Todd G. Buchholz, Dani Rodrik, and Angela Huyue Zhang for PS Book Recommendations

Your weekly reading inspiration, provided by PS contributors. The PS Book Recommendations newsletter. [View this message in a web browser.]( [PS Book Recommendations]( Welcome to PS Book Recommendations, your weekly source of reading inspiration, provided by PS contributors. This week's edition features Todd G. Buchholz, a former White House director of economic policy and managing director of the Tiger hedge fund; Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School and President of the International Economic Association; and Angela Huyue Zhang, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Philip K.H. Wong Center for Chinese Law at the University of Hong Kong. Todd G. Buchholz Recommends... [Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative]( By Glenn Loury Buchholz says: "In this frank and sometimes sordid memoir, Loury describes growing up in a modest and fractured black family and overcoming obstacles to earn a PhD from MIT and to make a name for himself as an economist and social critic. With extraordinary candor, Loury discusses his drug addictions and marital infidelities, and struggles to defend his conservative intellectual leanings." [The Great Gatsby]( By F. Scott Fitzgerald Buchholz says: "The iconic novel is now in the public domain, with one musical show on Broadway and another coming soon, and I recently wrote an essay comparing it to Woody Allen’s 2011 film Midnight in Paris. Though we tend to view Gatsby as the perfect depiction of the plutocracy of the Roaring Twenties, I argue that Allen has a better understanding of wealth and corruption." Don't miss our new PS Say More interview with Buchholz, in which he discusses US debt, Chinese trade practices, industrial policy, and more. [Read now](. PS Contributors on PS Contributors [Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity]( By [Daron Acemoglu]( and [Simon Johnson]( [Dani Rodrik]( says: "In this important book, Acemoglu and Johnson place technology in its proper context. On one hand, it is a source of prosperity; on the other, it often leaves many people behind. Societies can shape how technology evolves and push it in a more positive direction. I doubt everyone will read this cover to cover, but even if you don’t, its message is clear and, as we ponder the future of artificial intelligence, hugely important." [Read more](. [Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology]( By [Anu Bradford]( [Angela Huyue Zhang]( says: "Bradford offers a thorough comparative analysis of the regulatory frameworks in the world’s three superpowers: the US, the EU, and China. Bradford’s deep exploration of the regulatory dynamics in these jurisdictions and their interactions can go a long way toward elucidating today’s geopolitics-driven tech rivalries. Digital Empires is a must-read for anyone who is interested in technology policy and governance." [Read more](. [PS. Subscribe to Premium to access PS Quarterly: Age of Extremes.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter does not entitle the recipient to re-publish any of the content it contains. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.