Nick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Nick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭ on X
Founder/CEO @ Volition. From W. PA Rust Belt. Build Manufacturing/Engineering Tools. LibDem/YIMBY politics. Finance/Econ/History Nerd. Left-Accelerationist.
Concepts of Modern Mathematics
Ian StewartNick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭@jknowak @astridwilde1 @CathyReisenwitz @NathanpmYoung For the Principia, it depends on what you're looking for, but I'll assume an interesting synthesis book on math, where I always recommend Fields Medalist Ian Stewart's "Concepts of Modern Mathematics" - widely accessible and lucid. https://t.co/9WrUpR73RO
Paperback, 1995
$16.95$8.48 + 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 PhillipsNick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭@TristanAR_ @PippengerHarlo He talks about degrowth being a common position in Left politics where optimistic growth stories are largely out of favor. @Leigh_Phillips also wrote "The People's Republic of Walmart" where he asks the Left to embrace tech & productivity for liberation. https://t.co/H9LihWnfzI
Paperback, 2019
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America
Conor DoughertyNick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭Really enjoying @ConorDougherty's "Golden Gates" - on the American housing crisis, gentrification, YIMBY movement, etc. Great history and personal stories of people affected and those fighting for change - highly recommend! https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Gates-Fighting-Housing-America/dp/0525560211
Hardcover, 2020
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Robert D. PutnamNick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭As a counterpoint, Robert Putnam (of "Bowling Alone") as a new interesting book "The Upswing" that looks at the societal/cultural roots, using the framing of collective vs. individual language and other indicators. https://t.co/xKwLS51l4K
Paperback, 2020
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
Robert D. PutnamNick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭As a counterpoint, Robert Putnam (of "Bowling Alone") as a new interesting book "The Upswing" that looks at the societal/cultural roots, using the framing of collective vs. individual language and other indicators. https://t.co/xKwLS51l4K
Paperback, 2021
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment
David F. SwensenNick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭For context, David Swensen came up with model this during long career of managing the Yale endowment. He first published "Pioneering Portfolio Management" in 2000 (2E in 2009), so it does have a long track record through a couple cycles. https://t.co/UvzYeJg31S
Hardcover, 2009
$37.50$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism
Thomas FrankNick Pinkston 🏭 🏗️ 🏙️ 🌐 ⏭Really loved @thomasfrank_'s "The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism". It shows how the left elites made populism a universal bad and gives a vision for a left populist movement to help working class folks everywhere. Highly recommend! https://www.amazon.com/People-No-Populism-Fight-Democracy/dp/1250220114
Paperback, 2021
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book