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Every book Jason Ferman recommended on podcasts
Jason Ferman appeared on The Economy Is at a Hinge Moment episode of The Ezra Klein Show to discuss broad economic transformations and historical growth. Ferman offered two book recommendations that bridged the gap between economics and human evolution. His first recommendation was How the World Became Rich by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin. Ferman praised the book as an exceptional synthesis of modern economic research from the past two decades, highlighting how institutions, culture, geography, and various other factors drive the immense transformation of human prosperity. For his second recommendation, Ferman ventured outside his primary discipline to suggest The Goodness Paradox by Richard Wrangham. He explained that Wrangham's work addresses the profound evolutionary question of why humans are capable of profound kindness toward one another, yet can also execute meticulously planned cruelty over long periods. Through these selections, Ferman underscored the complex interplay between institutional history, economic development, and the dual nature of human evolutionary behavior.
Books recommended by Jason Ferman
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How the World Became Rich
How the World Became Rich by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin is a historical and economic examination of the factors that led to Western economic dominance and modern prosperity.
Recommended“my first book is how the world became Rich by Mark coyama and Jared Rubin it's just an amazing synthesis of the amazing research in the last 20 years that looks in a deep way at the role that institutions culture geography and other factors have played in just the enormous transformation of um humankind”
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The Goodness Paradox
The Goodness Paradox by Richard Wrangham is an evolutionary anthropology book that explores the dual human capacities for extreme violence and profound cooperation, examining how humans underwent a process of self-domestication.
Recommended“second one is outside of my discipline and it's the goodness Paradox by Richard rangam that gets at the question of why humans can be so good to each other but also can be so bad and when we're bad we plan it meticulously and execute it over a long period of time um rather than just do it spontaneously”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Economy Is at a Hinge Moment | The Ezra Klein Show | 2024-10-04 | 2 |