Economic History

Nobody can predict the future, but everyone can analyze the past and learn from it. These summaries tell the story of capitalism, currencies, the stock exchange and much more.
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Captains of Consciousness
Book
Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture

Stuart Ewen

Basic Books, 2001

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The Upstarts
Book
How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World

Brad Stone

Little, Brown US, 2017

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The Master Switch
Book
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

Tim Wu

Knopf, 2010

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The Wealth of Nations
Book

Adam Smith

CreateSpace, 1776

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Players
Book
The Story of Sports and Money, and the Visionaries Who Fought to Create a Revolution

Matthew Futterman

Simon & Schuster, 2016

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Dear Chairman
Book
Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism

Jeff Gramm

HarperBusiness, 2016

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Prisoners of Geography
Book
Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World

Tim Marshall

Scribner, 2016

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Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds & Confusión de Confusiones
Book

Charles Mackay and Joseph de la Vega

Wiley, 1995

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The Grid
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The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future

Gretchen Bakke

Bloomsbury USA, 2016

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Bloodsport
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When Ruthless Dealmakers, Shrewd Ideologues, and Brawling Lawyers Toppled the Corporate Establishment

Robert Teitelman

Public Affairs, 2016

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