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Keeping the Republic Summary
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Global Capitalism Summary
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3.88
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A Pelican Introduction Summary
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4.06
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Why Nothing Works Summary
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This is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order Summary
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3.50
283 ratings
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Rock, Paper, Scissors Summary
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3.43
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On Social Justice Summary
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by Basil the Great 2009 111 pages
4.50
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The Great Transformation Summary
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4.2
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Plan B 3.0 Summary
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3.93
528 ratings
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Breaking the Mould Summary
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by Raghuram G. Rajan 2023 351 pages
4.05
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The Company Summary
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4.15
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The Hungry Spirit Summary
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by Charles B. Handy 1997 288 pages
3.83
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All the Presidents' Bankers Summary
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4.07
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Poorly Made in China Summary
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4.09
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How to Read a Financial Report Summary
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Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers
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3.92
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2052 Summary
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3.93
351 ratings
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Ship of Fools Summary
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by Fintan O'Toole 2009 250 pages
4.03
453 ratings
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One Simple Idea Summary
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by Stephen Key 2011 256 pages
3.94
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Why Businessmen Need Philosophy Summary
Why Businessmen Need Philosophy
by Ayn Rand 1999 203 pages
3.88
289 ratings
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The Little Book of Main Street Money Summary
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by Jonathan Clements 2009 224 pages
3.81
339 ratings
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Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain Summary
Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain
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by David Gerard 2017 235 pages
3.96
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The Cost-Benefit Revolution Summary
The Cost-Benefit Revolution
by Cass R. Sunstein 2018 288 pages
3.63
115 ratings
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Understanding Wall Street Summary
Understanding Wall Street
by Jeffrey B. Little 1980 304 pages
3.64
296 ratings
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Don't Be Evil Summary
Don't Be Evil
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by Rana Foroohar 2019 328 pages
3.86
1.1K ratings
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The Golden Passport Summary
The Golden Passport
Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite
by Duff McDonald 2017 672 pages
3.41
337 ratings
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Education
The Road Taken Summary
The Road Taken
The History and Future of America's Infrastructure
by Henry Petroski 2016 322 pages
3.45
519 ratings
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The Age of Dignity Summary
The Age of Dignity
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by Ai-jen Poo 2015 176 pages
3.90
395 ratings
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A Beginner's Guide to Investing Summary
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How to Grow Your Money the Smart and Easy Way
by Alex H. Frey 2012 100 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
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Mine! Summary
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by Michael A. Heller 2021 336 pages
4.12
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The Numbers Game Summary
The Numbers Game
The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life
by Michael Blastland 2008 210 pages
3.65
339 ratings
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The Spider Network Summary
The Spider Network
The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History
by David Enrich 2017 528 pages
4.07
6.2K ratings
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America Summary
America
The Farewell Tour
by Chris Hedges 2018 400 pages
4.23
2.6K ratings
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Dealing with China Summary
Dealing with China
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by Henry M. Paulson Jr. 2014 688 pages
3.76
1.5K ratings
China
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Smart People Should Build Things Summary
Smart People Should Build Things
How to Restore Our Culture of Achievement, Build a Path for Entrepreneurs, and Create New Jobs in America
by Andrew Yang 2014 272 pages
3.81
1.4K ratings
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Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance Summary
Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance
by Perry G. Mehrling 2005 400 pages
3.98
148 ratings
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Making It in America Summary
Making It in America
The Almost Impossible Quest to Manufacture in the U.S.A.
by Rachel Slade 2024 352 pages
3.66
241 ratings
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Chronicles Summary
Chronicles
On Our Troubled Times
by Thomas Piketty 2016 320 pages
3.62
964 ratings
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Essays
Adrift Summary
Adrift
America in 100 Charts
by Scott Galloway 2022 320 pages
3.89
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The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings Summary
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
by Karl Marx 2005 224 pages
3.63
1.9K ratings
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The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance Summary
The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance
A Comprehensive Collection of Time-Tested Principles of Wealth Management
by Anthony M. Criniti IV 2014 288 pages
3.95
111 ratings
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The Last Tycoons Summary
The Last Tycoons
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by William D. Cohan 2007 752 pages
3.86
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Private Empire Summary
Private Empire
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by Steve Coll 2012 685 pages
3.99
4.1K ratings
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The Aggressive Conservative Investor Summary
The Aggressive Conservative Investor
by Martin J. Whitman 1979 480 pages
3.82
540 ratings
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Socialism Betrayed Summary
Socialism Betrayed
Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union
by Roger Keeran 2004 230 pages
4.39
455 ratings
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The Platform Delusion Summary
The Platform Delusion
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by Jonathan A. Knee 2021 384 pages
4.00
214 ratings
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الذرة الاجتماعية Summary
الذرة الاجتماعية
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by Mark Buchanan 2007 333 pages
3.70
538 ratings
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The Joys of Compounding Summary
The Joys of Compounding
The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning
by Gautam Baid 2019 534 pages
4.45
1.6K ratings
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National Security Cinema Summary
National Security Cinema
The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood
by Matthew Alford 2017 265 pages
3.92
106 ratings
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Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff 2019 150 pages
4.01
573 ratings
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How the Stock Market Works Summary
How the Stock Market Works
A Beginner's Guide to Investment
by Michael Becket 2004 176 pages
3.36
111 ratings
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