Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-03-24
Books mentioned on A Radical Way of Thinking About Money
Morgan Ricks recommended Flash Boys by Michael Lewis, The Art of the Idea by John Hunt, and Fed Unbound by Lev Menand.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Flash Boys
Flash Boys by Michael Lewis is a bestselling financial non-fiction book that exposes the secretive world of high-frequency trading on Wall Street through the efforts of a group of rebel investors attempting to reform market fairness.
Recommended“so the first book will be Michael Lewis's Flash Boys which is just a an incredible I mean typically of Michael Lewis an incredible story about change in our markets”
Where to get it
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The Art of the Idea
The Art of the Idea by John Hunt is a book that explores the nature of creativity, innovation, and the generation of original concepts.
Recommended“second John gertner's the idea Factory which is about Bell labs and what I always find fascinating about Bell Labs is arguably the most important engine of innovation”
Where to get it
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Fed Unbound
Fed Unbound by Lev Menand is a detailed historical and legal examination of the Federal Reserve and the structural issues surrounding private money systems in the United States.
Recommended“and the third would would be lebmanans fed Unbound which is a historical treatment of a lot of the private money issues that we've been talking about”
Where to get it
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Plugged The money problem
“and he wrote the book The Money problem to talk about the 2008 financial crisis”