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Book recommendations from Brandon "Atrioc" Ewing and some from the community. Books generally about economics and political theory.

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1	Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future by Dan Wang (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 12,140 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Abundance by Ezra Klein 3.88 avg rating — 55,696 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	How Countries Go Broke: The Big Cycle by Ray Dalio (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 2,200 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Kaput: The End of the German Miracle by Wolfgang Münchau 3.99 avg rating — 1,960 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan 3.48 avg rating — 4,787 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It by Jay M. Feinman 4.02 avg rating — 866 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny 4.51 avg rating — 17,424 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 16,839 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 975,988 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? by Graham Allison 4.19 avg rating — 7,681 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class by Noam Scheiber 3.39 avg rating — 223 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Will of the Many (Hierarchy, #1) by James Islington (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 285,699 ratings score: 161, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid 3.82 avg rating — 24,372 ratings score: 161, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 2,283 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis 4.14 avg rating — 92,618 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 239,833 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes by Zachary D. Carter 4.42 avg rating — 3,699 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America by Brendan Ballou (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 2,177 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump 3.71 avg rating — 27,023 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	King Dollar: The Past and Future of the World's Dominant Currency by Paul Blustein (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 190 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Algebra of Happiness: Notes on the Pursuit of Success, Love, and Meaning by Scott Galloway 3.77 avg rating — 9,105 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis 3.84 avg rating — 37,393 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in History – and How It Shattered a Nation by Andrew Ross Sorkin 4.15 avg rating — 34,940 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough 4.29 avg rating — 45,971 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 8,970 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss 4.02 avg rating — 33,482 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History by Glen Berger (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 2,646 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest by Edward Chancellor 4.14 avg rating — 3,070 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West by Guido Alfani (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 305 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation by Edward Chancellor 3.99 avg rating — 2,992 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Jennifer Government by Max Barry (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 16,029 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Destined for War: can America and China escape Thucydides’ Trap? by Graham Allison 4.19 avg rating — 7,681 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 215,941 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek 4.14 avg rating — 26,806 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) by Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 586,213 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Disney War by James B. Stewart 4.12 avg rating — 8,883 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails by Yanis Varoufakis 4.14 avg rating — 22,280 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Weary Titan: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline, 1895-1905 by Aaron L. Friedberg 3.95 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	How Brands Grow: Part 2: Emerging Markets, Services, Durables, New and Luxury Brands by Jenni Romaniuk 4.16 avg rating — 580 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	How Brands Grow: What Marketers Don't Know by Byron Sharp 4.15 avg rating — 4,039 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Watchdog That Didn’t Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism (Columbia Journalism Review Books) by Dean Starkman 4.06 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 4.16 avg rating — 616,059 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success by William N. Thorndike Jr. 4.22 avg rating — 14,406 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber 4.21 avg rating — 28,383 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Trading Game: A Confession by Gary Stevenson 4.12 avg rating — 25,330 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Investing in U.S. Financial History: Understanding the Past to Forecast the Future by Mark J. Higgins 4.48 avg rating — 151 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Anatomy of the Bear: Lessons from Wall Street's Four Great Bottoms by Russell Napier 3.89 avg rating — 264 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Subprime Attention Crisis by Tim Hwang 3.60 avg rating — 1,204 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony by Kori Schake 4.08 avg rating — 140 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy by Matt Stoller 4.23 avg rating — 1,235 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls: How Not to Fight Inflation by Robert Lindsay Schuettinger 4.01 avg rating — 262 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Other Rivers: A Chinese Education by Peter Hessler 4.43 avg rating — 1,887 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment by Jason Schreier (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 7,664 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss 3.86 avg rating — 8,004 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 180,938 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era by John Cassidy 3.90 avg rating — 594 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars