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Recommended Books

The Invention of Enterprise
David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, William J. Baumol
R.M.E. Endorsement: The first academic work on the history of the evolution of global entrepreneurship. It demonstrates the universal and unparalleled shaping power of entrepreneurship on business, society, ideas, and institutions.

Jump-Starting America
Jonathan Gruber, Simon Johnson
R.M.E. Endorsement: It shatters the myth that technological innovation relies solely on free markets and genius individuals. It is a classic work for understanding the underlying logic of national innovation ecosystems and technological competition, serving as a systematic manual for American innovation.

Zero to One
Peter Thiel
R.M.E. Endorsement: "Non-consensus" is becoming increasingly important because "consensus" is already contained within the statistics and regressions of large language models, offering no premium. "Non-consensus" is increasingly becoming a core element of entrepreneurship.

The Enlightened Economy
Joel Mokyr
R.M.E. Endorsement: A panoramic interpretation of the first great growth in human history and the British Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was a byproduct of the Enlightenment, and what actually drove the great growth was cognition and belief.

Re-Understanding Entrepreneurship
Weiying Zhang
R.M.E. Endorsement: He is the "Godfather of Entrepreneurship" in China, but in this book, his gaze transcends the Chinese experience to re-understand the "entrepreneur" within the context of world economic history. Because of this book, he stands alongside Schumpeter, Hayek, and others.

A Brief History of Intelligence
Max Bennett
R.M.E. Endorsement: Only by understanding where human intelligence comes from and why it exists can one understand the substitution and complementary relationship that will exist between entrepreneurship and AI.

The American Entrepreneur
Larry Schweikart, Lynne Pierson Doti
R.M.E. Endorsement: This is not a collection of success stories. It depicts a group portrait and explains how American entrepreneurship has struggled along the way, making it particularly worth recommending on the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding.

The Rise of China, Inc.
Shaomin Li
R.M.E. Endorsement: Among all discussions about the "China Model," this may be the most accurate one. It comes from an obscure Chinese-American economist who was rejected by the Chinese bureaucratic system.

The Technology Trap
Carl Benedikt Frey
R.M.E. Endorsement: Can the long-term benefits of technological innovation offset short-term economic turmoil and political risk?