Henry Farrell
Professor of international affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, co-author of Underground Empire, and author of the Programmable Mutter newsletter.
Number Go Up by Zeke Faux
Zeke Faux’s great book, Number Go Up
on programmablemutter.com · 29 Jun 2026
The Singer of Tales by Albert B. Lord
That question is explored in another extraordinary book, Albert B. Lord’s The Singer of Tales
on programmablemutter.com · 1 Dec 2025
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future by Dan Wang
Dan Wang suggests in his fantastic forthcoming book, Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future
on programmablemutter.com · 19 Aug 2025
The Concept of Representation by Hanna Pitkin
But they are in part supported by one of the great books of modern political theory, Hanna Pitkin’s The Concept of Representation
on programmablemutter.com · 5 Aug 2025
Aegypt by John Crowley
Crowley is one of the great unrecognized novelists of our time, and his Aegypt novel sequence seems exactly on point for the strange days we live in.
on programmablemutter.com · 20 Jun 2025
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman
Nor do I do many promotional emails (this is the first in nearly a year), but if you want to provide some indirect support, and get what I sincerely think to be a very good book while you’re at it
on programmablemutter.com · 24 May 2025
The Siren's Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes
This is why I think that The Siren’s Call is a very important book.
on programmablemutter.com · 9 Mar 2025
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