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Every book Jason Riley recommended on podcasts
Books recommended by Jason Riley
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Basic economics
Thomas Sowell's bestselling introduction to economic principles explains market systems and public policy without relying on complex equations or graphs.
Discussed“I mean, his best-selling book, he's known a lot of people for his writings on race, but his best selling book is "Basic Economics," which is essentially an economics textbook without any graphs and equations in it.”
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Charter Schools and Their Enemies
Charter Schools and Their Enemies by Thomas Sowell is a non-fiction book examining the history, successes, and political opposition surrounding the charter school movement in American education.
Discussed“He did publish a book last year, a brand new book, on charter schools.”
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Books Jason Riley wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| How Democrats Ignore MLK's Words & Thomas Sowell's Wisdom | Jason Riley Interview | The Rubin Report | 2021-01-24 | 2 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged The Black Boom
“i wanted to write that this book it's it's a story that i think was was under reported”
Plugged Maverick
“and it was mentioned in the introduction that i just completed a biography of thomas soule a black intellectual economist based at the hoover institution stanford university and in in researching the book on seoul”
Plugged Please Stop Helping Us
“and largely this involves getting out of the way um uh as which is why i wrote a a book called please stop helping us”

