15 Best economics books like Permanent Distortion: How the Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever by Nomi Prins

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Permanent Distortion: How the Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever

By: Nomi Prins

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A riveting exposé of a permanent financial dystopia, its causes, and real-world consequences   It …

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1. 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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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • finance
  • business
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2. Debt: The First 5,000 Years

By: David Graeber

3.61

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • finance
  • business
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3. Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few

By: Robert B. Reich

3.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the author of Aftershockand The Work of Nations, his most important book to date--a passionate… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
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4. Black Rednecks and White Liberals

By: Thomas Sowell

4.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This book presents the kind of eye-opening insights into the history and culture of race for which … read more

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5. If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

By: Vincent Bevins

4.28

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

The story of the recent uprisings that sought to change the world - and what comes next   From 20… read more

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"In the history of revolutions, a couple of truisms had already emerged. One is that they are only successful when security forces defect or are defeated in violent conflict. Even if Moa Zedong was be…"

-Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution

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6. The War on the West

By: Douglas Murray

4.28

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more

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"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"

-Douglas Murray, The War on the West

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7. 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

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  • economics
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8. 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
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"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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9. Nuclear War: A Scenario

By: Annie Jacobsen

4.47

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in … read more

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  • nonfiction
"The fundamental idea behind this book is to demonstrate, in appalling detail, just how horrifying nuclear war would be."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

"Humans are wired to advance. Humans do whatever it takes. And yet, nuclear war zeros it all out. Nuclear weapons reduce human brilliance and ingenuity, love and desire, empathy and intellect, to ash."

-Annie Jacobsen, Nuclear War: A Scenario

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10. Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber

By: Andy Borowitz

4.35

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Andy Borowitz, “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines t… read more

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"Imagine a hypothetical job applicant. He can't spell the simplest words, such as "heal" and "tap". Confused by geography, he thinks there's an African country called "Nambia". As for American history…"

-Andy Borowitz, Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber

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11. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

By: David Graeber

4.20

Format: 692 pages, Hardcover

A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more

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  • economics
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"

-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

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12. Women & Power: A Manifesto

By: Mary Beard

4.03

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

At long last, Mary Beard addresses in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who mercilessly att… read more

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"Nuestro modelo cultural y mental de persona poderosa sigue siendo irrevocablemente masculino"

-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

"I do wonder if, in some places, the presence of large numbers of women in parliament means that parliament is where the power is not."

-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

"It was not all quite so simple, that real equality between women and men was still a thing of the future, and that there were causes for anger as well as for celebration."

-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

"A verdade pura e dura é que as amazonas eram um mito grego masculino. (..) A ideia subjacente era que o dever dos homens consistia em salvar a civilização do domínio das mulheres."

-Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

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13. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

By: Peter Zeihan

4.18

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
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14. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail

By: Ray Dalio

4.28

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has s… read more

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15. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

By: Rachel Aviv

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions … read more

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"It's startling to realize how narrowly we avoid, or miss, living radically different lives."

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

"For a child, solipsistic by nature, there are limits to the ways that despair can be communicated. Culture shapes the scripts that expressions of distress will follow. In both anorexia and resignatio…"

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

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16. Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

By: Vivek Ramaswamy

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this New York Times bestseller, a young and successful entrepreneur makes the case that politics… read more

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"Diversity"

-Vivek Ramaswamy, Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam

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17. On Corruption in America: And What Is at Stake

By: Sarah Chayes

4.12

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

From the prizewinning journalist and internationally recognized expert on corruption in government … read more

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18. Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy

By: James B. Stewart

3.76

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The shocking inside story of the struggle for power and control at Paramount Global, the multibilli… read more

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19. 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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  • economics
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20. San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities

By: Michael Shellenberger

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America… read more

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21. They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent

By: Sarah Kendzior

3.94

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE “Every sentence delivered. The pathos of truth-see… read more

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"The word “conspire"

-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent

"The desire to forget is as overwhelming as the obligation not to."

-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent

"History was a feedback loop of unlearned lessons and reverberating lies."

-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent

"There is no such thing as paranoia; your worst fears can come true at any moment,"

-Sarah Kendzior, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent

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22. The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

By: Fei-Fei Li

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at … read more

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23. The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy

By: Anand Giridharadas

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change mi… read more

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"We were being explicitly taught: Don’t think that you are first to anything, pay attention to what preceded you, trust that you are standing on someone else’s ground until proven otherwise."

-Anand Giridharadas, The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy

"All this is new to white people, because white people generally think they can just do what they want. There’s no consulting, there’s no talking to people of color about what they think. So we were p…"

-Anand Giridharadas, The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy

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24. The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy

By: Christopher Leonard

4.34

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The New York Times bestseller from business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of Ameri… read more

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Cover of War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine by Norman Solomon

25. War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine

By: Norman Solomon

4.41

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed veteran political analyst, a searing new exposé of how the American military, wi… read more

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26. Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind

By: Robert Draper

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2022 The disturbing eyewitness account of how a new … read more

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27. The Great Devaluation: How to Embrace, Prepare, and Profit from the Coming Global Monetary Reset

By: Adam Baratta

3.97

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

The Great Devaluation is about the imminent and future failure of the global monetary system. It co… read more

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Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

28. 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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29. Permanent Distortion: How the Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever

By: Nomi Prins

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A riveting exposé of a permanent financial dystopia, its causes, and real-world consequences   It … read more

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28 Top nonfiction books like Permanent Distortion: How the Financial Markets Abandoned the Real Economy Forever by Nomi Prins

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Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

Henry Hazlitt

3.69

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Debt: The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few

Robert B. Reich

3.15

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Vincent Bevins

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

Yascha Mounk

4.08

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The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

Greg Lukianoff

3.93

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Douglas Murray

4.28

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The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath

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