🏦 Market Institutions

The rules, norms, and organizational structures that make markets possible — from stock exchanges to regulatory bodies to the informal customs that govern trade.

Who Gets What ― and Why

by Alvin E. Roth • 2015

The hidden rules that allocate jobs, schools, and kidneys.

3.86

3k+

📐 Market Design 🤝 Matching Markets ⚙️ Mechanism Design 📱 Platform Economics 🔨 Auction Theory

Who Gets What ― and Why 92%

The hidden rules that allocate jobs, schools, and kidneys.

by Alvin E. Roth 2015

3.86

3k+ ratings

📐 Market Design 🤝 Matching Markets ⚙️ Mechanism Design 📱 Platform Economics 🔨 Auction Theory

The Architecture of Markets

by Neil Fligstein • 2001

Markets are built by states, firms, and shared beliefs, not spontaneous order.

4.15

🧑‍🔬 Economic Sociology 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Institutional Economics 🌐 Comparative Capitalism 📋 Corporate Governance

The Architecture of Markets 91%

Markets are built by states, firms, and shared beliefs, not spontaneous order.

by Neil Fligstein 2001

4.15

52 ratings

🧑‍🔬 Economic Sociology 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Institutional Economics 🌐 Comparative Capitalism 📋 Corporate Governance

The Sociology Of Economic Life

by Mark Granovetter • 1991

Markets don't float free of society. They run on trust, gossip, handshakes, and who you know.

3.80

🏗️ Economic Sociology 🕸️ Social Networks 🏭 Comparative Capitalism 🏪 Market Formation 📜 Weberian Sociology

The Sociology Of Economic Life 91%

Markets don't float free of society. They run on trust, gossip, handshakes, and who you know.

by Mark Granovetter 1991

3.80

35 ratings

🏗️ Economic Sociology 🕸️ Social Networks 🏭 Comparative Capitalism 🏪 Market Formation 📜 Weberian Sociology

The Sharing Economy

by Arun Sundararajan • 2016

Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.

3.66

491

🤝 Sharing Economy 🔌 Platform Economics 🚗 Gig Economy 🤖 Future Of Work 💼 Independent Work

The Sharing Economy 91%

Trust between strangers, scaled by smartphones, is building an economy that sidesteps the firm.

by Arun Sundararajan 2016

3.66

491 ratings

🤝 Sharing Economy 🔌 Platform Economics 🚗 Gig Economy 🤖 Future Of Work 💼 Independent Work

Capitalism

by Fred L. Block • 2018

Capitalism is not a system. It is a story invented to make reform look dangerous.

3.63

🏛️ Political Economy 🔗 Economic Sociology 🧱 Market Society Critique 🗳️ Democratic Capitalism 🏗️ Institutional Economics

Capitalism 91%

Capitalism is not a system. It is a story invented to make reform look dangerous.

by Fred L. Block 2018

3.63

19 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🔗 Economic Sociology 🧱 Market Society Critique 🗳️ Democratic Capitalism 🏗️ Institutional Economics

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 Truth About Markets

by John Kay • 2003

Institutions and history, not ideology, explain why some nations grow rich while most stay poor.

3.85

362

📋 Institutional Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Development Economics 🦋 Complexity Economics 🧠 Knowledge Economy

The Truth About Markets 91%

Institutions and history, not ideology, explain why some nations grow rich while most stay poor.

by John Kay 2003

3.85

362 ratings

📋 Institutional Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Development Economics 🦋 Complexity Economics 🧠 Knowledge Economy

Trading and Exchanges

by Larry Harris • 2002

The hidden rules of exchanges determine who wins and who pays for every trade.

4.24

345

🏛️ Market Microstructure 🔍 Price Discovery 🕵️ Adverse Selection 💧 Liquidity Risk 🏪 Dealer Markets

Trading and Exchanges 91%

The hidden rules of exchanges determine who wins and who pays for every trade.

by Larry Harris 2002

4.24

345 ratings

🏛️ Market Microstructure 🔍 Price Discovery 🕵️ Adverse Selection 💧 Liquidity Risk 🏪 Dealer Markets

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 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

Everything for Sale

by Robert Kuttner • 1997

Every real market depends on rules it cannot create, and a democracy it can easily consume.

3.94

🏛️ Political Economy ⚠️ Market Failures 🌐 Public Goods 🗳️ Social Democracy 📐 Institutional Economics

Everything for Sale 91%

Every real market depends on rules it cannot create, and a democracy it can easily consume.

by Robert Kuttner 1997

3.94

80 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚠️ Market Failures 🌐 Public Goods 🗳️ Social Democracy 📐 Institutional Economics

Basic Economics

by Thomas Sowellm • 2000

Prices coordinate strangers. Ignore their signal and good intentions breed shortages and decay.

4.37

15k+

📈 Free Market Economics 📚 Economic Literacy 💰 Price Theory 🎯 Incentive Analysis 🔄 Unintended Consequences

Basic Economics 91%

Prices coordinate strangers. Ignore their signal and good intentions breed shortages and decay.

by Thomas Sowellm 2000

4.37

15k+ ratings

📈 Free Market Economics 📚 Economic Literacy 💰 Price Theory 🎯 Incentive Analysis 🔄 Unintended Consequences

The Power of Market Fundamentalism

by Fred L. Block • 2014

The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.

4.34

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Sociology 🚫 Market Fundamentalism 💰 Commodification 🛡️ Social Protection

The Power of Market Fundamentalism Summary

The Power of Market Fundamentalism 90%

The self-regulating market was always a fiction. Enforcing it consumes the society that created it.

by Fred L. Block 2014

4.34

67 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Economic Sociology 🚫 Market Fundamentalism 💰 Commodification 🛡️ Social Protection

Popular Economics

by John Tamny • 2015

LeBron James and the Rolling Stones reveal why most economic policy makes things worse.

3.64

300

🏪 Free Market Economics 🎸 Pop Economics 🏛️ Government Failure 💥 Creative Destruction 💵 Monetary Policy

Popular Economics 90%

LeBron James and the Rolling Stones reveal why most economic policy makes things worse.

by John Tamny 2015

3.64

300 ratings

🏪 Free Market Economics 🎸 Pop Economics 🏛️ Government Failure 💥 Creative Destruction 💵 Monetary Policy

Intention Economy

by Doc Searls • 2012

The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.

3.71

177

🌐 Internet Commerce 💪 Customer Empowerment 🔐 Data Ownership 🏗️ Market Design 🔌 Platform Economy

Intention Economy 90%

The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.

by Doc Searls 2012

3.71

177 ratings

🌐 Internet Commerce 💪 Customer Empowerment 🔐 Data Ownership 🏗️ Market Design 🔌 Platform Economy

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.

3.85

171

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

The Rise of the Western World 90%

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

Rethinking Capitalism

by Michael Jacobs • 2016

The state built the internet, not the invisible hand. A blueprint for a greener, fairer capitalism.

4.01

121

🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Sustainable Capitalism 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 🏗️ Institutional Economics 📈 Market Shaping

Rethinking Capitalism 90%

The state built the internet, not the invisible hand. A blueprint for a greener, fairer capitalism.

by Michael Jacobs 2016

4.01

121 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Sustainable Capitalism 🧬 Evolutionary Economics 🏗️ Institutional Economics 📈 Market Shaping

How Economics Explains the World

by Andrew Leigh • 2024

The entire human story, retold through scarcity, trade, and the accidents of birth.

3.91

3k+

🌍 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Global Trade 💡 Technological Progress ⚖️ Economic Inequality

How Economics Explains the World Summary

How Economics Explains the World 90%

The entire human story, retold through scarcity, trade, and the accidents of birth.

by Andrew Leigh 2024

3.91

3k+ ratings

🌍 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔄 Global Trade 💡 Technological Progress ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Capitalism and Freedom

by Milton Friedman • 1962

Why political freedom requires competitive capitalism, and what that means for government's role.

3.90

15k+

💰 Free Market Economics 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🧮 Chicago School Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🔒 Regulatory Capture

Capitalism and Freedom 90%

Why political freedom requires competitive capitalism, and what that means for government's role.

by Milton Friedman 1962

3.90

15k+ ratings

💰 Free Market Economics 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🧮 Chicago School Economics 💵 Monetary Policy 🔒 Regulatory Capture

Knowledge and Power

by George Gilder • 2013

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

3.94

428

📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

Knowledge and Power 90%

Demand-side economics misses the signal because real wealth comes from surprise.

by George Gilder 2013

3.94

428 ratings

📡 Information Economics 📉 Supply-Side Economics 🏛️ Political Economy 💡 Innovation Economics 🗽 Free Market Advocacy

Planet Money

by Alex Mayyasi • 2026

Your weekend, your rent, and your 401(k) are all governed by economic rules you never learned.

4.04

920

🎙️ Pop Economics 🛒 Everyday Economics 🏗️ Market Design 🤖 Labor And Automation 🤝 Social Capital

Planet Money 90%

Your weekend, your rent, and your 401(k) are all governed by economic rules you never learned.

by Alex Mayyasi 2026

4.04

920 ratings

🎙️ Pop Economics 🛒 Everyday Economics 🏗️ Market Design 🤖 Labor And Automation 🤝 Social Capital

Society and Economy

by Mark Granovetter • 2017

The economy doesn't run on rational choice alone. It runs on relationships, trust, and power.

3.61

🏛️ Economic Sociology 🕸️ Social Networks 🤝 Trust And Cooperation 🏪 Markets And Society 📋 New Institutionalism

Society and Economy 90%

The economy doesn't run on rational choice alone. It runs on relationships, trust, and power.

by Mark Granovetter 2017

3.61

44 ratings

🏛️ Economic Sociology 🕸️ Social Networks 🤝 Trust And Cooperation 🏪 Markets And Society 📋 New Institutionalism

Freedomnomics

by John R. Lott Jr. • 2007

Abortion didn't cut crime. The incentive story that flips campaign finance, gun control, and more.

3.55

573

💰 Free Market Economics ⚖️ Law And Economics 🏛️ Public Choice Theory 🔄 Unintended Consequences 🌟 Reputation Economics

Freedomnomics 90%

Abortion didn't cut crime. The incentive story that flips campaign finance, gun control, and more.

by John R. Lott Jr. 2007

3.55

573 ratings

💰 Free Market Economics ⚖️ Law And Economics 🏛️ Public Choice Theory 🔄 Unintended Consequences 🌟 Reputation Economics

The Problem of Twelve

by John Coates • 2023

A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.

3.52

177

🏛️ Corporate Governance ⚖️ Financial Regulation 💪 Concentrated Power 🗳️ Shareholder Activism 💰 Private Equity

The Problem of Twelve 90%

A few institutions now own and control almost everything: an old democratic trap with no clean exit.

by John Coates 2023

3.52

177 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Governance ⚖️ Financial Regulation 💪 Concentrated Power 🗳️ Shareholder Activism 💰 Private Equity

The Wyckoff Methodology in Depth

by Rubén Villahermosa • 2019

A century-old method for reading the market's hidden structure, from accumulation to breakout.

4.00

257

📉 Technical Analysis 🏗️ Market Structure 🔊 Volume Analysis ⚖️ Risk Management ♟️ Trading Strategies

The Wyckoff Methodology in Depth Summary

The Wyckoff Methodology in Depth 90%

A century-old method for reading the market's hidden structure, from accumulation to breakout.

by Rubén Villahermosa 2019

4.00

257 ratings

📉 Technical Analysis 🏗️ Market Structure 🔊 Volume Analysis ⚖️ Risk Management ♟️ Trading Strategies

The Little Book of Stock Market Cycles

by Jeffrey A. Hirsch • 2012

The months that have delivered nearly all stock market gains for decades. The seasonal playbook.

3.32

184

🌀 Market Cycles 📅 Seasonal Investing ⏱️ Market Timing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Market History

The Little Book of Stock Market Cycles Summary

The Little Book of Stock Market Cycles 90%

The months that have delivered nearly all stock market gains for decades. The seasonal playbook.

by Jeffrey A. Hirsch 2012

3.32

184 ratings

🌀 Market Cycles 📅 Seasonal Investing ⏱️ Market Timing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📊 Market History

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 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

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2010

Markets were never free, finance is too fast: 23 reversals that rewrite capitalism.

3.96

13k+

💡 Heterodox Economics 🧨 Economic Myths 🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🏦 Financial Reform

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism Summary

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism 90%

Markets were never free, finance is too fast: 23 reversals that rewrite capitalism.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2010

3.96

13k+ ratings

💡 Heterodox Economics 🧨 Economic Myths 🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Market Regulation 🏦 Financial Reform

Economics in One Lesson

by Henry Hazlitt • 1946

Nearly every economic fallacy traces to one mistake: counting only the effects you can see.

4.16

22k+

🏫 Austrian Economics ⚠️ Economic Fallacies 📚 Economic Literacy 🏛️ Free Market Economics 🔧 Creative Destruction

Economics in One Lesson 90%

Nearly every economic fallacy traces to one mistake: counting only the effects you can see.

by Henry Hazlitt 1946

4.16

22k+ ratings

🏫 Austrian Economics ⚠️ Economic Fallacies 📚 Economic Literacy 🏛️ Free Market Economics 🔧 Creative Destruction

Hidden Order

by David D. Friedman • 1996

Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.

3.75

527

🏛️ Chicago School 🗽 Libertarianism 🍎 Everyday Economics 🎯 Rational Choice ⚖️ Public Choice

Hidden Order 90%

Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.

by David D. Friedman 1996

3.75

527 ratings

🏛️ Chicago School 🗽 Libertarianism 🍎 Everyday Economics 🎯 Rational Choice ⚖️ Public Choice

What Money Can't Buy

by Michael J. Sandel • 2012

When everything is up for sale, the price isn't the only thing we lose.

3.93

14k+

🛒 Commodification 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Neoliberalism 🏟️ Public Goods ⚖️ Social Inequality

What Money Can't Buy 90%

When everything is up for sale, the price isn't the only thing we lose.

by Michael J. Sandel 2012

3.93

14k+ ratings

🛒 Commodification 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🏛️ Neoliberalism 🏟️ Public Goods ⚖️ Social Inequality

More Money Than God

by Sebastian Mallaby • 2010

How a handful of secretive traders amassed power to rival central banks and rewired global finance.

4.11

10k+

🏦 Hedge Funds 📜 Financial History 🏛️ Wall Street ⚠️ Risk Management 🤖 Quantitative Finance

More Money Than God 90%

How a handful of secretive traders amassed power to rival central banks and rewired global finance.

by Sebastian Mallaby 2010

4.11

10k+ ratings

🏦 Hedge Funds 📜 Financial History 🏛️ Wall Street ⚠️ Risk Management 🤖 Quantitative Finance

Thinking like an Economist

by Elizabeth Popp Berman • 2022

How efficiency-driven economics took over US policy, even from liberals, and what it left behind.

3.93

213

📜 Economic Policy History 🌐 Neoliberalism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🏛️ Law And Economics 💰 Market Fundamentalism

Thinking like an Economist 90%

How efficiency-driven economics took over US policy, even from liberals, and what it left behind.

by Elizabeth Popp Berman 2022

3.93

213 ratings

📜 Economic Policy History 🌐 Neoliberalism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🏛️ Law And Economics 💰 Market Fundamentalism

Naked Economics

by Charles Wheelan • 2002

Forget the jargon: economics is really about incentives, and they explain nearly everything.

4.03

20k+

Naked Economics 90%

Forget the jargon: economics is really about incentives, and they explain nearly everything.

by Charles Wheelan 2002

4.03

20k+ ratings

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.

4.15

5k+

🏫 Austrian Economics 📖 Economic Literacy 📉 Inflation Critique 🔄 Economic Cycles 🫧 Debt And Bubbles

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes Summary

How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes 90%

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 🔄 Economic Cycles 🫧 Debt And Bubbles

If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks

by Peter Navarro • 2001

Rain in Brazil, a Fed decision, a trade report: connecting macro events to your next trade.

3.69

129

📈 Macro Investing 🔄 Sector Rotation 🛡️ Trading Discipline 🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Money Management

If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks Summary

If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks 90%

Rain in Brazil, a Fed decision, a trade report: connecting macro events to your next trade.

by Peter Navarro 2001

3.69

129 ratings

📈 Macro Investing 🔄 Sector Rotation 🛡️ Trading Discipline 🏦 Monetary Policy 💰 Money Management

Money Changes Everything

by William N. Goetzmann • 2016

Five thousand years of contracts and compound interest built cities, empires, and global trade.

4.03

530

🏦 Financial History 🌏 Comparative Economics 🏛️ Sovereign Debt 💥 Bubbles And Crises 🎲 Financial Risk

Money Changes Everything 90%

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

Beat the Forex Dealer

by Agustin Silvani • 2008

Forex dealers hunt stops, shade prices, and front-run orders. A former insider's counter-playbook.

3.79

118

📊 Forex Trading 📈 Technical Analysis 🛡️ Risk Management ⚠️ Market Manipulation 🔍 Market Microstructure

Beat the Forex Dealer 90%

Forex dealers hunt stops, shade prices, and front-run orders. A former insider's counter-playbook.

by Agustin Silvani 2008

3.79

118 ratings

📊 Forex Trading 📈 Technical Analysis 🛡️ Risk Management ⚠️ Market Manipulation 🔍 Market Microstructure

Martin Zweig Winning on Wall Street

by Martin Zweig • 1986

Fourteen buy signals in thirty years, thirteen winners. A money manager's formula for market timing.

3.83

344

⏱️ Market Timing 🏦 Monetary Policy 📈 Momentum Investing 🧠 Sentiment Indicators 🔄 Contrarian Signals

Martin Zweig Winning on Wall Street Summary

Martin Zweig Winning on Wall Street 90%

Fourteen buy signals in thirty years, thirteen winners. A money manager's formula for market timing.

by Martin Zweig 1986

3.83

344 ratings

⏱️ Market Timing 🏦 Monetary Policy 📈 Momentum Investing 🧠 Sentiment Indicators 🔄 Contrarian Signals

Can’t We Just Print More Money?

by The Bank of England • 2022

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

4.05

2k+

🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

Can’t We Just Print More Money? 90%

Why can't we just print more money? A central bank answers this, and nine other economic puzzles.

by The Bank of England 2022

4.05

2k+ ratings

🎓 Introductory Economics 🏦 Central Banking ⚠️ Market Failures 👷 Labor Economics 💸 Inflation And Money

The Long Good Buy

by Peter C. Oppenheimer • 2020

Markets repeat the same four-phase cycle. Reading it right means buying when hope looks stupid.

4.05

176

📈 Market Cycles 📊 Asset Allocation 🐻 Bear Markets 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🧠 Behavioral Finance

The Long Good Buy 90%

Markets repeat the same four-phase cycle. Reading it right means buying when hope looks stupid.

by Peter C. Oppenheimer 2020

4.05

176 ratings

📈 Market Cycles 📊 Asset Allocation 🐻 Bear Markets 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🧠 Behavioral Finance

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 90%

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

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 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

The Globalization Paradox

by Dani Rodrik • 2010

The case for why global markets must sometimes give way to the voting booth.

4.00

2k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📋 Trade Policy 🌍 Development Economics 💥 Financial Crises ⚖️ Economic Governance

The Globalization Paradox 90%

The case for why global markets must sometimes give way to the voting booth.

by Dani Rodrik 2010

4.00

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📋 Trade Policy 🌍 Development Economics 💥 Financial Crises ⚖️ Economic Governance

The Economics of Enough

by Diane Coyle • 2011

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

3.43

116

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Economics of Enough 90%

Modern economies steal from the future, and GDP hides the theft. A blueprint for fixing both.

by Diane Coyle 2011

3.43

116 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🌿 Environmental Economics 📈 Sustainable Growth 📊 Beyond Gdp ⚖️ Economic Inequality

The Secrets of Economic Indicators

by Bernard Baumohl • 2004

Which economic reports swing markets, and how to trade them before the crowd catches on.

3.87

429

📊 Economic Indicators 📈 Financial Markets 🌐 Macro Investing 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Business Cycle

The Secrets of Economic Indicators Summary

The Secrets of Economic Indicators 90%

Which economic reports swing markets, and how to trade them before the crowd catches on.

by Bernard Baumohl 2004

3.87

429 ratings

📊 Economic Indicators 📈 Financial Markets 🌐 Macro Investing 🏦 Monetary Policy 🔄 Business Cycle

Capitalism, Alone

by Branko Milanović • 2019

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

4.11

1k+

🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

Capitalism, Alone 90%

Capitalism has no rivals left, only two forms. Each carries a contradiction that could unravel it.

by Branko Milanović 2019

4.11

1k+ ratings

🏭 Global Capitalism 🏛️ Political Economy 📊 Inequality Economics 🏗️ State-Led Development 🇨🇳 China's Rise

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 90%

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

Economics Rules

by Dani Rodrik • 2015

Economics is a toolkit, not a doctrine. The skill is knowing which model the moment demands.

3.94

1k+

🔬 Economic Methodology 🧩 Model Thinking 📉 Financial Crises 🌍 Development Economics 🔎 Neoliberal Critique

Economics Rules 90%

Economics is a toolkit, not a doctrine. The skill is knowing which model the moment demands.

by Dani Rodrik 2015

3.94

1k+ ratings

🔬 Economic Methodology 🧩 Model Thinking 📉 Financial Crises 🌍 Development Economics 🔎 Neoliberal Critique

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

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Networks replace the firm as the economy's unit: jobs become projects, deals become relationships.

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Networks replace the firm as the economy's unit: jobs become projects, deals become relationships.

by Paul DiMaggio 2001

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📚 Organizational Theory 💼 Economic Sociology 🔗 Organizational Networks 🏢 Firm Boundaries 🤝 Relational Contracts

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