Attention Economy


Thursday, December 5, 2019

Winter 2019 Book Recommendations

Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets by Thomas Philippon
Fully Grown: Why a Stagnant Economy Is a Sign of Success by Dietrich Vollrath [Published Jan 6, 2020]

The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Solved-Market-Revolution/dp/0241309727/

The Economists' Hour: False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society by Binyamin Appelbaum


The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation by Carl Benedikt Frey
https://www.amazon.com/Technology-Trap-Capital-Labor-Automation/dp/069117279X/


The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff

The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age by Tim Wu

Antisocial by Andrew Marantz
https://www.amazon.com/Antisocial-Extremists-Techno-Utopians-Hijacking-Conversation/dp/0525522263/

Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
https://www.amazon.com/Educated-Memoir-Tara-Westover/dp/0399590501/


World Class: One Mother's Journey Halfway Around the Globe in Search of the Best Education for Her Children by Teru Clavel

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

Through Two Doors at Once: The Elegant Experiment That Captures the Enigma of Our Quantum Reality by Anil Ananthaswamy