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The Big Change Summary
The Big Change
America Transforms Itself, 1900-50
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952 324 pages
3.91
100+ ratings
History
American History
Economics
The Tycoons Summary
The Tycoons
How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
by Charles R. Morris 2005 400 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
History
Biography
Business
Essays on the Great Depression Summary
Essays on the Great Depression
by Ben S. Bernanke 2000 320 pages
3.79
100+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
21st Century Monetary Policy Summary
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
by Ben S. Bernanke 2022 512 pages
4.20
500+ ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Economics of Development & Planning Summary
The Economics of Development & Planning
by M.L. Jhingan 2014 600 pages
3.86
100+ ratings
Economics
The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio Summary
The Bogleheads' Guide to the Three-Fund Portfolio
How a Simple Portfolio of Three Total Market Index Funds Outperforms Most Investors with Less Risk
by Taylor Larimore 2018 145 pages
3.99
1k+ ratings
Finance
Personal Finance
Business
A Splendid Exchange Summary
A Splendid Exchange
How Trade Shaped the World
by William J. Bernstein 2008 477 pages
4.16
3k+ ratings
History
Economics
Business
The New Great Depression Summary
The New Great Depression
Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World
by James Rickards 2021 208 pages
3.52
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Defending the Free Market Summary
Defending the Free Market
The Moral Case for a Free Economy
by Robert Sirico 2012 256 pages
4.14
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Beyond Greed and Fear Summary
Beyond Greed and Fear
Understanding Behavioral Finance and the Psychology of Investing
by Hersh Shefrin 1999 368 pages
3.73
100+ ratings
Finance
Psychology
Economics
Rebel Cities Summary
Rebel Cities
From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
by David Harvey 2012 206 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Politics
Urbanism
Urban Studies
High Financier Summary
High Financier
The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
by Niall Ferguson 2010 576 pages
3.72
100+ ratings
Biography
Finance
History
Engines That Move Markets Summary
Engines That Move Markets
Technology Investing from Railroads to the Internet and Beyond
by Alasdair Nairn 2001 494 pages
4.38
100+ ratings
Finance
Business
History
Decline and Fall Summary
Decline and Fall
The End of Empire and the Future of Democracy in 21st Century America
by John Michael Greer 2014 304 pages
4.30
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Revolution Betrayed Summary
The Revolution Betrayed
by Leon Trotsky 1937 240 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Main Currents Of Marxism Summary
Main Currents Of Marxism
The Founders, The Golden Age, The Breakdown
by Leszek Kołakowski 1976 1284 pages
4.26
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Superclass Summary
Superclass
The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
by David Rothkopf 2008 400 pages
3.57
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Bollinger on Bollinger Bands Summary
Bollinger on Bollinger Bands
by John Bollinger 2001 227 pages
3.87
100+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Swing Trading for Dummies Summary
Swing Trading for Dummies
by Omar Bassal 2008 360 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Grundrisse Summary
Grundrisse
Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx 1857 904 pages
4.28
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
Adventure Capitalist Summary
Adventure Capitalist
The Ultimate Road Trip
by Jim Rogers 2003 392 pages
4.01
1k+ ratings
Travel
Business
Finance
Capitalist Realism Summary
Capitalist Realism
Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher 2009 81 pages
4.22
34k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need Summary
The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need
by Andrew Tobias 1978 287 pages
3.90
4k+ ratings
Finance
Personal Finance
Business
Come Into My Trading Room Summary
Come Into My Trading Room
A Complete Guide to Trading
by Alexander Elder 2002 313 pages
4.08
1k+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Invisible Hands Summary
The Invisible Hands
Hedge Funds Off the Record - Rethinking Real Money
by Steven Drobny 2010 444 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Future of Freedom Summary
The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria 2003 295 pages
4.02
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Don't Trust Your Gut Summary
Don't Trust Your Gut
Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz 2022 320 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Myth of the Strong Leader Summary
The Myth of the Strong Leader
Political Leadership in the Modern Age
by Archie Brown 2014 480 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
Politics
Leadership
History
How Ideas Spread Summary
How Ideas Spread
by Jonah Berger 2014 6 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism
The Classical Tradition
by Ludwig von Mises 1927 203 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Essential Works of Lenin Summary
Essential Works of Lenin
"What Is to Be Done?" and Other Writings
by Vladimir Lenin 1964 400 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Default Summary
Default
The Landmark Court Battle Over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
by Gregory Makoff 2024 424 pages
4.37
100+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Law
Money Management Skills Summary
Money Management Skills
by Michael C. Finke 2014 98 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
The Model Thinker Summary
The Model Thinker
What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You
by Scott E. Page 2018 448 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Science
Business
Economics
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed
Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
by Thomas Sowell 1995 320 pages
4.40
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities Summary
The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities
by Frank J. Fabozzi 1983 1500 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Warren Buffett Way Workbook Summary
The Warren Buffett Way Workbook
by Robert G. Hagstrom 2013 226 pages
4.32
100+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
New Ideas from Dead Economists Summary
New Ideas from Dead Economists
An Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
by Todd G. Buchholz 1989 352 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Business
The Option of Urbanism Summary
The Option of Urbanism
Investing in a New American Dream
by Christopher B. Leinberger 2007 224 pages
3.88
100+ ratings
Urban Planning
Urbanism
Cities
The Psychology of Investing Summary
The Psychology of Investing
by John R. Nofsinger 2001 116 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Finance
Psychology
Business
The Technological Republic Summary
The Technological Republic
Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
by Alexander C. Karp 2025 320 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Business
How to Retire Summary
How to Retire
20 lessons for a happy, successful, and wealthy retirement
by Christine Benz 2024 333 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Finance
Personal Finance
Money
Blowout Summary
Blowout
by Rachel Maddow 2019 400 pages
4.34
15k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom Summary
From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom
by Manoj Arora 2013 308 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Finance
Personal Finance
Self Help
The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm
America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
by George Friedman 2020 256 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Narconomics Summary
Narconomics
How to Run a Drug Cartel
by Tom Wainwright 2016 288 pages
4.15
11k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Crime
Moral Mazes Summary
Moral Mazes
The World of Corporate Managers
by Robert Jackall 1988 272 pages
3.96
100+ ratings
Business
Sociology
Psychology
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy Summary
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx 1846 584 pages
4.12
5k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Mover Of Men and Mountains Summary
Mover Of Men and Mountains
by R.G. LeTourneau 1967 320 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Business
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