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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

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Capital, Volume I

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Debt: The First 5,000 Years

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The Black Swan

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Antifragile

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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

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Why Nations Fail

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The Idea of Justice

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EconTalk

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9/10DeepDec 2024

Conversations with Tyler

Tyler Cowen

economicsphilosophy
podcast
4.6
9/10DeepJan 2024

80,000 Hours Podcast

Rob Wiblin

philosophyeconomics
podcast
4.4
9/10DeepAug 2024

Palladium Podcast

Palladium Magazine

politicseconomics
podcast
4.2
9/10DeepApr 2024

EconTalk — Nassim Taleb on Skin in the Game

Russ Roberts

economicsphilosophy
podcast
4.5
9/10DeepFeb 2024

Our World in Data

University of Oxford

economicsscience
website
4.7
9/10DeepJul 2024

Palladium Magazine

Palladium

politicseconomics
website
4.3
9/10DeepMay 2024

Chartbook

Adam Tooze

economicshistory
substack
4.3
9/10DeepJul 2024

Bits about Money

Patrick McKenzie

economicstechnology
substack
4.5
9/10DeepSep 2024

Stratechery

Ben Thompson

technologyeconomics
substack
4.6
9/10DeepJul 2024

Palladium Magazine Newsletter

Palladium

politicseconomics
substack
4.3
9/10DeepJun 2024

@nntaleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

mathematicseconomics
twitter
4.2
9/10DeepJun 2024

@patio11

Patrick McKenzie

economicstechnology
twitter
4.5
9/10DeepJun 2024

The Great Transformation

Karl Polanyi

economicshistory
book
4.3
9/10DeepMay 2025

Capitalism and Freedom

Milton Friedman

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book
4.3
9/10DeepMay 2025

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

economicshistory
book
4.3
9/10ExtremeMay 2025

Progress and Poverty

Henry George

economicspolitics
book
4.4
9/10DeepJun 2025

Manias, Panics, and Crashes

Charles P. Kindleberger

economicshistory
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4.3
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

Peter L. Bernstein

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economicshistory
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4.1
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podcast
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Net Interest

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economics
substack
4.5
9/10DeepDec 2025

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Joseph Wang

economics
substack
4.4
9/10DeepJan 2026

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economics
twitter
4.3
9/10DeepMay 2026

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9/10DeepMay 2026

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8/10DeepDec 2024

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podcast
4.4
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economics
podcast
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philosophyeconomics
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8/10ModerateAug 2024

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economicsai
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Jacobin

Jacobin Foundation

politicseconomics
website
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8/10ModerateAug 2024

Epsilon Theory

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economicspolitics
website
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8/10DeepApr 2024

Matt Levine's Money Stuff

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website
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Slow Boring

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substack
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substack
4.6
8/10DeepFeb 2024

Noahpinion

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substack
4.3
8/10DeepApr 2024

Doomberg

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substack
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Apricitas Economics

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substack
4.3
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Construction Physics

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4.4
8/10DeepAug 2024

The Generalist

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substack
4.3
8/10DeepDec 2024

The Diff

Byrne Hobart

economicstechnology
substack
4.3
8/10DeepMay 2024

The Overshoot

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substack
4.2
8/10DeepNov 2024

Musings on Markets

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substack
4.4
8/10DeepApr 2024

Exponential View

Azeem Azhar

technologyeconomics
substack
4.2
8/10ModerateMay 2024

Benedict Evans

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technologyeconomics
substack
4.3
8/10DeepMar 2024

Unreasonable Doubt

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politicseconomics
substack
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

Invest Like the Best Newsletter

Patrick O'Shaughnessy

economics
substack
4.3
8/10DeepMay 2024

The Information (Newsletter)

The Information

technologyeconomics
substack
4.3
8/10DeepOct 2024

The Upshot Newsletter

New York Times

economicspolitics
substack
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Works in Progress Newsletter

Various

scienceeconomics
substack
4.3
8/10DeepJun 2024

@naval

Naval Ravikant

philosophyeconomics
twitter
4.5
8/10LiteApr 2024

@tylercowen

Tyler Cowen

economicsphilosophy
twitter
4.5
8/10ModerateApr 2024

@DKThomp

Derek Thompson

economicspsychology
twitter
4.3
8/10ModerateMar 2024

@patrickc

Patrick Collison

technologyeconomics
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

@ProfEmilyOster

Emily Oster

economicsscience
twitter
4.3
8/10ModerateOct 2024

@mattyglesias

Matthew Yglesias

politicseconomics
twitter
4.1
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

@pmarca

Marc Andreessen

technologyeconomics
twitter
4
8/10ModerateSep 2024

@ATabarrok

Alex Tabarrok

economics
twitter
4.3
8/10ModerateDec 2024

@EconTalker

Russ Roberts

economicsphilosophy
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateSep 2024

@MattZeitlin

Matt Zeitlin

economicspolitics
twitter
4.1
8/10ModerateJul 2024

@Noahpinion

Noah Smith

economicspolitics
twitter
4.3
8/10DeepJul 2024

@yanisvaroufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

economicspolitics
twitter
4.1
8/10ModerateMay 2024

@PikettyLeMonde

Thomas Piketty

economicshistory
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepJul 2024

@BrankoMilan

Branko Milanovic

economicspolitics
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

@benedictevans

Benedict Evans

technologyeconomics
twitter
4.3
8/10DeepFeb 2024

@RayDalio

Ray Dalio

economics
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateAug 2024

@matt_levine

Matt Levine

economics
twitter
4.5
8/10ModerateJan 2024

@byrnehobart

Byrne Hobart

economicstechnology
twitter
4.3
8/10DeepFeb 2024

@robinhanson

Robin Hanson

economicsphilosophy
twitter
4.1
8/10DeepMar 2024

@tomaspueyo

Tomas Pueyo

scienceeconomics
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateOct 2024

@mjmauboussin

Michael Mauboussin

economicspsychology
twitter
4.3
8/10DeepOct 2024

@LantPritchett

Lant Pritchett

economicspolitics
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepApr 2024

@matclancy

Matt Clancy

economicstechnology
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepApr 2024

@DianeCoyle1859

Diane Coyle

economicstechnology
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepSep 2024

@CassSunstein

Cass Sunstein

economicspolitics
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateJun 2024

Prediction Machines

Ajay Agrawal

economicsai
book
4.1
8/10ModerateMar 2025

No Priors

Sarah Guo

technologyai
podcast
4.3
8/10ModerateFeb 2025

@kaifulee

Kai-Fu Lee

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

@alexandr_wang

Alexandr Wang

technologyai
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2025

Behavioral Scientist

Behavioral Scientist

psychologyeconomics
website
4.3
8/10ModerateApr 2025

The Worldly Philosophers

Robert L. Heilbroner

economicshistory
book
4.5
8/10ModerateMay 2025

GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History

Diane Coyle

economicshistory
book
4.2
8/10ModerateMay 2025

Rebellion, Rascals, and Revenue

Michael Keen & Joel Slemrod

economicshistory
book
4.3
8/10ModerateJun 2025

The Triumph of Injustice

Emmanuel Saez & Gabriel Zucman

economicspolitics
book
4.1
8/10ModerateJun 2025

For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization

Charles Adams

historyeconomics
book
4.2
8/10DeepJun 2025

The Ascent of Money

Niall Ferguson

economicshistory
book
4.3
8/10ModerateJul 2025

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

economics
book
4.6
8/10DeepAug 2025

When Genius Failed

Roger Lowenstein

economicshistory
book
4.5
8/10ModerateAug 2025

The Mystery of Capital

Hernando de Soto

economicslaw
book
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2025

Capitalisn't

Luigi Zingales & Bethany McLean

economicspolitics
podcast
4.4
8/10ModerateOct 2025

The Rational Reminder Podcast

Ben Felix & Cameron Passmore

economics
podcast
4.6
8/10DeepDec 2025

Capital Gains

Byrne Hobart

economics
substack
4.4
8/10ModerateJan 2026

FRED

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

economics
website
4.8
8/10DeepFeb 2026

Investor Amnesia

Jamie Catherwood

economicshistory
website
4.4
8/10ModerateFeb 2026

Ray Dalio: How the Economic Machine Works

Ray Dalio

economics
video
4.7
8/10ModerateMar 2026

Ben Felix: Common Sense Investing

Ben Felix

economics
video
4.6
8/10DeepMar 2026

Patrick Boyle: The Inevitable Decline of WeWork

Patrick Boyle

economics
video
4.5
8/10ModerateMar 2026

@JosephPolitano

Joseph Politano

economics
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateApr 2026

@jasonfurman

Jason Furman

economicspolitics
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateMay 2026

Marginal Revolution University: Principles of Economics

Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok

economics
video
4.6
8/10ModerateJun 2026

Money & Macro

Joeri Schasfoort

economics
video
4.4
8/10DeepJun 2026

Asianometry

Jon Y

economicstechnology
video
4.6
8/10DeepJun 2026

The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to "The Office"

Venkatesh Rao

societypsychology
article
4.6
8/10DeepJul 2026

Predictably Irrational

Dan Ariely

psychologyeconomics
book
4.3
7/10LiteJun 2024

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Robert Cialdini

psychologyeconomics
book
4.5
7/10LiteSep 2024

The Lean Startup

Eric Ries

technologyeconomics
book
4.2
7/10LiteJun 2024

Good to Great

Jim Collins

economicspsychology
book
4.1
7/10LiteMay 2024

Thinking in Bets

Annie Duke

psychologyeconomics
book
4.2
7/10LiteNov 2024

Freakonomics Radio

Stephen Dubner

economics
podcast
4.4
7/10LiteMay 2024

Planet Money

NPR

economics
podcast
4.5
7/10LiteJan 2024

The Prof G Pod

Scott Galloway

economicstechnology
podcast
4.2
7/10LiteMar 2024

How I Built This

Guy Raz

economicstechnology
podcast
4.5
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ColdFusion: The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry

Dagogo Altraide

technologyeconomics
video
4.3
7/10ModerateOct 2024

Economics Explained: Why Japan's Economy Is Stagnant

Economics Explained

economics
video
4.3
7/10ModerateNov 2024

Company Man: The Decline of Toys R Us

Company Man

economics
video
4.2
7/10LiteNov 2024

CNBC: Why the US Has No High-Speed Rail

CNBC

politicseconomics
video
4.3
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Not Boring

Packy McCormick

technologyeconomics
substack
4.3
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The Profile

Polina Marinova Pompliano

psychologyeconomics
substack
4.3
7/10ModerateOct 2024

Newcomer

Eric Newcomer

technologyeconomics
substack
4.2
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The Ankler

Richard Rushfield

economics
substack
4.1
7/10ModerateAug 2024

The Flywheel

Various

technologyeconomics
substack
4.1
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Davis on AI

Rob Davis

technologyeconomics
substack
4
7/10ModerateNov 2024

Puck

Various

politicseconomics
substack
4.1
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@SahilBloom

Sahil Bloom

psychologyeconomics
twitter
4.2
7/10LiteAug 2024

@AdamMGrant

Adam Grant

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twitter
4.2
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Jason Calacanis

technologyeconomics
twitter
4
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@auren

Auren Hoffman

technologyeconomics
twitter
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AI in Business

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The Decision Lab

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website
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Economics in One Lesson

Henry Hazlitt

economics
book
4.3
7/10LiteJun 2025

The Deficit Myth

Stephanie Kelton

economicspolitics
book
4.1
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Kyla's Newsletter

Kyla Scanlon

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substack
4.2
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Tax Foundation

economicspolitics
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video
4.4
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