Scott McLemee, who pens the Intellectual Affairs column for Inside Higher Ed, asked a few of us for a suggested reading list for the president-elect.
Other contributors were James Marcus, the editor-at-large for the Columbia Journalism Review; Claire Potter, a professor of history and American studies at Wesleyan University; and James Mustich, editor of The Barnes & Noble Review.
Feel free to elaborate in the comments section, below.
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
Economic freedom as a precondition for political freedom.
I would ask that he read the works of the poet Hölderlin. All I want is a president who thinks. Hölderlin will get him thinking.
“Our Daily Meds” I forget the author’s name. This book explains why Americans consume more drugs than all of South America, most of Europe, China and India put together. I believe this is very important for President elect Obama and his healthcare policy personnel to try and understand — to try and think of ways to reduce the cost of drugs we Americans consume. Yet our health statistics are not better than many other countries.