Books by Charles Perrow

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The book goes through awful accidents in complex systems and explores why they happened: the human failings, the systemic consequences, the fact you could have a small error that propagates and propagates

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Unexpected Economics Books, recommended by Tim Harford

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Normal Accidents
by Charles Perrow

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For The Win
by Cory Doctorow

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The Cartoon Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics
by Yoram Bauman and Grady Klein

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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
by Michael Lewis

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Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks
by Ben Goldacre

Unexpected Economics Books, recommended by Tim Harford

You can find economics lessons in the most unlikely places, including the virtual world of computer games, says Tim Harford, author of a number of economics books aimed at the general public. He recommends five books that you wouldn’t necessarily expect on a list of popular economics books, but nonetheless contain important lessons.