Economy

An economy (From Greek οίκος – "household" and νęμoμαι – "manage") is an area of the production, distribution, or trade, and consumption of goods and services by different agents in a given geographical location. Understood in its broadest sense, 'The economic is defined as a social domain that emphasizes the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the production, use and management of resources'. Economic agents can be individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments. Economic transactions occur when two parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good ...more

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money—That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
Debt: The First 5,000 Years
The Intelligent Investor
Economics in One Lesson
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Road to Serfdom
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Capitalist Realism by Mark FisherInventing the Future by Nick SrnicekBullshit Jobs by David GraeberPostcapitalism by Paul  MasonFour Futures by Peter Frase
FALC
49 books — 24 voters
The Swiss Franc, from 1798 to 2055 by Costa VayenasFrom Dawn to Decadence by Jacques BarzunThe Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. HuntingtonGod's Debris by Scott AdamsMoney Changes Everything by William N. Goetzmann
Libros del fondo de UPSB
13 books — 1 voter

Debt by David GraeberCapital by Karl MarxAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Ascent of Money by Niall FergusonToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
The History of Money
81 books — 33 voters
The Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiThe Coaching Habit  by Michael Bungay StanierIt's Not Burnout It's Betrayal by Lora CheadleThe Chrysalis Caretaker by David P. Smith MDThe Child I Left Behind by Anjalia McGoldrick
Books That Inspired #BettingOnYou
31 books — 19 voters


The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values. ...more
Theodore J. Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future

Bruce Sterling
You know what's truly weird about any financial crisis? We made it up. Currency, money, finance, they're all social inventions. When the sun comes up in the morning it's shining on the same physical landscape, all the atoms are in place. ...more
Bruce Sterling

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