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Brahms, Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano, by Manasse and Nakamatsu .
Bach, Brandenburg Concerti, rerecorded by Trevor Pinnock .
Alkan Organ Works, vol.II , by Kevin Bowyer
Morton Feldman: The Viola in My Life, I-IV .
Vincent Persichetti: Piano Sonatas ; knotty American piano music.
Bernanke does suggest that some of the gains came from forced unionization and "efficiency wage" effects and yes that would credit the New Deal. But I doubt that is the best hypothesis and of course it contradicts the traditional account of profit-seeking behavior from businesses (why weren’t they paying the higher wages in the first place?). Rick Szostak’s work suggests that the New Deal saw lots of labor-saving, process innovations, which meant both high productivity gains and pressure on lab...
I’ve been rereading some of the essays in Ben Bernanke’s Essays on the Great Depression , which of course is self-recommending. I thought this passage summed up some relevant truths:
Of course that is from the Civil War and it is from the new book by Dora Costa and Matthew Kahn. Here is my previous post about the book , see also the links suggested by Matt in the comments. You can buy the book here .
That is from the forthcoming book by Dora L. Costa and Matthew E. Kahn . I have not yet finished it but I believe this book will make a big splash. Here is the book’s home page . Here is a blog post by Matt Kahn on the book . Here is Matt Kahn on holding hands .
Can you say longue durée ? If so (or if not), here’s the new book by Barry Cunliffe , with the subtitle 9000 B.C.-AD 1000 indicating a coverage of murky yet critical millennia.
Reflection of a Political Economist, Selected Articles , by William A. Niskanen; the nature of this book is self-evident. globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job , by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn; a good introductory look. Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life , by John Adams; excellent for Adams fans, it helps make sense of the music. Jan Zalasiewicz, The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Not much. A very good, fun in...
Reflection of a Political Economist, Selected Articles , by William A. Niskanen; the nature of this book is self-evident. globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job , by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn; a good introductory look. Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life , by John Adams; excellent for Adams fans, it helps make sense of the music. Jan Zalasiewicz, The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Not much. A very good, fun in...
Reflection of a Political Economist, Selected Articles , by William A. Niskanen; the nature of this book is self-evident. globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job , by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn; a good introductory look. Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life , by John Adams; excellent for Adams fans, it helps make sense of the music. Jan Zalasiewicz, The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Not much. A very good, fun in...
Reflection of a Political Economist, Selected Articles , by William A. Niskanen; the nature of this book is self-evident. globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job , by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn; a good introductory look. Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life , by John Adams; excellent for Adams fans, it helps make sense of the music. Jan Zalasiewicz, The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Not much. A very good, fun in...
Reflection of a Political Economist, Selected Articles , by William A. Niskanen; the nature of this book is self-evident. globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job , by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn; a good introductory look. Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life , by John Adams; excellent for Adams fans, it helps make sense of the music. Jan Zalasiewicz, The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Not much. A very good, fun in...
Reflection of a Political Economist, Selected Articles , by William A. Niskanen; the nature of this book is self-evident. globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job , by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn; a good introductory look. Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life , by John Adams; excellent for Adams fans, it helps make sense of the music. Jan Zalasiewicz, The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Not much. A very good, fun in...
Reflection of a Political Economist, Selected Articles , by William A. Niskanen; the nature of this book is self-evident. globalization: n. the irrational fear that someone in China will take your job , by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn; a good introductory look. Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life , by John Adams; excellent for Adams fans, it helps make sense of the music. Jan Zalasiewicz, The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Not much. A very good, fun in...
Elsewhere in the world of fiction, I found the "philosophical" European bestseller The Elegance of the Hedgehog precious and unbearable; I couldn’t get to page 30. The new John Updike novel, The Widows of Eastwick , has been mostly panned, but I agree instead with this very positive NYT review .
Elsewhere in the world of fiction, I found the "philosophical" European bestseller The Elegance of the Hedgehog precious and unbearable; I couldn’t get to page 30. The new John Updike novel, The Widows of Eastwick , has been mostly panned, but I agree instead with this very positive NYT review .
That is by Paul Eluard, translated by Ted Hughes . I’ve still been very much enjoying Letters of Ted Hughes .
That is by Paul Eluard, translated by Ted Hughes . I’ve still been very much enjoying Letters of Ted Hughes .
That’s about the 1920s. It is from Matthew P. Fink’s quite interesting and useful The Rise of Mutual Funds: An Insider’s View .
3. Robert J. Samuelson, The Great Inflation and its Aftermath . It’s remarkable that no other major book to date has covered this critically important topic.
Often people ask for me background reading about the financial crisis. I recommend blogs first and foremost but still people wish for a brief primer. Well, I can recommend a 1200 page primer, namely Marcia Stigum’s The Money Market , now in its fourth edition. It provides comprehensive coverage of all the major institutions in…the money market. When I used to teach monetary economics at the Ph.d. level, I made all of the students read this entire book (in an earlier and slightly shorter edit...
I can’t decide if that is a very good or a very bad title. Nonetheless the book itself is excellent. The author, Rose George, stresses: