Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-02-01
Books mentioned on ‘Why Haven’t the Democrats Completely Cleaned the Republicans’ Clock?’
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities
Political Cleavages and Social Inequalities is a scholarly volume edited by Amory Gethin, Clara Martinez-Toledano, and Thomas Piketty that examines the evolution of political conflicts and voting patterns across numerous democracies over several decades.
Recommended“a I would recommend political cleavages and social inequalities by Thomas pick at at all a study of 50 democracies because all the political Trends and demographic Trends we've talked about on this podcast today are detailed with copious data in this marvelous compendium of studies”
Where to get it
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Visions of Inequality
Visions of Inequality by Branko Milanovic is an ambitious economic history that traces how leading thinkers and political economists have understood and measured economic inequality from the French Revolution to the end of the Cold War.
Recommended“I'd also recommend visions of inequality by Bronco milanovic from the French re Evolution to the end of the Cold War that just recently came out and this is a fabulous book for understanding how views of inequality have changed over time seen through the lens of a lot of economic Giants”
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The House of Government
The House of Government by Yuri Slezkine is an epic historical account centering on the residents of the massive government building near the Kremlin and their ultimate fates during the Soviet era and the Russian Revolution.
Recommended“I'm a bit of an evangelist for this book it's called House of government by Yuri seskin and it's a incredible brilliant book about I mean it centers in a way well you know sort of in the title The House of government was the big house built on the embankment near the Kremlin”
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