Hello and welcome to my book blog!

 

Thank you for joining me on my learning adventure.  I don’t have much free time, so I’ve opted for a biweekly publishing schedule.  I read these books and wrote the posts last year in 2021.  I will publish them according to the schedule outlined below.

 

In the meantime, I will continue to read and write as best I can.  Note that not all of these posts are reviews. In some of these articles I simply share insights and key takeaways I found fascinating, which I would like to share.

 

January 20, 2022 | Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond

February 3, 2022 | The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David Landes

February 17, 2022 | The Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell

March 3, 2022 | A Splendid Exchange by William J. Bernstein

March 17, 2022 | Why the West Rules -- For Now by Ian Morris

March 31, 2022 | Civilization by Niall Ferguson

April 14, 2022 | Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

April 28, 2022 | Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

May 12, 2022 | Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

May 26, 2022 | The Broken Ladder by Keith Payne

June 9, 2022 | The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson

June 23, 2022 | John A. Macdonald biographies by Richard Gwyn (just before Canada Day)

July 7, 2022 | The Company by Stephen R. Bown

July 21, 2022 | William Lyon Mackenzie King biography by Allan Levine

August 4, 2022 | Lester B. Pearson biography (the second one) by John English

August 18, 2022 | The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt

September 1, 2022 | The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan

September 15, 2022 | The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel

September 29, 2022 | The Third Pillar by Raghuram Rajan

October 13, 2022 | Confronting Inequality by Ostry, Loungani and Berg

October 27, 2022 | Predisposed by Hibbing, Smith and Alford

November 10, 2022 | The Map of Knowledge by Violet Moller

November 24, 2022 | Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser

December 8, 2022 | The Written World by Martin Puchner

December 22, 2022 | The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato

January 5, 2023 | Austerity by Alesina, Favero and Giavazzi

January 19, 2023 | The Sex Factor by Victoria Bateman

 

I’m always interested to hear what you, my readers, have to say.  Many people in the world are far more knowledgeable and experienced than I am in various academic fields.  So, please do me a favour and send me your book recommendations.  Or, let me know if there are any subjects you’d like me to write about; I might be able to read several books on the subject and distill the main themes and takeaways for your convenience and entertainment. 

 

Enjoy,

Usman