Short by design
Focused discussions that respect the reader’s time.
Nikolaus Stahl
Controversial economics.Uncomfortable questions.
Short, hard-hitting books about markets, money, business, power, and the systems that decide who gets ahead—and who absorbs the cost.
MarketsMoneyPowerBusinessEveryday consequences
The Stahl approach
Ideas built to provoke, not soothe.
These books take difficult economic arguments out of the lecture hall and put them where they belong: beside the factory gate, in the household budget, at the negotiating table, and inside the business decisions people make every day.
Hard questions
Arguments worth examining even when they are uncomfortable.
Real consequences
Economics connected to work, family, business, and place.
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Pain Points
How to Find Everyday Problems, Turn Them Into Offers, and Market Solutions People Actually Want
Find the friction people already feel, build an offer that removes it, and communicate the value without manufactured hype.
Find real customer painCreate offers that solve itMarket the solution clearly
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Six more arguments worth having.
From ancient empires to modern subscriptions, each title isolates one economic pressure point and follows it to its human consequences.
02Personal economics
Stop Paying for Nothing
Cancel Subscriptions, Cut Fees, and Stop Hidden Charges Fast
A fast, practical audit of the quiet charges, sticky subscriptions, and recurring fees draining modern households.
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03Global economics
Understanding the Chinese Economy in 10 Days
What Every Investor and Entrepreneur Should Know About the World’s Second-Largest Economy
A compact guide to the institutions, incentives, risks, and contradictions shaping China’s economic power.
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04Economic theory
Understanding the Austrian School of Economics in 10 Days
Everything You Were Never Taught About Money, Markets, and Freedom
An accessible entry point into Austrian ideas about prices, choice, government intervention, and individual liberty.
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05Economic history
Understanding the Economy of the Roman Empire in 10 Days
How a Backwater Kingdom Became the Ancient World’s Industrial Power
Follow the money, infrastructure, trade, labor, and state power behind Rome’s rise—and the pressures beneath its success.
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06Household economics
Understanding the Economics of Marriage & Cohabitation
How Money, Love & Law Shape Our Most Important Decisions
A clear-eyed look at how incentives, laws, assets, and risk quietly shape the most personal decisions adults make.
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07Money & communities
Orange Towns
A Vision for a Bitcoin-Based Community
A provocative thought experiment about local commerce, civic resilience, and communities organized around Bitcoin.
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Decide for yourself.
Nikolaus Stahl writes compact nonfiction for readers who prefer a sharp thesis, visible stakes, and enough friction to keep thinking after the final page.
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