2B RED - Book reviews & essays by Grant Scobie

2B RED: On the matter of maps🍋

Learning from your atlas

Jun 13 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: By and about economists and economics🍋

Sticking to my knitting

Apr 4 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: The economics of dictators🍋

Plenty of reading on an endlessly fascinating topic

Feb 28 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: Kiwiana🍋

Books by or about Kiwis

Sep 16, 2025 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: From down home🍋

Reviews of books by New Zealand authors

May 14, 2025 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: Productivity isn’t everything, but …🍋

NZ agonises over its poor performance. A look to the past offers some useful ideas.

Mar 29, 2025 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: A rainy day at the bach🍋

A few books that might appeal for summer holiday reading

Dec 28, 2024 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: More interesting econ books🍋

Informative and accessible to a wide swathe of the economics profession

Sep 14, 2024 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: Commonsense economics🍋

Economics books for the uninitiated, but not for dummies

Jun 11, 2024 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: Justice will be done (hopefully)🍋

How my summer reading led me to a past hero of international law

Mar 2, 2024 • Grant Scobie

2B RED: I spy, you spy, we all spy

A review of books on spies

Nov 4, 2023 • Grant Scobie

An a-peel to the data

New Zealand: a banana republic without the bananas?

Apr 11, 2023 • Grant Scobie

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