{"id":2591,"date":"2024-02-11T16:42:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulseabright.com\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:36:18","slug":"book-reviews-in-2022-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulseabright.com\/?p=2591","title":{"rendered":"Recent book reviews by me:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First<\/strong>, links to some short (one-paragraph) unpublished reviews of books I enjoyed and would recommend to at least some readers (I include here only books that stand out from the majority I read).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 (March 2026), but I will update them regularly as I read more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short reviews of recommended fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short reviews of recommended non-fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next<\/strong>, here are links to longer reviews I published in 2022-2025, beginning with the most recent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Lay Williams: The Greatest of All Plagues: How Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx<\/a>, in European Historical Quarterly<\/em>, 55(3), 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Mayer: Capitalism and Crises: How to Fix Them<\/a>, in Society<\/em>, 23 May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Hecker: Zero Sum: The Arc of International Business in Russia<\/a>, in the Times Literary Supplement<\/em>, 9 May 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Eisen: Jews, Judaism, and Success: How Religion Paved the Way to Modern Jewish Achievement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

“Thomas Nagel: Moral Feelings, Moral Reality, and Moral Progress”<\/a>, in Society,<\/em> 06 February 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

“Thomas Piketty: A Brief History of Inequality”<\/a>, in Society<\/em>, 31 January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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