Todd G. Buchholz and Alison L. LaCroix for PS Book Recommendations

PS Read More is now PS Book Recommendations, and it is coming to your inbox every week. The PS Book Recommendations newsletter. [View this message in a web browser.]( 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 under President George H.W. Bush and managing director of the Tiger hedge fund, and Alison L. LaCroix, Professor of Law and an associate member of the History Department at the University of Chicago. [Beyond Instrumentalized Politics: Re-Conceptualizing Public Governance]( By Garrett Thomson and Scherto Gill Good governance requires that all people are respected equally, and this necessitates a participatory democracy. Read more of the book that argues for a redefinition of consensus, now available digitally through Open Access on [Degruyter.com](. Sponsored by De Gruyter By a PS Contributor [New Ideas from Dead Economists: The Introduction to Modern Economic Thought, 4th Edition]( By Todd G. Buchholz Buchholz says: "When I began writing New Ideas from Dead Economists, I never imagined it would reach the recommended reading list of Goldman Sachs, the Pentagon, as well as schools in rural South Korea. In the book, I try to make sense of today’s great economic issues — conflicts with China, Big Tech’s dominance, climate change, free trade, game theory, and inflation — by linking them to the great economists of the past. I uncover ideas from Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, and many more to apply their insights to the most relevant issues of our time. Readers receive a guided tour of the history of economic thought, while discovering the policies that have driven nations to failure and to success." Alison L. LaCroix Recommends [Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom]( By David W. Blight LaCroix says: "Blight’s magisterial biography affirms Douglass’s standing as one of the most original, powerful, and visionary intellectuals in US history. Douglass recognized that arguments in favor of the Union meant little without a commitment to ending slavery. In December 1860, a month after Lincoln’s election, Douglass fought off an unruly audience in Boston to argue that abolition could be accomplished only 'the John Brown way' – that is, 'by force' – and not through 'appeals to the moral sense of these slaveholders.'” Don't miss our recent Say More interview with LaCroix, on the US Supreme Court, immigration policy, federalism, and more. [Read now]( [PS. Save 30% on a new Digital subscription with our special introductory offer.]( [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](.