Books by Michael Geruso
“It had the best opening sentence of any nonfiction book I read this year: ‘In 2012, 146 million children were born. That was more than in any prior year. It was also more than in any year since. Millions fewer will be born this year. The year 2012 may well turn out to be the year in which the most humans were ever born—ever as in ever for as long as humanity exists.’ Such a simple and obvious fact but I had not known it before. I had to keep reading. For most of modern history, population growth was a background constant; now we may be entering an era of sustained population decline.” Read more...
The Best Economics Books of 2025
Jason Furman, Economist
Interviews where books by Michael Geruso 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.
