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Month: November 2021

November 30, 2021February 1, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Planet of Cities” by Shlomo Angel

November 24, 2021February 1, 2023 Michael Magoon

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

November 23, 2021April 19, 2023 Michael Magoon

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

November 22, 2021February 2, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Poor Economics” by Banerjee and Duflo

November 19, 2021February 2, 2023 Michael Magoon

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

November 17, 2021February 2, 2023 Michael Magoon

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

November 16, 2021February 2, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Progress Paradox” by Gregg Easterbrook

November 8, 2021February 2, 2023 Michael Magoon

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

November 8, 2021 Michael Magoon

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November 5, 2021February 2, 2023 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

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