Recommended Reading: Ten Books That Shaped Your World (UPDATED)

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No matter how this weekend’s vote turns out, we’re going to need to take a break from health care reform. Like government spending, health care has crowded out the market for political discussion. Glance at the news, and you would have no way of knowing that other things are happening.

Among the topics subsumed by the health care debate? A fascinating discussion over the 10 books that have influenced one’s world view. Tyler Cowen got the ball rolling with his list. Read some follow-ups here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. As a card-carrying nerd, I love book lists, and picked up some new titles from the various recommendations. (One note: Most of these guys are econ bloggers, so their picks lean heavily in that direction.)

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