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Underground Empire
How America Weaponized the World Economy
The book was cited as a recent work discussing how the United States uses its financial dominance to project power.
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two new books, one called The Underground Empire and the other called Choke Points
— Episode: Trump’s Tariffs, Market Panic and What C...
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Episode: Trump’s Tariffs, Market Panic and What Comes Next
The book was cited as a recent work discussing how the United States uses its financial dominance to project power.
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two new books, one called The Underground Empire and the other called Choke Points
Chokepoints
American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
The book was referenced as detailing financial choke points that give the United States leverage.
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two new books, one called The Underground Empire and the other called Choke Points
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Episode: Trump’s Tariffs, Market Panic and What Comes Next
The book was referenced as detailing financial choke points that give the United States leverage.
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two new books, one called The Underground Empire and the other called Choke Points
The Catalyst
How to Change Anyone's Mind
The book was introduced as explaining the central role of RNA in the human body.
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One is called The Catalyst by Thomas Keck, and it's all about the role of RNA and not DNA in most of what happens in the human body.
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Episode: Trump’s Tariffs, Market Panic and What Comes Next
The book was introduced as explaining the central role of RNA in the human body.
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One is called The Catalyst by Thomas Keck, and it's all about the role of RNA and not DNA in most of what happens in the human body.
Kaput
The End of the German Miracle
The book was described as analyzing Germany's economic malaise and its deeper causes.
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The second one is called Kaput by Wolfgang Mnchau. It's about the economic malaise in Germany and what's caused it.
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Episode: Trump’s Tariffs, Market Panic and What Comes Next
The book was described as analyzing Germany's economic malaise and its deeper causes.
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The second one is called Kaput by Wolfgang Mnchau. It's about the economic malaise in Germany and what's caused it.
Trade Wars Are Class Wars
How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
The book was noted as having been written by Klein and Pettis, offering a rethinking of trade.
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Matt Klein and Michael Pettis, who wrote the book Trade Wars or Class Wars
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Episode: Trump’s Tariffs, Market Panic and What Comes Next
The book was noted as having been written by Klein and Pettis, offering a rethinking of trade.
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Matt Klein and Michael Pettis, who wrote the book Trade Wars or Class Wars
How Not to Invest
The ideas, numbers, and behaviors that destroy wealth―and how to avoid them
Krugman described the book as a great, fun read that offered interesting insights even for noninvestors.
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My friend, the fund manager, Barry Ritholtz, has a great book called How Not to Invest, which, believe it or not, is interesting, even if you are investing.
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Episode: Paul Krugman on the ‘Biggest Trade Shock in Histor...
Krugman described the book as a great, fun read that offered interesting insights even for noninvestors.
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My friend, the fund manager, Barry Ritholtz, has a great book called How Not to Invest, which, believe it or not, is interesting, even if you are investing.
War and Power
Who Wins Wars―and Why
Krugman noted he was currently reading O'Brien's new militaryhistory book and called it interesting and heterodox.
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I'm just reading the latest book by Phillips O'Brien. He's a military historian, and he has a new book called War and Power.
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Krugman noted he was currently reading O'Brien's new militaryhistory book and called it interesting and heterodox.
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I'm just reading the latest book by Phillips O'Brien. He's a military historian, and he has a new book called War and Power.
The Age of Addiction
How Bad Habits Became Big Business
The book chronicles how modern economies create limitless, addictive products that hijack our brains.
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And I think that we have an incredible book called The Age of Addiction by David Courtwright.
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The book chronicles how modern economies create limitless, addictive products that hijack our brains.
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And I think that we have an incredible book called The Age of Addiction by David Courtwright.
Back from the Brink
Inside the NYPD and New York City's Extraordinary 1990s Crime Drop
It was highlighted as an upcoming oralhistory about the 1990s crime decline in NewYork City and statecapacity reforms.
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His book is coming out in a couple weeks. It's called Back from the Brink. And it's the story of the 90s crime decline in New York City. He did a fantastic oral history.
— Episode: What Is DOGE’s Real Goal?
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Episode: What Is DOGE’s Real Goal?
It was highlighted as an upcoming oralhistory about the 1990s crime decline in NewYork City and statecapacity reforms.
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His book is coming out in a couple weeks. It's called Back from the Brink. And it's the story of the 90s crime decline in New York City. He did a fantastic oral history.
Power and responsibility;
The life and times of Theodore Roosevelt
The guest described it as a short postWorldWarII work by a Catholic priest on the moral duties of leaders in the nuclear age.
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A short book is called Power and Responsibility, and he writes it after the Second World War about what kinds of people do we need to be, what kinds of governors and leaders do we need to be in a worl...
— Episode: What Is DOGE’s Real Goal?
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Episode: What Is DOGE’s Real Goal?
The guest described it as a short postWorldWarII work by a Catholic priest on the moral duties of leaders in the nuclear age.
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A short book is called Power and Responsibility, and he writes it after the Second World War about what kinds of people do we need to be, what kinds of governors and leaders do we need to be in a world where the bomb exists.
Abundance
Ezra Klein announced that his new book Abundance had just been released and discussed its development throughout the conversation.
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my book Abundance came out. I am excited about it.
— Episode: The Origins of Abundance
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Episode: The Origins of Abundance
Ezra Klein announced that his new book Abundance had just been released and discussed its development throughout the conversation.
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my book Abundance came out. I am excited about it.
the book Abundance is about housing, energy, government, science, and technology.
Golden Gates
Fighting for Housing in America
Klein recommended Connor Doherty's book Golden Gates as a fantastic history of the YIMBY movement.
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I would really recommend Connor Doherty's book, Golden Gates, which is just a fantastic history of the YIMBYs.
— Episode: The Origins of Abundance
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Episode: The Origins of Abundance
Klein recommended Connor Doherty's book Golden Gates as a fantastic history of the YIMBY movement.
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I would really recommend Connor Doherty's book, Golden Gates, which is just a fantastic history of the YIMBYs.
Why Nothing Works
Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
Klein mentioned Mark Dunkelman's new book Why Nothing Works as being similar in theme to Abundance.
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Mark Dunkelman, who just has a new book out, it's very along the lines of ours called Why Nothing Works and it's great.
— Episode: The Origins of Abundance
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Episode: The Origins of Abundance
Klein mentioned Mark Dunkelman's new book Why Nothing Works as being similar in theme to Abundance.
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Mark Dunkelman, who just has a new book out, it's very along the lines of ours called Why Nothing Works and it's great.
The Hollow Parties
The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics (Princeton Studies in American Politics)
Ezra Klein mentioned the book as a recommendation, noting it was written by his friend Daniel Schlozman and his colleague Sam Rosenfeld.
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I want to just call out Hollow Parties by Danny Shosman. He's a good friend of mine. And I think it's... And Sam Rosenfeld.
— Episode: Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
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Episode: Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
Ezra Klein mentioned the book as a recommendation, noting it was written by his friend Daniel Schlozman and his colleague Sam Rosenfeld.
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I want to just call out Hollow Parties by Danny Shosman. He's a good friend of mine. And I think it's... And Sam Rosenfeld.
The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion (Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology)
Ezra Klein highlighted the book as an influential, nerdy pick that examines how survey responses relate to elite influence.
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the origin and nature of mass opinion by Zoller kind of gets at this question of how much does what people say in surveys matter versus how much of it is downstream of what people are saying, you know...
— Episode: Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
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Episode: Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
Ezra Klein highlighted the book as an influential, nerdy pick that examines how survey responses relate to elite influence.
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the origin and nature of mass opinion by Zoller kind of gets at this question of how much does what people say in surveys matter versus how much of it is downstream of what people are saying, you know, what elites are saying.
National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade
Klein highlighted it as a 1945 work that has fallen out of fashion but illuminates today's situation.
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So the first one I'd recommend is Albert Hirschman, National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade from 1945, which is something that's gone completely out of fashion in recent yea...
— Episode: Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poiso...
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Episode: Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It?
Klein highlighted it as a 1945 work that has fallen out of fashion but illuminates today's situation.
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So the first one I'd recommend is Albert Hirschman, National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade from 1945, which is something that's gone completely out of fashion in recent years, but shed a lot of light on where we are today.
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
He noted it as a classic that he suggested reading only the first third, dismissing the rest.
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I would recommend John Minnick Kane's The Economic Consequences of the Peace, which just read the first third, the last two thirds not worth reading.
— Episode: Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poiso...
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Episode: Is Trump ‘Detoxing’ the Economy or Poisoning It?
He noted it as a classic that he suggested reading only the first third, dismissing the rest.
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I would recommend John Minnick Kane's The Economic Consequences of the Peace, which just read the first third, the last two thirds not worth reading.
Open
An Autobiography
Kimberly Clausing was identified as the author of Open, a book making the case for free trade, immigration, and global capital.
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She's the author of the book Open, The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital.
— Episode: Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work
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Episode: Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work
Kimberly Clausing was identified as the author of Open, a book making the case for free trade, immigration, and global capital.
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She's the author of the book Open, The Progressive Case for Free Trade, Immigration, and Global Capital.
Abundance
The host expressed anticipation for the forthcoming book Abundance, noting it would address key issues of the time.
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I'm really looking forward to your forthcoming book, Abundance, which I think will really speak to key issues of our time.
— Episode: Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work
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Episode: Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work
The host expressed anticipation for the forthcoming book Abundance, noting it would address key issues of the time.
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I'm really looking forward to your forthcoming book, Abundance, which I think will really speak to key issues of our time.
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