Run out of time to do a "best books" list like I did last year (medium.com/@MarkKoyama/bo…). But here is a list of new books which stand out in my memory as particularly worthwhile/noteworthy in no particular order.
1. Jurgen Osterhammel Unfabling the East
2. Stephen Platt, Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
3. Ran Abramitzky, The Mystery of the Kibbutz
4. Lisa Blaydes, State of Repression.
2. Stephen Platt, Imperial Twilight: The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
3. Ran Abramitzky, The Mystery of the Kibbutz
4. Lisa Blaydes, State of Repression.
5. Eric A. Posner and Glen Weyl, Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy
6. Ben Cobley the Tribe
7. David Reich, Who we Are and How we Got Here.
8. Francis Fukuyama, Identity
9. Jason Kuznicki, Technology and the End of Authority
10. Judea Pearl, The Book of Why
6. Ben Cobley the Tribe
7. David Reich, Who we Are and How we Got Here.
8. Francis Fukuyama, Identity
9. Jason Kuznicki, Technology and the End of Authority
10. Judea Pearl, The Book of Why
11. Jason Brennan, Against Democracy
12. Adam Tooze, Crashed.
13. Steven Kotkin Stalin Vol 2.
14. Yascha Mounk, The People Versus Democracy.
12. Adam Tooze, Crashed.
13. Steven Kotkin Stalin Vol 2.
14. Yascha Mounk, The People Versus Democracy.
Belatedly realized that I missed a ton of excellent books that deserve being on the list too!
15. Tyler Cowen, Stubborn Attachments - a deep, insightful and pithy plea for agreeing on the value of economic growth.
15. Tyler Cowen, Stubborn Attachments - a deep, insightful and pithy plea for agreeing on the value of economic growth.
16. Quinn Slobdian, The Globalists
17. Pete Boette, F.A Hayek
18. Nicholas Crafts, Forging Ahead, Falling Behind Fighting Back
19. Acharya, Blackwell and Sen, Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics.
17. Pete Boette, F.A Hayek
18. Nicholas Crafts, Forging Ahead, Falling Behind Fighting Back
19. Acharya, Blackwell and Sen, Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics.
Still reading but looking very good
20. Martin Gurri Revolt of the Public
21. John Mearsheimer, Great Delusion.
22. Andrew Lambert, Seapower States
20. Martin Gurri Revolt of the Public
21. John Mearsheimer, Great Delusion.
22. Andrew Lambert, Seapower States
Lots of the authors of these books are of course on twitter @glenweyl @zeithistoriker @tylercowen @PeterBoettke @adam_tooze @Yascha_Mounk
@yudapearl @JasonKuznicki @bencobley @matt_blackwell @maya_sen and probably several others I've not been able to find.
@yudapearl @JasonKuznicki @bencobley @matt_blackwell @maya_sen and probably several others I've not been able to find.
