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Aug 2024
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2024 Summer Reading List

Civic Ventures
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It’s Paul and Goldy’s summer reading list! In this week’s special episode, Civic Ventures Senior Fellow David “Goldy” Goldstein and Civic Ventures Writer Paul Constant recommend some of the hottest new economic and political books for your beach reading pleasure. 


We want to know what you’re reading, too. Leave us a comment on Instagram, Twitter, Threads or YouTube


Remember to shop local and small when you can, or order from IndieBound or Bookshop.org—both of which support independent bookstores! All of these books are also likely available through your local library.


Every book mentioned in this episode:

In This Economy?: How Money & Markets Really Work - Kyla Scanlon


End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration - Peter Turchin


The Chile Project: The Story of the Chicago Boys and the Downfall of Neoliberalism - Sebastian Edwards


Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary - Timothy Snyder


Growth: A History and a Reckoning - Daniel Susskind


Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline - Darrell Bricker & John Ibbitson 


A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism - Nelson Lichtenstein & Judith Stein


The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York - Robert A. Caro


The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society - Joseph E. Stiglitz


Work, Retire, Repeat: The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy - Teresa Ghilarducci


New Nigeria County - Clare Brown


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


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