Grasp the fundamental principles that govern markets, national economies, and global trends.
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
Predator Nation: Corporate criminals, political corruption, and the hijacking of America
by Charles Ferguson
Cracking the Code: The Fascinating Truth About Taxation In America
by Peter Eric Hendrickson
The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
by Tim Flannery
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
by Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage
The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
by Raj Patel
Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain-Dead Politics Are Selling Out America
by Byron L. Dorgan
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
by Simon Johnson
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
by Arthur Herman, Fearn Cutler de Vicq
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
by Thomas L. Friedman
Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets Are Transforming the Economy―and How to Make Them Work for You
by Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, Sangeet Paul Choudary
The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich
by David Bach
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
by Morgan Housel
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
by Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings
by Philip A. Fisher, Kenneth L. Fisher
One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market
by Peter Lynch, John Rothchild
The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas
by Robert H. Frank
Capital, Vol 1: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
by Karl Marx, Ben Fowkes, Ernest Mandel
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies
by McKinsey & Company, Inc.