Economix – Michael Goodwin and Dan E. Burr
Want to understand the economy? Look elsewhere. Want to understand economic history? This may help.
Economics
Make Room! Make Room! – Harry Harrison
The word of the day is: Malthusian
The Second Machine Age – Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew Mcafee
If you come into a book looking to answer just one question, you may come out of it disappointed.
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Talking to my Daughter About the Economy, or How Capitalism Works – and How It Fails – Yanis Varoufakis
I don’t know if distilling economics gives you correct simplifications, but it does make good reading.
The War on Normal People – Andrew Yang
I’ve been concerned about the problem of automation for years, and considered a universal basic income a solution. This book is a much larger look at the issue.
Makers – Cory Doctorow
Makers by Cory Doctorow really seems to cement the point that Doctorow just really hates the Disney corporation.
Failures in Polymathy 