Books by Jill Lepore
“New York Burning is certainly not an uplifting book (as Island at the Center of the World, in most respects, is). It tells us about a five-week period in the 18th century during when New Yorkers descended into fits of paranoia-driven violence against enslaved people and their associates. It’s a period that shows that New York was as culpable for slavery as Southern states.” Read more...
“I like this book because it’s an easy read, but it’s a significant read. That’s a great combination. She’s exactly right and it’s what I’m trying to claim myself: Don’t surrender the power of nationalism only to the extremes. Take over the positive, creative, enabling power of nationalism to do something with.” Read more...
Yael Tamir, Political Scientist
If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
by Jill Lepore
***Shortlisted for the 2020 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award***
“I’m very interested in efforts to use computers to understand society because I think we’re going through that debate again, in talking about AI. And some of the visions that people have had for using AI to understand what’s going on now are just like the visions that were around in the 1960s, except with faster computers, and more data. So it’s a very good object lesson in why you should be cautious about any forecasts about the future.” Read more...
The Best Economics Books of 2020
Diane Coyle, Economist
Interviews where books by Jill Lepore were recommended
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
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Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers
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If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
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Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles
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Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?
by Brett Christophers
The Best Economics Books of 2020, recommended by Diane Coyle
The Best Economics Books of 2020, recommended by Diane Coyle
The global economy has been hit by another massive and unexpected shock this year in the form of the pandemic, which is already having knock-on effects on how people think about economics. Here, Professor Diane Coyle of Cambridge University chooses the best economics books published in 2020.
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
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Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
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A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
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If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future
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No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram
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Reimagining Capitalism: How Business Can Save the World
by Rebecca Henderson
The Best Business Books of 2020: the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
The Best Business Books of 2020: the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award, recommended by Andrew Hill
Whether you’re looking for ideas on how to run a successful business or books that look at the various challenges facing capitalist society, the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award is a great place to start. Andrew Hill, who with colleagues at the Financial Times sifted through hundreds of entries to compile the award’s longlist, talks us through the books that made the 2020 shortlist—as well as offering some predictions for the year ahead.
The best books on Nationalism, recommended by Yael Tamir
When we think of nationalism, we tend to think of its extreme varieties. In fact, it’s so ubiquitous in our daily lives that we rarely even notice it, says political theorist and former Israeli politician Yael Tamir. Here, she recommends books to help us better understand nationalism in all its forms and why one ignores its power at one’s peril.
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
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New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan
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Slavery in New York
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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
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New York and Los Angeles
by David Halle (editor)
The best books on New York History, recommended by Louise Mirrer
The best books on New York History, recommended by Louise Mirrer
Like several of the great cities of the world, New York’s openness to people born elsewhere and relative tolerance lay at the foundation of its success, though darker episodes in the city’s 400-year history also need attention. Historian Louise Mirrer, President of the New-York Historical Society, recommends books that are essential to understanding the essence of the Big Apple.