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Some summer book recommendations;

I'm only recommending books that I rate as 5-star and which I think back on a lot, months and years later. This is the good stuff.

First off: Moneyland by Oliver Bullough. Seems boring and 'I already know this'. It is very much not and no you don't. You'll be very glad you read this and will have a great time doing so (OK, the first 20 pages or so is a it slow but then it gels);

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39979237-moneyland?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=xKOz8cHXas&rank=1

And then: The origins of political order by Francis Fukuyama. Many books have been written on similar subjects but this is the mother lode. It's long, it's thorough, its smart and it's neutral. How did democracy actually emerge at all? Stuff like that. You want it and you need it. No joke.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9704856-the-origins-of-political-order?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_20