Books recommended by Balaji Srinivasan

Balaji Srinivasan Book Recommendations - 18 Picks


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UFO Hunters

Balaji Srinivasan mentioned this book on Twitter.
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Frisco Kid

If only Jack London’s Frisco was still au courant as a term for SF, this would be slightly more catchy
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Pale Rider

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Flu

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Pandemic 1918

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The Knowledge

I agree with you generally. I do think however that autarky-as-backup-plan may come into vogue.Not the same standard of living as free trade, but not zero either in a supply chain disruption situation.It’s not easy but may be easier than...
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The Great Influenza

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history' Bill Gates'Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject' New York Times Book ReviewIn 1918, the world...
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Has China Won?

One may have to set aside ego to read it, but it floats a different approach: avoid war, accept that China is rising, renegotiate the order.
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The Forgotten Man

I agree that those pressures were present. I find books like this useful as an alternate perspective on the era
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End the Fed

Ron Paul was to Bitcoin what Andrew Yang is to startup societies. Mainstreams ideas, prepares the ideological battlefield.
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The Great Wave

2) Gold from the Americas did flood Europe in the 1500s, which helped cause inflation.
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Physics from Finance

This author’s work is a lot of fun. Not exactly art, but novel approach with a lot of visual inspiration.
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The Future Is Asian

The American century is ending. The Asian century is beginning.
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A Gentle Introduction to Unqualified Reservations

"A broad survey of Western historical anomalies, with a focus on the 19th and 20th centuries." - Balaji Srinivasan
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Working in Public

This is now out on Kindle for $10. Nadia is very smart and it’s worth reading anything she writes on open source.
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The Little Bitcoin Book

As an example, the Little Bitcoin Book was written in a few days by N people, one chapter each, and then published on Amazon.
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China Coup

There’s another 1st round KO possibility, which I mention for the sake of completeness. Garside’s book “China Coup” makes the case that Xi could be felled by his internal enemies (possible!) and that this will lead to democratization (IMO...
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Unelected Power

Decent book — by a central banker! — on the lack of legitimacy of central banking and the regulatory state writ large.
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