Ian Fraser Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Ian Fraser is a business journalist. Journalist and author of Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain. ‘A masterpiece’ – @UniMainz_Angl_P; ‘Read it & weep’ – @martinwolf_
How the West was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead
Dambisa MoyoIan Fraser@MerrynSW @dambisamoyo I’ve not listened to the podcast yet, but I did enjoy @TheEconomist’s review of Dambisa Moyo’s How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly—and the Stark Choices Ahead. https://t.co/gFClpJJVci
Paperback, 2012
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Introduction by Nicholas Rance
Robert Louis StevensonIan FraserRobert Louis Stevenson lived in Skerryvore (which he named after a lighthouse built by his family’s engineering firm) in Bournemouth from 1885–87. It was there that he wrote Child’s Garden of Verses, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. https://t.co/EwNm9fqkOC https://t.co/S7nZkLuOW6
Hardcover, 1992
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Cosmos
Carl SaganIan FraserCarl Sagan explains how Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276-194 BC) successfully calculated the circumference of Earth. From the series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980) https://t.co/YZxgm7aQtl https://t.co/qZYYHirVIp
Paperback, 2013
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Butler to the World: How Britain Helps the World's Worst People Launder Money, Commit Crimes, and Get Away with Anything
Oliver BulloughIan FraserThis unmissable history traces Britain’s cynical transition over 70 years from imperial power to kleptocrats’ best friend. @TimAdamsWrites reviews @OliverBullough’s “Butler to the World”. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/21/butler-to-the-world-by-oliver-bullough-review-bent-britain-at-your-service
Hardcover, 2022
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Brazilian Adventure
Peter FlemingIan Fraser@Chris_Skinner More trivia: Ian Fleming’s cousins included Robin Fleming, merchant banker, bagpiper, art collector and owner of Black Mount estate in the Highlands. IF had three bothers, one of whom was travel writer and author of Brazilian Adventure Peter Fleming. https://t.co/2X2EWXAgQC
Paperback, 2023
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Poor Things
Alasdair GrayIan FraserYou’d have thought this trailer for the film Poor Things would have credited the author of the 1992 novel on which it’s based — Alasdair Gray. @PoorThingsFilm https://t.co/5imqQriOds
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The Philosophy of Modern Song
Bob DylanIan FraserSince only four of the sixty-six songs in Bob Dylan’s ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’ are sung by women, Amanda Petrusich put together this alternative list which includes works by @jonimitchell @maryjblige @bjork @StevieNicks @amywinehouse & @tinaturner. https://t.co/HrsbencnRm
Hardcover, 2022
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Wealth of Nations: An Inquiry into the Nature and its Causes
Adam SmithIan FraserUpdating Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations for the #climate crisis. “People like Adam Smith not only articulated economic ideas but also looked at philosophy and science. We need to be more interdisciplinary as economists in the 21st century,” said @UofGVC https://t.co/FEOGCwyjWv
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Capitalism And Slavery
Williams EricIan FraserIn Capitalism and Slavery, the historian Eric Williams noted that Britain defined itself not by the immoral ways it had enriched itself for centuries but by its decision to stop doing the worst of those things, even as it kept the riches. @garyyounge https://t.co/7ja8d5k7nq
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Rogue Institution: Vigilante Injustice, Lawlessness, and Disorder at the Air Force Academy
David W. GraneyIan FraserRogue Institution: Revisiting the podcast I did with @Roger_Edwards around the time my book Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain was published. #NatWest https://rogeredwards.co.uk/ian-fraser-on-writing-about-rbs-the-bank-that-broke-britain/?utm_content=buffer3dea0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer https://t.co/J7vR5qPMtQ
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