Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man vs. Markets | 2012 | Paddy Hirsch | Buy |
Man vs. Markets (2012) grew out of Paddy Hirsch’s popular Marketplace Whiteboard video series at NPR, where he used a whiteboard and simple drawings to explain financial concepts. The book covers bonds, stocks, derivatives, the mortgage crisis, and other market mechanics in plain language.
Hirsch draws on his decade of experience as an economics journalist. He avoids jargon and uses concrete analogies to make topics like credit default swaps and collateralized debt obligations accessible to general readers.