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Europe, Britain and Russia

Politics and government

Politics and political economy of Britain, the euro area, the Nordic countries, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia and the post-communist states.

118 books on Europe, Britain and Russia, 1 of them tier 1, recommended by 19 people including Marc Andreessen and Mohnish Pabrai.

118 books · 23 experts

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  1. The Socialist System: The Political Economy of CommunismJános Kornai, 1992
  2. Economics of ShortageJános Kornai, 1979
  3. Poland's Jump to the Market EconomyJeffrey Sachs, 1993
  4. Socialism, Capitalism, TransformationLeszek Balcerowicz, 1995
  5. The Rotten Heart of EuropeBernard Connolly, 1995

The best books on Europe, Britain and Russia 118

The Socialist System: The Political Economy The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism
T1 The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism
János Kornai · 1992
The definitive anatomy of the command economy, by the Hungarian economist who named its pathologies.
Open Library
Economics of ShortageEconomics of Shortage
T2 Economics of Shortage
János Kornai · 1979
The soft budget constraint: why state firms never run out of money and never allocate well.
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Poland's Jump to the Market EconomyPoland's Jump to the Market Economy
T2 Poland's Jump to the Market Economy
Jeffrey Sachs · 1993
Shock therapy argued by one of its architects.
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Socialism, Capitalism, TransformationSocialism, Capitalism, Transformation
T2 Socialism, Capitalism, Transformation
Leszek Balcerowicz · 1995
Insider: the architect of shock therapy setting out his own reasoning.
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The Rotten Heart of EuropeThe Rotten Heart of Europe
T2 The Rotten Heart of Europe
Bernard Connolly · 1995
The franc fort, the ERM crisis and the politics of monetary union.
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What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next?What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next?
T2 What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next?
Katherine Verdery · 1996
Written from Romanian fieldwork; how the planned economy behaved in practice.
Open Library
The Swedish ExperimentThe Swedish Experiment
T2 The Swedish Experiment
Assar Lindbeck · 1997
The insider economist's account of what the welfare state did to incentives.
Open Library
Making Capitalism Without CapitalistsMaking Capitalism Without Capitalists
T2 Making Capitalism Without Capitalists
Gil Eyal, Iván Szelényi, Eleanor Townsley · 1998
Who ended up owning Central European assets when there were no owners.
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Sale of the CenturySale of the Century
T2 Sale of the Century
Chrystia Freeland · 2000
Loans-for-shares and the privatisation that created the oligarchs.
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The Making of the Celtic TigerThe Making of the Celtic Tiger
T2 The Making of the Celtic Tiger
Ray MacSharry, Padraic White · 2000
Insider: the finance minister and IDA head on how the FDI model was built.
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Transition and EconomicsTransition and Economics
T2 Transition and Economics
Gerard Roland · 2000
The theory of sequencing: why gradualism beat shock therapy in some places.
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The Information Society and the Welfare StatThe Information Society and the Welfare State
T2 The Information Society and the Welfare State
Manuel Castells, Pekka Himanen · 2002
The Finnish model: how a welfare state produced a technology cluster.
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The OligarchsThe Oligarchs
T2 The Oligarchs
David E. Hoffman · 2002
Six men and the mechanics of how post-Soviet wealth was assembled.
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By Force of ThoughtBy Force of Thought
T2 By Force of Thought
János Kornai · 2006
Memoir by the economist who advised the reforms from inside the system.
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GomorrahGomorrah
T2 Gomorrah
Roberto Saviano · 2006
Organised crime as an actual industrial and logistics business.
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The Sack of RomeThe Sack of Rome
T2 The Sack of Rome
Alexander Stille · 2006
Berlusconi, media ownership and the capture of regulation.
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The Oil and the GloryThe Oil and the Glory
T2 The Oil and the Glory
Steve LeVine · 2007
How Tengiz and Kashagan were negotiated; the best account of dealmaking in the region.
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From Socialism to CapitalismFrom Socialism to Capitalism
T2 From Socialism to Capitalism
János Kornai · 2008
Kornai's own summary of what the transition did and cost.
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Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger
T2 Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger
Fintan O'Toole · 2009
Written in the wreckage; angry but specific about tax breaks, planning and regulatory capture.
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The Euro: The Battle for the New Global CurrThe Euro: The Battle for the New Global Currency
T2 The Euro: The Battle for the New Global Currency
David Marsh · 2009
How the single currency was negotiated, by a reporter who watched it.
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Good Italy, Bad ItalyGood Italy, Bad Italy
T2 Good Italy, Bad Italy
Bill Emmott · 2012
The two Italies framing: competitive exporters against captured incumbents.
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The Euro TrapThe Euro Trap
T2 The Euro Trap
Hans-Werner Sinn · 2014
The German critique: Target2 balances, bailouts and current-account imbalances.
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Red NoticeRed Notice
T2 Red Notice
Bill Browder · 2015
Insider account by the largest foreign portfolio investor of the era, and its end.
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“my favorite read of the year, Bill Browder's terrific Red Notice... I highly recommend the read”Christopher Bloomstran
Recommended byChristopher BloomstranMohnish PabraiNat EliasonEric JorgensonJason CalacanisKeith RaboisNick CrockerPeter Attia
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
T2 And the Weak Suffer What They Must?
Yanis Varoufakis · 2016
The structural case against the euro's design, from the Greek side of it.
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The EuroThe Euro
T2 The Euro
Joseph E. Stiglitz · 2016
The case that the currency union's design, not fiscal sin, caused the crisis.
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The Euro and the Battle of IdeasThe Euro and the Battle of Ideas
T2 The Euro and the Battle of Ideas
Markus K. Brunnermeier, Harold James, Jean-Pierre Landau · 2016
Why German and French economic doctrines produce different euro policies.
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Adults in the RoomAdults in the Room
T2 Adults in the Room
Yanis Varoufakis · 2017
Insider account of the 2015 Eurogroup negotiation by the finance minister; partisan but primary.
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Beyond Austerity
T2 Beyond Austerity
Costas Meghir, Christopher A. Pissarides, Dimitri Vayanos, Nikolaos Vettas · 2017
The best book on the actual Greek economy: product markets, courts, firms.
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Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money i
T2 Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia
Alexander Cooley, John Heathershaw · 2017
Traces Kazakh elite money through offshore vehicles, London lawyers and Western banks.
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EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine ActsEuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts
T2 EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts
Ashoka Mody · 2018
Mody ran the IMF's Ireland programme; Portugal's adjustment is covered inside the euro story.
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Europe's Growth Champion
T2 Europe's Growth Champion
Marcin Piatkowski · 2018
The best single account of why Poland converged and others did not.
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Putin's PeoplePutin's People
T2 Putin's People
Catherine Belton · 2020
The KGB network's recapture of the commanding heights.
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Taking Stock of Shock
T2 Taking Stock of Shock
Kristen R. Ghodsee, Mitchell Orenstein · 2021
The evidence on who actually gained and lost from the transition.
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KaputKaput
T2 Kaput
Wolfgang Munchau · 2024
The case that the German industrial model has run out of road.
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Sweden, the Middle WaySweden, the Middle Way
T3 Sweden, the Middle Way
Marquis W. Childs · 1936
The book that made the Swedish model an international reference point.
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Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: DetouCentral and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery
T3 Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery
Ivan T. Berend · 1996
Economic history that explains the industrial base the Czechs privatised.
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Ukraine under KuchmaUkraine under Kuchma
T3 Ukraine under Kuchma
Taras Kuzio · 1997
The years the oligarchic structure was formed, documented as it happened.
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Godfather of the KremlinGodfather of the Kremlin
T3 Godfather of the Kremlin
Paul Klebnikov · 2000
Berezovsky and the looting of the Yeltsin state; the author was later murdered.
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Italy and Its DiscontentsItaly and Its Discontents
T3 Italy and Its Discontents
Paul Ginsborg · 2001
Family capitalism, clientelism and the state from 1980.
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Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled PromiseKazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise
T3 Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise
Martha Brill Olcott · 2001
The standard account of Nazarbayev-era state building and asset allocation.
Open Library
The Dark Heart of ItalyThe Dark Heart of Italy
T3 The Dark Heart of Italy
Tobias Jones · 2003
Courts, bureaucracy and why contracts are slow to enforce.
Open Library
France in CrisisFrance in Crisis
T3 France in Crisis
Timothy B. Smith · 2004
Welfare, insider protection and why French reform keeps stalling.
Open Library
The Defeat of SolidarityThe Defeat of Solidarity
T3 The Defeat of Solidarity
David Ost · 2005
How the union that won the transition lost the workplace that followed.
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Managing Petroleum Resources: The 'Norwegian
T3 Managing Petroleum Resources: The 'Norwegian Model'
Farouk Al-Kasim · 2006
Insider account by the geologist who designed Norway's licensing system.
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Murder in SamarkandMurder in Samarkand
T3 Murder in Samarkand
Craig Murray · 2006
Insider account by the UK ambassador to Uzbekistan on cotton and coercion.
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Revolution in OrangeRevolution in Orange
T3 Revolution in Orange
Anders Åslund, Michael McFaul · 2006
Why the 2004 turning point failed to dislodge the incumbent asset holders.
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How Capitalism Was BuiltHow Capitalism Was Built
T3 How Capitalism Was Built
Anders Aslund, Anders Åslund · 2007
Comparative transition account; Czech vouchers judged against other sequencing choices.
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The Nordic Model: Embracing Globalization an
T3 The Nordic Model: Embracing Globalization and Sharing Risks
Torben M. Andersen, Bengt Holmstrom, Seppo Honkapohja, Sixten Korkman, Hans Tson Soderstrom, Juhana Vartiainen · 2007
Economists' report on how small open economies combine flexibility with heavy taxation.
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The Nordic Model: Scandinavia since 1945The Nordic Model: Scandinavia since 1945
T3 The Nordic Model: Scandinavia since 1945
Mary Hilson · 2008
Historian's account of what the model actually is and where it diverges.
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From the Soviet Bloc to the European UnionFrom the Soviet Bloc to the European Union
T3 From the Soviet Bloc to the European Union
Ivan T. Berend · 2009
Covers EU accession as the main driver of Romanian institutional change.
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Meltdown IcelandMeltdown Iceland
T3 Meltdown Iceland
Roger Boyes · 2009
Contemporaneous reporting on the collapse and the Icesave dispute.
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Poland's New Capitalism
T3 Poland's New Capitalism
Jane Hardy · 2009
Foreign investment, labour and the costs of the transition, told critically.
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Salazar: A Political BiographySalazar: A Political Biography
T3 Salazar: A Political Biography
Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses · 2009
The corporatist Estado Novo economy, run by an economics professor.
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Who Really Runs Ireland?Who Really Runs Ireland?
T3 Who Really Runs Ireland?
Matt Cooper · 2009
The developer-banker-politician network that inflated the property bubble.
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Celtic Tiger in CollapseCeltic Tiger in Collapse
T3 Celtic Tiger in Collapse
Peadar Kirby · 2010
Structural reading of why the growth model was fragile from the start.
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Oil Is Not a Curse
T3 Oil Is Not a Curse
Pauline Jones Luong, Erika Weinthal · 2010
Why ownership structure, not oil itself, determined post-Soviet outcomes.
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Reforming the Welfare State
T3 Reforming the Welfare State
Richard B. Freeman, Birgitta Swedenborg, Robert H. Topel · 2010
NBER volume on the post-crisis reforms that restored Swedish growth.
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Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11
T3 Back from the Brink: 1000 Days at Number 11
Alistair Darling · 2011
Chancellor's memoir covering the guarantee and nationalisation; Open Library unreachable.
Open Library
From Solidarity to SelloutFrom Solidarity to Sellout
T3 From Solidarity to Sellout
Tadeusz Kowalik · 2011
The critique of the transition's distributional cost.
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Dial M for MurdochDial M for Murdoch
T3 Dial M for Murdoch
Tom Watson, Martin Hickman · 2012
Phone hacking, by the MP who pursued it in Parliament.
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Great Games, Local RulesGreat Games, Local Rules
T3 Great Games, Local Rules
Alexander Cooley · 2012
How Central Asian states play outside powers off against each other.
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Rupert Murdoch: An Investigation of PoliticaRupert Murdoch: An Investigation of Political Power
T3 Rupert Murdoch: An Investigation of Political Power
David McKnight · 2012
Argues the politics drove the business, not the reverse.
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Saving EuropeSaving Europe
T3 Saving Europe
Carlo Bastasin · 2012
Blow-by-blow of the 2010-12 rescues and the national politics behind them.
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Lessons from the Economic Crisis in SpainLessons from the Economic Crisis in Spain
T3 Lessons from the Economic Crisis in Spain
Sebastian Royo · 2013
The cajas, the construction boom and the political economy of the bailout.
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Restless ValleyRestless Valley
T3 Restless Valley
Philip Shishkin · 2013
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan: revolution, asset seizure and the Bakiyev family businesses.
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Bringing Down the Banking System: Lessons frBringing Down the Banking System: Lessons from Iceland
T3 Bringing Down the Banking System: Lessons from Iceland
Gudrun Johnsen · 2014
By an investigator on the Special Investigation Commission; connected lending and cross-ownership.
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Iceland and the International Financial CrisIceland and the International Financial Crisis
T3 Iceland and the International Financial Crisis
Eirikur Bergmann · 2014
Political economy of the boom, the Icesave dispute and the aftermath.
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The 13th Labour of HerculesThe 13th Labour of Hercules
T3 The 13th Labour of Hercules
Yannis Palaiologos · 2014
Reporting on how Greek institutions failed, sector by sector.
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The Great Rebirth: Lessons from the Victory The Great Rebirth: Lessons from the Victory of Capitalism over Communism
T3 The Great Rebirth: Lessons from the Victory of Capitalism over Communism
Anders Åslund, Simeon Djankov · 2014
Includes the Czech voucher scheme written up by people who designed and criticised it.
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Europe's Orphan: The Future of the Euro and Europe's Orphan: The Future of the Euro and the Politics of Debt
T3 Europe's Orphan: The Future of the Euro and the Politics of Debt
Martin Sandbu · 2015
Argues the currency was not the problem, the crisis management was; the best contrarian case.
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Modern GreeceModern Greece
T3 Modern Greece
Stathis N. Kalyvas · 2015
Compact political economy of why the state developed the way it did.
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The Full CatastropheThe Full Catastrophe
T3 The Full Catastrophe
James Angelos · 2015
Reportage on tax evasion, disability fraud and the informal economy behind the headline numbers.
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Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix ItUkraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It
T3 Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It
Anders Åslund · 2015
The oligarch model, gas trading rents and the post-Maidan reform agenda.
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Game OverGame Over
T3 Game Over
George Papaconstantinou · 2016
Insider: the finance minister who signed the first bailout.
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Post-Communist Mafia State
T3 Post-Communist Mafia State
Bálint Magyar · 2016
A framework for how ownership is reassigned politically; the most useful guide to Hungarian counterparty risk.
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Orbán: Europe's New Strongman
T3 Orbán: Europe's New Strongman
Paul Lendvai · 2017
How the post-2010 government allocates contracts, media and banking licences.
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Germany's Hidden CrisisGermany's Hidden Crisis
T3 Germany's Hidden Crisis
Oliver Nachtwey · 2018
Labour-market dualism and downward mobility behind the export success.
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After the FallAfter the Fall
T3 After the Fall
Tobias Buck · 2019
The crisis, the bank rescue and the shape of the recovery.
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Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kaz
T3 Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan
Joanna Lillis · 2019
Reporting on the succession, Zhanaozen and how the state and business interlock.
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Russia's Crony CapitalismRussia's Crony Capitalism
T3 Russia's Crony Capitalism
Anders Aslund · 2019
How the rent-extraction system is organised under Putin.
Open Library
Stubborn Structures
T3 Stubborn Structures
Bálint Magyar · 2019
Comparative framework for post-communist regimes built on the Hungarian case.
Open Library
The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-FiThe Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century
T3 The Central Asian Economies in the Twenty-First Century
Richard Pomfret · 2019
The standard economic survey: resource rents, transit corridors, reform records.
Open Library
Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce tUkraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War
T3 Ukraine and Russia: From Civilized Divorce to Uncivil War
Paul D'Anieri · 2019
Gas transit, trade dependence and the economics underneath the conflict.
Open Library
The Rise and Fall of the Third ReichThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
T4 The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William L. Shirer · 1901
Open Library
Recommended bySam Parr
Bunreacht na hEireann (English and Irish EdiBunreacht na hEireann (English and Irish Edition) Constitution of Ireland
T4 Bunreacht na hEireann (English and Irish Edition) Constitution of Ireland
Ireland. · 1937
Open Library
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Homage to CataloniaHomage to Catalonia
T4 Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell · 1938
Open Library
Recommended byMarc Andreessen
The Kings DepartThe Kings Depart
T4 The Kings Depart
Richard M. Watt · 1968
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Recommended byPaul Graham
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, AlThe Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940
T4 The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940
William Manchester · 1983
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Recommended byMohnish PabraiDavid SacksLarry Ellison
Opening the Soviet SystemOpening the Soviet System
T4 Opening the Soviet System
George Soros · 1990
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Underwriting DemocracyUnderwriting Democracy
T4 Underwriting Democracy
George Soros · 1991
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A Journey: My Political LifeA Journey: My Political Life
T4 A Journey: My Political Life
Tony Blair · 1998
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Recommended byPatrick Collison
Churchill: A BiographyChurchill: A Biography
T4 Churchill: A Biography
Roy Jenkins · 2001
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
Our First Revolution: The Remarkable BritishOur First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America's Founding Fathers
T4 Our First Revolution: The Remarkable British Upheaval That Inspired America's Founding Fathers
Michael Barone · 2007
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and DemoHow Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy
T4 How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy
Anders Åslund · 2009
The 1991-2008 transition; explains where the industrial assets came from.
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Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: ImmReflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West
T4 Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West
Christopher Caldwell · 2009
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Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Bankers: How the Banks Brought Ireland tThe Bankers: How the Banks Brought Ireland to Its Knees
T4 The Bankers: How the Banks Brought Ireland to Its Knees
Shane Ross · 2009
Board-level reporting on the Irish banks and their regulators.
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Greece's 'Odious' DebtGreece's 'Odious' Debt
T4 Greece's 'Odious' Debt
Jason Manolopoulos · 2011
Written by a hedge fund manager; strongest on the bond market's role in the build-up.
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In the Garden of BeastsIn the Garden of Beasts
T4 In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson · 2011
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Recommended bySophie Bakalar
Nordic Capitalisms and Globalization
T4 Nordic Capitalisms and Globalization
Peer Hull Kristensen, Kari Lilja · 2011
Firm-level study of how Nordic companies reorganised for global production.
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Young Titan: The Making of Winston ChurchillYoung Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill
T4 Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill
Michael Shelden · 2013
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Recommended byMohnish Pabrai
The Tragedy of the European Union
T4 The Tragedy of the European Union
George Soros, Gregor Peter Schmitz · 2014
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Scandinavian UnexceptionalismScandinavian Unexceptionalism
T4 Scandinavian Unexceptionalism
Nima Sanandaji · 2015
The sceptical case: prosperity preceded the welfare state, not the reverse.
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A Very Expensive PoisonA Very Expensive Poison
T4 A Very Expensive Poison
Luke Harding · 2016
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Recommended byMarc Andreessen
All Out WarAll Out War
T4 All Out War
Tim Shipman · 2016
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Recommended byMarc Andreessen
Debunking UtopiaDebunking Utopia
T4 Debunking Utopia
Nima Sanandaji · 2016
Longer version of the same argument, aimed at American admirers of the model.
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Iceland's Financial Crisis
T4 Iceland's Financial Crisis
Valur Ingimundarson, Philippe Urfalino, Irma Erlingsdottir · 2016
Academic collection on blame, protest and institutional reconstruction after 2008.
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Lenin On The TrainLenin On The Train
T4 Lenin On The Train
Catherine Merridale · 2016
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Recommended byMarc Andreessen
Viking EconomicsViking Economics
T4 Viking Economics
George Lakey · 2016
Popular and partisan, but the clearest short account of the Nordic bargain.
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The Strange Death of EuropeThe Strange Death of Europe
T4 The Strange Death of Europe
Douglas Murray · 2017
Open Library
Recommended byAntonio García MartínezMarc Andreessen
Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet UnionCollapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
T4 Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
Vladislav M. Zubok · 2021
Open Library
Recommended byBalaji S. Srinivasan
Kingdom of Nokia: How a Nation Served the Ne
T4 Kingdom of Nokia: How a Nation Served the Needs of One Company
Carl-Gustav Lindén · 2021
Open-access study of Finnish state capture by one firm — No Open Library work record for the title or for Carl-Gustav Linden
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Friends Until the End: Edmund Burke and Char
T4 Friends Until the End: Edmund Burke and Charles Fox in the Age of Revolution
James Grant · 2025
W. W. Norton, August 2025; confirmed by his 2026 WSJ author bio line
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A New World Begins
T4 A New World Begins
Jeremy Popkin
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Recommended byMarc Andreessen
Fear No EvilFear No Evil
T4 Fear No Evil
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
Lenin
T4 Lenin
Victor Sebestye
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Recommended byBen HorowitzMarc Andreessen
The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street DiarThe Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries, 1939-1955
T4 The Fringes of Power: 10 Downing Street Diaries, 1939-1955
unverified
Recommended byPatrick Collison
The Gulag Archipelago
T4 The Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Recommended byBalaji S. Srinivasan
The Supreme Court
T4 The Supreme Court
Ruadhan Mac Cormaic
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Recommended byBrad Feld

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