8 must-read business books like Capital Wars: The Rise of Global Liquidity by Michael J. Howell

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Capital Wars: The Rise of Global Liquidity

By: Michael J. Howell

4.23

Format: None pages, kindle_edition

Economic cycles are driven by financial flows, namely quantities of savings and credits, and not by…

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1. Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

By: Peter Pomerantsev

3.97

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia, where even dictatorship is a r… read more

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"We used to have this self-centred idea that Western democracies were the end-point of evolution, and we're dealing from a position of strength, and people are becoming like us. It's not that way. Bec…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

"So you were dissidents? You believed in finishing the USSR?''No. It's not like that. You just speak several languages at the same time, all the time. There's like several "you"s.' Seen from this pers…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

"That unique Moscow mix of tackiness and menace. One time I see a poster advertising a new property development that captures the tone nicely. Got up in the style of Nazi propaganda, it shows two Germ…"

-Peter Pomerantsev, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia

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2. The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economics and the Threat of Financial Collapse

By: Michael Pettis

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This book presents a radically different argument for what has caused, and likely will continue to … read more

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  • economics
  • finance
  • business

3. Life and Fate

By: Vasily Grossman , Robert Chandler

4.09

Format: 156 pages,

Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnik… read more

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4. The Road to Serfdom

By: Friedrich A. Hayek

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

A classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road … read more

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5. The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements

By: Eric Hoffer

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in h… read more

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6. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb

4.40

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable… read more

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7. The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the Civil War

By: None

4.43

Format: 85 pages, Hardcover

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living… read more

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8. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

By: Daniel Yergin

0.00

Format: None pages,

The Prizerecounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth and power that has al… read more

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9. 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

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  • 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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10. While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America

By: Yeonmi Park

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of … read more

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11. Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

By: Matthew C. Klein

4.17

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests… read more

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  • finance
  • business
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12. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

By: Javier Blas

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more

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  • economics
  • finance
  • business
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"

-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources

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13. The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations

By: Daniel Yergin

4.20

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020 Named Energy Writer of the Yea… read more

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  • economics
  • business
"У 1976 в газеті "Вечірній Ленінград" з'явилася стаття про досі невідомого дзюдоїста, що переміг у змаганнях і здобув звання чемпіона. "Люди ще почують про нього в майбутньому", передбачало видання. Т…"

-Daniel Yergin, The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations

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14. Central Banking 101

By: Joseph J. Wang

4.41

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

Central banking is magic. With a few words, the Fed can lift the stock market out of desperation an… read more

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  • economics
  • finance
  • business
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15. 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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  • economics
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16. Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt

By: Steven Johnson

3.90

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Map and How We Got to Now returns with the story of … read more

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17. Capital Wars: The Rise of Global Liquidity

By: Michael J. Howell

4.23

Format: None pages, kindle_edition

Economic cycles are driven by financial flows, namely quantities of savings and credits, and not by… read more

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  • economics
  • finance
  • business
Cover of Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System (Studies in New Economic Thinking) by Perry G. Mehrling

18. Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System (Studies in New Economic Thinking)

By: Perry G. Mehrling

4.00

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Charles Kindleberger ranks as one of the twentieth century's best known and most influential intern… read more

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  • economics
  • finance
Cover of The Great Rupture: Three Empires, Four Turning Points, and the Future of Humanity by Viktor Shvets

19. The Great Rupture: Three Empires, Four Turning Points, and the Future of Humanity

By: Viktor Shvets

4.32

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

Do we need to be free to be innovative, prosperous, or even happy? The lessons of the last five ce… read more

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  • economics
  • finance
  • business
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20. The Economic Government of the World

By: Martin Daunton

4.25

Format: 880 pages, Hardcover

An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933In 1933, Keynes reflected on the crisis o… read more

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11 Top economics books like Capital Wars: The Rise of Global Liquidity by Michael J. Howell

Transform Your Habits

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Michael Pettis

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4.44

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Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

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4.17

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Chris Miller

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Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

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