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24 alternatives to The Great American Challenge

The economic interplay between the US and EU during growth.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Great American Challenge launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Divide▲63

   American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Great Escape▲59

   Health, wealth, and the origins of inequality

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   For God, Country, and Coca-Cola▲67

   America's socio-economic history through the "glass"

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Age of Cryptocurrency▲73

   How Bitcoin is challenging the global economy

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Innovator's Solution▲69

   Creating and sustaining successful growth

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Episode #89: Trump, Brexit and An Extraordinary Time with Marc Levinson▲53

   Marc Levinson is an economist and historian..

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Digital Diplomacy▲78

   Conversations on Innovation in Foreign Policy

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Quest▲62

   Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The End of Alchemy▲60

   Money, banking, and the future of the global economy

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Age of Optimists▲60

    Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Misfit Economy▲81

    Innovation on the fringe...

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Collapse and Revival - the causes and consequences of global recessions and economic recoveries▲56

    free ebook in exchange for your reading data

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Planet Money▲153

    A podcast covering the global economy

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His and the Nation's Prosperity▲55

    How the United States was founded on business

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Robber Barons▲60

    American capitalists who seized economic power

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    A World in Disarray▲5

    American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Strategy▲63

    A history of strategy over the course of human history.

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789▲65

    Concise history of how the US Constitution came into being.

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    New Market Wizards▲70

    Conversations with America's top traders

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Strategy of Conflict▲61

    Nobel Prize winner's analysis of game theory and conflict

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Shock Doctrine▲62

    The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Andrew Carnegie▲119

    One of America's most successful businessmen

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Atlas of Economic Complexity▲125

    Beautiful graphics of imports and exports by country

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    The New Rules of Retail▲67

    Competing in the world's toughest marketplace

    2016 · its alternatives →

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