Author: Michael Magoon
Blogger on History, Technology & Progress.
Author of the "From Poverty to Progress" series of books. Available on Amazon.
Most Popular Book Summaries of 2022
Book Summary: “Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and World Cup” by Andrew Zimbalist
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Most Popular Book Summaries of 2021
Book Summary: “The Wal-Mart Revolution” by Vedder and Cox
Article Summary: “The Rise and Fall of Rationality in Language” by many
Book Summary: “Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals” by Tyler Cowen
Most Popular Book Summaries of November 2021
Book Summary: “The Great Stagnation” by Tyler Cowen
Book Summary: “The Virtue of Nationalism” by Yoram Hazony
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Book Summary: “Planet of Cities” by Shlomo Angel
Book Summary: “Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World” by Walter Russell Mead
Book Summary: “The Triumph of the City” by Edward Glaeser
Book Summary: “Poor Economics” by Banerjee and Duflo
Book Summary: “Blueprint – How DNA Makes Us Who We Are” by Robert Plomin
Book Summary: “The Ideas That Conquered the World” by Michael Mandelbaum
Book Summary: “The Progress Paradox” by Gregg Easterbrook
Book Summary: “States and Power in Africa” by Jeffrey Herbst
Most Popular Book Summaries of October 2021
Book Summary: “Wealth, Poverty and Politics” by Thomas Sowell
Book Summary: “The Economic Laws of Scientific Research” by Terence Kealey
Book Summary: “How Rich Countries Got Rich” by Eric S. Reinert
Book Summary: “More From Less” by Andrew McAfee
Book Summary: “The Company” by Micklethwait and Woolridge
Book Summary: “Economic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies” by Frederic Pryor
Book Summary:“Leonardo to the Internet” by Thomas Misa
Book Summary: “The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism..” by Daniel Headrick
Book Summary: “The Sinews of Power: War, Money and the English State, 1688-1783″ by John Brewer
Book Summary: “Holistic Darwinism” by Peter A. Corning
Book Summary: “The Persistence of the Old Regime” by Arno Mayer
Book Summary: “Rice Almanac” by Maclean, Hardy and Hettel
Book Summary: “Why We Cooperate” by Michael Tomasello
Book Summary: “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human” by Richard Wrangham
Book Summary: “The Social Organism: A Radical Understanding of Social Media” by Luckett and Casey
Book Summary: “The Pursuit of Power” by William McNeill
Book Summary: “War in World History (Vol 2)” by Morillo, Black and Lococo
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