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Russ Roberts’s book recommendations in 2019

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Binyamin Appelbaum on the Economists' Hour

EconTalk · 2019-12-16

Capitalism and freedom by Milton Friedman · discussed · at 4:47

Terry Moe on Educational Reform, Katrina, and Hidden Power

EconTalk · 2019-12-09

The Politics of Institutional Reform by Terry M. Moe · recommended · at 1:09:58

Gerd Gigerenzer on Gut Feelings

EconTalk · 2019-12-02

Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer · discussed · at 0:46
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman · discussed · at 5:46
Ending Medical Reversal by Vinayak K. Prasad, Adam S. Cifu · discussed · at 16:41

Rory Sutherland on Alchemy

EconTalk · 2019-11-11

Alchemy by Rory Sutherland · discussed · at 0:46
The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith · discussed · at 1:37
THE ECONOMIC NATURALIST by Robert H. Frank · discussed · at 1:10:34

Michele Gelfand on Rule Makers, Rule Breakers

EconTalk · 2019-10-28

Rule Makers, Rule Breakers by Michele Gelfand · discussed · at 0:50

Ryan Holiday on Stillness Is the Key

EconTalk · 2019-10-07

Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday · discussed · at 0:47
Thanks A Thousand by A. J. Jacobs · discussed · at 50:54

Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics, Reality, and Lost in Math

EconTalk · 2019-09-30

Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder · discussed · at 0:48
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine by Alan P. Lightman · discussed · at 56:49

Dani Rodrik on Neoliberalism

EconTalk · 2019-09-23

Dignity by Chris Arnade · discussed · at 18:29

George Will on the Conservative Sensibility

EconTalk · 2019-09-16

The Conservative Sensibility by George F. Will · discussed · at 4:05

Andrew Roberts on Churchill and the Craft of Biography

EconTalk · 2019-08-26

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900 by Andrew Roberts · discussed · at 0:41
The storm of war by Andrew Roberts · discussed · at 0:41
Napoleon by Andrew Roberts · discussed · at 0:41
Churchill and Orwell by Thomas E. Ricks · discussed · at 31:02
Thomas B. Love correspondence to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and accompanying materials by Thomas Bell Love · discussed · at 31:02
Churchill by Andrew Roberts · recommended · at 1:09:20

Tyler Cowen on Big Business

EconTalk · 2019-08-19

Big Business by Tyler Cowen · discussed · at 0:57
Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick · discussed · at 29:51
Stubborn Attachments by Tyler Cowen · discussed · at 35:50
Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday · discussed · at 54:24

Arthur Diamond on Openness to Creative Destruction

EconTalk · 2019-08-12

Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie · recommended · at 52:53
Range by David J. Epstein · discussed · at 53:34
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter · discussed · at 1:13:48

Andy Matuschak on Books and Learning

EconTalk · 2019-08-05

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari · discussed · at 34:29
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb · discussed · at 35:18
Thanks A Thousand by A. J. Jacobs · discussed · at 36:19
African Genesis by Robert Ardrey · discussed · at 39:28
The Social Contract by Robert Ardrey · discussed · at 39:47

Shoshana Zuboff on Surveillance Capitalism

EconTalk · 2019-07-29

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff · discussed · at 0:56

Other mentions in 2019 (12: passing, ad reads, own books)