Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?

Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by adora on Friday July 13, 2018 @01:50AM (#17520781)

I grew up on Thomas Sowell. Extremely articulate economist. I've now come to disagree with probably one-third of what he writes but all of his works are really good frameworks of how to think.

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Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by ericdykstra on Friday July 13, 2018 @02:52AM (#17520989)

I wouldn't want to read someone I agreed with 100% ;)

I really like Sowell's writing style and willingness to tackle issues in a straightforward way that others skirt around. I still have many of his past writings to get to, as I only recently started reading him, to my own detriment.

We're blessed to have nearly 50 years of his writing and that he's still at it at 88.

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Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by swah on Friday July 13, 2018 @09:41AM (#17522882)

> he's still at it at 88.

Actually IIRC he retired ;)

Something I didn't even knew writers did...

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Re:Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List? by Stronico on Friday July 13, 2018 @04:54AM (#17521448)

Hey - same here - still a premier thinker though - he introduced me to Eric Hoffer too.

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