Inbetweenrunningoneoftheworld’slargestcharitableagenciesandactingasMicrosoft’stechnologyadvisorBillGatesmanagestofindtimetoreadbooksbothlongandshort.NowGates—whohasbeenlabeleda“greedy”reader

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Inbetweenrunningoneoftheworld’slargestcharitableagenciesandactingasMicrosoft’stechnologyadvisorBillGatesmanagestofindtimetoreadbooksbothlongandshort. NowGates—whohasbeenlabeleda“greedy”reader—hasreleasedalistofhisfavoritebooksoftheyear.Allofthebooksarestandoutreadsaccordingtothebillionairemostofwhicharefocusedonbusinessandeconomy.

HereareBill’stopfourpicksfortheyear(withpartsofhisfullreviewofeachbook).

BusinessAdventuresbyJohnBrooks

Brooks’collectionwaspublishedin1969andremainsoneofGates’favorites.Here-readitagainthisyearlabelingitthe“bestbusinessbookI’veeverread.”

“ShortlyafterwemetWarrenBuffettlentmethiscollectionofNewYorkerbusinessarticlesfromthe1950sand1960s.Ilovedthemasmuchashedid.Brooks’insights（洞察力）aboutbusinesshaveagedbeautifullyandtheyareastruetodayasever.”

CapitalintheTwenty-FirstCenturybyThomasPiketty

Piketty’snovelhittheshelvesinAugust2013andsparkedmuchdiscussionconcerningincomeinequalitythroughoutthisyear.GatesalsogottositdownwithPikettyhimselfafterreadingthenon-fictionworktodiscussthetopic.

“AsItoldhimalthoughIhaveconcernsaboutsomeofhissecondarypointsandpolicyprescriptionsIagreewithhismostimportantconclusions:inequalityisagrowingproblemandthatgovernmentsshouldplayaroleinreducingit.”

HowAsiaWorksbyJoeStudwell

Studwell’sworkwhichwaspublishedinMaythisyearaddresseshowcountriessuchasJapanSouthKoreaandChinahavecontinuedtoachievehighgrowthandwhyothercountrieshavefailedtodothesame.

“Theagriculturesectionofthebookwasparticularlyinsightful.ItprovidedamplefoodforthoughtformeaswellasthewholeAgricultureteamatourfoundation.AnditleftusthinkingaboutwhetherpartsoftheAsianmodelcanapplyinAfrica.”

MakingtheModernWorld:MaterialsandDematerializationbyVaclavSmil

Smil’sbooksareaconstantfavoriteoftheMicrosoftfounder—oneofhisbooksmakesGates’listalmosteveryyear.“MakingtheModernWorld”cameoutlatelastyearandexplorestheglobaluseofmaterialsfromsilicontowoodandplastic.

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