9 Top business books like What Went Wrong with Capitalism by Ruchir Sharma

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What Went Wrong with Capitalism

By: Ruchir Sharma

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A century of expanding government has distorted financial markets, stoked massive inequality, and s…

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1. Troubled

By: Rob Henderson

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more

Similar categories in Rob Henderson's Troubled book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • nonfiction
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"

-Rob Henderson, Troubled

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2. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

Similar categories in Charles Duhigg's Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • nonfiction
  • business
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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3. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

By: Morgan Housel

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Housel's Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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4. 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 Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • nonfiction
  • business
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5. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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6. Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading

By: Chris J. Anderson

3.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED, an inspiring book about one of huma… read more

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  • nonfiction
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7. 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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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
  • business
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8. Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

By: Barbara McQuade

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practic… read more

Similar categories in Barbara McQuade's Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • nonfiction
  • history
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9. The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From one of the world’s leading economists, a compelling new vision of personal and economic freedo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
  • business
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10. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
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11. How the World Ran Out of Everything: Inside the Global Supply Chain

By: Peter S. Goodman

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Part Michael Lewis, part The Way Things Work: From the New York Times’s Global Economics Correspond… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
  • business
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12. 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

Similar categories in Anne Applebaum's Autocracy, Inc. book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • nonfiction
  • history
"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.

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13. All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way

By: Fred C. Trump

4.07

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, bre… read more

Similar categories in Fred C. Trump's All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • nonfiction
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14. What Went Wrong with Capitalism

By: Ruchir Sharma

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A century of expanding government has distorted financial markets, stoked massive inequality, and s… read more

Similar categories in Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • history
  • finance
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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15. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
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16. 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

Similar categories in Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • nonfiction
  • history
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17. At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House

By: H.R. McMaster

4.08

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster’s turbulent and consequential thirte… read more

Similar categories in H.R. McMaster's At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • nonfiction
  • history
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18. On Freedom

By: Timothy Snyder

4.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only c… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. The Money Trap: Lost Illusions Inside the Tech Bubble

By: Alok Sama

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gripping and entertaining memoir that offers a rare C-suite window on the world of technology inv… read more

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  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
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20. War

By: Bob Woodward

4.43

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more

Similar categories in Bob Woodward's War book and Ruchir Sharma's What Went Wrong with Capitalism

  • nonfiction
  • history
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."

-Bob Woodward, War

"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"

-Bob Woodward, War

"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"

-Bob Woodward, War

"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"

-Bob Woodward, War

13 Top history books like What Went Wrong with Capitalism by Ruchir Sharma

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Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes

Morgan Housel

4.19

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Frank Bruni

4.13

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Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present

Fareed Zakaria

4.23

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Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America

Barbara McQuade

4.15

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Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism

Rachel Maddow

4.45

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Jonathan Karl

4.28

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Liz Cheney

4.60

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Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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