{"id":2791,"date":"2020-09-30T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2020-09-30T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T00:00:21","slug":"my-reading-on-economics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2020\/09\/30\/my-reading-on-economics\/","title":{"rendered":"My reading on economics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When people understand you read a lot, you end up with many recommendations. These recommendations sometimes are generated by what I write about. With the exception of technology which I have been deeply involved with since the mid-1980s, my opinions on many matters are shaped by what I read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am interested in economics and how it relates to the stock market because of my interest in the growing economic inequality in this country. While I read content from many sources, I am probably most influenced by long reads. So, given some don&#8217;t understand my opinion about the general U.S. economy and the stock market even when I try to explain my understanding of several important issues, here are the books that have influenced me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boushey, DeLong &amp; Steinbaum &#8211; After Piketty &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/After-Piketty-Agenda-Economics-Inequality\/dp\/0674504771\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/After-Piketty-Agenda-Economics-Inequality\/dp\/0674504771<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heinberg &#8211; The end of growth &#8211; https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/End-Growth-Adapting-Economic-Reality\/dp\/0865716951\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krugman &#8211; Arguing with zombies &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Arguing-Zombies-Economics-Politics-Better\/dp\/1324005017\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Arguing-Zombies-Economics-Politics-Better\/dp\/1324005017<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Krugman &#8211; Conscience of a liberal &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Conscience-Liberal-Paul-Krugman\/dp\/0393333132\/\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Conscience-Liberal-Paul-Krugman\/dp\/0393333132\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lewis &#8211; The big short &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Big-Short-Inside-Doomsday-Machine\/dp\/0393338827\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Big-Short-Inside-Doomsday-Machine\/dp\/0393338827<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lewis &#8211; Flash boys &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flash-Boys-Wall-Street-Revolt-ebook\/dp\/B00HVJB4VM\/\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flash-Boys-Wall-Street-Revolt-ebook\/dp\/B00HVJB4VM\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Piketty &#8211; Capital &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Capital-Twenty-First-Century-Thomas-Piketty-ebook\/dp\/B074DVRW88\/\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Capital-Twenty-First-Century-Thomas-Piketty-ebook\/dp\/B074DVRW88\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reich &#8211; Saving capitalism: For the many not the few &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Saving-Capitalism-Many-Not-Few\/dp\/0345806220\/\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Saving-Capitalism-Many-Not-Few\/dp\/0345806220\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reich &#8211; The system: Who rigged it, how to fix it &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/System-Who-Rigged-How-Fix\/dp\/0525659048\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/System-Who-Rigged-How-Fix\/dp\/0525659048<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global economics &#8211; multiple books from Thomas Friedman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When people understand you read a lot, you end up with many recommendations. These recommendations sometimes are generated by what I write about. With the exception of technology which I have been deeply involved with since the mid-1980s, my opinions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2020\/09\/30\/my-reading-on-economics\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2792,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2791\/revisions\/2792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}