Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-05-02
Books mentioned on Is the Sun Setting on America’s Financial Empire? | The Ezra Klein Show
Ken Rogoff recommended Muppets in Moscow by Natasha Lance Rogoff, The Queen's gambit by Walter S. Tevis, and Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson.
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Muppets in Moscow
Muppets in Moscow by Natasha Lance Rogoff is a behind-the-scenes account of the creation of the Russian adaptation of Sesame Street during the tumultuous political and economic landscape of the 1990s.
Recommended“Well, I have uh I have a few books to recommend, but I have to start out with my wife's book, Muppets in Moscow, which I've given you as a present about the making of Sesame Street in the 1990s, which she oversaw hundreds of uh artists uh the making of it in Russia.”
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The Queen's gambit
The Queen's Gambit by Walter S.
Recommended“Another book that I think uh is I just love and people have seen the series but haven't read the book is the Queen's Gambit by Walter Tavis. It is one of the most perfect books ever written.”
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson is a comprehensive biographical work detailing the multifaceted life, scientific experiments, political career, and business acumen of one of America's founding fathers.
Recommended“And another book would be uh Walter Isacson's Ben Franklin. I just I I just hadn't known everything about him.”
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