Six Enjoyable Econ Books for Winter Reading

Our recommendations for some econ reading this winter.


1.

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In This Economy?
How Money & Markets Really Work

Author: Kyla Scanlon
Publication Date: May 2024
Length: 304 pages


2.

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Limitless
The Federal Reserve Takes on a New Age of Crisis

Author: Jeanna Smialek
Publication Date: February 2023
Length: 301 pages 


3.

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How the World Ran Out of Everything
Inside the Global Supply Chain

Author: Peter S. Goodman
Publication Date: June 2024
Length: 352 pages 


4.

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Paved Paradise
How Parking Explains the World

Author: Henry Grabar
Publication Date: May 2023
Length: 284 pages


5.

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Brave New Words
How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)

Author: Salman Khan
Publication Date: May 2024
Length: 222 pages


6.

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Why Don't Students Like School?

Author: Daniel T. Willingham
Publication Date: 2021 (2nd ed.)
Length: 279 pages


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How Economics Explains the World

How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity

Author: Andrew Leigh
Publication Date: September 2024
Length: 240 pages

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Twice a year we offer a workshop called 6 Econ Books in 60 Minutes. Above are our December 2024 selections. Looking for more reading ideas? Here's a list of all books featured in past workshops.