Links go to pages on this website that give further information on the book and further links.
India
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India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha, about India from 1947 till the 2000s.
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India Unbound by Gurcharan Das, a personal account of India’s transformation.
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India: The Emerging Giant by Ramachandra Guha.
Long-run growth and secular trends
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From Poverty to Prosperity by Arnold Kling and Nick Schulz.
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Improving State of the World by Indur Goklany.
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The Elusive Quest for Growth and The White Man’s Burden by William Easterly.
Education: theory and practice
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The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley a great book about private schools for the poor.
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Market Education: The Unknown History by Andrew Coulson, an excellent book that looks at educational systems across history and across the world.
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Death and Life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch (educational historian), a book critical of school choice and standardized testing in the context of the United States.
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Inside American Education by Thomas Sowell, a very critical look at both school and college education in the United States.
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Math Wars by Carmen Letterell.
Public policy
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Bell Curve by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray.
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Affirmative Action Around The World by Thomas Sowell.
Introduction to economics for casual reading
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Armchair Economist by Steven Landsburg.
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Undercover Economist by Tim Harford.
Psychology and economics
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Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath.
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Nudge by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler.
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Power of Intuition by Gary Klein.
