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A sweeping, elegant journey through the mind of a bohemian genius who believed economics should serve art, love, and human happiness. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Price of Peace.
- intellectually stimulating
- grand
- idealistic
- melancholic
- 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.
- 02
Money
Jacob Goldstein (Cohost of Planet Money podcast)
A witty, globe-trotting tour through the collective hallucination that makes the modern world go round.
- 03
This time is different
Carmen M. Reinhart
A sweeping, data-rich reality check that proves financial hubris is humanity's oldest repeating loop.
- 04
Lords of finance
Liaquat Ahamed · 2009
A slow-motion trainwreck of historical hubris, where the quirks of four men bring the global economy to its knees.
- 05
Crashed
Adam Tooze
A sweeping, analytical journey through the shockwaves of financial collapse and the hidden forces shaping our modern world.
- 06
The worldly philosophers
Robert L. Heilbroner · 1955
A sweeping, character-driven journey through the eccentric and brilliant minds that built the modern economic world.
- 07
The general theory of employment, interest and money
J. Keynes · 1936
A dense, paradigm-shattering intellectual journey that rewrites the rules of how societies manage wealth, work, and crisis.
- 08
Bitcoin Billionaires
Ben Mezrich
A cinematic, high-stakes ride through the Wild West of early crypto, fueled by a relentless quest for ultimate vindication.
- 09
The Internationalists
Scott J. Shapiro
A sweeping intellectual journey into the ambitious, radical legal ideas that attempted to reshape the global order and outlaw war.
- 10
Billion Dollar Loser
Reeves Wiedeman
A dizzying, jaw-dropping front-row seat to the spectacular implosion of a charismatic grifter and his unicorn empire.
- 11
Good Economics for Hard Times
Esther Duflo
A compassionate, myth-busting journey through modern policy that replaces partisan panic with evidence-based hope.
- 12
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.
