Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2021-05-19
Tyler Cowen & Pierpaolo Barbieri: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler
Pierpaolo Barbieri on Latin American FinTech
Gifted young Argentines tend to leave home to "make it in America" and never look back, but after earning a degree from Harvard, writing a book about the Spanish Civil War, and living in the United States for 12 years, Pierpaolo Barbieri has returned to Argentina.
Tyler Cowen discussed Hitler's Shadow Empire by Pierpaolo Barbieri. Pierpaolo Barbieri recommended The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson and The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark, and discussed The Wages of Destruction by J. Adam Tooze and Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hitler's Shadow Empire
Discussed“and his senior thesis that he wrote at harvard called hitler's shadow empire the nazis and the spanish civil war was later published by harvard university press”
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The Wages of Destruction
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Discussed“because at one point as as adam twos wrote masterfully in wages of destruction you know you ended up having 20 to 25 of gdp going into armaments”
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The Pity of War
The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson is a historical examination that challenges conventional interpretations and myths surrounding the origins, conduct, and consequences of the First World War.
Recommended“if you're interested in the nazi period i would um you know if you if you want to learn about the first world war for instance i would um i would recommend sleepwalkers or or neil's pity of war um you know great books teach you a lot”
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The Sleepwalkers
Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers is an acclaimed historical examination of how European powers stumbled into the catastrophe of the First World War.
Recommended“if you're interested in the nazi period i would um you know if you if you want to learn about the first world war for instance i would um i would recommend sleepwalkers or or neil's pity of war um you know great books teach you a lot”
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow is a comprehensive historical biography that chronicles the life, political career, and lasting legacy of one of America's founding fathers.
Discussed“obviously chernow's biography of hamilton has been so widely recommended that it can be more recommended”
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