Books like Lords of Easy Money

A gripping, eye-opening journey into the hidden engine room of the global economy that leaves you looking at wealth and power in a completely different light. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Lords of Easy Money.

tense
foreboding
eye-opening
infuriating

01
Changing World Order
Ray Dalio
A sweeping, data-driven lens on the cyclical rise and fall of empires that makes the chaotic present feel historically inevitable.
Shares:
- foreboding
02
The big short
Michael Lewis
A darkly hilarious, dread-inducing front-row seat to the hubris that broke the global economy.
Shares:
- tense
03
Too Big to Fail
Andrew Ross Sorkin
A breathless, fly-on-the-wall thriller that traps you inside the panic-stricken boardrooms where the global economy teetered on the brink of collapse.
Shares:
- tense
- urgent
04
Price of Peace
Zachary D. Carter
A sweeping, elegant journey through the mind of a bohemian genius who believed economics should serve art, love, and human happiness.
Feels:
- intellectually stimulating
- grand
- idealistic
05
Chip War
Chris Miller
A sweeping, high-stakes geopolitical thriller disguised as a history of technology.
Shares:
- tense
- urgent
06
Money
Jacob Goldstein (Cohost of Planet Money podcast)
A witty, globe-trotting tour through the collective hallucination that makes the modern world go round.
Shares:
- accessible
07
Boomerang
Michael M. Lewis
A darkly hilarious global tour of financial ruin that makes you laugh right up until the moment you realize the joke is on you.
Feels:
- absurd
- exasperated
- impending doom
08
Billion Dollar Loser
Reeves Wiedeman
A dizzying, jaw-dropping front-row seat to the spectacular implosion of a charismatic grifter and his unicorn empire.
Feels:
- frenetic
- absurd
- chaotic
09
No Rules Rules
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
A provocative, fast-paced masterclass in stripping away corporate bureaucracy to unleash radical innovation and trust.
Feels:
- energetic
- forward-thinking
- intellectually stimulating
10
Crashed
Adam Tooze
A sweeping, analytical journey through the shockwaves of financial collapse and the hidden forces shaping our modern world.
Shares:
- tense
11
Lights Out
Thomas Gryta; Ted Mann
A sobering, analytical autopsy of corporate hubris and institutional decay.
Shares:
- tense
- critical
12
This time is different
Carmen M. Reinhart
A sweeping, data-rich reality check that proves financial hubris is humanity's oldest repeating loop.
Feels:
- sobering
- intellectual
- expansive

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