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Paper Promises Summary
Paper Promises
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by Philip Coggan 2012 304 pages
3.94
550 ratings
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The Age of Capital, 1848–1875 Summary
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1996 354 pages
4.26
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Unforgiving Places Summary
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
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4.25
126 ratings
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Goldman Sachs Summary
Goldman Sachs
The Culture of Success
by Lisa Endlich 2000 344 pages
3.5
643 ratings
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Fight Oligarchy Summary
Fight Oligarchy
by Bernie Sanders 2025 160 pages
4.36
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All That Is Solid Summary
All That Is Solid
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by Danny Dorling 2014
3.54
143 ratings
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Uncommon Wealth Summary
Uncommon Wealth
Britain and the Aftermath of Empire
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4.3
486 ratings
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Che Guevara Reader Summary
Che Guevara Reader
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by Ernesto Che Guevara 2003 420 pages
4.07
355 ratings
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Slow Burn Summary
Slow Burn
The Hidden Costs of a Warming World
by R. Jisung Park 2024 336 pages
3.76
62 ratings
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Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent
Noam Chomsky and the Media
by Mark Achbar 1994 264 pages
4.4
677 ratings
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Macroeconomics Summary
Macroeconomics
by N. Gregory Mankiw 2006 608 pages
3.99
1.4K ratings
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Can "It" Happen Again? Summary
Can "It" Happen Again?
Essays on Instability and Finance
by Hyman P. Minsky 1982 320 pages
4.29
51 ratings
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The Price of Greatness Summary
The Price of Greatness
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy
by Jay Cost 2018 256 pages
3.71
239 ratings
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American History
American Oligarchs Summary
American Oligarchs
The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
by Andrea Bernstein 2020 496 pages
4.22
1.3K ratings
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Whole Numbers and Half Truths Summary
Whole Numbers and Half Truths
by Rukmini S. 2021 324 pages
4.22
1.1K ratings
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An Economist Walks into a Brothel Summary
An Economist Walks into a Brothel
And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk
by Allison Schrager 2019 240 pages
3.55
2.2K ratings
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The Serviceberry Summary
The Serviceberry
Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2024 112 pages
4.28
54.2K ratings
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The Big Myth Summary
The Big Myth
How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
by Naomi Oreskes 2023 576 pages
4.38
688 ratings
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History
Future Skills Summary
Future Skills
The 20 Skills and Competencies Everyone Needs to Succeed in a Digital World
by Bernard Marr 2022
3.68
97 ratings
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Artificial Intelligence
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Zconomy Summary
Zconomy
How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business—and What to Do About It – The Definitive Guide to Adapting Strategies for Employees and Customers
by Jason Dorsey 2020 281 pages
3.56
326 ratings
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The Age of Abundance Summary
The Age of Abundance
How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture
by Brink Lindsey 2007 400 pages
3.51
135 ratings
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The Great Leveler Summary
The Great Leveler
Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
by Walter Scheidel 2017 528 pages
3.81
1.6K ratings
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The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 Summary
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1996 627 pages
4.29
7.8K ratings
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World History
Complexity Summary
Complexity
The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
by M. Mitchell Waldrop 1992 384 pages
4.05
3.1K ratings
Science
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The Age of Empire, 1875–1914 Summary
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1989 405 pages
4.26
4.5K ratings
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Ergodicity Summary
Ergodicity
How irreversible outcomes affect long-term performance in work, investing, relationships, sport, and beyond
by Luca Dellanna 2020 169 pages
4.12
288 ratings
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A Demon of Our Own Design Summary
A Demon of Our Own Design
Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial Innovation
by Richard Bookstaber 2007 288 pages
3.92
1.1K ratings
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The Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators Summary
The Trader's Guide to Key Economic Indicators
by Richard Yamarone 2004 288 pages
3.81
37 ratings
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The Systems View of Life Summary
The Systems View of Life
A Unifying Vision
by Fritjof Capra 2014 510 pages
4.3
777 ratings
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Biology
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse Summary
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse
Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
by William Neuman 2022 352 pages
4.13
1.1K ratings
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Giants Summary
Giants
The Global Power Elite
by Peter Phillips 2018 355 pages
3.8
254 ratings
Politics
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Multinational Business Finance Summary
Multinational Business Finance
by David K. Eiteman 2006 848 pages
3.5
127 ratings
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All You Can Eat Summary
All You Can Eat
How Hungry is America?
by Joel Berg 2008 352 pages
3.88
137 ratings
Food
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Diversity and Complexity Summary
Diversity and Complexity
by Scott E. Page 2010 304 pages
4.12
207 ratings
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How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World
Tales of Marx and Marxism
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011 470 pages
3.88
976 ratings
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Industry and Empire Summary
Industry and Empire
The Birth of the Industrial Revolution
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 1999 411 pages
3.92
565 ratings
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European History
Games People Play Summary
Games People Play
Game Theory in Life, Business, and Beyond
by Scott P. Stevens 2008 68 pages
3.99
180 ratings
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Introduction à l'économie Summary
Introduction à l'économie
by Jacques Généreux 2001 192 pages
3.48
91 ratings
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Modern Money Mechanics Summary
Modern Money Mechanics
by Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 2011 44 pages
4.07
75 ratings
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Future Babble Summary
Future Babble
Why Expert Predictions Fail - and Why We Believe Them Anyway
by Dan Gardner 2010 320 pages
3.8
737 ratings
Psychology
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Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere Summary
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere
Don't Be One Of Them
by Jason Kelly 2010 224 pages
3.49
133 ratings
Finance
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Personal Finance
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Hazards of Bank Bailouts
by Gary H. Stern 2004 230 pages
3.6
25 ratings
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Goliath's Curse Summary
Goliath's Curse
The History and Future of Societal Collapse
by Luke Kemp 2025 592 pages
4.16
511 ratings
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40 Chances Summary
40 Chances
Finding Hope in a Hungry World
by Howard G. Buffett 2013 464 pages
3.83
844 ratings
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In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio Summary
In Pursuit of the Perfect Portfolio
The Stories, Voices, and Key Insights of the Pioneers Who Shaped the Way We Invest
by Andrew W. Lo 2021 416 pages
4.09
288 ratings
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The Prize Summary
The Prize
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
by Daniel Yergin 1993 928 pages
4.44
12.2K ratings
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The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger 2002 192 pages
4.14
1.3K ratings
Politics
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