Books by Stephanie Baker
“Waging war costs money and this is about the economic war against Putin and trying to hamper his ability to pursue the war in Ukraine. The book opens with the seizure of oligarchs’ superyachts and in addition to sanctions also looks at the impact of Western businesses (like McDonalds, which famously opened in Russia in 1990) leaving Russia. What’s interesting is that while it looks on paper as if the West has an enormous amount of leverage, in practice—partly because we live in countries governed by the rule of law—it’s hard to use all the possible tools effectively. This is a very readable book and I learned a lot, including about the Russian oligarchs, several of whom Baker knows.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction Books of Fall 2024
Sophie Roell, Journalist
Interviews where books by Stephanie Baker were recommended
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Growth: A History and a Reckoning
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The Shortest History of Economics
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The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost) Everything We Are Told About Business Is Wrongfnew ec
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Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia
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Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
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Money Capital: New Monetary Principles for a More Prosperous Society
by Haizhou Huang & Patrick Bolton
New Economics Books
New Economics Books
Lots of new economics books are published each year, catering to a range of readers. Many are aimed at non-economists, trying to explain what the subject is about. Others focus mainly on how economics has been interpreted or used by politicians, with lots of analysis of ‘neoliberalism’ in particular over the past few years. Within academia, economics is normally expressed in equations, with new work published in article form and only occasionally as books.
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Patriot: A Memoir
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Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia
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Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich
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The Golden Road
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The Peepshow: The Murders at Rillington Place
by Kate Summerscale
Notable Nonfiction Books of Fall 2024, recommended by Sophie Roell
Notable Nonfiction Books of Fall 2024, recommended by Sophie Roell
From the memoir of the brave politician who opposed Putin, to how the culture of ancient and early medieval India transformed the world, from a book about the people who surrounded Hitler, to a serial killer in 1950s London, Sophie Roell, editor of Five Books, introduces some of her favourite nonfiction books published in the last three months.
