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  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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Economics for general readers

Economics

Introductions and popular books that apply economic reasoning to everyday questions, from Freakonomics and Basic Economics to the economics of art, sport and crime.

Books 24Experts 1Recommenders 24

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  1. NarconomicsTom Wainwright, 2016
  2. RockonomicsAlan B. Krueger, 2019
  3. The Value of ArtMichael Findlay, 2012
  4. The Supermodel and the Brillo BoxDon Thompson, 2014
  5. Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the EconomyThomas Sowell
NarconomicsNarconomics
T2 Narconomics
Tom Wainwright · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

The drug trade as a business: how cartels handle supply chains, staff and branding.

RockonomicsRockonomics
T2 Rockonomics
Alan B. Krueger · 2019
Open LibraryGoodreads

The economics of the music industry, where superstar markets show up in pure form.

The Value of Art
T3 The Value of Art
Michael Findlay · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

A dealer separating commercial, social and intrinsic value.

The Supermodel and the Brillo BoxThe Supermodel and the Brillo Box
T3 The Supermodel and the Brillo Box
Don Thompson · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Sequel with more on auction guarantees and price formation.

Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to theBasic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
T3 Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
Thomas Sowell · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Thomas Sowell's deliberately introductory survey of how prices, incentives, and tradeoffs work across housing, labor, international trade, and discrimination. Dense with empirical examples. Its main contribution to this list is showing the gap between policy intentions and policy consequences.

Economics in One LessonEconomics in One Lesson
T3 Economics in One Lesson
Henry Hazlitt · 1946
Open LibraryGoodreads

Hazlitt's 1946 distillation of Bastiat's 'broken window' insight: good economic reasoning requires seeing both what is visible and what is made invisible by a policy. A short book that teaches a single analytical habit, and that habit is genuinely useful regardless of your politics.

“I've given dozens of copies of this classic to students... The book should be required reading on every campus.” — Christopher Bloomstran

Source: Semper Augustus 2020 Letter to Clients, 'To Read or Not to Read', p. 57

Recommended by: Christopher Bloomstran, Changpeng Zhao and 3 others

Peddling ProsperityPeddling Prosperity
T4 Peddling Prosperity
Paul Krugman · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Eric Weinstein

Eat the RichEat the Rich
T4 Eat the Rich
P.J. O'Rourke · 1998
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Eric Weinstein

The Accidental Theorist: And Other DispatcheThe Accidental Theorist: And Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science
T4 The Accidental Theorist: And Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science
Paul R. Krugman · 1998
Open LibraryGoodreads

Short essays on unemployment, globalization, growth and financial speculation.

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The Economics of SportsThe Economics of Sports
T4 The Economics of Sports
Michael A. Leeds, Peter von Allmen · 2001
Open LibraryGoodreads

Economics applied to sport: league structure, revenue sharing and team valuation.

The Invisible Heart: An Economic RomanceThe Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance
T4 The Invisible Heart: An Economic Romance
Russell Roberts · 2001
Open LibraryGoodreads

Economics argued through a novel; markets and their moral defence

“there is a book called The Invisible Heart which explains basic economics to most people” — Joel Greenblatt

Source: Masters in Business transcript: Joel Greenblatt (2018)

Recommended by: Joel Greenblatt, Mohnish Pabrai

Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History ofReinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets
T4 Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets
John McMillan · 2002
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores theFreakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
T4 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

Incentives and data applied to cheating teachers, sumo wrestlers and other puzzles.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Andrew Lokenauth and 6 others

The Undercover EconomistThe Undercover Economist
T4 The Undercover Economist
Tim Harford · 2005
Open LibraryGoodreads

Price theory in daily life: coffee near stations, supermarket tiers and used cars.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Naval Ravikant

Discover Your Inner EconomistDiscover Your Inner Economist
T4 Discover Your Inner Economist
Tyler Cowen · 2007
Open LibraryGoodreads

Economics for daily life: motivating people, choosing food, giving to charity.

Recommended by: Graham Duncan

The $12 Million Stuffed SharkThe $12 Million Stuffed Shark
T4 The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
Donald N. Thompson · 2008
Open LibraryGoodreads

How prices are set in the contemporary art market, from dealers to auction houses.

Recommended by: Tim Ferriss, Diana Kimball, Vinod Khosla

SuperFreakonomicsSuperFreakonomics
T4 SuperFreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Sequel applying incentive analysis to climate, crime and altruism

“I recommend this book to anyone who reads nonfiction. It is very well written and full of great insights.” — Bill Gates

Source: Gates Notes review of SuperFreakonomics

Recommended by: Bill Gates, Mohnish Pabrai

The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
T4 The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates
Peter T. Leeson · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Economics applied to pirates: why they behaved as they did and why they succeeded.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Little Book of Economics: How the EconomThe Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
T4 The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
Greg Ip · 2010
Open LibraryGoodreads

How the US economy really works, explained for lay readers without jargon.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Selfish Reasons to Have More KidsSelfish Reasons to Have More Kids
T4 Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids
Bryan Caplan · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Andrew Wilkinson, Paul Graham

The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How tThe Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run-or-Ruin an Economy
T4 The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run-or-Ruin an Economy
Tim Hartford · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

GDP: A Brief but Affectionate HistoryGDP: A Brief but Affectionate History
T4 GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History
Diane Coyle · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Patrick Collison

Think Like a Freak: The Authors of FreakonomThink Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
T4 Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
Steven D. Levitt · 2014
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Inner Lives of MarketsThe Inner Lives of Markets
T4 The Inner Lives of Markets
Ray Fisman, Tim Sullivan
Goodreads

How markets shape everyday choices, such as why healthy people should buy insurance.

Recommended by: Reid Hoffman

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