Larry Summers Book Recommendations (All-Time)

Book 1 - Why Globalization Works by Martin Wolf

Larry Summers: "Wolf’s book makes, in the most effective way I have seen, the classical economic arguments for openness."

Book 2 - Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises by Charles P. Kindleberger

Larry Summers: "Kindleberger’s message is that complacency can be a self-denying prophecy."

Book 3 - The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

Larry Summers: "It’s among the dozen—perhaps half-dozen—most influential economics books that have ever been written."

Book 4 - Globalization and its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Larry Summers: "Globalization and its Discontents is a book that anyone looking for a rounded set of perspectives on globalization should read."

Book 5 - The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization by Richard Baldwin

Larry Summers: "It’s a very powerful description of the newest phase of globalization."