Books for the Next Economy
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Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems 4.22 avg rating — 14,334 ratings
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The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age
by:
David S. Abraham
4.07 avg rating — 249 ratings 3. 
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The Business Reinvention of Japan: How to Make Sense of the New Japan and Why It Matters
by:
Ulrike Schaede
3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings 8. 
The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets
by:
Thomas Philippon
4.18 avg rating — 686 ratings 8. 
What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees
by:
Tony Juniper
4.21 avg rating — 411 ratings 10. 
The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay
by:
Emmanuel Saez
4.30 avg rating — 1,421 ratings 10. 
Growling Tiger, Roaring Dragon: India, China, and the New World Order
by:
David Smith
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 11 ratings 12. 
The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information
by:
Frank Pasquale
3.74 avg rating — 319 ratings 13. 
The Enlightened Capitalists: Cautionary Tales of Business Pioneers Who Tried to Do Well by Doing Good
by:
James O'Toole
3.77 avg rating — 103 ratings 13. 
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
by:
Naomi Klein
4.16 avg rating — 27,260 ratings 15. 
More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources―and What Happens Next
by:
Andrew McAfee
3.90 avg rating — 1,142 ratings 
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Change Everything: Creating an Economy for the Common Good
by:
Christian Felber
3.68 avg rating — 325 ratings 
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Innovation + Equality: How to Create a Future That Is More Star Trek Than Terminator
by:
Joshua Gans
3.58 avg rating — 43 ratings 20. 
The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
by:
Daniel Markovits
3.83 avg rating — 2,197 ratings 21. 
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
by:
Katharina Pistor
4.03 avg rating — 913 ratings 22. 
Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
by:
Clive Thompson
3.97 avg rating — 2,729 ratings 23. 
Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering the Future of Civilization
by:
John Browne
3.49 avg rating — 136 ratings 24. 
Learning by Doing: The Real Connection between Innovation, Wages, and Wealth
by:
James Bessen
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 48 ratings 25. 
Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
by:
Nicolas Colin
4.10 avg rating — 62 ratings 
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
by:
Cal Newport
4.06 avg rating — 91,773 ratings