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What we're reading on the beach this summer

What we're reading on the beach this summer

The Indicator from Planet Money · NPR

August 11, 20259m 29s

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It's time for our annual beach reading recs. Today we bring you three books, with a little economic learning to boot. Our recs:

Who is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service by Michael Lewis
El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott
Algospeak: How Social Media is Transforming the Future of Language by Adam Aleksic

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