Noah Smith's Book Recommendations

"The best book I've read on how diversity and immigration are changing Americans' ideas about race."

""The Diversity Paradox" is the best book I've read on how diversity and immigration are changing Americans' ideas about race. You should read it, and you should follow @JLeeSoc on Twitter!"

"Great book."

"@worzelgummidg15 I did! Great book."

"About how Japan's legendary MITI ran off the rails in the 80s and stopped being effective. A good cautionary tale."

"14/A good book about how industrial policy can fail is "Can Japan Compete?". It's about how Japan's legendary MITI ran off the rails in the 80s and stopped being effective. A good cautionary tale."

"It explained how China's industrial policy shifted from regional to national around the time of the Great Recession."

"@lichunan I loved Barry Naughton's book on this: It explained how China's industrial policy shifted from regional to national around the time of the Great Recession."

"Amazing stuff."

"@kamilkazani Oh yeah. I HIGHLY recommend "How Asia Works", and several of the books it's based on, including "MITI and the Japanese Miracle" and "The Park Chung Hee Era". Amazing stuff."

"Amazing stuff."

"@kamilkazani Oh yeah. I HIGHLY recommend "How Asia Works", and several of the books it's based on, including "MITI and the Japanese Miracle" and "The Park Chung Hee Era". Amazing stuff."

"Gives a good rundown of how pro-market economic theories were always a rather poor tool for advancing pro-business ideology."

"And @jamesykwak's book "Economism" gives a good rundown of how pro-market economic theories were always a rather poor tool for advancing pro-business ideology."

"@kamilkazani Oh yeah. I HIGHLY recommend "How Asia Works", and several of the books it's based on, including "MITI and the Japanese Miracle" and "The Park Chung Hee Era". Amazing stuff."

"20/Oh, and if you want to read Ha-Joon Chang, pretty much any book will do, but this is probably the best:"