⚠️ Market Instability⛓️ Laissez-Faire Critique📋 Financial Regulation
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets Summary
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets 90%
Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.
by George Soros 2008
3.42
2k+ ratings
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Asset Bubbles⚠️ Market Instability⛓️ Laissez-Faire Critique📋 Financial Regulation
Money
by Jacob Goldstein • 2020
Money is a story we agree to believe, and its history is stranger than textbooks admit.
4.19
7k+
🏛️ Monetary History📉 Financial Crises🤝 Money And Trust🏦 History Of Central Banking🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins
Money Summary
Money 90%
Money is a story we agree to believe, and its history is stranger than textbooks admit.
by Jacob Goldstein 2020
4.19
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Monetary History📉 Financial Crises🤝 Money And Trust🏦 History Of Central Banking🪙 Cryptocurrency Origins
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