Finance and investment books

Investment classics, books in French, personal finance, economics and the history of financial crises.

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Le Capital au XXIe siècle
Thomas Piketty · 2013
FrenchEconomy
Study of the evolution of income and wealth in developed countries since the 18th century.
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Principles
Ray Dalio · 2017
EnglishEconomy
Le fondateur de Bridgewater Associates expose les principes de vie et de gestion qu'il applique.
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Ray Dalio · 2021
EnglishEconomy
Study of debt, money and power cycles of major empires over several centuries.
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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
John Maynard Keynes · 1936
EnglishEconomy
Foundational work of modern macroeconomics, focused on unemployment, demand and the role of money.
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The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith · 1776
EnglishEconomy
Founding treatise of political economy on the division of labor, markets and trade.
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years
David Graeber · 2011
EnglishEconomy
An anthropology of debt and money since the earliest civilizations.
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Good Economics for Hard Times
Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo · 2019
EnglishEconomy
Two 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics laureates confront current economic debates with research findings.
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Capital et idéologie
Thomas Piketty · 2019
FrenchEconomy
History of inequality regimes and the ideologies that justified them.
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Une brève histoire de l'égalité
Thomas Piketty · 2021
FrenchEconomy
Summary of Thomas Piketty's work on the evolution of inequality since the late 18th century.
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Économie du bien commun
Jean Tirole · 2016
FrenchEconomy
The 2014 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences laureate presents the economist's role and the major topics of contemporary economics.
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La Richesse cachée des nations
Gabriel Zucman · 2013
FrenchEconomy
Estimate of the wealth held in tax havens and proposals to fight tax evasion.
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Histoire vivante de la pensée économique
Jean-Marc Daniel · 2010
FrenchEconomy
Overview of leading economists and their ideas, from antiquity to the present day.
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Homo economicus, prophète (égaré) des temps nouveaux
Daniel Cohen · 2012
FrenchEconomy
Economist Daniel Cohen's essay on the place taken by economic calculation in contemporary societies.
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Illusion financière
Gaël Giraud · 2012
FrenchEconomy
Critical analysis of market finance and its role in the 2008 crisis by economist Gaël Giraud.
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Jusqu'à quand ? Pour en finir avec les crises financières
Frédéric Lordon · 2008
FrenchEconomy
Essay by economist Frédéric Lordon written during the subprime crisis, with proposals for financial regulation.
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