13 must-read economics books like Labor Econ Versus the World: Essays on the World's Greatest Market by Bryan Caplan

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Labor Econ Versus the World: Essays on the World's Greatest Market

By: Bryan Caplan

3.83

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Bryan Caplan, New York Times Bestselling author of Open Borders, The Myth of the Rational Voter, Se…

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1. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

By: Robert A. Heinlein

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

It is a tale of revolution, of the rebellion of a former penal colony on the Moon against its maste… read more

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"Drop dead-but first get permit"

-Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

"Women talk when they want to. Or don't."

-Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

"I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't."

-Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

"Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument."

-Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

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2. The Rose and the Thorn (The Riyria Chronicles, #2)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

TWO THIEVES WANT ANSWERS. RIYRIA IS BORN. For more than a year Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gw… read more

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3. The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

By: David Graeber

3.61

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Where does the desire for endless rules, regulations, and bureaucracy come from? How did we come to… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
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4. The Scar (Bas-Lag, #2)

By: China Miéville

3.80

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque … read more

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5. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

By: Thomas S. Kuhn

4.09

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual histor… read more

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6. Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s

By: Sheila Fitzpatrick

3.24

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Here is a pioneering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by a leading authority on moder… read more

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  • politics

7. The Death of Dulgath (The Riyria Chronicles, #3)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

Three times they tried to kill her. Then a professional was hired. So was Riyria. When the last mem… read more

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8. Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers

By: None

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Robert Jackall's Moral Mazes offers an eye-opening account of how corporate managers think the worl… read more

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9. The Crown Tower (The Riyria Chronicles, #1)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

TWO MEN WHO HATE EACH OTHER. ONE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION. A LEGEND IN THE MAKING. A warrior with nothing… read more

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10. Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much

By: Sendhil Mullainathan , Eldar Shafir

3.86

Format: 536 pages, Hardcover

A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity--and our flawed responses to it--shapes our… read more

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11. SPIN Selling: Situation Problem Implication Need-payoff

By: Neil Rackham

4.67

Format: None pages, Hardcover

What makes success in major sales? How do some salespeople consistently outsell their competition? … read more

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12. The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter (Riyria Chronicles, #4)

By: Michael J. Sullivan

5.00

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Caught between his partner's moral compass and a father's desire for vengeance, will Royce turn the… read more

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13. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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14. A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

By: Kelly Weinersmith

4.06

Format: 448 pages, ebook

Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away—no climate change, no … read more

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"For now, if leaving Earth is humanity leaving the cradle, well, humanity is going straight to its neighbor's basement."

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

"The Moon isn't just sort of a gray Sahara without air. Its surface is made of jagged, electrically charged microscopic glass and stone, which clings to pressure suits and landing vehicles. Nor is Mar…"

-Kelly Weinersmith, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

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15. The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

By: Julia Galef

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Ju… read more

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  • politics
"At the end of the day, we're a bunch of apes whose brains were optimized for defending ourselves and our tribes, not for doing unbiased evaluations of scientific evidence. So why get angry at humanit…"

-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

"The scout isn’t indifferent. A scout might hope to learn that the path is safe, that the other side is weak, or that there’s a bridge conveniently located where his forces need to cross the river. Bu…"

-Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

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16. Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet

By: Hannah Ritchie

4.29

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

‘Truly essential’ MARGARET ATWOOD Feeling anxious, powerless or confused about the future of our p… read more

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  • economics
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17. Social Justice Fallacies

By: Thomas Sowell

4.45

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more

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  • economics
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18. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality

By: David Edmonds

4.26

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more

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19. 10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less

By: Garett Jones

3.61

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

During the 2016 presidential election, both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders argued that elites were… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
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20. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

By: Paul Bloom

4.15

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more

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"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."

-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

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21. GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of All Time?

By: Tyler Cowen

3.81

Format: 349 pages, ebook

Inspired by Bill Simmons' epic The Book of Basketball, Tyler Cowen translates a lifelong passion fo… read more

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  • economics
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22. Bronze Age Mindset

By: Bronze Age Pervert

3.84

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

Some say that this book, found in a safebox in the port area of Kowloon, was dictated, because Bron… read more

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"You idolize peasants. You look up to island savages living “at one with Nature,"

-Bronze Age Pervert, Bronze Age Mindset

"Well as rare as beautiful bodies are, the mind in the same condition is even more rare. Let us strive, in our decrepit, cancerous and fetid world, for what is concrete and what we can try to attain. …"

-Bronze Age Pervert, Bronze Age Mindset

"Animals walk around in a state of permanent religious intoxication. This is the natural condition of the mind and intellect, the moment-to-moment perception, of man as well. I heard some computer foo…"

-Bronze Age Pervert, Bronze Age Mindset

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23. The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics

By: Michael Malice

4.26

Format: 307 pages, Hardcover

The definitive firsthand account of the movement that permanently broke the American political cons… read more

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24. Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better

By: Jennifer Pahlka

4.42

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

“The book I wish every policymaker would read.” ― Ezra Klein, The New York Times A bold call to… read more

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  • economics
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25. The Culture Transplant: How Migrants Make the Economies They Move To a Lot Like the Ones They Left

By: Garett Jones

4.03

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

A provocative new analysis of immigration's long-term effects on a nation's economy and culture. Ov… read more

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  • economics
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26. How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth

By: Mark Koyama

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth… read more

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27. In Defense of Capitalism: Debunking the Myths

By: Rainer Zitelmann

4.08

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Rainer Zitelmann examines the ten most common objections to capitalism: capitalism leads to hunger … read more

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  • economics
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28. Big Business: A Love Letter to an American Anti-Hero

By: Tyler Cowen

3.57

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An against-the-grain polemic on American capitalism from New York Times bestselling author Tyler Co… read more

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29. Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet

By: Marian L. Tupy

4.28

Format: 580 pages, Hardcover

“For centuries, the ivory towers of academia have echoed this sentiment of multitudinous ends and l… read more

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  • economics
"Progress does not mean that we will ever reach a paradisiacal end state where everything will be optimal for everyone everywhere. New problems will arise, and they will have to be solved, however imp…"

-Marian L. Tupy, Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet

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30. Labor Econ Versus the World: Essays on the World's Greatest Market

By: Bryan Caplan

3.83

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Bryan Caplan, New York Times Bestselling author of Open Borders, The Myth of the Rational Voter, Se… read more

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  • economics
  • essays
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31. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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19 Best politics books like Labor Econ Versus the World: Essays on the World's Greatest Market by Bryan Caplan

Transform Your Habits

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Robert A. Heinlein

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

David Graeber

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s

Sheila Fitzpatrick

3.24

Transform Your Habits

Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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Rory Stewart

4.36

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James O'Brien

4.29

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Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens

David Mitchell

4.16

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Ian Dunt

4.45

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