Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2021-03-10
Books mentioned on John Cochrane on Economic Puzzles and Habits of Mind
What unites John Cochrane the finance economist and "grumpy" policy blogger with John Cochrane the accomplished glider pilot? For John, the answer is that each derives from the same habit of mind which seeks to reduce things down to a few fundamental principles and a simple logical structure.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Florence in the Forgotten Centuries, 1527-1800
Florence in the Forgotten Centuries, 1527-1800 by Eric Cochrane is a comprehensive historical study examining the political, social, and cultural evolution of Florence during the early modern period.
Recommended“by the way everybody else who's ever heard of my father heard of florence in the forgotten centuries which is the one i'll uh i'll recommend online”
Where to get it