Library
Books, papers, datasets, essays, and other resources I've found useful while trying to understand how the world works.
Recommended reading & resources
The story of interest and the price of capital. One of my favorite books.
Book · Monetary HistoryA History of American CurrencyWilliam Graham SumnerDetailed history of America's first experiments with money.
Book · Monetary HistoryFountain of FortuneRichard Von GlahnA fantastic trip through Chinese monetary history of the past millenium.
Book · Monetary HistoryManias, Panics, and CrashesCharles KindlebergerA seminal history of speculative bubbles and monetary excesses.
Book · Monetary HistoryA World In DebtFreeman TildenAn amusing tour de force from a 1930s journalist who despised debt.
Book · Monetary HistoryOn Chinese Currency: Coin and Paper MoneyWillem VisseringThe first book I read on money in Ancient China that remains one of my favorites.
Book · Monetary HistoryMoney, Prices, and Civilization in the Mediterranean WorldCarlo CipollaA short but fascinating expose on the money of southern Europe in the 5th to 17th centuries.
Book · Monetary HistoryPrinciples For Navigating Big Debt CrisesRay DalioOne of my early reads on how business cycles unfold that gave me a strong foundation.
Book · Economic HistoryFreedom's ForgeArthur HermanVery cool book that covers the ramping up of American industry in World War 2.
Data · DataFREDFederal Reserve Bank of St. LouisA core source for U.S. macroeconomic data.