What are your favorite or most anticipated books by professional economists published in 2021?
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I'm looking forward to listening to the audiobook of Goldin's *Career & Family*! press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…
I'm ALSO looking forward to listening to the audiobook of Diane Coyle's *Cogs and Monsters*. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…
Amartya Sen's memoir looks great. wwnorton.com/books/97813240…
I haven't finished Kaushik Basu's *Policymaker's Journal* but I've enjoyed some great insights so far. simonandschuster.com/books/Policyma…
I've seen good reviews of Emily Oster's *The Family Firm*. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/639450/t…
Scott Cunningham's *Causal Inference: The Mixtape* draws on a work by this year's Nobel prize winners, so it's hot right now. mixtape.scunning.com (Came out in January!)
What am I missing that you enjoyed or are really looking forward to in the waning months of the year?
For more on methods, check out *The Effect* by Nick Huntington-Klein. Free online here theeffectbook.net and to be released in print in December.
Jadrian Wooten's book combines two of my favorite things. routledge.com/Parks-and-Recr…
Benjamin Ho's book looks at trust through an economist's lens cup.columbia.edu/book/why-trust…
Nina Banks brings together speeches and writings of the first Black American economist, Sadie T. M. Alexander! yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030024…
Coming in December! De Brauw and Bulte on African farmers, value chains, and agricultural development! palgrave.com/gp/book/978303…
*Survival of the City* by Glaeser and Cutler! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/669805/s…
Economist Dambisa Moyo on *How Boards Work*
basicbooks.com/titles/dambisa…
(I've never really known, so maybe this is my big chance to understand it!)
Alex Thomas's introduction to macro! cambridge.org/us/academic/su…
And if you're like: I don't need an intro to macro, I need some ADVANCED macro, there's this. press.lse.ac.uk/site/books/m/1…
Jan Eeckhout's *The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work*
press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…
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