The History of Money

1.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
Debt: The First 5,000 Years 4.21 avg rating — 25,621 ratings
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 3.88 avg rating — 34,382 ratings
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World 3.90 avg rating — 30,147 ratings
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating — 23,214 ratings
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves 4.15 avg rating — 41,836 ratings
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Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 1: The Structures of Everyday Life
Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 1: The Structures of Everyday Life 4.35 avg rating — 1,711 ratings
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Das Kapital
Das Kapital
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating — 23,214 ratings
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money 3.85 avg rating — 5,679 ratings
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron 4.22 avg rating — 27,093 ratings
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Venture: A Collection of True Microfinance Stories
Venture: A Collection of True Microfinance Stories 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (2 Volumes)
An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (2 Volumes) 4.39 avg rating — 341 ratings
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World 4.03 avg rating — 16,187 ratings
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What Has Government Done to Our Money? and The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar
What Has Government Done to Our Money? and The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar 4.27 avg rating — 2,860 ratings
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Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 3: The Perspective of the World
Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 3: The Perspective of the World 4.42 avg rating — 478 ratings
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Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails 4.13 avg rating — 20,007 ratings
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This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly 3.76 avg rating — 7,344 ratings
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century 3.69 avg rating — 102,338 ratings
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On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating — 41,827 ratings
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The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View
The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View 4.17 avg rating — 2,621 ratings
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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco 4.28 avg rating — 42,420 ratings
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The Social Contract, a Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, and a Discourse on Political Economy
The Social Contract, a Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, and a Discourse on Political Economy 3.84 avg rating — 415 ratings
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On Colonialism
On Colonialism
by: Karl Marx
3.95 avg rating — 64 ratings
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When Money Dies: The Nightmare of the Weimar Hyper-inflation
When Money Dies: The Nightmare of the Weimar Hyper-inflation 3.79 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
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Colonialism and Neocolonialism
Colonialism and Neocolonialism 3.81 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. 4.16 avg rating — 35,591 ratings
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The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy 3.73 avg rating — 2,164 ratings
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The Medieval Market Economy
The Medieval Market Economy
by: John Day
4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe (2 Volume Set)
The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe (2 Volume Set) 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Autobiography / Poor Richard / Later Writings
Autobiography / Poor Richard / Later Writings 4.16 avg rating — 128 ratings
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The Worst Poverty: A History of Debt and Debtors
The Worst Poverty: A History of Debt and Debtors 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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No One Can Escape the 4 Laws: Negotiate or Die
No One Can Escape the 4 Laws: Negotiate or Die 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America
Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America 3.96 avg rating — 225 ratings
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American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History 4.13 avg rating — 683 ratings
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..and Forgive Them Their Debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption from Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year
..and Forgive Them Their Debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption from Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year 4.31 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Shaped the Modern World
Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Shaped the Modern World 3.56 avg rating — 903 ratings
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Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World 3.90 avg rating — 46,988 ratings
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The Necessity of Finance: An Overview of the Science of Management of Wealth for an Individual, a Group, or an Organization
The Necessity of Finance: An Overview of the Science of Management of Wealth for an Individual, a Group, or an Organization 3.97 avg rating — 119 ratings
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The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America
The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America 3.89 avg rating — 718 ratings
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Borrow: The American Way of Debt
Borrow: The American Way of Debt 3.87 avg rating — 204 ratings
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor 3.96 avg rating — 3,855 ratings
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The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance: A Comprehensive Collection of Time-Tested Principles of Wealth Management
The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance: A Comprehensive Collection of Time-Tested Principles of Wealth Management 3.97 avg rating — 113 ratings
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism 3.78 avg rating — 309 ratings
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Debt and Economic Renewal in the Ancient Near East: The International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economics, no. 3
Debt and Economic Renewal in the Ancient Near East: The International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economics, no. 3 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History
Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History 3.93 avg rating — 797 ratings
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The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else 3.99 avg rating — 4,345 ratings
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The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century
The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century 4.18 avg rating — 447 ratings
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Popes and Bankers: A Cultural History of Credit and Debt, from Aristotle to AIG
Popes and Bankers: A Cultural History of Credit and Debt, from Aristotle to AIG 3.23 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938
Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938 3.90 avg rating — 2,277 ratings
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Historical Capitalism with Capitalist Civilization
Historical Capitalism with Capitalist Civilization 3.91 avg rating — 770 ratings
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The Lexus and the Olive Tree
The Lexus and the Olive Tree 3.61 avg rating — 8,520 ratings
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Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis
Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis 3.97 avg rating — 4,990 ratings
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Geld und Magie: Deutung und Kritik der modernen Wirtschaft anhand von Goethes Faust
Geld und Magie: Deutung und Kritik der modernen Wirtschaft anhand von Goethes Faust 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Money Makes the World Go Around: One Investor Tracks Her Cash Through the Global Economy, from Brooklyn to Bangkok and Back
Money Makes the World Go Around: One Investor Tracks Her Cash Through the Global Economy, from Brooklyn to Bangkok and Back 3.53 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Globalization and its Discontents
Globalization and its Discontents 3.87 avg rating — 8,112 ratings
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The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy
The World Is Curved: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy 3.48 avg rating — 333 ratings
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A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature
A Beautiful Math: John Nash, Game Theory, and the Modern Quest for a Code of Nature 3.59 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty 4.12 avg rating — 10,336 ratings
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Too Good to Be True: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Madoff
Too Good to Be True: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Madoff 3.46 avg rating — 664 ratings
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Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend
Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend 3.93 avg rating — 1,196 ratings
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Principles of Political Economy: And Chapters on Socialism
Principles of Political Economy: And Chapters on Socialism 3.81 avg rating — 231 ratings
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Writings
Writings 4.28 avg rating — 195 ratings
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The Condition of the Working Class in England
The Condition of the Working Class in England 4.03 avg rating — 3,605 ratings
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Discourse on Colonialism
Discourse on Colonialism 4.44 avg rating — 7,437 ratings
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One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com
One Click: Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com 3.74 avg rating — 8,006 ratings
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The House of Rothschild, Vol 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848
The House of Rothschild, Vol 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 3.88 avg rating — 1,707 ratings
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The House of Rothschild, Vol 2: The World's Banker 1849-1999
The House of Rothschild, Vol 2: The World's Banker 1849-1999 3.95 avg rating — 661 ratings
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The King, the Crook, and the Gambler: The True Story of the South Sea Bubble and the Greatest Financial Scandal in History
The King, the Crook, and the Gambler: The True Story of the South Sea Bubble and the Greatest Financial Scandal in History 3.89 avg rating — 107 ratings
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The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall
The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall 3.87 avg rating — 8,388 ratings
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Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
by: Tim Parks
3.61 avg rating — 1,371 ratings
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Die Fugger: Geschichte einer Augsburger Familie, 1367-1650
Die Fugger: Geschichte einer Augsburger Familie, 1367-1650 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Fugger und der Duft des Goldes: Die Entstehung des Kapitalismus
Fugger und der Duft des Goldes: Die Entstehung des Kapitalismus 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Hansa
The Hansa 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy 4.37 avg rating — 13,814 ratings