JW Mason 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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Associate professor of economics, John Jay College-CUNY. Fellow @rooseveltinst. Spouse of @LauraTanenbaum, father of Eli and Abraham.

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Night Train

Martin Amis

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I don't know that I would recommend him today, but in my 20s I was a big admirer of Martin Amis and read all of his novels from Success through Night Train. A review of the latter was one of my first published articles. https://t.co/LZ0g3wnPHX

Paperback, 1999

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The People's Republic of Walmart: How the World's Biggest Corporations Are Laying the Foundation for Socialism

Leigh Phillips

JW Mason

Was just rereading The People's Republic of Walmart by @Leigh_Phillips and @michalrozworski. Such a great book!

Paperback, 2019

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book

The Ancient Economy: Volume 43

M. I. Finley

JW Mason

@izakaminska @IsabellaMWeber @MegJacobs100 :-) I remember reading about this in M. I. Finley's The Ancient Economy. Unfortunately, I don't remember what his judgement on it was.

Paperback, 1999

$30.95$15.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book

Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

Edwin G. Burrows

JW Mason

For the past few months I've been listening to Mike Wallace's Gotham as I cooked dinner and did other household tasks. Kept thinking I ought to be live-tweeting. I'm now in chapter 47, but in the spirit of best time to plant a tree, think I'll begin.

Paperback, 2000

$39.99$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book

A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal

Kate Aronoff

JW Mason

Past students in the John Jay economics MA program include @KateAronoff, author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal; journalist @aidachavez; @lrmelodia, Deputy Director, Center NYC Affairs; @PEWilliams_ , Director, Center for Public Enterprise. It's quite a crew!

Paperback, 2019

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book