Cardiff Garcia Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Just found out that a TV series was made of "The Fear Index", the Robert Harris page-turner about a hedge fund that uses algorithms to trade the Vix. (That sounds boring, but explaining more would risk giving away the twists. The book is really fun!) https://t.co/ugN8TAxnVf

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(The book is Cat Jarman's excellent "River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads".)

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From the Joel Mokyr review of the new book by Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin, "How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth" (https://bit.ly/3R5Gm4e): https://t.co/xHq4ovX8N1

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@jacobgoldstein Stephen Metcalf just gave a super-strong recommendation in the latest Slate Culture Gabfest for "Revolution in the Head: The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties", by Ian MacDonald

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This week’s episode of The New Bazaar features a chat with economist Tara Watson about “The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear”, her superb new book (with Kalee Thompson): https://t.co/0lBnO5WFCR Brief thread to follow 👇

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Btw people who disliked the Netflix "Persuasion" adaptation should really check out "Love & Friendship" for a great Jane Austen story on screen—it's basically Kate Beckinsale rampaging across English high society and ruining everyone's life. Hilarious, witty, lots of fun.

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@KalebNygaard @TimHarford @ezraklein @Noahpinion @jacobgoldstein @petercoy @BharatRamamurti @andrewrsorkin @tracyalloway @matt_levine @TheStalwart @adam_tooze @ModeledBehavior Try “The Spinning Heart”, by Donal Ryan

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Albert O Hirschman, in the concluding passages of "The Passions and the Interests", on why it's good to be familiar with the big ideas of the past: https://t.co/g5Sf74b68f

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Today's episode of The New Bazaar features a deeply absorbing chat with @erichschwartzel about "Red Carpet", his fantastic new book about the relationship between Hollywood and China, and the radical shift in the business of movies because of it: https://www.bazaaraudio.com/the-new-bazaar/hollywood-china-an-epic-of-globalization

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This week's episode of The New Bazaar features a chat with @leah_boustan about her truly splendid new book (with Ran Abramitzky), "Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success"—check it out! https://t.co/CYjebSrEkU