Books by John Y. Campbell
“At its core, the book is about the persistent fragility of household finances and why market forces alone don’t fix it. Drawing on evidence from the United States, the United Kingdom, and India, John Campbell and Tarun Ramadorai show that financial illiteracy is widespread and remarkably persistent. This wouldn’t be quite so troubling if financial markets were forgiving, but they aren’t. Instead, complexity, hidden fees, and product design often exploit consumer weaknesses rather than accommodate them.” Read more...
The Best Economics Books of 2025
Jason Furman, Economist
Interviews where books by John Y. Campbell were recommended
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Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead
by Kenneth Rogoff -
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Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future
by Dan Wang -
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After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People
by Dean Spears & Michael Geruso -
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Fixed: Why Personal Finance Is Broken and How to Make It Work for Everyone
by John Y. Campbell & Tarun Ramadorai -
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The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
The Best Economics Books of 2025, recommended by Jason Furman
The Best Economics Books of 2025, recommended by Jason Furman
The economic challenges we face today aren’t the result of temporary shocks but structural changes that we need to grapple with, argues Jason Furman, a professor at Harvard and formerly the chief economic adviser to Barack Obama. He recommends five books to get us started—including the future of the dollar, China’s growth model, falling fertility, household financial fragility, and the enduring insights of Adam Smith.
