It’s Nick and Goldy’s summer reading list! 

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Remember to shop local and small when you can, or order from IndieBound or Bookshop.org—both of which support independent bookstores! All of these books are also likely available at your library. 

Every book mentioned in this episode: 

The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich 

Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity by Walter Scheidel

The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel

Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Merit by Robert H. Frank

The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Democracy, Race, and Justice: The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T. M. Alexander by Nina Banks 

Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by Jon Meacham  

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

1491 by Charles C. Mann

Nature’s God: The Heretical Origins of the American Republic by Matthew Stewart

The Second World War by Winston Churchill 

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell 

Debt by David Graeber 

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