# Broken Money by Lyn Alden

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Broken Money by Lyn Alden and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended by readers who found it a good and interesting book on money and the financial system. One critic says they can no longer take the author seriously after reading it.

## Why people recommend it

- Good book on its topic (1 comments): "Broken Money by Lyn Alden is a good book on the topic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48009836))
- Interesting to read (1 comments): "Personally I found this one quite interesting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49049684))

## What people warn about

- Critic doubts author's credibility (1 comments): "After reading her book, I can't take Lyn seriously." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49578314))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty](https://hackerapproved.com/p/capital-in-the-twenty-first-century.md): 12 recommend
- [Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/why-nations-fail.md): 9 recommend
- [Progress and Poverty by Henry George](https://hackerapproved.com/p/progress-and-poverty.md): 6 recommend
- [Free to Choose by Milton Friedman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/free-to-choose.md): 5 recommend
- [Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/imperialism-the-highest-stage-of-capitalism.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9798988666318&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9798988666318) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Broken Money by Lyn Alden", https://hackerapproved.com/p/broken-money/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).