Scott Sumner
Monetary economist, emeritus professor at Bentley University, and author of the blog TheMoneyIllusion.
Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
I was most influenced by the essays in the book, and I ended up being attracted to the same sort of writers as Borges, mostly Anglo-American writers of 1820-1920.
on econlib.org · 25 Dec 2019
My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard
It was the first book I ever read that had the feel of life as I experience it.
on econlib.org · 25 Dec 2019
Tales of Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad
It contains his best novellas, which I regard as his very best work.
on econlib.org · 25 Dec 2019
The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald
Its quasi-documentary style was increasingly in fashion at the time.
on econlib.org · 25 Dec 2019
The Tales of Edgar Allen Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
I read this as a child, and liked it for the same reason that other young people like reading Poe.
on econlib.org · 25 Dec 2019
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