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Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Planet Money podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Glass Hotel
Emily St John Mandel
#2 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Dollar
How the US Dollar Became a Popular Currency in Argentina
Ariel Wilkis
Mariana Luzzi
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The antitrust paradox
A Policy at War With Itself
Robert H. Bork
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The UAW's Southern Gamble
Organizing Workers at Foreign-Owned Vehicle Plants
Stephen J. Silvia
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Brilliant
Jane Brox
#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Pachinko
Allison Hiroto
Min Jin Lee
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Noom Kitchen
Adeena Sussman
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The diving bell and the butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby
#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Price of Peace
Zachary Carter
#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Exorbitant Privilege
The Rise and Fall of the Dollar and the Future of the International Monetary System
Barry Eichengreen
#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Mysterious Micro-Face #1
A Planet Money Comic Book
Alex Segura
Jamal Igle
#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Fiscal Policy under Low Interest Rates
Olivier Blanchard
#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Changing World Prices, Women's Wages, and the Fertility Transition
Sweden, 1860-1910
T. Paul Schultz
#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Relic
Lincoln Child
Douglas Preston
#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes
When Genius Failed
Roger Lowenstein
#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Energy Never Dies
Afro-Optimism and Creativity in Chicago
Ayana Contreras
#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Deep Work
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Cal Newport
#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
James A. Robinson
Daron Acemoglu
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Love in the Time of Self-Publishing
Christine M. Larson
