Simon Johnson
Ronald A Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan, former chief economist of the IMF, and co-author of 13 Bankers.
A History of Interest Rates by Richard Sylla & Sidney Homer
This is one of my favourite type of books, which are just about data.
on fivebooks.com · 11 May 2012
Eclipse by Arvind Subramanian
Arvind is a very historically minded person. He has dug up a lot of relevant data, and has some wonderful stories that illustrate his points.
on fivebooks.com · 11 May 2012
Red Ink by David Wessel
This is my competition. I chose it because I think we need more of these intelligent, thoughtful, well-documented books that scare the pants off you and convince you that action is needed.
on fivebooks.com · 11 May 2012
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
This is one of the great political biographies. Teddy Roosevelt was like a character out of a novel, so it's not surprising that his biography reads like one.
on fivebooks.com · 11 May 2012
Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson
Why Nations Fail is by two of my favourite economists, two very close friends and co-authors of mine, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. They're tackling a subject that I've worked on with them, and they do a great job of bringing it to life and making it vivid.
on fivebooks.com · 11 May 2012
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