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ECONOMICAL READING

To help you prepare for your holiday shopping, here are 10 books by economists, written for broad audiences, that came out in 2019.

Let me know which ones I missed!

Below is a thread with links to each book.
Good Economics for Hard Times, by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo (@public_affairs) goodeconomicsforhardtimes.com
An Economist Walks into a Brothel and other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk, by @AllisonSchrager (@PortfolioBooks) penguinrandomhouse.com/books/564814/a…
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty, by Acemoglu and Robinson (@NarrowCorridor) penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555400/t…
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool, by @ProfEmilyOster penguinrandomhouse.com/books/572658/c…
Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events, by @RobertJShiller (@PrincetonUPress) press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…
Why Liberalism Works: How True Liberal Values Produce a Freer, More Equal, Prosperous World for All, by @DeirdreMcClosk yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030023…
The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay, by Emmanuel Saez and @gabriel_zucman wwnorton.com/books/97813240…
Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World, by @BrankoMilan (@Harvard_Press) hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is…
Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero, by @TylerCowen read.macmillan.com/lp/big-busines…
Shrewd Samaritan: Faith, Economics, and the Road to Loving Our Global Neighbor, by @BruceWydick thomasnelson.com/p/shrewdsamari…
Happy reading!
I forgot *Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration* by @Bryan_Caplan & @ZachWeiner! us.macmillan.com/books/97812503… Don't miss that one!
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As I went through more than 100 of recent economics Nobel laureate Esther Duflo's publications earlier this week, I was struck by a few themes.

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1. THE VALUE OF DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS. Duflo is best known for her experimental work, but she has paper after paper describing how poor people live, their health, their spending. It's important to understand the problem as well as test solutions.
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