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71 reviews

An Economy of Strangers: Jews and Finance in England, 1650-1830 by Avinoam Yuval-Naeh

4.0

The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins

4.5

Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity by Daron Acemoğlu, Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson

2.5

The technology trap was a far better version of this book. Two interesting ideas in the capacity for the development of tech to go stupidly and the point around surveillance but other than that lacked evidence or were silly ie the whole point around automation vs helping people. It’s all automation

The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale by John A. List

3.75

The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations by Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, Simon Bunel

3.5

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.0

Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria

3.0

Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed--and What to Do About It: Why Public Effort ... Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship) by Josh Lerner

4.0

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro

5.0

Such as an important book. I believe anyone working in government must read it

The Power Law: Inside Silicon Valley's Venture Capital Machine by Sebastian Mallaby

4.0

Really well written book although u have to get past the beginning.