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Recent book reviews by me:

First, links to some short (one-paragraph) unpublished reviews of books I enjoyed and would recommend to at least some readers (I include here only books that stand out from the majority I read). There are only a few of these now (May 2025), but I will update them regularly as I read more.

Short reviews of recommended fiction.

Short reviews of recommended non-fiction.

Next, here are links to longer reviews I published in 2022-2025, beginning with the most recent:

Charles Hecker: Zero Sum: The Arc of International Business in Russia, in the Times Literary Supplement, 9 May 2025.

Robert Eisen: Jews, Judaism, and Success: How Religion Paved the Way to Modern Jewish Achievement

“O lucky man! What poker players do and don’t have in common with plutocrats”, a view of Nate Silver’s On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything, in the Times Literary Supplement, 22 August 2024.

“Thomas Nagel: Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress”, in Society, 06 February 2024.

This is part of a symposium on Nagel’s book; the other (gated) contributions to the symposium can be found here.

“Things can only get better? The ambivalent impact of innovation on society”, a review of Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson: Power and Progress: Our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity, in The Times Literary Supplement, July 14, 2023.

“Trouble in paradise. Why is economic progress so little cause for celebration?”, a review of J. Bradford DeLong: Slouching Towards Utopia: An economic history of the twentieth century, in The Times Literary Supplement, 23 September 2022.

“Thomas Piketty: A Brief History of Inequality”, in Society, 31 January 2023.

“Please sir, can I have quite a lot more?”, a review of Sebastian Mallaby: The Power Law: venture capital and the art of disruption, The Times Literary Supplement, 18th February 2022.

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