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Russ Roberts’s book recommendations in 2021

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Megan McArdle on Belonging, Home, and National Identity

EconTalk · 2021-12-27

Where We Are by Roger Scruton · discussed · at 0:42

Frank Rose on Internet Narratives

EconTalk · 2021-12-13

The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories by Frank Rose · discussed · at 0:22
The Sea We Swim In by Frank Rose · discussed · at 0:28

Nina Kraus on Hearing, Noise, and Of Sound Mind

EconTalk · 2021-11-29

Of Sound Mind by Nina Kraus · discussed · at 0:06
After Babel by George Steiner · discussed · at 16:23

Sam Quinones on Meth, Fentanyl, and the Least of Us

EconTalk · 2021-10-11

The Least of Us by Sam Quinones · discussed · at 0:10
Dignity by Chris Arnade · discussed · at 53:53

Arnold Kling on Reforming Government and Expertise

EconTalk · 2021-10-04

The Least of Us by Sam Quinones · recommended · at 1:00:19

Noreena Hertz on the Lonely Century

EconTalk · 2021-09-27

Lost Connections by Johann Hari · discussed · at 1:36
The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand · discussed · at 30:02
Dignity by Chris Arnade · discussed · at 39:38

Glen Weyl on Antitrust, Capitalism, and Radical Reform

EconTalk · 2021-09-13

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter · discussed · at 57:12

Johann Hari on Lost Connections

EconTalk · 2021-09-06

Lost Connections by Johann Hari · discussed · at 0:10
The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith · discussed · at 1:12:53

Bret Devereaux on Ancient Greece and Rome

EconTalk · 2021-08-30

The Odyssey by Homer · discussed · at 51:25

Michael Heller and James Salzman on Mine!

EconTalk · 2021-08-23

Mine! by Michael A. Heller · discussed · at 0:24

Nicholas Wapshott on Samuelson and Friedman

EconTalk · 2021-08-16

Foundations of Economic Analysis by Paul Anthony Samuelson · discussed · at 9:30
Capitalism and freedom by Milton Friedman · discussed · at 25:39

Jonathan Rauch on the Constitution of Knowledge

EconTalk · 2021-08-02

The Constitution of Knowledge by Jonathan Rauch · discussed · at 1:37
A Time to Build by Yuval Levin · discussed · at 5:26

Michael Easter on the Comfort Crisis

EconTalk · 2021-07-19

The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter · discussed · at 0:09

Claudia Hauer on War, Education, and Strategic Humanism

EconTalk · 2021-07-05

The Iliad by Homer · discussed · at 0:24
The Odyssey by Homer · discussed · at 4:00
The Sweet Spot by Paul Bloom · recommended · at 26:10
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek · discussed · at 52:46

Sebastian Junger on Freedom

EconTalk · 2021-06-28

The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture by Yoram Hazony · recommended · at 39:18

Anja Shortland on Lost Art

EconTalk · 2021-06-21

Kidnap by Anja Shortland · discussed · at 0:10

Donald Shoup on the Economics of Parking

EconTalk · 2021-06-14

The High Cost of Free Parking by Donald C. Shoup · discussed · at 0:41

Ian Leslie on Conflicted

EconTalk · 2021-06-07

Conflicted by Ian Leslie · discussed · at 10:59

Jason Riley on Race in America

EconTalk · 2021-05-24

Waiting For "SUPERMAN" by Participant Media · discussed · at 40:56

Julia Galef on the Scout Mindset

EconTalk · 2021-05-17

The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef · discussed · at 0:10

Agnes Callard on Anger

EconTalk · 2021-05-10

The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis · discussed · at 45:49

Katy Milkman on How to Change

EconTalk · 2021-05-03

How to Change by Katy Milkman · discussed · at 0:10
One Fat Englishman by Kingsley Amis · discussed · at 27:10
A Time to Build by Yuval Levin · discussed · at 1:02:26

Roya Hakakian on A Beginner's Guide to America

EconTalk · 2021-04-26

A Beginner's Guide to America by Roya Hakakian · discussed · at 0:09
The Odyssey by Homer · discussed · at 12:09

Mark Rank on Poverty and Poorly Understood

EconTalk · 2021-04-19

Poorly Understood by Mark Robert Rank · discussed · at 0:11

Emiliana Simon-Thomas on Happiness

EconTalk · 2021-04-12

Thanks A Thousand by A. J. Jacobs · discussed · at 1:12:10
Dignity by Chris Arnade · discussed · at 1:27:10

Max Kenner on Crime, Education, and the Bard Prison Initiative

EconTalk · 2021-03-29

MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE by Herman Melville · discussed · at 43:00
The Iliad by Homer · discussed · at 43:00

Megan McArdle on Catastrophes and the Pandemic

EconTalk · 2021-03-22

Where We Are by Roger Scruton · discussed · at 0:57

Sherry Turkle on Family, Artificial Intelligence, and the Empathy Diaries

EconTalk · 2021-03-15

The Empathy Diaries by Sherry Turkle · discussed · at 2:22
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens · discussed · at 21:54
Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle · discussed · at 52:07

Leon Kass on Human Flourishing, Living Well, and Aristotle

EconTalk · 2021-03-08

Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle · discussed · at 2:04
Aspiration by Agnes Callard · discussed · at 37:27

Dana Gioia on Learning, Poetry, and Studying with Miss Bishop

EconTalk · 2021-02-15

Can poetry matter? by Dana Gioia · discussed · at 0:47
Studying with Miss Bishop by Dana Gioia · discussed · at 5:14
The Iliad by Homer · discussed · at 22:37
The Odyssey by Homer · discussed · at 22:37
Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson: The Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson · discussed · at 36:18
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman · discussed · at 45:06
One Art by Elizabeth Bishop · discussed · at 50:36
99 Poems by Dana Gioia · recommended · at 1:34:33

Lamorna Ash on Dark, Salt, Clear

EconTalk · 2021-02-08

Tribe by Sebastian Junger · discussed · at 52:08
Dark, Salt, Clear by Lamorna Ash · recommended · at 1:13:06

Michael McCullough on the Kindness of Strangers

EconTalk · 2021-02-01

The Kindness of Strangers by Michael E. McCullough · discussed · at 0:10

Scott Newstok on How to Think Like Shakespeare

EconTalk · 2021-01-25

How to Think Like Shakespeare by Scott Newstok · discussed · at 17:24
Aspiration by Agnes Callard · discussed · at 22:46
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard · discussed · at 24:34

Gary Shiffman on the Economics of Violence

EconTalk · 2021-01-18

The Economics of Violence by Gary M. Shiffman · discussed · at 4:43

Don Boudreaux on Buchanan

EconTalk · 2021-01-11

The Logical Foundations of Constitutional Liberty by James M. Buchanan · discussed · at 0:41
Transformative Experience by L. A. Paul · discussed · at 41:03

Matthew Crawford on Why We Drive

EconTalk · 2021-01-04

Why We Drive by Matthew B. Crawford · discussed · at 0:15
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer · discussed · at 20:31
The Hidden Half by Michael Blastland · discussed · at 37:25

Other mentions in 2021 (50: passing, ad reads, own books)