You might need a glass of sherry before tackling this lot.
Some recommending reading over the holidays from Jonathan Wilmot, the free-wheeling Credit Suisse strategist…
When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America’s Monetary Supremacy by William L. Silver
Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s by Frederick L. Allen
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity by David Foster Wallace
A Short History of Financial Euphoria by John Kenneth Galbraith
Propaganda by Edward Bernays
Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics by Eric D. Beinhocker
Oil Politics: A Modern History of Petroleum by Francisco Parra
Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040 by David G. Victor
The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between America and Iran by Kenneth Pollack
Conspicuous Consumption by Thorsten Veblen
Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery by David Warsh
Joseph Schumpeter Depressions: Can we learn from past experience? 1934, Economics of the Recovery Program, reprinted in Essays on Entrepreneurs, Innovations, Business Cycles and the Evolution of Capitalism, Transactions Publishers, 1990
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Guest editing for the day – Wilmot on FT Alphaville