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💰 Fiscal Austerity

An examination of government belt-tightening policies, exploring who bears the cost when states choose to cut spending over raising revenue.
Broke
by Glenn Beck • 2010
America's real debt tops $64 trillion. Rome and Spain collapsed the same way.
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💸 National Debt🪙 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government
Broke Summary
Broke 91%
America's real debt tops $64 trillion. Rome and Spain collapsed the same way.
by Glenn Beck 2010
4.01
2k+ ratings
💸 National Debt🪙 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government
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
Day of Reckoning Summary
Day of Reckoning 90%
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
Crashed
by Adam Tooze • 2018
The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.
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💥 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Political Economy
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
Why Save the Bankers?
by Thomas Piketty • 2016
The bailouts rescued banks, not citizens. An economist's plan to put democracy back in charge.
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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Economic Inequality💶 Eurozone Crisis🧾 Progressive Taxation
Why Save the Bankers? Summary
Why Save the Bankers? 90%
The bailouts rescued banks, not citizens. An economist's plan to put democracy back in charge.
by Thomas Piketty 2016
3.61
1k+ ratings
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Economic Inequality💶 Eurozone Crisis🧾 Progressive Taxation
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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🏡 Frugal Living💳 Debt Reduction🗽 Financial Independence
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere Summary
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere 90%
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
Angrynomics
by Eric Lonergan • 2020
Economic anger has two sources: grievances elites ignore, and tribal rage politicians exploit.
3.90
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🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Inequality🏦 Monetary Policy
Angrynomics Summary
Angrynomics 90%
Economic anger has two sources: grievances elites ignore, and tribal rage politicians exploit.
by Eric Lonergan 2020
3.90
842 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Inequality🏦 Monetary Policy
Keeping the Republic
by Mitch Daniels • 2011
A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.
4.02
252
💰 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📉 Fiscal Policy
Keeping the Republic Summary
Keeping the Republic 89%
A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.
by Mitch Daniels 2011
4.02
252 ratings
💰 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📉 Fiscal Policy
Boomerang
by Michael Lewis • 2011
A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.
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🏦 Financial Crises🌍 Global Finance📰 Financial Journalism
Boomerang Summary
Boomerang 89%
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
Paper Promises
by Philip Coggan • 2011
The gold standard died in 1914. The debt-fueled system that replaced it is dying now.
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💰 Monetary History🏦 Sovereign Debt⚖️ Debt Politics
Paper Promises Summary
Paper Promises 89%
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
The Deficit Myth
by Stephanie Kelton • 2020
A currency issuer never runs out of money. The real spending limit is inflation, not debt.
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💵 Modern Monetary Theory📊 Fiscal Policy💸 Deficit Spending
The Deficit Myth Summary
The Deficit Myth 89%
A currency issuer never runs out of money. The real spending limit is inflation, not debt.
by Stephanie Kelton 2020
4.02
10k+ ratings
💵 Modern Monetary Theory📊 Fiscal Policy💸 Deficit Spending
The New Great Depression
by James Rickards • 2021
A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.
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🏛️ Austrian Economics🏦 Monetary Policy Critique📉 Deflation Economics
The New Great Depression Summary
The New Great Depression 89%
A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.
by James Rickards 2021
3.52
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Austrian Economics🏦 Monetary Policy Critique📉 Deflation Economics
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter D. Schiff • 2010
A cartoon island parable about why stimulus and easy credit always end in a crash.
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🏫 Austrian Economics📖 Economic Literacy📉 Inflation Critique
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes 89%
A cartoon island parable about why stimulus and easy credit always end in a crash.
by Peter D. Schiff 2010
4.15
5k+ ratings
🏫 Austrian Economics📖 Economic Literacy📉 Inflation Critique
The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy
by Warren Mosler • 2010
Why taxes don't fund spending, national debt is your savings, and trade deficits are a gift.
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🏦 Modern Monetary Theory🏛️ Central Banking📉 Budget Deficits
The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy Summary
The 7 Deadly Innocent Frauds of Economic Policy 89%
Why taxes don't fund spending, national debt is your savings, and trade deficits are a gift.
by Warren Mosler 2010
3.86
232 ratings
🏦 Modern Monetary Theory🏛️ Central Banking📉 Budget Deficits
The Global Minotaur
by Yanis Varoufakis • 2011
Global prosperity ran on America's twin deficits from the 1970s until 2008. Then the engine died.
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🏦 International Economics🏛️ Political Economy📉 Financial Crises
The Global Minotaur Summary
The Global Minotaur 89%
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
The Privatization of Everything
by Donald Cohen • 2021
The $2,315 COVID test wasn't a glitch. It was privatization, and it has remade American life.
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🏛️ Privatization Critique📊 Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power
The Privatization of Everything Summary
The Privatization of Everything 89%
The $2,315 COVID test wasn't a glitch. It was privatization, and it has remade American life.
by Donald Cohen 2021
4.39
728 ratings
🏛️ Privatization Critique📊 Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power
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
Killing the Host Summary
Killing the Host 89%
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
Adults in the Room
by Yanis Varoufakis • 2017
Europe's unelected chiefs demanded Greece ignore its voters. One minister refused and kept a record.
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💸 Sovereign Debt🇪🇺 European Integration🗣️ Political Memoir
Adults in the Room Summary
Adults in the Room 89%
Europe's unelected chiefs demanded Greece ignore its voters. One minister refused and kept a record.
by Yanis Varoufakis 2017
4.31
5k+ ratings
💸 Sovereign Debt🇪🇺 European Integration🗣️ Political Memoir
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.
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💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 89%
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
The Real Crash
by Peter D. Schiff • 2012
America's recovery is a debt-fueled illusion. The 2008 crash was merely the preview.
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🏫 Austrian Economics💵 Monetary Policy🥇 Gold Standard
The Real Crash Summary
The Real Crash 89%
America's recovery is a debt-fueled illusion. The 2008 crash was merely the preview.
by Peter D. Schiff 2012
3.88
1k+ ratings
🏫 Austrian Economics💵 Monetary Policy🥇 Gold Standard
First Principles
by John Brian Taylor • 2012
America's prosperity was built on five economic principles. Then it abandoned every one of them.
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🏦 Monetary Policy💰 Fiscal Policy🗽 Economic Freedom
First Principles Summary
First Principles 89%
America's prosperity was built on five economic principles. Then it abandoned every one of them.
by John Brian Taylor 2012
3.67
105 ratings
🏦 Monetary Policy💰 Fiscal Policy🗽 Economic Freedom
Empire of Debt
by William Bonner • 2005
Empires take tribute from subjects. America borrows from them instead, and the bill is due.
3.90
332
🏛️ Sovereign Debt🏚️ Imperial Decline🏫 Austrian Economics
Empire of Debt Summary
Empire of Debt 89%
Empires take tribute from subjects. America borrows from them instead, and the bill is due.
by William Bonner 2005
3.90
332 ratings
🏛️ Sovereign Debt🏚️ Imperial Decline🏫 Austrian Economics
50 Economics Classics
by Tom Butler-Bowdon • 2017
Fifty classics, one insight each: the ideas that built modern capitalism, and the euro's fatal flaw.
4.21
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📚 Economics Primers🇪🇺 Eurozone Crisis💰 Monetary Policy
50 Economics Classics Summary
50 Economics Classics 89%
Fifty classics, one insight each: the ideas that built modern capitalism, and the euro's fatal flaw.
by Tom Butler-Bowdon 2017
4.21
569 ratings
📚 Economics Primers🇪🇺 Eurozone Crisis💰 Monetary Policy
The Capital Order
by Clara E. Mattei • 2022
Austerity was invented to protect capitalism from democracy. Its first triumph: Italian fascism.
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📊 Political Economy📜 Economic History⚔️ Class Struggle
The Capital Order Summary
The Capital Order 89%
Austerity was invented to protect capitalism from democracy. Its first triumph: Italian fascism.
by Clara E. Mattei 2022
4.33
506 ratings
📊 Political Economy📜 Economic History⚔️ Class Struggle
A Fine Mess
by T.R. Reid • 2017
Six billion hours a year on taxes. Other countries need minutes. The reform we keep ignoring.
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🧾 Tax Reform🏛️ Public Finance🕳️ Tax Loopholes
A Fine Mess Summary
A Fine Mess 88%
Six billion hours a year on taxes. Other countries need minutes. The reform we keep ignoring.
by T.R. Reid 2017
4.24
1k+ ratings
🧾 Tax Reform🏛️ Public Finance🕳️ Tax Loopholes
The Art of Frugal Hedonism
by Annie Raser-Rowland • 2017
Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.
3.62
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🧮 Frugal Living🌿 Simple Living🚫 Anti-Consumerism
The Art of Frugal Hedonism Summary
The Art of Frugal Hedonism 88%
Spend nothing to feel rich: how to live luxuriously on less by retraining your senses.
by Annie Raser-Rowland 2017
3.62
7k+ ratings
🧮 Frugal Living🌿 Simple Living🚫 Anti-Consumerism
Capitalizing on Crisis
by Greta R. Krippner • 2011
Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.
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🏛️ Political Economy📜 Financial History📉 Financial Deregulation
Capitalizing on Crisis Summary
Capitalizing on Crisis 88%
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
All That Is Solid
by Danny Dorling • 2014
Britain has a third more bedrooms than people. The housing disaster is engineered, not inevitable.
3.55
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🏘️ Housing Policy💰 Wealth Inequality📈 Financialization
All That Is Solid Summary
All That Is Solid 88%
Britain has a third more bedrooms than people. The housing disaster is engineered, not inevitable.
by Danny Dorling 2014
3.55
144 ratings
🏘️ Housing Policy💰 Wealth Inequality📈 Financialization
Modern Money Theory
by L. Randall Wray • 2012
Taxes don't pay for government. They make its currency desirable. The real rules start from there.
4.22
327
💸 Modern Money Theory🏦 Monetary Economics📊 Fiscal Policy
Modern Money Theory Summary
Modern Money Theory 88%
Taxes don't pay for government. They make its currency desirable. The real rules start from there.
by L. Randall Wray 2012
4.22
327 ratings
💸 Modern Money Theory🏦 Monetary Economics📊 Fiscal Policy
The Price of Federalism
by Paul E. Peterson • 1995
Washington redistributes; states compete for growth. The pattern leaves Rust Belt cities behind.
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19
💰 Fiscal Federalism🇺🇸 American Federalism📊 Public Finance
The Price of Federalism Summary
The Price of Federalism 88%
Washington redistributes; states compete for growth. The pattern leaves Rust Belt cities behind.
by Paul E. Peterson 1995
3.37
19 ratings
💰 Fiscal Federalism🇺🇸 American Federalism📊 Public Finance
Early Retirement Extreme
by Jacob Lund Fisker • 2010
Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.
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🏦 Financial Independence🧮 Extreme Frugality🌱 Voluntary Simplicity
Early Retirement Extreme Summary
Early Retirement Extreme 88%
Retire in five years: save 75% of your income and learn to do absolutely everything yourself.
by Jacob Lund Fisker 2010
3.96
4k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Independence🧮 Extreme Frugality🌱 Voluntary Simplicity
The Minimalist Budget
by Aaron Kiely • 2018
A budget built on wanting less: track dollars, cut what doesn't matter, let the gap compound.
3.07
15
💰 Personal Finance🧾 Frugal Living🏠 Minimalist Lifestyle
The Minimalist Budget Summary
The Minimalist Budget 88%
A budget built on wanting less: track dollars, cut what doesn't matter, let the gap compound.
by Aaron Kiely 2018
3.07
15 ratings
💰 Personal Finance🧾 Frugal Living🏠 Minimalist Lifestyle
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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🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary History⚡ Energy Economics
The Breaking Point Summary
The Breaking Point 88%
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
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
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 88%
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
Anti-System Politics
by Jonathan Hopkin • 2020
Market rule produces its own opposition: anti-system left and right are the predictable backlash.
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🏛 Political Economy💰 Neoliberalism🗳 Populism
Anti-System Politics Summary
Anti-System Politics 88%
Market rule produces its own opposition: anti-system left and right are the predictable backlash.
by Jonathan Hopkin 2020
3.90
51 ratings
🏛 Political Economy💰 Neoliberalism🗳 Populism
When the Money Runs Out
by Stephen D. King • 2013
Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.
3.63
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📉 Economic Stagnation⚖️ Global Imbalances💸 Financial Crises
When the Money Runs Out Summary
When the Money Runs Out 88%
Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.
by Stephen D. King 2013
3.63
206 ratings
📉 Economic Stagnation⚖️ Global Imbalances💸 Financial Crises
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
Bailout Nation Summary
Bailout Nation 88%
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
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
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail 88%
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
The Great Risk Shift
by Jacob S. Hacker • 2006
Income swings five times more than in the 1970s; the safety net was dismantled on purpose.
3.81
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📉 Financial Fragility🛡️ Safety Net Erosion💼 Job Insecurity
The Great Risk Shift Summary
The Great Risk Shift 88%
Income swings five times more than in the 1970s; the safety net was dismantled on purpose.
by Jacob S. Hacker 2006
3.81
274 ratings
📉 Financial Fragility🛡️ Safety Net Erosion💼 Job Insecurity
In Our Hands
by Charles Murray • 2006
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
3.74
290
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands 88%
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
by Charles Murray 2006
3.74
290 ratings
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society
Kaput
by Wolfgang Münchau • 2006
Germany's economic miracle is over, and the model that built it is what killed it.
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🏭 Industrial Policy📦 Export-Led Growth⛽ Energy Dependency
Kaput Summary
Kaput 88%
Germany's economic miracle is over, and the model that built it is what killed it.
by Wolfgang Münchau 2006
4.01
2k+ ratings
🏭 Industrial Policy📦 Export-Led Growth⛽ Energy Dependency
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.
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💰 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises Summary
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises 88%
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
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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🏦 Monetary Policy🫧 Asset Bubbles📜 Financial History
The Price of Time Summary
The Price of Time 88%
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
Cashflow Cookbook
by Gordon Stein • 2017
Sixty small spending changes that compound into a two-million-dollar nest egg.
3.44
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📊 Personal Finance🧹 Frugal Living📈 Compound Savings
Cashflow Cookbook Summary
Cashflow Cookbook 88%
Sixty small spending changes that compound into a two-million-dollar nest egg.
by Gordon Stein 2017
3.44
9 ratings
📊 Personal Finance🧹 Frugal Living📈 Compound Savings
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.
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🚨 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance🏦 Shadow Banking
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 88%
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
Pound Foolish
by Helaine Olen • 2012
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
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🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help
Pound Foolish Summary
Pound Foolish 88%
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
by Helaine Olen 2012
3.67
2k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help
Our Lives in Their Portfolios
by Brett Christophers • 2023
The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.
4.00
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🔑 Rentier Capitalism📊 Financialization🏦 Institutional Investment
Our Lives in Their Portfolios Summary
Our Lives in Their Portfolios 88%
The invisible firms that bought your apartment, your toll road, and your power grid.
by Brett Christophers 2023
4.00
303 ratings
🔑 Rentier Capitalism📊 Financialization🏦 Institutional Investment
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer • 2014
Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.
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🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich 88%
Rent, interest, and capital gains: the unearned incomes that build fortunes and wreck the planet.
by Andrew Sayer 2014
4.02
149 ratings
🏦 Rentier Capitalism🏝️ Tax Havens📈 Financialization
Modernising Money
by Andrew Jackson • 2012
Banks create 97% of all money through lending. That hidden power drives every crash.
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🔄 Monetary Reform🏛️ Banking Reform💵 Money Creation
Modernising Money Summary
Modernising Money 88%
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
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
by Madeline Pendleton • 2024
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
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💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 88%
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
by Madeline Pendleton 2024
4.52
4k+ ratings
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity
Trade Wars Are Class Wars
by Matthew C. Klein • 2020
The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.
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🏛️ Political Economy⚖️ Global Imbalances💰 Inequality And Trade
Trade Wars Are Class Wars Summary
Trade Wars Are Class Wars 88%
The real trade war is between classes, not nations. Money flows, not goods, tell the story.
by Matthew C. Klein 2020
4.11
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy⚖️ Global Imbalances💰 Inequality And Trade
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