Sep 24, 2020
Sad news, folks: this is it for Econ Central. Amit Varma and
Vivek Kaul explain why they are ending this show at
just episode 15 -- and also recommend a whole bunch of books
to read as a goodbye gift.
Also check out:
1. Moonflower
Murders -- Anthony Horowitz.
2. The
Paper Menagerie -- Ken Liu.
3. The
Paper Menagerie and Other Stories -- Ken Liu.
4. The
Nothing Man -- Catherine Ryan Howard.
5. Netherland --
Joseph O'Neill.
6. The
Thursday Murder Club -- Richard Osman.
7. The
Bear Came Over the Mountain -- Alice Munro.
8. Runaway --
Alice Munro.
9. Hateship,
Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage -- Alice
Munro.
10. All
Alice Munro's books on Amazon.
11. How
to Make the World Add Up -- Tim Harford.
12. Archives of Dear
Economist.
13. Dear
Undercover Economist -- Tim Harford.
14. Collected
Poems -- Mark Strand. (A
sample.)
15. The
Best of It: New and Selected Poems -- Kay Ryan.
16. The
Housekeeper and the Professor -- Yoko Ogawa.
17. The
Blank Slate -- Steven Pinker.
18. How
Innovation Works -- Matt Ridley.
19. The
Innovator's Dilemma -- Clayton M Christensen.
20. The
Myth of Basic Science -- Matt Ridley.
21. The
Evolution of Everything -- Episode 96 of The Seen and the
Unseen (w Matt Ridley).
22. That
Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen -- Frédéric
Bastiat.
23. The
Law -- Frédéric Bastiat.
24. The
Deficit Myth -- Stephanie Kelton.
25. Rathin
Roy's sarcy tweet.
26. That
Will Be England Gone -- Michael Henderson.
27. Essays --
George Orwell.
28. Politics
and the English Language -- George Orwell.
Amit and Vivek will continue to do whatever else they are doing.
You can keep listening to Amit's podcast, The
Seen and the Unseen, and reading The
India Uncut Newsletter. Do also check out his online
course, The
Art of Clear Writing. Vivek writes regularly
at vivekkaul.com.
Do browse all
his books on Amazon or elsewhere.