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Books by Garett Jones mentioned on podcasts

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3 books across 4 episodes on 2 podcasts.

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  1. Hive Mind

    2 mentions · Conversations with Tyler, Dwarkesh Podcast

    Hive Mind by Garett Jones is a provocative nonfiction book that explores how national intelligence averages shape the economic, political, and social success of nations.

    Discussed
    “Garett Jones, The Hive Mind. COWEN: Garett's my colleague. That book is still cited a lot in places like The Economist. It's held up very well, and I think it's become a seminal work. I'm glad I picked it.”
    Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective 2025-12-23 Listen at 42:51
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. 10% Less Democracy

    2 mentions · Dwarkesh Podcast

    Discussed
    “I thought this was also one of your really interesting books. Even controlling for how much democratic oversight there is of institutions in the government there seems to be a wide discrepancy of how well they work.”
    Dwarkesh Patel Dwarkesh Podcast Garett Jones — Immigration, national IQ, & less democracy 2023-01-24 Listen at 46:58
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  3. The Culture Transplant

    4 mentions · Dwarkesh Podcast

    Discussed
    “I'm sure you saw the book that was released in 2020 titled Wretched Refuse? where they showed a slight positive relationship between immigration and free-market laws.”
    Dwarkesh Patel Dwarkesh Podcast Garett Jones — Immigration, national IQ, & less democracy 2023-01-24 Listen at 9:16
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible