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January 4, 2022 Michael Magoon

Praise for my book is pouring in!

January 4, 2022 Michael Magoon

Summary posts will be less frequent for a while…

December 28, 2021 Michael Magoon

Most Popular Book Summaries of 2021

December 22, 2021January 4, 2022 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Wal-Mart Revolution” by Vedder and Cox

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Article Summary: “The Rise and Fall of Rationality in Language” by many

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Book Summary: “Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals” by Tyler Cowen

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Most Popular Book Summaries of November 2021

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Book Summary: “The Great Stagnation” by Tyler Cowen

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Book Summary: “The Virtue of Nationalism” by Yoram Hazony

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November 30, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Planet of Cities” by Shlomo Angel

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Book Summary: “Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World” by Walter Russell Mead

November 23, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Triumph of the City” by Edward Glaeser

November 22, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Poor Economics” by Banerjee and Duflo

November 19, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Blueprint – How DNA Makes Us Who We Are” by Robert Plomin

November 17, 2021November 24, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Ideas That Conquered the World” by Michael Mandelbaum

November 16, 2021December 7, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Progress Paradox” by Gregg Easterbrook

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Book Summary: “States and Power in Africa” by Jeffrey Herbst

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Most Popular Book Summaries of October 2021

November 5, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Wealth, Poverty and Politics” by Thomas Sowell

November 4, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Economic Laws of Scientific Research” by Terence Kealey

November 3, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “How Rich Countries Got Rich” by Eric S. Reinert

November 1, 2021December 7, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “More From Less” by Andrew McAfee

October 29, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Company” by Micklethwait and Woolridge

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Economic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies” by Frederic Pryor

October 27, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary:“Leonardo to the Internet” by Thomas Misa

October 26, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism..” by Daniel Headrick

October 18, 2021November 24, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State, 1688-1783″ by John Brewer

October 15, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Holistic Darwinism” by Peter A. Corning

October 14, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Persistence of the Old Regime” by Arno Mayer

October 13, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Rice Almanac” by Maclean, Hardy and Hettel

October 12, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why We Cooperate” by Michael Tomasello

October 11, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human” by Richard Wrangham

October 8, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Social Organism: A Radical Understanding of Social Media” by Luckett and Casey

October 7, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Pursuit of Power” by William McNeill

October 6, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “War in World History (Vol 2)” by Morillo, Black and Lococo

October 5, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “War in World History (Vol 1)” by Morillo, Black and Lococo

October 4, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “A History of Warfare” by John Keegan

October 1, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Innovator’s DNA” by Clayton Christensen et al

September 24, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Institutional Revolution” by Douglass Allen