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AI Superpowers
AI Superpowers
Kai-Fu Lee
China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
20.3 min
4.3
The Origin of Wealth
The Origin of Wealth
Eric D. Beinhocker
The Radical Remaking of Economics and What It Means for Business And Society
17.3 min
3.9
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Burton G. Malkiel
The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
5.2 min
3.8
Americana
Americana
Bhu Srinivasan
A 400-Year History of American Capitalism
37 min
4.3
Moneyland
Moneyland
Oliver Bullough
Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How to Take It Back
18.7 min
4.3
So You Want to Own Greenland?
So You Want to Own Greenland?
Elizabeth Buchanan
Lessons from the Vikings to Trump
22.8 min
4.3
Money in the Twenty-First Century
Money in the Twenty-First Century
Richard Holden
Cheap, Mobile, and Digital
18.6 min
4.1
The Square and the Tower
The Square and the Tower
Niall Ferguson
Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
42.2 min
4.4
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The Bitcoin Standard
The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous
The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking
26.6 min
4.5
The Black Swan
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
18.2 min
4.3
2030
2030
Mauro F. Guillén
How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
26.5 min
4.2
The Means of Prediction
The Means of Prediction
Maximilian Kasy
How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)
17.3 min
4.1
Hate the Game
Hate the Game
Daryl Fairweather
Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work
23.1 min
4.3
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
Ha-Joon Chang
Why capitalism is not what you think it is.
22.6 min
3.8
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Alex Haley
As told to Alex Haley
22.6 min
4.6
A Field Guide to Lies
A Field Guide to Lies
Daniel J. Levitin
Critical Thinking with Statistics and the Scientific Method
19.3 min
4.3
How to Day Trade for a Living
How to Day Trade for a Living
Andrew Aziz
A Beginner's Guide
18.8 min
4.1
Trading in the Zone
Trading in the Zone
Mark Douglas
Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline, and a Winning Attitude
11.5 min
4.0
The New Silk Roads
The New Silk Roads
Peter Frankopan
The Present and Future of the World
18.8 min
3.9
1929
1929
Andrew Ross Sorkin
Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation
23 min
4.5
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds
Charles Mackay
Why People Believe the Unbelievable
18.8 min
4.2
The Intelligence Explosion
The Intelligence Explosion
James Barrat
When AI Beats Humans at Everything
18 min
4.0
Thinking in Systems
Thinking in Systems
Donella H. Meadows
A Primer
17.4 min
4.2
Resolute Japan
Resolute Japan
Jusuke Jj Ikegami
The Leaders Forging a Corporate Resurgence
22.5 min
4.3
Enshittification
Enshittification
Cory Doctorow
Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
24.6 min
4.5
The Algebra of Wealth
The Algebra of Wealth
Scott Galloway
A Simple Formula for Financial Security
16.6 min
3.9
Power and Progress
Power and Progress
Daron Acemoglu
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
18.8 min
4.0
Narrative and Numbers
Narrative and Numbers
Aswath Damodaran
The Value of Stories in Business
15.9 min
3.9
Smart Until It's Dumb
Smart Until It's Dumb
Emmanuel Maggiori
Why Artificial Intelligence Keeps Making Epic Mistakes (and why the AI Bubble Will Burst)
21.2 min
4.0
The AI-fication of Jobs
The AI-fication of Jobs
Huy Nguyen Trieu
Preparing Ourselves for the Future of Work
17.3 min
4.2
Money
Money
David McWilliams
The Story Of Humanity
19.4 min
4.6
The Longevity Imperative
The Longevity Imperative
Andrew J Scott
Building a Healthier, Productive Society to Support Longer Lives
17.1 min
3.3

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