Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-02-17
Books mentioned on A Guide to the ‘Legal Fictions’ That Create Wealth, Inequality and Economic Crises
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Ministry for the Future
The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson and Simon Saito is a contemporary science fiction novel that explores the near-future consequences of climate change and societal efforts to adapt to ecological crisis.
Discussed“and the idea that kept coming to my head about this was from Kim Stanley Robinson's book the ministry for the future which takes place sort of in the near future as societies come to grips with climate change”
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The Years of Rice and Salt
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson is an epic alternate history novel that imagines a world where the Black Death wiped out most of Europe, shifting the trajectory of global civilization.
Discussed“and the idea that kept coming to my head about this was from Kim Stanley Robinson's book the ministry for the future which takes place sort of in the near future as societies come to grips with climate change”
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Ages of American Capitalism
Ages of American Capitalism is a comprehensive historical overview by Jonathan Levy that traces the evolution of economic structures and wealth creation in the United States.
Recommended“and then a book that came out after I wrote my book but one um an odd by an author who I quote in the book at the very beginning when I Define capitalist as Jonathan Levy and he published a book I think it was was my last year ages of American capitalism where he goes through this history”
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