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Book Group: Past books

Book Group Information

A list of books selected and read by this book group from 2008 to 2013 can be found here. For recent books, see below.

07/17/2012 - 1:00pm Book Group: The Portable Athiest

The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, by Christopher Hitchens (1997)

06/19/2012 - 1:00pm The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street

Justin Fox's 2009 book explores the development (mostly during the 20th century) of the idea that the free market is efficient, rational and determines prices appropriately. After the 2008 debacle in subprime mortgages, we may want to understand the function of this concept in our society.

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