As the saying goes, history doesn’t always repeat, but it often rhymes. In reading 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin, it’s hard not to notice the parallels between the market behaviours leading up to the 1929 crash and those we see today.

I’ve read a number of books on monetary history, but Debt: The First 5,000 Years took me in a direction I hadn’t expected. I bought it purely based on the title, somewhat assuming it would be a detailed history of monetary debt and the consequences of excessive borrowing.

Chokepoint explores how the U.S. leverages control over key “chokepoints” in the global economic system and the subtle but powerful mechanisms of influence that shape international relations.