If you loved
Books like Debt
A sweeping, paradigm-shifting journey that completely dismantles everything you thought you knew about money, morality, and human obligation. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Debt.
- intellectually charged
- paradigm-shifting
- indignant
- mind-expanding
- 01
Money
Jacob Goldstein (Cohost of Planet Money podcast)
A witty, globe-trotting tour through the collective hallucination that makes the modern world go round.
- 02
The ascent of money
Niall Ferguson
An expansive, eye-opening journey that reveals the invisible financial scaffolding holding up human history.
- 03
The Dawn of Everything
David Graeber and David Wengrow
A sweeping, paradigm-shattering intellectual adventure that rewrites the story of human potential.
- 04
This time is different
Carmen M. Reinhart
A sweeping, data-rich reality check that proves financial hubris is humanity's oldest repeating loop.
- 05
History of central banking and the enslavement of mankind
Stephen Mitford Goodson
A sweeping, controversial reinterpretation of world history viewed entirely through the lens of financial manipulation and hidden power.
- 06
The Deficit Myth
Stephanie Kelton
A paradigm-shifting exploration of money that replaces the anxiety of national debt with the radical hope of public investment.
- 07
Crashed
Adam Tooze
A sweeping, analytical journey through the shockwaves of financial collapse and the hidden forces shaping our modern world.
- 08
Digital gold
Nathaniel Popper
A globe-trotting, character-driven deep dive into the chaotic frontier of decentralized money and the eccentric visionaries who built it.
- 09
Give People Money
Annie Lowrey
A clear-eyed, optimistic exploration of a radical yet straightforward policy designed to reshape society.
- 10
Ideas
Peter Watson · 2005
A sweeping, panoramic journey through the evolution of human thought that leaves the reader feeling intellectually expanded and deeply connected to the past.
- 11
Money mischief
Milton Friedman · 1992
A lucid, historical journey through the illusions and realities of money that will forever change how you view the dollar in your pocket.
- 12
Doughnut economics
Kate Raworth
A visionary and pragmatic guide to redesigning global economics for a sustainable, human-centered future.
