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Books like The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

12 books with a reading profile close to The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

Poverty, by America

by Matthew Desmond

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical

Matthew Desmond identifies the persistence of American poverty as a deliberate byproduct of the advantages enjoyed by the secure classes.
2

REGIME CHANGE

by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical

Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Trump's second term.
3

How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

by Steven Levitsky

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt argue that modern democracies rarely collapse through violent military coups but instead erode from within through the legal subversion of institutions.
4

RAGE AND THE REPUBLIC

by Jonathan Turley

Also outward-looking · history, analytical

Jonathan Turley examines the history of public fury in the United States, tracking how political anger has shaped constitutional law and legislative cycles from the colonial era to the present.
5

Economics Explained

by Robert L. Heilbroner, Lester Thurow

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

Robert Heilbroner and Lester Thurow provide a foundational breakdown of how capital, labor, and markets operate within a modern society.
6

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong

by James W. Loewen

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical

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7

1929

by Andrew Ross Sorkin

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, economics

Andrew Ross Sorkin reconstructs the escalating collisions between federal regulators and financial titans leading up to the Great Crash.
8

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

by Chris Miller

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical

Chris Miller explains how semiconductors became the backbone of modern civilization, determining both economic success and military dominance.
9

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

by Simon Singh

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical

Simon Singh chronicles the evolution of hidden communication, beginning with the monoalphabetic substitution ciphers used in the ancient world and the development of frequency analysis by Arab scholars.
10

The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World

by Tim Marshall

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical

Tim Marshall examines how physical landscapes and regional borders dictate the strategic calculations of modern nations.
11

The Undercover Economist

by Tim Harford

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

Tim Harford explains how price discrimination, scarcity power, and information asymmetry dictate the costs of daily life.
12

A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical

Bill Bryson tracks the development of human understanding from the Big Bang to the arrival of modern civilization.

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