The Essential Adam Smith (Essential Scholars)
By: James R. Otteson
4.36
Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition
Adam Smith (1723–1790) is widely hailed as the founding father of the discipline now known as econo…
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1. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
By: Joshua Foer
3.88
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our con… read more
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"learning texts is worth doing not because it's easy but because it's hard."-Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
"A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense."-Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
"If you want to live a memorable life, you have to be the kind of person who remembers to remember."-Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
"What better way to try to begin to understand the nature and meaning of human memory than to investigate its absence?"-Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
2. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.10
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost philosophers of our time, Nas… read more
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"Only the autodidacts are free."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"More data means more information, but it also means more false information."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Convincing - and confident - disciplines, say, physics, tend to use little statistical backup, while political science and economics, which have never produced anything of note, are full of elaborate…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of the writing itself. This acts as a filter--it is the only filter. If the subject is not intere…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
3. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
By: Adam Smith
3.88
Format: 1076 pages, Paperback
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and… read more
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"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
4. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics
By: Henry Hazlitt
3.69
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A million copy seller, Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lessonis a classic economic primer. But it … read more
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5. Economic Policy
By: Ludwig von Mises
3.98
Format: None pages,
Economic Policycontains six lectures Ludwig von Mises delivered in 1959 for the Centro de Estudios … read more
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6. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson
4.08
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more
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"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
7. A Modest Proposal
By: Jonathan Swift
4.06
Format: 663 pages, Paperback
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Thei… read more
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8. The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
By: Ayn Rand , Nathaniel Branden
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Ayn Randhere sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds human life--… read more
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9. Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays
By: Thomas Sowell
4.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of essays that discusses such issues as the media, immigration, the minimum wage and m… read more
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11. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
By: Charles T. Munger , None
4.42
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter… read more
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"What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational"-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life preceding it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life perfecting it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
12. 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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13. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
14. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
By: Ryan Holiday
4.28
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case … read more
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"We must master ourselves unless we'd prefer to be mastered by someone or something else."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
"We must practice temperance now, in times of plenty, because none of us know what the future holds- only that plenty never lasts."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
15. Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
By: David de Jong
4.21
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors… read more
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16. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
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17. The Essential Natural Law (Essential Scholars)
By: Samuel Gregg
4.13
Format: 106 pages, Kindle Edition
Few ideas have been as influential in the development of moral, political, legal, and economic thou… read more
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18. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED SOE and Italy 1943-1945 (David Stafford World War II History)
By: David Stafford
3.83
Format: 516 pages, Kindle Edition
THE FIRST COMPLETE AND AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT OF BRITAIN’S SECRET WAR IN ITALY IN WW2.‘A gripping ac… read more
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19. The Essential John Locke (Essential Scholars)
By: Eric Mack
4.16
Format: 61 pages, Kindle Edition
No single individual is ever the sole founder of any major stance in political philosophy. Neverthe… read more
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20. The Essential Robert Nozick (Essential Scholars)
By: Aeon J. Skoble
3.89
Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert Nozick was a professor of philosophy at Harvard University who is most famous for his contri… read more
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21. The Essential James Buchanan (Essential Scholars)
By: Donald J. Boudreaux
4.44
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
James (“Jim”) McGill Buchanan (1919-2013), surely seemed an unlikely prospect for winning a Nobel P… read more
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22. The Essential Joseph Schumpeter (Essential Scholars)
By: Russell S. Sobel
4.11
Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition
Joseph Schumpeter is one of the most accomplished economists of the twentieth century. Included amo… read more
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23. The Essential Austrian Economics
By: Christopher J. Coyne
4.11
Format: 68 pages, Kindle Edition
The origin of the Austrian School of economics is the publication of Carl Menger’s Principles of Ec… read more
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24. The Essential Adam Smith (Essential Scholars)
By: James R. Otteson
4.36
Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition
Adam Smith (1723–1790) is widely hailed as the founding father of the discipline now known as econo… read more
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25. The Essential Milton Friedman (Essential Scholars)
By: Steven E. Landsburg
4.36
Format: 84 pages, Kindle Edition
When economists are called “influential,” it usually means they’ve changed the way other economists… read more
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26. The Essential Ronald Coase (Essential Scholars)
By: Lynne Kiesling
4.17
Format: 75 pages, Kindle Edition
Ronald Coase (1910-2013) was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. His influe… read more
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27. The Essential Enlightenment (Essential Scholars)
By: Douglas J. Den Uyl
4.18
Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition
The political ideas that fully came together under the name “liberal” in the early nineteenth centu… read more
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28. The Essential UCLA School of Economics (Essential Scholars)
By: David R. Henderson
4.13
Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition
The UCLA tradition carries on in the work of dozens of economists who earned their PhDs at UCLA dur… read more
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29. The Essential John Stuart Mill (Essential Scholars)
By: Sandra J. Peart
4.16
Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition
The oldest of nine children, John Stuart Mill was born on May 20, 1806; he died in France, where he… read more
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30. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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31. The Essential Women of Liberty (Essential Scholars)
By: Fraser Institute
4.26
Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition
The thinkers discussed in this volume are a remarkably diverse group. They were born in the eightee… read more
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