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Econ Central - Ep 15: Goodbye and All That

Ep 15: Goodbye and All That

09/24/20 • 31 min

Econ Central

Sad news, folks: this is it for Econ Central. Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul explain why they are ending this show at just episode 15 -- and also recommend a whole bunch of books to read as a goodbye gift. Also check out: 1. Moonflower Murders -- Anthony Horowitz. 2. The Paper Menagerie -- Ken Liu. 3. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories -- Ken Liu. 4. The Nothing Man -- Catherine Ryan Howard. 5. Netherland -- Joseph O'Neill. 6. The Thursday Murder Club -- Richard Osman. 7. The Bear Came Over the Mountain -- Alice Munro. 8. Runaway -- Alice Munro. 9. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage -- Alice Munro. 10. All Alice Munro's books on Amazon. 11. How to Make the World Add Up -- Tim Harford. 12. Archives of Dear Economist. 13. Dear Undercover Economist -- Tim Harford. 14. Collected Poems -- Mark Strand. (A sample.) 15. The Best of It: New and Selected Poems -- Kay Ryan. 16. The Housekeeper and the Professor -- Yoko Ogawa. 17. The Blank Slate -- Steven Pinker. 18. How Innovation Works -- Matt Ridley. 19. The Innovator's Dilemma -- Clayton M Christensen. 20. The Myth of Basic Science -- Matt Ridley. 21.

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Sad news, folks: this is it for Econ Central. Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul explain why they are ending this show at just episode 15 -- and also recommend a whole bunch of books to read as a goodbye gift. Also check out: 1. Moonflower Murders -- Anthony Horowitz. 2. The Paper Menagerie -- Ken Liu. 3. The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories -- Ken Liu. 4. The Nothing Man -- Catherine Ryan Howard. 5. Netherland -- Joseph O'Neill. 6. The Thursday Murder Club -- Richard Osman. 7. The Bear Came Over the Mountain -- Alice Munro. 8. Runaway -- Alice Munro. 9. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage -- Alice Munro. 10. All Alice Munro's books on Amazon. 11. How to Make the World Add Up -- Tim Harford. 12. Archives of Dear Economist. 13. Dear Undercover Economist -- Tim Harford. 14. Collected Poems -- Mark Strand. (A sample.) 15. The Best of It: New and Selected Poems -- Kay Ryan. 16. The Housekeeper and the Professor -- Yoko Ogawa. 17. The Blank Slate -- Steven Pinker. 18. How Innovation Works -- Matt Ridley. 19. The Innovator's Dilemma -- Clayton M Christensen. 20. The Myth of Basic Science -- Matt Ridley. 21.

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The IPL starts this weekend. It is much more than a tamasha. It saved and revitalized cricket. In episode 14 of Econ Central, Amit Varma and Vivek Kaul turn the economic lens towards cricket and cricket strategy. Also check out: 1. Opportunity, Choice and the IPL (2008) — Amit Varma. 2. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus — Ludwig Wittgenstein. 3. What Cricket Can Learn From Economics (2016) — Amit Varma. 4. The Lesson From This IPL: Front-Load Your Innings (2014) -- Amit Varma. 5. The Tamasha All Purists Should Love (2018) -- Amit Varma. 6. The Winning Mantra for This IPL: Attack, Attack, Attack (2017) -- Amit Varma. 7. National Highway 420 (and the EV of Aggressive Batting) (2016) -- Amit Varma. 8. Resources vs Constraints - Why T20 Teams Need to Attack More (2019) -- Amit Varma. 9. For This Brave New World of Cricket, We Have IPL and England to Thank (2019) -- Amit Varma. 10. Purists, Keep Quiet. Cricket Is Changing, Not Dying (2018) -- Amit Varma. 11. The New Face of Cricket (2015) -- Amit Varma. 12. Money in Cricket -- Episode 41 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Gideon Haigh and Prem Panicker). 13. Dhoni and India -- Episode 10 of Econ Central. 14. Building Sports Ecosystems -- Episode 126 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Joy Bhattacharjya). 15. New Zealand's John Wright Lauded as the Man Who Discovered Jasprit Bumrah. 16. Toyota Halts India Expansion, Blaming ‘We Don’t Want You’ Taxes. 17. The Delhi Smog -- Episode 44 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vivek Kaul). 18. Getting Competitive: A Practitioner's Guide for India -- RC Bhargava. 19. Manufacturing Is Key to Creating Jobs in Services -- Vivek Kaul. 20. The Economics of The Chilling Effect -- Episode 5 of Econ Central. 21. What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been -- Episode 188 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Arvind Subramanian). 22. What is Libertarianism? -- Episode 117 of The Seen and the Unseen (w David Boaz). 23.

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