Political Economy Books of 2019

Asher Schechter of the Pro-Market blog of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business suggests they are the best!

Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy by Matt Stoller

Capitalism, Alone by Branko Milanovic

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff

The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets by Thomas Philippon

The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman

The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality by Katharina Pistor

Don’t Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech by Rana Foroohar

Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America by Christopher Leonard

Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist by Alexander Zevin

The Great Democracy: How to Fix Our Politics, Unrig the Economy, and Unite America by Ganesh Sitaraman