Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-12-20
Books mentioned on Yes, Biden’s Green Future Can Still Happen Under Trump
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fooled by Randomness
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an influential exploration of how luck and chance shape success in business and everyday life, often masquerading as skill.
Recommended“well you know the book that has forever changed my life is Nim Nicholas talib's book Fooled by Randomness I read it before I started son Edison a long time ago and it reminds me today that like all the things that people take credit for a lot of it was luck”
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What If We Get It Right?
What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a collection of conversations and essays that explores hopeful, actionable, and constructive pathways for addressing the global climate crisis.
Recommended“the second book would be what if we get it right by Ayanna Elizabeth Johnson and she is such an inspiring person”
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Romney
Romney by McKay Coppins is an intimate and revealing political biography that chronicles Mitt Romney's complex career and his evolving relationship with the modern Republican Party.
Recommended“and then the last book was I recently read um Romney a reckoning by I think McKay coppins and I think I think that when you think about his journey right and the journey of many folks who just want to do right by people who just want to make this place the best version of what America can be”
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