First, links to some short (one-paragraph) unpublished reviews of books I enjoyed and would recommend to at least some readers (I include here only books that stand out from the majority I read).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 (August 2026), 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 2022-2026, beginning with the most recent:
“Religious Doctrine and Politics”, a review of three books on Islam and politics in the modern world, in Perspectives on Politics, June 2026, available under open access here. Further details here.
“Corporate Responsibility”, a review of Greif, Mokyr and Tabellini’s Two Paths to Prosperity, Times Literary Supplement, 12th June 2026.
“Messy Versus Tidy”, a review of Goliath’s Curse by Luke Kemp and Peak Human, by Johan Norberg, Dublin Review of Books, 29th May 2026.
David Lay Williams: The Greatest of All Plagues: How Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx, in European Historical Quarterly, 55(3), 2025.
Colin Mayer: Capitalism and Crises: How to Fix Them, in Society, 23 May 2025.
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.