Noah Smith Recommended Books

The Rise of China´s Industrial Policy (1978 to 2020)

by Barry Naughton

"It explained how China's industrial policy shifted from regional to national around the time of the Great Recession." - Noah Smith (Source)

How Asia Works

by Joe Studwell

"I HIGHLY recommend [this book]." - Noah Smith (Source)

The Park Chung Hee Era

The Transformation of South Korea

by Byung-Kook Kim

"Amazing stuff." - Noah Smith (Source)

MITI and the Japanese Miracle

The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975

by Chalmers A. Johnson

"Amazing stuff." - Noah Smith (Source)

Economism

Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality

by James Kwak

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

The Spanish Civil War

by Antony Beevor

"Great book." - Noah Smith (Source)

Can Japan Compete?

by Michael E. Porter, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Mariko Sakakibara

"About how Japan's legendary MITI ran off the rails in the 80s and stopped being effective. A good cautionary tale." - Noah Smith (Source)

Diversity Paradox, The

Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America

by Jennifer Lee, Frank D. Bean

"The best book I've read on how diversity and immigration are changing Americans' ideas about race." - Noah Smith (Source)