The Octavian 2020 Holiday Book List
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The best books we read in 2020, from Shakespeare in America to Hiroshima's secrets and beyond.
December 15, 2020
Glass Half Full
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One of the greatest modern political leaders explains what COVID means for the political and economic shape of the future.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
Testing Well
An Interview with Paul Romer
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The Nobel-winning economist explains the ins and and outs of the massive testing program we need to keep COVID at bay and reopen.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
Full of Passionate Intensity
An Interview with Sir Mervyn King
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The former Governor of the Bank of England talks about why our obsession with modeling and quantifying brings with it systemic risks.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
Self-Healed Physician
An interview with Laura Marris
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A translator on why Camus and his novel of plague speak to us in this dark moment.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
Squeeze Play
by Emily de La Bruyère
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China's is making a soft-power play around its creditors in the midst of the COVID pandemic.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
The Pale Horse
An Interview with John Barry
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The award-winning historian explains why the Spanish Flu did so much damage and what we can learn from it as we move through the COVID crisis.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
The New New Economy
An Interview with Adam Tooze
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A leading historian lays out the economic transformation COVID has wrought, and why it carries global risks.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
Don't Know Much
An Interview with David Dunning
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The eminent psychology professor and co-discoverer of the Dunning-Kruger Effect on what we know, what we don't, and what we don't know we don't know.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
Dance First, Think Afterwards
An Interview with Ethan Stiefel
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A renowned dancer and artistic director talks about his unconventional career.
Vol 6, Fall / September 7, 2020
