Project Syndicate Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Wealth of Nations
Adam SmithProject SyndicateToday’s policymakers and their advisers know more and more about less and less, recalling Adam Smith’s description of a pin factory worker in "The Wealth of Nations," says @RSkidelsky. https://t.co/sgSbNy552Z
Hardcover, 2007
$44.99$22.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis
Ann-Christine DuhaimeProject SyndicateMinding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis by Ann-Christine Duhaime was selected as a finalist for the @ProSyn 2023 Sustainability Book Award, in partnership with @LaBanquePostale. Learn more about the award: https://t.co/WZnOcH5ILy https://t.co/Atd5lQPMUf
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A World of Insecurity: Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries
Pranab BardhanProject Syndicate.@HarvardCID will host a discussion between PS commentators Pranab Bardhan and @rodrikdani on Bardhan’s new book, A World of Insecurity: Democratic Disenchantment in Rich and Poor Countries, on April 10 at 1:00 PM EST. RSVP now at the link. https://t.co/KiM38TOgoF
Hardcover, 2022
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Neil PostmanProject SyndicateSocial media’s most corrosive effects are starting to look even worse than what the cultural critic Neil Postman anticipated almost four decades ago in "Amusing Ourselves to Death," writes @DrDaronAcemoglu. https://t.co/hHNxm3Dkgi
Paperback, 2005
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Vaclav SmilProject Syndicate.@ProSyn has selected How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil as a finalist for their 2023 Sustainability Book Award, in partnership with @LaBanquePostale. Learn more about the award, and view all of the finalists, here: https://t.co/WZnOcH5ILy https://t.co/4F6M9ULWrI
Paperback, 2025
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country
William GreiderProject SyndicateWhy are the arcane terms of finance – the “secrets of the temple,” as William Greider famously called them – so familiar to us, and how have its gray protagonists become household names? asks historian James Livingston of @RutgersU. https://t.co/XgONFpuONK https://t.co/rrax991V9D
Paperback, 1989
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives
Stephen RoachProject SyndicateIn his new book Accidental Conflict, Stephen S. Roach offers a three-pronged strategy for Sino-American conflict resolution. Read an overview of the plan – plus his views on US monetary policy, China’s economy, and more – in his #PSSayMore interview. https://t.co/OJdYvqKsDf https://t.co/qDYv9m4Ma8
Paperback, 2023
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration
Laura J. MartinProject Syndicate.@ProSyn has selected Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration by Laura J. Martin as a finalist for their 2023 Sustainability Book Award, in partnership with @LaBanquePostale. Learn more about the award, and view all of the finalists, here: https://t.co/WZnOcH5ILy https://t.co/ypqazUcBsz
Paperback, 2025
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Climate Justice
Mary RobinsonProject SyndicateClimate-justice activist @mitzijonelle joins Mary Robinson and @GGI_Kenya’s @lizwathuti live in conversation at our virtual #sustainability event, #GenerationGreen. Tune in now: https://t.co/Hg147E2MXG @TheElders @nature_org https://t.co/LzikFSFMzX
Paperback, 2019
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Economics: Principles & Policy
William BaumolProject Syndicate.@DeatonAngus thinks Alan Blinder and @jasonfurman are correct about economists' limited direct influence on policymaking. But that doesn't mean economics is off the hook for bad policy and economic outcomes. https://t.co/7cJNYHRPyi https://t.co/a1bjnAsTUy
Hardcover, 2019
$312.95$287.95 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)