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But I\u2019m also often asked about what I am reading and watching\u2014either because people want to learn more about pandemics, or because they are looking for a distraction. I\u2019m always happy to talk about great books and TV shows (and to hear what other people are doing, since I\u2019m usually in the market for recommendations).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, in addition to the five new book reviews I always write for my summer book list, I included a number of other recommendations. I hope you find something that catches your interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>{For the full list, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/About-Bill-Gates\/Summer-Books-2020\">here<\/a>.}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/Books\/Good-Economics-for-Hard-Times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good Economics for Hard Times,&nbsp;by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo<\/a><\/em>. Banerjee and Duflo (co-founders of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.org\/\">Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab<\/a> (J-PAL)) won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences last year, and they\u2019re two of the smartest economists working today. Fortunately for us, they\u2019re also very good at making economics accessible to the average person. Their newest book takes on inequality and political divisions by focusing on policy debates that are at the forefront in wealthy countries like the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11101,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11099","inthenews","type-inthenews","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 summer books and other things to do at home - Abdul Latif Jameel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 summer books and other things to do at home - Abdul Latif Jameel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The below is an excerpt of a Gates Note from the Blog of Bill Gates; the original article can be viewed in full here. 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