Diane Coyle
Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and author of GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History.
Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles by John D. Turner & William Quinn
It's a very readable and systematic analysis of what drives booms and busts in financial markets. There are loads of books about financial bubbles and related issues, but what I like about this one is the way they have developed a framework for thinking about any bubble anywhere, anytime.
on fivebooks.com · 13 Dec 2020
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Angus Deaton & Anne Case
It's a really important book. It pulls together the work that they've been doing for a number of years now, looking at the fact that, for the first time, life expectancy in the US is falling, and falling very unequally.
on fivebooks.com · 13 Dec 2020
Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers by Cheryl Misak
This is a fantastic biography. Frank Ramsey was an extraordinary character, evidently brilliant from an early age. He made path-breaking advances in mathematics, philosophy and economics.
on fivebooks.com · 13 Dec 2020
If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future by Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore is a brilliant writer. It's a dream to read.
on fivebooks.com · 13 Dec 2020
Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? by Brett Christophers
This is really about the way that, in lots of different areas of the economy, there is a concentration of power by people who have bought particular kinds of assets, and they're extracting monopoly rents—in effect—through that ownership. It covers land, housing, private equity, and infrastructure ownership.
on fivebooks.com · 13 Dec 2020
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