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Gernot Wagner Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Climate economist @Columbia_Biz, @snippita's +1, dad. It’s pronounced juggernaut without the jug. #firstgen After Twitter: https://t.co/xqPT9oIE7Y 🦣

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Book Cover for: Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future, Ian Morris

Why the West Rules--For Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future

Ian Morris
Gernot WagnerGernot Wagner

I swore in 2010, when I read this passage in Ian Morris's "Why the West Rules—For Now," that I'd revisit this thought regularly. It's been a dozen years, and the odds look bad indeed. https://t.co/Psz3ZHQ0p4

Paperback, 2011

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand, John Markoff

Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand

John Markoff
Gernot WagnerGernot Wagner

All that also allows for a shoutout to @stewartbrand, who himself made the 180° turn on nuclear (and solar geoengineering), and to John @Markoff's forthcoming book Whole Earth: https://t.co/rWw7IzYVyZ

Hardcover, 2022

$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality, Oded Galor

The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

Oded Galor
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So many interesting books, so little time. Yes, I'm reading last weekend's FT. (See "time, little.") And yes, both Preventable & Atoms and Ashes look more than worthwhile. (I can confidently say The Journey of Humanity certainly is, too.) https://t.co/Mx58Qt6Nd1

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Book Cover for: Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer
Gernot WagnerGernot Wagner

@daniel_huppmann @TheEconomist And yes, of course, cut your own meat consumption (ideally to zero) for all sorts of good reasons. (Check Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals for the most compelling reasons I've seen for why not to eat them.) But: for climate reasons, it's precisely about the policy push.

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Book Cover for: America's Energy Gamble, Shanti Gamper-Rabindran

America's Energy Gamble

Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
Gernot WagnerGernot Wagner

Looks promising! Book launch for Shanti Gamper-Rabindran's "America's Energy Gamble: People, Economy and Planet": https://t.co/p15TmFtit8

Hardcover, 2022

$72.99$47.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters, Serhii Plokhy

Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters

Serhii Plokhy
Gernot WagnerGernot Wagner

So many interesting books, so little time. Yes, I'm reading last weekend's FT. (See "time, little.") And yes, both Preventable & Atoms and Ashes look more than worthwhile. (I can confidently say The Journey of Humanity certainly is, too.) https://t.co/Mx58Qt6Nd1

Paperback, 2023

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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