8 Best philosophy books like The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf

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The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

By: Martin Wolf

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and w…

If you liked the philosophy plot in The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

By: Yascha Mounk

4.08

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more

Similar categories in Yascha Mounk's The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • society
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2. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

By: Edmund Conway

4.52

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"

-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

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3. Homelands: A Personal History of Europe

By: Timothy Garton Ash

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tel… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Garton Ash's Homelands: A Personal History of Europe book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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4. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

Similar categories in Chris Miller's Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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5. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't

By: Ian Dunt

4.45

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more

Similar categories in Ian Dunt's How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • society
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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6. Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

By: Daron Acemoğlu

3.90

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail and the bestselling co-author of 13 Bankers deliver a… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
  • business
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7. Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

By: David H. Petraeus

4.06

Format: 544 pages, Hardcover

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strate… read more

Similar categories in David H. Petraeus's Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"A recurring theme of this book is that money spent on deterrence is seldom wasted, especially when considered against the costs incurred when the deterrence fails."

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

"Hybrid warfare particularly appeals to China and Russia, since they are much more able to control the information their populaces receive than are their Western adversaries. A 1999 book, Unrestricted…"

-David H. Petraeus, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

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8. The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

By: Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A warning of the unprecedented risks that AI and other fast-developing technologies pose to global … read more

Similar categories in Mustafa Suleyman's The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • business
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9. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

By: Yanis Varoufakis

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • finance
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
"Il profitto è vulnerabile alla competizione di mercato, mentre la rendita non lo è."

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

"Se non è un mercato capitalista, in cosa entriamo, buon Dio, quando andiamo su amazon.com ?"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

"Oltre ad avvertirci che ogni nuova epoca forgiata da qualche tecnologia rivoluzionaria produce una generazione che “mai passerà un giorno immune da fatica e dolore, struggendosi anche di notte"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

"La rivoluzione digitale potrebbe consistere nel trasformare i lavoratori salariati in proletari del cloud, che vivono una vita sempre più precaria e stressante sotto il controllo invisibile di capi a…"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

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10. The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China

By: Robert D. Kaplan

4.32

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A stunning exploration of the Greater Middle East, where lasting stability has often seemed just ou… read more

Similar categories in Robert D. Kaplan's The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism

By: John Gray

3.54

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we un… read more

Similar categories in John Gray's The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
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12. The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

By: Martin Wolf

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and w… read more

Similar categories in Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • history
  • politics
  • finance
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • political science
  • economics
  • society
  • business
Cover of How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between by Bent Flyvbjerg

13. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

By: Bent Flyvbjerg

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more

Similar categories in Bent Flyvbjerg's How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between book and Martin Wolf's The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
Cover of MegaThreats: Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How to Survive Them by Nouriel Roubini

14. MegaThreats: Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How to Survive Them

By: Nouriel Roubini

3.77

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Read and pay attention" (Martin Wolf, the Financial Times ): the bestselling author of Crisis Econ… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
  • business
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15. The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market

By: Naomi Oreskes

4.42

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling authors of Merchants of Doubt offer a profound, startling history of one of America… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • economics
  • business
Cover of The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato

16. The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies

By: Mariana Mazzucato

3.63

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry and what to do ab… read more

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  • politics
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
  • business
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17. Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed

By: Peter Singer

4.55

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Peter Singer may be the most controversial philosopher alive; he is certainly among the most influ… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
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18. Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

By: Fareed Zakaria

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The CNN host and best-selling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the pola… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
  • business
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19. Hoe migratie echt werkt

By: Hein de Haas

4.43

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan. Al jar… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
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20. Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

By: Howard W. French

4.31

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European histor… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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21. The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism

By: Keyu Jin

3.82

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy China's… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • economics
  • business
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22. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

By: Peter Turchin

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But eve… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • economics
  • society
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23. Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream

By: David Leonhardt

4.28

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

The clear-eyed, definitive history of the modern American economy and the decline of the American D… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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24. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era

By: Gary Gerstle

4.19

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • political science
  • economics
  • business
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25. Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism

By: George Monbiot

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A sharp, fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
Cover of Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality by Angus Deaton

26. Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality

By: Angus Deaton

3.80

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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27. What Would the Great Economists Do?: How Twelve Brilliant Minds Would Solve Today's Biggest Problems

By: Linda Yueh

3.69

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A timely exploration of the life and work of world-changing thinkers--from Adam Smith to John Mayna… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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28. Great Britain?: The must-read Sunday Times bestseller on How We Get Our Future Back

By: Torsten Bell

4.37

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Thrilling and essential campaign reading from one of our most influential and profound economists'T… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • society
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29. Free and Equal: A Manifesto for a Just Society

By: Daniel Chandler

3.97

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Imagine: you are designing a society, but you don't know who you'll be within it - rich or poor, ma… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • finance
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
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30. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • contemporary
  • political science
"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

25 must-read history books like The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf

Transform Your Habits

The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

Yascha Mounk

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization

Edmund Conway

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Homelands: A Personal History of Europe

Timothy Garton Ash

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

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19 Top audiobook books like Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality by Angus Deaton

Transform Your Habits

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

William Egginton

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

Yascha Mounk

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

Daron Acemoğlu

3.90

Transform Your Habits

The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma

Mustafa Suleyman

3.86

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