Naked Money: A Revealing Look at Our Financial System
By: Charles Wheelan
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
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By: Ted Turner , Bill Burke
4.05
Format: 433 pages, Hardcover
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By: Herminia Ibarra
4.11
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
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3. Liar's Poker
By: Michael Lewis
4.15
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker. Michael L… read more
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4. 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
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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By: Neil Irwin
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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By: Henry Hazlitt
3.69
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3.32
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By: Elliot Aronson , Carol Tavris
4.29
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By: Cass R. Sunstein , Richard H. Thaler
3.84
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
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4.19
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
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By: Lawrence H. White
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
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By: Donald Ray Pollock
3.82
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4.16
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By: Tim Spector
2.00
Format: 161 pages,
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By: Alan Taylor
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
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16. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers
By: Robert C. Martin
4.24
Format: None pages, Paperback
Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common … read more
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17. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
By: Niall Ferguson
3.69
Format: 47 pages,
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4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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19. Capitalism and Freedom
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3.97
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
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20. 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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4.44
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4.37
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"Curiosity bred competence."-Brian Christian, The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values
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4.04
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24. Naked Money: A Revealing Look at Our Financial System
By: Charles Wheelan
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