Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-11-19
Books mentioned on Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails
Ezra Klein recommended Offshore by Brooke Harrington and American Kleptocracy by Casey Michel, and discussed Price and Rent Effects of Energy Efficiency in Residential Properties by Nurul Hana Adi Maimun and The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt. Anne Applebaum recommended Invisible Rulers by Renee DiResta and Moneyland by Oliver Bullough.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Price and Rent Effects of Energy Efficiency in Residential Properties
Discussed“I've been thinking about something Hana rent wrote in the origins of totalitarianism another one of these books that when you begin quoting it you know things are not going great”
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt is a foundational political science text that examines the historical roots, psychosocial conditions, and structural mechanisms that allowed Nazism and Stalinism to rise in the twentieth century.
Discussed“I've been thinking about something Hana rent wrote in the origins of totalitarianism another one of these books that when you begin quoting it you know things are not going great”
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Invisible Rulers
Invisible Rulers by Renee DiResta is an insightful book examining how information spreads online and how niche propagandists manage to turn lies into reality and shape public opinion.
Recommended“i you know i can recommend to everybody who's listening to Renee desta's excellent book which is called invisible rulers which is about exactly this”
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Moneyland
Moneyland by Oliver Bullough is an investigative examination of the global network of offshore finance, tax evasion, and kleptocracy that allows the ultra-wealthy to hide stolen assets and manipulate international markets.
Recommended“um one of them is a book by a British writer called Oliver bulock and it's called moneyland and it describes where the offshore came world came from”
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Offshore
Offshore by Brooke Harrington is a concise sociological study that investigates the secretive world of wealth management and the global offshore financial industry.
Recommended“Another kind of parallel book to read it's a very short book it's called offshore and it's by uh Brooke Harrington who is a sociologist who in order to write the book trained as a financial adviser and so entered that world and learned how it worked from the inside”
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American Kleptocracy
American Kleptocracy by Casey Michel is an investigative non-fiction book that exposes how the United States has paradoxically become a primary destination for laundering illicit fortunes generated by corrupt foreign leaders.
Recommended“and then as a third book uh to the trilogy I would say read American kleptocracy which is a book by Casey Michelle which talks about much more specifically American focused how Grand corruption is already visible and already at play in the United States”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and the author of a new book autocracy Inc the dictators who want to run the world as always”