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An expansive, eye-opening journey that reveals the invisible financial scaffolding holding up human history. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The ascent of money.
- intellectual
- expansive
- illuminating
- sobering
- 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
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.
- 03
Empire
Niall Ferguson
A sweeping, provocative journey through the mechanics of global power that challenges how we view the foundations of the modern world.
- 04
Square and the Tower
Niall Ferguson
A sweeping, analytical journey through world history that reframes human civilization as an endless tug-of-war between rigid hierarchies and fluid social networks.
- 05
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.
- 06
Moneyland
Oliver Bullough
A globe-trotting, infuriating tour through the hidden financial plumbing of the ultra-rich.
- 07
Debt
David Graeber
A sweeping, paradigm-shifting journey that completely dismantles everything you thought you knew about money, morality, and human obligation.
- 08
Crashed
Adam Tooze
A sweeping, analytical journey through the shockwaves of financial collapse and the hidden forces shaping our modern world.
- 09
This time is different
Carmen M. Reinhart
A sweeping, data-rich reality check that proves financial hubris is humanity's oldest repeating loop.
- 10
The wealth and poverty of nations
David S. Landes
A sweeping, opinionated masterclass in economic history that challenges the reader to grapple with the cultural and technological roots of global inequality.
- 11
Tulipomania
Mike Dash
A fascinating historical journey into the heart of a 17th-century economic obsession over a single, beautiful flower.
- 12
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.
