Books by Paul Starr
“It’s a wonderful book, in part because it shows that the founding fathers also confronted this problem of rational ignorance.” Read more...
James T Hamilton recommends the best books on the Economics of News
James T Hamilton, Journalist
Remedy and Reaction
by Paul Starr
If you want to read one book and learn something about the policy and the politics of health reform, this is a fine choice...Paul Starr just puts it all together better and more completely than I’ve seen anywhere else.
The Social Transformation of American Medicine
by Paul Starr
Its purpose is to describe the broad sweep of the history of healthcare in America, through to about 1980
The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
by Paul Starr
This shows how the State has been heavily involved in the evolution of the media from the beginning. It looks in particular at the post office, which was established precisely in order to expedite traffic in ideas and writing of all sorts. It’s an incontrovertible reminder that fantasies of free markets that operate on their own to produce media are just as foolish in reference to the ancestral past as they are in respect to the presumed spontaneous combustion that produced the internet.
Interviews where books by Paul Starr were recommended
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Preface to Plato
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The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
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The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
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Raymond Williams on Culture and Society: Essential Writings
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Media Unlimited
by Todd Gitlin
The best books on The Future of the Media, recommended by Todd Gitlin
The best books on The Future of the Media, recommended by Todd Gitlin
The Journalism Professor at Columbia University discusses the future of the media. Argues that the availability of intelligently compiled, serious information is a prerequisite for democratic life
The best books on Healthcare Reform, recommended by Austin Frakt
If you were starting from scratch, no one would design a healthcare system like America’s. The health economist tells us how it evolved and what needs to change. He picks the best books on US healthcare reform.
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An Economic Theory of Democracy
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The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
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Paper Route: Finding My Way to Precision Journalism
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Watergate's Legacy and the Press: The Investigative Impulse
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The Watchdog That Didn't Bark: The Financial Crisis and the Disappearance of Investigative Journalism
by Dean Starkman
James T Hamilton recommends the best books on the Economics of News
James T Hamilton recommends the best books on the Economics of News
Many features and failures of contemporary journalism are the result of supply and demand rather than conspiracy theories, says the director of Stanford’s journalism program and author of All the News That’s Fit to Sell. He chooses five great books on the ‘economics of news.’
