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1		Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare by Edward Fishman (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 2,786 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Your Life Is Manufactured: How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better by Tim Minshall 3.62 avg rating — 456 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company by Eva Dou 3.88 avg rating — 2,722 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		The Genius Myth: The dangerous allure of rebels, monsters and rule-breakers by Helen Lewis 3.86 avg rating — 1,145 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Drayton and Mackenzie by Alexander Starritt 4.31 avg rating — 1,528 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Outclassed: How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back by Joan C. Williams 4.19 avg rating — 257 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		How Progress Ends: Technology, Innovation, and the Fate of Nations by Carl Benedikt Frey 4.16 avg rating — 259 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 14,613 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic: Longlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year by Saabira Chaudhuri (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 158 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		The Land Trap: A New History of the World's Oldest Asset by Mike Bird 4.07 avg rating — 672 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11		Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future by Dan Wang (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 11,632 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Dirtbag Billionaire: How Yvon Chouinard Built Patagonia, Made a Fortune, and Gave It All Away by David Gelles (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 2,389 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Abundance: How We Build a Better Future by Ezra Klein 3.88 avg rating — 54,786 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao 4.02 avg rating — 14,997 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris 4.17 avg rating — 22,503 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip by Stephen Witt 4.29 avg rating — 5,288 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

16 books · 2 voters · list created September 21st, 2025 by Mindaugas Mozūras (votes) .

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