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February 11, 2022January 28, 2023 Michael Magoon

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

December 3, 2021February 2, 2023 Michael Magoon

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

December 2, 2021February 1, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Great Stagnation” by Tyler Cowen

November 3, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

September 23, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “One Economics, Many Recipes” by Dani Rodrick

September 16, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction” by Thomas McCraw

August 5, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism” by Baumol, Litan and Schramm

July 29, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

July 27, 2021January 28, 2023 Michael Magoon

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

July 14, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

July 9, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

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

June 22, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective” by Robert Allen

June 4, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Asia’s Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization” by Alice Amsden

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Dynamic of Economic Complexity over a 42 Year Period” by Cesar Hidalgo

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Economic Development as Self-Discovery” by Hausmann and Rodrik

May 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations” by many

May 20, 2021January 28, 2023 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Discovering Southern and East Africa’s Industrial Opportunities” by Cesar Hidalgo

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Shooting High or Low: Do Countries Benefit from Entering Unrelated Activities” by many

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “Linking Economic Complexity, Institutions and Income Inequality” by Hartmann, Hidalgo et al

April 26, 2021November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Big Is Beautiful: Debunking the Myth of Small Business” by Atkinson and Lind

May 19, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World” by Deirdre McCloskey

May 18, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can’t Explain the Modern World” by Deirdre McCloskey

May 12, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Atlas of Economic Complexity: Mapping Paths to Prosperity” by Hausmann, Hidalgo et al

April 25, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers” by Paul Kennedy

April 12, 2020November 21, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “First Modern Economy… Dutch Economy 1500-1815” by Jan de Vries

April 10, 2020March 18, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Economics of Coercion and Conflict” by Mark Harrison

March 31, 2020March 17, 2021 Michael Magoon

Article Summary: “The Early Modern Great Divergence” by Broadberry and Gupta

March 30, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective” by Angus Maddison

March 19, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science” by Peter Watson

February 11, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Most Things Fail” by Paul Ormerod

January 22, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Learning by Doing” by James Bessen

January 21, 2020December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Origin of Wealth” by Eric D. Beinhocker

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