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🏚️ Plant Closings

The economic and human fallout when factories shut down, exploring deindustrialization's toll on workers, families, and communities left behind.
The Deindustrialization of America
by Barry Bluestone • 1982
Plant closures were a strategy, not fate. Government made capital mobile and communities expendable.
3.92
25
🏗️ Rust Belt Economy🔄 Economic Restructuring🏢 Corporate Power
The Deindustrialization of America Summary
The Deindustrialization of America 90%
Plant closures were a strategy, not fate. Government made capital mobile and communities expendable.
by Barry Bluestone 1982
3.92
25 ratings
🏗️ Rust Belt Economy🔄 Economic Restructuring🏢 Corporate Power
Factory Man
by Beth Macy • 2014
John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.
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3k+
🏭 American Manufacturing🌍 Globalization Impact🏘️ Small Town America
Factory Man Summary
Factory Man 89%
John Bassett III bet against offshoring. The survival of his Virginia town hung on it.
by Beth Macy 2014
3.87
3k+ ratings
🏭 American Manufacturing🌍 Globalization Impact🏘️ Small Town America
Making It in America
by Rachel Slade • 2024
Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.
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323
🏭 American Manufacturing📉 Manufacturing Decline📜 Trade Policy
Making It in America Summary
Making It in America 89%
Sixty thousand American factories shuttered since NAFTA. One couple bet everything to open just one.
by Rachel Slade 2024
3.63
323 ratings
🏭 American Manufacturing📉 Manufacturing Decline📜 Trade Policy
Crash Course
by Paul Ingrassia • 2009
Mass production built Detroit. It also built the complacency that undid it, fifty years later.
3.91
686
🚗 Automotive Industry🏭 Industrial Decline🇺🇸 American Manufacturing
Crash Course Summary
Crash Course 88%
Mass production built Detroit. It also built the complacency that undid it, fifty years later.
by Paul Ingrassia 2009
3.91
686 ratings
🚗 Automotive Industry🏭 Industrial Decline🇺🇸 American Manufacturing
American Made
by Farah Stockman • 2021
Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.
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1k+
🏭 Deindustrialization🏚️ Rust Belt👷 Working Class America
American Made Summary
American Made 88%
Three factory workers lost their jobs to Mexico. What they lost next surprised everyone but them.
by Farah Stockman 2021
4.31
1k+ ratings
🏭 Deindustrialization🏚️ Rust Belt👷 Working Class America
Glass House
by Brian Alexander • 2017
Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.
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2k+
🏭 Deindustrialization💰 Private Equity💊 Opioid Epidemic
Glass House Summary
Glass House 88%
Private equity bought a glass factory. By the time they were done, a town was destroyed.
by Brian Alexander 2017
3.91
2k+ ratings
🏭 Deindustrialization💰 Private Equity💊 Opioid Epidemic
The Great U-turn
by Barry Bluestone • 1988
After 1973, the American Dream reversed. The cause: deliberate choices by firms and the state.
3.40
15
🏭 Deindustrialization⚖️ Income Inequality💰 Financialization
The Great U-turn Summary
The Great U-turn 87%
After 1973, the American Dream reversed. The cause: deliberate choices by firms and the state.
by Barry Bluestone 1988
3.40
15 ratings
🏭 Deindustrialization⚖️ Income Inequality💰 Financialization
Hell to Pay
by Michael Lind • 2023
Stagnant wages aren't fate. They were engineered by a decades-long campaign to crush worker power.
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🧑‍🔧 Labor Economics🏛️ Political Economy💸 Wage Inequality
Hell to Pay Summary
Hell to Pay 87%
Stagnant wages aren't fate. They were engineered by a decades-long campaign to crush worker power.
by Michael Lind 2023
3.93
80 ratings
🧑‍🔧 Labor Economics🏛️ Political Economy💸 Wage Inequality
Entrepreneurial Nation
by Ro Khanna • 2012
Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.
3.73
30
🏭 American Manufacturing🏛️ Industrial Policy⚙️ Innovation Policy
Entrepreneurial Nation Summary
Entrepreneurial Nation 87%
Six times more productive: America's factory floor still beats China's, but policy hasn't caught up.
by Ro Khanna 2012
3.73
30 ratings
🏭 American Manufacturing🏛️ Industrial Policy⚙️ Innovation Policy
Not Working
by D.W. Gibson • 2012
What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.
3.68
60
🎙️ Oral History💸 Economic Precarity🔨 Work And Identity
Not Working Summary
Not Working 87%
What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.
by D.W. Gibson 2012
3.68
60 ratings
🎙️ Oral History💸 Economic Precarity🔨 Work And Identity
Brazil Is the New America
by James Dale Davidson • 2012
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
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📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil
Brazil Is the New America Summary
Brazil Is the New America 87%
The math of debt, energy, and demography says the American era ends and Brazil's begins.
by James Dale Davidson 2012
3.17
36 ratings
📉 National Decline🌍 Emerging Markets🛢️ Peak Oil
The Hamlet Fire
by Bryant Simon • 2020
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
4.12
245
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
The Hamlet Fire Summary
The Hamlet Fire 87%
A chicken plant fire killed 25. The doors were locked, but deregulation built the trap.
by Bryant Simon 2020
4.12
245 ratings
🏭 Labor History🍗 Food Politics⚠️ Workplace Safety
The Technology Trap
by Carl Benedikt Frey • 2019
The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?
4.10
657
🏛️ Economic History👷 Labor Economics🏭 Industrial Revolution
The Technology Trap Summary
The Technology Trap 87%
The telescope helps you see. The power loom takes your job. Which one is AI?
by Carl Benedikt Frey 2019
4.10
657 ratings
🏛️ Economic History👷 Labor Economics🏭 Industrial Revolution
The Wal-Mart Effect
by Charles Fishman • 2006
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
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4k+
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power
The Wal-Mart Effect Summary
The Wal-Mart Effect 87%
200,000 gallons of pickles a week: the hidden cost behind the lowest sticker price.
by Charles Fishman 2006
3.84
4k+ ratings
🏬 Big-Box Retail🔗 Supply Chain💼 Corporate Power
Made in the USA
by Vaclav Smil • 2013
How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.
3.76
510
🏛️ Economic History🏭 American Industry⚡ Energy Economics
Made in the USA Summary
Made in the USA 87%
How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.
by Vaclav Smil 2013
3.76
510 ratings
🏛️ Economic History🏭 American Industry⚡ Energy Economics
Private Government
by Elizabeth S. Anderson • 2017
The workplace is an authoritarian state that most economic thought pretends does not exist.
3.94
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🏛️ Workplace Authority🗳️ Workplace Democracy🗽 Republican Freedom
Private Government Summary
Private Government 87%
The workplace is an authoritarian state that most economic thought pretends does not exist.
by Elizabeth S. Anderson 2017
3.94
856 ratings
🏛️ Workplace Authority🗳️ Workplace Democracy🗽 Republican Freedom
Democracy at Work
by Richard D. Wolff • 2012
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
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2k+
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
Democracy at Work Summary
Democracy at Work 86%
Capitalism's crises are by design. The only fix: workers run the company.
by Richard D. Wolff 2012
3.95
2k+ ratings
🗳️ Workplace Democracy🏛️ Economic Democracy🌱 Post-Capitalism
No Logo
by Naomi Klein • 2000
Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.
3.89
33k+
🌐 Corporate Globalization🛒 Consumer Culture🏭 Labor Exploitation
No Logo Summary
No Logo 86%
Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.
by Naomi Klein 2000
3.89
33k+ ratings
🌐 Corporate Globalization🛒 Consumer Culture🏭 Labor Exploitation
A World Without Work
by Daniel Susskind • 2020
Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.
3.83
2k+
🏭 Technological Unemployment📊 Automation Economics🌅 Post-Work Society
A World Without Work Summary
A World Without Work 86%
Past automation always created more jobs than it killed. The evidence that this time is different.
by Daniel Susskind 2020
3.83
2k+ ratings
🏭 Technological Unemployment📊 Automation Economics🌅 Post-Work Society
The Future of Work
by Darrell M. West • 2018
Automation threatens half of all jobs. Our safety nets were designed for a different economy.
3.47
203
🏭 Workforce Automation📉 Job Displacement🚗 Gig Economy
The Future of Work Summary
The Future of Work 86%
Automation threatens half of all jobs. Our safety nets were designed for a different economy.
by Darrell M. West 2018
3.47
203 ratings
🏭 Workforce Automation📉 Job Displacement🚗 Gig Economy
Power Failure
by William D. Cohan • 2022
The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.
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🏢 Corporate History💰 Financial Engineering📖 Business Biography
Power Failure Summary
Power Failure 86%
The celebrated CEO playbook that made GE an icon also programmed its collapse.
by William D. Cohan 2022
4.28
2k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate History💰 Financial Engineering📖 Business Biography
Rise of the Robots
by Martin Ford • 2015
Productivity soars, wages stagnate, and education won't fix it. The real economics of automation.
3.96
10k+
🤖 Technological Unemployment🧠 Artificial Intelligence📉 Income Inequality
Rise of the Robots Summary
Rise of the Robots 86%
Productivity soars, wages stagnate, and education won't fix it. The real economics of automation.
by Martin Ford 2015
3.96
10k+ ratings
🤖 Technological Unemployment🧠 Artificial Intelligence📉 Income Inequality
The Post-Corporate World
by David C. Korten • 1999
Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.
3.77
132
🌍 Post-Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy🏘️ Local Economies
The Post-Corporate World Summary
The Post-Corporate World 86%
Capitalism isn't the market; it's a disease. The cure is taking root in local communities.
by David C. Korten 1999
3.77
132 ratings
🌍 Post-Capitalism🗳️ Economic Democracy🏘️ Local Economies
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith • 2012
One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.
4.19
874
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power📉 Middle Class Decline
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream? 86%
One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.
by Hedrick Smith 2012
4.19
874 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power📉 Middle Class Decline
Chokepoint Capitalism
by Rebecca Giblin • 2022
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
4.25
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🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power
Chokepoint Capitalism Summary
Chokepoint Capitalism 86%
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
by Rebecca Giblin 2022
4.25
1k+ ratings
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power
The Shock Doctrine
by Naomi Klein • 2007
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
4.30
55k+
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization
The Shock Doctrine Summary
The Shock Doctrine 86%
Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.
by Naomi Klein 2007
4.30
55k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power🏗️ Privatization
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
by Nelson Lichtenstein • 1995
The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.
4.04
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🏭 Labor History🚗 Auto Industry🌹 Social Democracy
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit Summary
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit 86%
The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.
by Nelson Lichtenstein 1995
4.04
96 ratings
🏭 Labor History🚗 Auto Industry🌹 Social Democracy
The Lies of the Land
by Steven Conn • 2023
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
3.98
148
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land 86%
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
by Steven Conn 2023
3.98
148 ratings
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics
Chavs
by Owen Jones • 2011
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
4.08
11k+
🇬🇧 British Class Politics🏷️ Class Prejudice🏭 Deindustrialization
Chavs Summary
Chavs 86%
The British working class wasn't only abandoned. It was mocked so the abandonment felt deserved.
by Owen Jones 2011
4.08
11k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Class Politics🏷️ Class Prejudice🏭 Deindustrialization
Press Reset
by Jason Schreier • 2021
Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.
4.05
8k+
🎮 Video Game Industry🛠️ Tech Labor⏰ Crunch Culture
Press Reset Summary
Press Reset 86%
Why game developers lose their jobs after shipping hit games, and who profits.
by Jason Schreier 2021
4.05
8k+ ratings
🎮 Video Game Industry🛠️ Tech Labor⏰ Crunch Culture
Cheaponomics
by Michael S. Carolan • 2014
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
3.65
20
💸 Externalized Costs🛒 Consumer Capitalism🏢 Corporate Power
Cheaponomics Summary
Cheaponomics 86%
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
by Michael S. Carolan 2014
3.65
20 ratings
💸 Externalized Costs🛒 Consumer Capitalism🏢 Corporate Power
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
by Bob Lutz • 2011
GM had half the market and the best cars. Three decades of financial management destroyed both.
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1k+
🚗 Automotive Industry🔄 Corporate Turnaround🎨 Product Design
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters Summary
Car Guys vs. Bean Counters 86%
GM had half the market and the best cars. Three decades of financial management destroyed both.
by Bob Lutz 2011
3.73
1k+ ratings
🚗 Automotive Industry🔄 Corporate Turnaround🎨 Product Design
Men Without Work
by Nicholas Eberstadt • 2016
Seven million prime-age men have quit the workforce entirely. The problem isn't a lack of jobs.
3.41
501
🏭 Labor Economics📊 Workforce Participation🏛️ Welfare Reform
Men Without Work Summary
Men Without Work 86%
Seven million prime-age men have quit the workforce entirely. The problem isn't a lack of jobs.
by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016
3.41
501 ratings
🏭 Labor Economics📊 Workforce Participation🏛️ Welfare Reform
Corporation Nation
by Charles Derber • 1998
The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.
3.74
65
🏢 Corporate Power💰 Corporate Welfare🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism
Corporation Nation Summary
Corporation Nation 86%
The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.
by Charles Derber 1998
3.74
65 ratings
🏢 Corporate Power💰 Corporate Welfare🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism
Power and Progress
by Daron Acemoğlu • 2023
For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.
3.94
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy⚙️ History Of Technology🔧 Technological Bias
Power and Progress Summary
Power and Progress 86%
For a thousand years, technology served the powerful; the handful of exceptions hold the lesson.
by Daron Acemoğlu 2023
3.94
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy⚙️ History Of Technology🔧 Technological Bias
How to Kill a City
by Peter Moskowitz • 2017
Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.
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4k+
🏗️ Gentrification🏠 Housing Policy🧱 Racial Capitalism
How to Kill a City Summary
How to Kill a City 86%
Four cities, one playbook: policy and profit, not hipsters, push out the poor and replace them.
by Peter Moskowitz 2017
4.07
4k+ ratings
🏗️ Gentrification🏠 Housing Policy🧱 Racial Capitalism
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.
4.39
728
🏛️ Privatization Critique📊 Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power
The Privatization of Everything Summary
The Privatization of Everything 86%
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
Consequences of Capitalism
by Noam Chomsky • 2020
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
4.33
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism
Consequences of Capitalism Summary
Consequences of Capitalism 86%
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
by Noam Chomsky 2020
4.33
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism
Your Life Is Manufactured
by Tim Minshall • 2025
The hidden system that builds everything you touch is fragile and overdue for reinvention.
3.62
432
🚢 Global Supply Chains♻️ Circular Economy🏭 Industrial History
Your Life Is Manufactured Summary
Your Life Is Manufactured 86%
The hidden system that builds everything you touch is fragile and overdue for reinvention.
by Tim Minshall 2025
3.62
432 ratings
🚢 Global Supply Chains♻️ Circular Economy🏭 Industrial History
Paper Girl
by Beth Macy • 2025
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
4.02
11k+
🏡 Rural America👷 Working-Class Memoir🏭 Post-Industrial Decline
Paper Girl Summary
Paper Girl 86%
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
by Beth Macy 2025
4.02
11k+ ratings
🏡 Rural America👷 Working-Class Memoir🏭 Post-Industrial Decline
Clothing Poverty
by Andrew Brooks • 2015
The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.
3.75
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👔 Fashion Industry⛓️ Commodity Chains🌾 Cotton Industry
Clothing Poverty Summary
Clothing Poverty 86%
The fashion industry's hidden second-hand trade fuels the inequality cheap clothes thrive on.
by Andrew Brooks 2015
3.75
173 ratings
👔 Fashion Industry⛓️ Commodity Chains🌾 Cotton Industry
Edible Economics
by Ha-Joon Chang • 2022
Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.
3.83
3k+
🧠 Economic Myths🌐 Global Trade🏭 Industrial Policy
Edible Economics Summary
Edible Economics 86%
Your dinner is a map of global economics: tariffs, subsidies, and the myths we still believe.
by Ha-Joon Chang 2022
3.83
3k+ ratings
🧠 Economic Myths🌐 Global Trade🏭 Industrial Policy
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
274
📉 Financial Fragility🛡️ Safety Net Erosion💼 Job Insecurity
The Great Risk Shift Summary
The Great Risk Shift 86%
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
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
by Pietra Rivoli • 2005
A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.
3.69
3k+
🌐 Trade Politics📦 Commodity Studies🧵 Textile Industry
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy Summary
The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy 86%
A T-shirt's journey exposes the global economy's real engine: politics, migration, and subsidies.
by Pietra Rivoli 2005
3.69
3k+ ratings
🌐 Trade Politics📦 Commodity Studies🧵 Textile Industry
The Great Reset
by Richard Florida • 2010
Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.
3.59
656
🏙️ Urban Economics🗺️ Economic Geography🏗️ Infrastructure
The Great Reset Summary
The Great Reset 86%
Crashes rebuild how we live. Two gave us factories and suburbs. The third is remaking cities.
by Richard Florida 2010
3.59
656 ratings
🏙️ Urban Economics🗺️ Economic Geography🏗️ Infrastructure
How the World Ran Out of Everything
by Peter S. Goodman • 2024
The global supply chain was one shock from collapse, and decades of cost-cutting were the reason.
4.04
1k+
🚢 Global Supply Chains🦠 Pandemic Economics🌐 Globalization Critique
How the World Ran Out of Everything Summary
How the World Ran Out of Everything 86%
The global supply chain was one shock from collapse, and decades of cost-cutting were the reason.
by Peter S. Goodman 2024
4.04
1k+ ratings
🚢 Global Supply Chains🦠 Pandemic Economics🌐 Globalization Critique
State of the Union
by Nelson Lichtenstein • 2002
Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.
3.75
170
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Labor Movement📜 New Deal Era
State of the Union Summary
State of the Union 86%
Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.
by Nelson Lichtenstein 2002
3.75
170 ratings
🏭 Labor History🇺🇸 American Labor Movement📜 New Deal Era
The Man Who Broke Capitalism
by David Gelles • 2022
Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.
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3k+
💼 Shareholder Primacy⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism💰 Financialization
The Man Who Broke Capitalism Summary
The Man Who Broke Capitalism 86%
Jack Welch's doctrine still rules the corner office, and it is slowly gutting the middle class.
by David Gelles 2022
4.03
3k+ ratings
💼 Shareholder Primacy⏱️ Corporate Short-Termism💰 Financialization
Kicking Away the Ladder
by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
4.21
1k+
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy
Kicking Away the Ladder Summary
Kicking Away the Ladder 86%
Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.
by Ha-Joon Chang 2002
4.21
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🌐 Development Economics💰 Political Economy
The Price of Civilization
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2010
What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.
3.84
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📉 American Decline🗽 Civic Decline
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization 86%
What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010
3.84
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📉 American Decline🗽 Civic Decline
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