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One of the most comprehensive books on economics and beyond.

Recently I came across the 1994 interview with Milton Friedman where he spoke about his collaboration with Friedrich Hayek and how he come to write an introduction to one of Hayek's most popular books: The Road to Serfdom. That video reminded me that I had this book on my to-do list for a few years already so I decided it was time to finally read it.

Power is an umbrella term, and it's not that easy to describe what it means, let alone to have any meaningful discussion about the nature and evolution of power. Interestingly, that's exactly the topic of the book "The End of Power" written by Moisés Naím, who himself was "in power" for quite a while working as a minister and then as an executive director of the World Bank.

This book is pretty much what you expect from a text authored by a behavioral economist. It has lots of entertaining stories which follow the history of the eternal conflict between unethical entrepreneurs, and the governments trying to protect fallible individuals.

This book has a rather provocative title, probably that's why it grabbed my attention, and I decided to buy it to see what does the author actually mean by "Self-Improvement Craze". I mean, who doesn't want to improve himself?

A good starting point for anyone who wants to get a high level understanding of the inner workings and the philosophy behind Bitcoin.