Every book Bob Wachter recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Bob Wachter

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   The Sun Also Rises

   Ernest Hemingway · Discussed · 1 episode

   The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a classic Lost Generation novel chronicling the disillusionment, travels, and romantic entanglements of a group of American and British expatriates in Europe.

   Discussed

   “The quote I like is Hemingway's quote from The Sun Also Rises. Now 100 years ago, one of the characters goes bankrupt and another character says, "How does a man go bankrupt?" And famously he says two ways gradually than suddenly.”

   Freakonomics Radio 661. Can A.I. Save Your Life? 2026-01-30 Listen at 6:43

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