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Interesting Milanovic passage on Adam Smith's love of low interest rates. Smith both viewed low interest rates as a sign of capital abundance, and helpfully, that it made it difficult for people to live purely off capital income. Similar to Keynes' "Euthanasia of the rentier"

People often ask me what my strategy is to finish books. I basically do this: 1) listen to audiobooks x2-x3 speed 2) listen while doing chores that don't require much mental effort (laundry, cleaning, cooking etc)

Here are some of my history book recommendations

Some recommendations in economic history

I've read these books I enjoyed but would also love some recommendations on African Economic History, it's an area I haven't studied a huge amount

Since 2 March 2025, Israel has prevented the entry of all humanitarian supplies and commercial goods including food, water, medicine and fuel into the occupied Gaza Strip.

Here are some reading recommendations for the current moment

These are some of my favourite books on the Cold War

They promote Foucault. They promote Arendt. They promote Habermas. They promote the worst ideological trash produced in the 20th century. But they never promote Amartya Sen. Ask yourself why.

My recommendations on inequality

Real W for Public Schools here for not assigning The Clash of Civilisations much

The Measure of Progress by Diane Coyle is a terrific recent work. If you've ever wondered what goes into the numbers which dominate economic discourse: GDP, Productivity etc, this is a great deep dive into them. It's also a nice balance between technical and accessible.

I'm quite excited about this work tbh

"Abundance" is getting a lot of discourse, so here's some great books with similar themes

My favourite reads of 2024

This tome of a book is excellent. I've always liked Stiglitz, but wished his books did more academic deep dives. This book does that, presenting the current research on inequality, as well as the corresponding models plus variations. Highly recommend.

Reads since April

Reads since April