For whatever reason John Kay's Culture and Prosperity was hard for me to read. It dove into some financial and economic areas that I wasn't completely familiar with but it also did a good job of helping me learn about them. The book takes a look at economic systems and questions some of the basic theories we trust. He digs beneath the perfect economic model and takes a look at real lives and situations.
Culture and Prosperity does an excellent job of giving a grand overview of financial workings and why some markets work.
