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Our most recommended books
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Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life
by Avinash Dixit & Barry Nalebuff -
Normal Accidents
by Charles Perrow -
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Piketty -
Moneyball
by Michael Lewis -
Good Economics for Hard Times
by Abhijit V Banerjee and Esther Duflo -
The Harried Leisure Class
by Staffan B Linder
