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Every book Jason Bordoff recommended on podcasts
Jason Bordoff has contributed valuable insights on energy policy, global power dynamics, and climate action to discussions on podcasts such as The Ezra Klein Show. During his appearances, Bordoff has recommended substantial historical works that trace the evolution of environmental movements and energy geopolitics. First, he recommended Daniel Yergin's classic work The Prize, citing it as an essential book for understanding the central role that energy, particularly oil, has played in global power and geopolitics for more than a century. Second, Bordoff recommended Douglas Brinkley's extensive 800-page history book Silent Spring Revolution, which he read while in isolation with COVID-19, noting that it provides a comprehensive look at the modern American environmental movement and how historical change happens. Through these recommendations, Bordoff highlights vital texts that help listeners grasp the historical roots of contemporary environmental and geopolitical challenges.
Books recommended by Jason Bordoff
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Silent Spring Revolution
Silent Spring Revolution by Douglas Brinkley and Stephen Graybill is an extensive history of the modern American environmental movement.
Recommended“earlier this year I had kovid I was in isolation for a week and I got a huge 800 page history of the modern American Environmental Movement by the American historian Douglas Brinkley called Silent Spring Revolution”
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The Prize
The Prize by Daniel Yergin is a comprehensive and classic historical work examining the central, driving role that energy, particularly oil, has played in global power dynamics, economics, and geopolitics for well over a century.
Recommended“the prize is a really classic work about the central role energy particularly oil has played in global power and geopolitics for more than a century”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| When Great Power Conflict and Climate Action Collide | The Ezra Klein Show | 2023-08-22 | 2 |