Whyvert 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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Decline of America: The Last White Man's Empire and the Rise of China: The Brown Empire
P. H. D. Deshay David FordWhyvert🤨 A curious book: Decline of America: The Last White Man’s Empire and the Rise of China: The Brown Empire By Dr. Deshay David Ford, P.H.D China is brown 🤨 Ph.D is spelled P.H.D. 🤨 Style yourself Dr. before the name as well as Ph.D after 🤨 https://t.co/9cJgAUpA1E
Paperback, 2022
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University
Michael GibsonWhyvertThe Thiel Fellowship pays young people $100k to be creative and innovative After reviewing thousands of applications for it, what qualities did the best ones have? From Michael Gibson, Paper Belt on Fire. Very interesting new book on finding talent to generate progress. https://t.co/1NUebNP5br
Hardcover, 2022
$33.99$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization
Branko MilanovicWhyvertThe second most downloaded paper: Global Income Inequality by the Numbers: In History and Now by Branko Milanovic (2012) "an overview of calculations of global inequality, recently and over the long-run as well as main controversies and political and philosophical implications"
Paperback, 2018
$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet
Marian L. TupyWhyvertTime-price. That's what the new book Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet wants us to start thinking about. If we did, we would appreciate how much better things have become. https://t.co/Dgw51iYdY6 https://t.co/K0RIzfumhe
Paperback, 2023
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
Adrian WooldridgeWhyvertThe book "The Aristocracy of Talent" by Adrian Woodridge (political editor of The Economist) about the history of meritocracy. He says it was reviewed widely in the UK but not in the US. Affirmative action is just embarrassing to talk about. https://t.co/0AxYZqVA2u
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move to a Lot Like the Ones They Left
Garett JonesWhyvertComing in October The Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move To a Lot Like the Ones They Left https://t.co/RE708i9gvs https://t.co/FNkxmN07Ah
Hardcover, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah HarariWhyvertPeople are talking about Yuval Noah Harari's "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" (2014). Here's a thread on it: (TL;DR lots of value but some big flaws.) https://t.co/1pwvDi27Ds
Paperback, 2018
$25.99$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Jared DiamondWhyvertBy the way, Jared Diamond was ahead of the curve on the importance of demographic expansions in the Holocene. It's a key part of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" (Is this one reason why there's so much anti-Diamondism expressed on Twitter by historians?) https://t.co/fG7D9onPfJ
Paperback, 2017
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Christian WelzelWhyvertThe definition of emancipative values from the book Freedom Rising by Christian Welzel: https://t.co/e7xU0qd8XM
Paperback, 2013
$37.00$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth
Mark KoyamaWhyvertInterview with the authors of the excellent book How the World Became Rich https://t.co/O6YJC7M2vv
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book