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Month: July 2021

July 30, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Talent Code” by Daniel Coyle

July 29, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Escaping Poverty: The Origins of Modern Economic Growth” by Peer Vries

July 29, 2021July 30, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Talent is Overrated” by Geoff Colvin

July 28, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Myths of Innovation” by Scott Berkun

July 27, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Energy: Engine of Evolution” by Frank Niele

July 27, 2021January 28, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Causes of Economic Growth” by Rick Szostak

July 26, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy” by Avner Greif

July 26, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Guilds, Innovation and the European Economy, 1400-1800” by Epstein and Prak

July 23, 2021March 10, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “In the Know: 35 Myths About Human Intelligence” by Russell T. Warne

July 21, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Gifts of Athena: Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy” by Joel Mokyr

July 21, 2021November 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Fifth Beginning: What Six Million Years of Human History Can Tell Us” by Robert Kelly

July 20, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Botswana: A Modern Economic History” by Hillborn and Bolt

July 20, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature” by Geoffrey Miller

July 19, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Energy and the English Industrial Revolution” by E. A. Wrigley

July 19, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos” by Eric Chaisson

July 16, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Tropical Forest Biomes” by Barbara Holzman

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Evidence for evolution in response to natural selection in a contemporary human population” by many

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Measuring Selection in Contemporary Human Populations” by many

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Is It Good To Cooperate?” by Curry, Mullins and Whitehouse

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Experienced Well-Being Rises with Income” by Matthew Killingsworth

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Economic Man in Cross-Cultural Perspective” by many

July 13, 2021February 2, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Knowledge and Competitive Advantage” by Johann Peter Murmann

July 12, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution” by Bowles and Gintis

July 9, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Economic Transformations: General Purpose Technologies and Long Term Economic Growth” by Lipsey, Carlaw and Bekar

July 8, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not” by Prasannan Parthasarathi

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Who We Are and How We Got Here” by David Reich

July 6, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Dynamics of Ancient Empires” by Morris and Scheidel

July 5, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires” by Walter Scheidel

July 2, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality” by Walter Scheidel

July 1, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature” by Steven Pinker

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