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Tyler Cowen’s book recommendations in 2020

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Every episode from 2020, newest first

John O. Brennan on Life in the CIA

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-12-16

Undaunted by John O. Brennan · discussed · at 5:27
The Student Abroad by John William Brennan · discussed · at 5:27

Zach Carter on the Life and Legacy of John Maynard Keynes

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-12-02

General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money by John Maynard Keynes · discussed · at 15:13
A treatise on money by John Maynard Keynes · discussed · at 47:34
Essays in biography by John Maynard Keynes · discussed · at 51:03

Jimmy Wales on Systems and Incentives

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-11-18

Hamlet by William Shakespeare · discussed · at 1:25

Edwidge Danticat on Haitian Art and Literature

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-11-04

Bug Jargal by Victor Hugo · discussed · at 11:46

Audrey Tang on the Technology of Democracy

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-10-07

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce · discussed · at 12:58

Alex Ross on Music, Culture, and Criticism

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-09-22

Wagnerism by Alex Ross · discussed · at 19:24

Nathan Nunn on the Paths to Development

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-07-29

The Standard Errors of Persistence by Morgan Kelly · discussed · at 30:42

Melissa Dell on the Significance of Persistence

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-07-15

Understanding the Old Testament by Bernhard W. Anderson · discussed · at 46:37

Rachel Harmon on Policing

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-06-17

Dirty Harry by Phillip Rock · discussed · at 39:02

Ashley Mears on Status and Beauty

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-06-03

Very Important People by Ashley Mears · recommended · at 0:00
Pricing beauty by Ashley Mears · recommended · at 0:22

#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen

The Tim Ferriss Show · 2020-05-25

In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust · recommended · at 18:45
Instant Replay by Jerry Kramer · recommended · at 19:46
Timeless Flight by Johnny Rogan · recommended · at 19:57
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe · recommended · at 20:42
Ultralearning by Scott H. Young · recommended · at 22:30

Paul Romer on a Culture of Science and Working Hard

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-05-20

The civilizing process by Norbert Elias · discussed · at 44:53

Adam Tooze on our Financial Past and Future

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-05-06

The Wages of Destruction by J. Adam Tooze · discussed · at 31:32

Emily St. John Mandel on Fact, Fiction, and the Familiar

Conversations with Tyler · 2020-04-08

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel · recommended · at 0:04
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel · discussed · at 0:21

#413: Tyler Cowen on Rationality, COVID-19, Talismans, and Life on the Margins

The Tim Ferriss Show · 2020-03-05

The Western Canon by Harold Bloom · recommended · at 13:40
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel · discussed · at 36:23

Other mentions in 2020 (8: passing, ad reads, own books)