Ezra Klein - Wisdom Shelf

Ezra Klein Book Recommendations (39 Books)

Ezra Klein is an American journalist, blogger, and political commentator who co-founded Vox.

39 Recommended 2 Written

Books Recommended by Ezra Klein

As an Amazon Associate, we earn money from purchases made through links in this page.

Stealth Democracy

Americans' Beliefs About How Government Should Work

John R. Hibbing

Source: "One of the more frustrating dynamics in politics is many voters assume that if something was good or obvious, it'd be bipartisan, and if it's not, that means something is wrong." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

What We Owe the Future

William MacAskill

Source: "Will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop

The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America

Lee Drutman

Source: "He's more optimistic than I am about multiparty democracy solving our ills, but he's absolutely right on the structural nature of two-party duopoly." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

The Price of Peace

Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes

Zachary D. Carter

Source: "A brilliant exploration of the question 'what is economics for?' disguised as an excellent biography of John Maynard Keynes." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

The Ministry for the Future

A Novel

Kim Stanley Robinson

Source: "Near-future fiction about the world climate change is creating, and how it will change us, and we will change it." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

Beyond Ideology

Politics, Principles, and Partisanship in the U. S. Senate

Frances E. Lee

Source: "The book that is probably the most influential for me in thinking about how American politics really works." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

Down Girl

The Logic of Misogyny

Kate Manne

Source: "One of a few essential texts for understanding politics (and American life) today." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

Something Deeply Hidden

Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime

Sean Carroll

Source: "Great if you like feeling very confused about the nature of reality, which I guess I do." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

Let the People Pick the President

The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College

Jesse Wegman

Source: "Great if you want to go deep on the case against the electoral college." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America

George C. Edwards III

Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

On Deaf Ears

The Limits of the Bully Pulpit

George C. Edwards III

Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

Predicting the Presidency

The Potential of Persuasive Leadership

George C. Edwards III

Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

The Polarized Presidency of George W. Bush

George C. Edwards III

Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

Overreach

Leadership in the Obama Presidency

George C. Edwards III

Source: "Not the friendliest [tour] through American politics but [it is] the most information rich." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

The Gamble

Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election

John Sides

Source: "A series of political scientists on the 2012 election I think is really helpful." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

The Shallows

What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

Nicholas Carr

Source: "One of the most prescient books of the digital age." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders

Creativity, Inc.

Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

Ed Catmull

Source: "An amazing, amazing book." - Ezra Klein

0 recommenders