My friend, Kyle Crider of Helena, posted an interesting link on Facebook the other day, and I’m passing it along to you tonight for your reading pleasure. The link, found below, will take you to an interesting recommended reading list called “Summer Reads: Top Titles for Your Progressive Book List.” The list was compiled by “fellows, staffers and friends” of the Roosevelt Institue “recommend for progressive summer reading.”
For those of you unfamiliar with the Roosevelt Institute, it’s a non-profit organization “devoted to carrying forward the legacy and values of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt by developing progressive ideas and bold leadership in the service of restoring America’s health and security.”
Books that made this summer’s recommended reading list include the following titles:
1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
2. The Politicos by Mathew Josephson
3. Rise and Decline of Nations by Mancur Olson
4. Nothing to Fear by Adam Cohen
5. Understanding Modern Money by L. Randal Wray
6. Democratic Promise: The Populist Movement in America by Lawrence Goodwyn
7. The Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems by our own Tom Ferguson
8. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
9. Winner Take All Politics by Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson
10. Oligarchy by Jeffrey Winter
11. The Means of Reproduction by Michelle Goldberg
12. Common Sense by Thomas Paine
13. Looking South: Race, Gender, and the Transformation of Labor from Reconstruction to Globalization by Mary Frederickson
For more information about these books as well as the contributors to this list, visit http://www.newdeal20.org/2011/07/26/summer-reads-top-titles-for-your-progressive-book-list-52519/. The web site, New Deal 2.0, is a collaborative blog that focuses on progressive economics.
In the end, how many of these books have you had a chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.
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