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24 alternatives to The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World

The empire that built the Hoover Dam, Chunnel & Big Dig

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret ▲73
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An honest look at building a company for the right reasons
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Alibaba▲70
The House That Jack Ma Built
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Memory Palace - Building the Brooklyn Bridge▲65
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2016 · thememorypalace.us · its alternatives →
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Sapiens▲185
A brief history of humankind
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History▲61
Pulitzer Prize finalist; cotton caused modern capitalism
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A History of Silicon Valley▲71
The greatest creation of wealth in the history of the planet
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Wright Brothers▲64
Biography about the brothers who taught the world how to fly
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built▲83
Insider's account on the rise of Alibaba and its founder
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Hidden Wealth of Nations▲60
The scourge of tax havens
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Quest▲62
Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Homo Deus▲105
A Brief History of Tomorrow
2017 · ynharari.com · its alternatives →
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life ▲6
Blueprint on building a 40 billion dollar empire
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
The Robber Barons▲60
American capitalists who seized economic power
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Sons of Wichita▲55
How the Koch brothers became America's most powerful dynasty
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Built to Last▲91
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Masters of Doom▲55
How two guys created an empire and transformed pop culture.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Sam Walton: Made In America ▲65
How Sam Walton Built The Walmart Empire
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Chinese Dream▲53
The rise of the world's largest middle class
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Andrew Carnegie▲119
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2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation▲62
A story about the life & work of brilliant engineers!
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Prize: The epic quest for oil, money & power▲63
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Ender's Game▲93
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The House of Morgan▲57
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