The Ratchet of Technology, a site by Michael Magoon

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Book Summary: “Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and World Cup” by Andrew Zimbalist

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January 4, 2022April 7, 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

December 19, 2021December 19, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Most Popular Book Summaries of November 2021

December 2, 2021January 28, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Great Stagnation” by Tyler Cowen

December 1, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

December 1, 2021January 4, 2022 Michael Magoon

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November 30, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Planet of Cities” by Shlomo Angel

November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

November 8, 2021November 8, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

November 8, 2021 Michael Magoon

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, 2021April 17, 2022 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