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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, markets, and much more.

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8 Book

Why Trust Matters

An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us
Benjamin Ho
Columbia UP, 2021
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Working Backwards

Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Colin Bryar and Bill Carr
St. Martin’s Press, 2021
8 Book

The Domino’s Story

How the Innovative Pizza Giant Used Technology to Deliver a Customer Experience Revolution (The Business Storybook Series)
Marcia Layton Turner
HarperCollins Leadership, 2020
9 Book
Thomas Paine
Applewood Books, 2002
10 Book
Adam Smith
CreateSpace, 1776
10 Book

The Accidental Investment Banker

Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street
Jonathan A. Knee
Oxford UP, 2006
8 Book

Undaunted

Overcoming Doubts and Doubters
Kara Goldin
HarperCollins Leadership, 2020
9 Book

The BBC

A People's History
David Hendy
Profile Books, 2022
9 Book

Hangry

A Startup Journey
Mike Evans
Legacy Lit, 2022
10 Book

Collapse

How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond
Penguin, 2005
8 Book

Tokens

The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform
Rachel O'Dwyer
Verso Books, 2023
8 Book

The Leading Indicators

A Short History of the Search for the Right Numbers
Zachary Karabell
Simon & Schuster, 2014