Michael Pettis 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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Michael Pettis is an author and professor of finance. Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. For speaking engagements, please contact me at chinfinpettis@yahoo.com
Money and Empire
Perry MehrlingMichael Pettis1/ Very good review by Herman Mark Schwartz of Perry Mehrling’s "Money and Empire": "Kindleberger and Mehrling might stop after noting the payment risks and imbalances inherent in a global economy where non-US banks generate 90% of dollar-denominated... https://t.co/j110IQ9zFY
Hardcover, 2022
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Money, Power, and the People: The American Struggle to Make Banking Democratic
Christopher W. ShawMichael Pettis3/3 I just finished reading Christopher Shaw's very good book on "the American struggle to make banking democratic" in the first half of the 20th Century. I wish more people were aware of this history and understood the issues. They haven't disappeared.
Hardcover, 2019
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Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century
Helen ThompsonMichael PettisVery informative review by @M_C_Klein of Helen Thompson's Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century? https://t.co/iwe2XINokv
Paperback, 2023
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House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again
Atif MianMichael Pettis1/4 I just finished reading "House of Debt" by @AtifRMian and @profsufi. It's an important book and helps reinforce the framework that @M_C_Klein and I used six years later for "Trade Wars are Class Wars". https://t.co/o8rDXzoeUO
Paperback, 2015
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Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
Matthew C. KleinMichael Pettis1/4 I just finished reading "House of Debt" by @AtifRMian and @profsufi. It's an important book and helps reinforce the framework that @M_C_Klein and I used six years later for "Trade Wars are Class Wars". https://t.co/o8rDXzoeUO
Paperback, 2021
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Coalitions of the Weak
Victor C. ShihMichael PettisI just finished reading Victor Shih's excellent book on China and the evolution of its leadership under Mao. It probably isn't for the general reader, but it gave me huge insights into the leadership process in China. @vshih2
Paperback, 2022
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Works: With A Notice Of The Life And Writings Of The Author...
David RicardoMichael Pettis7/7 Five decades of large, persistent surpluses are proof that we don't live in David Ricardo's world, which is why we must either reform the global trade environment or change our assumptions about how trade works. https://t.co/0bWhtE8RE9
Paperback, 2012
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