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This document is a book review of "Friedrich List: A Pioneer in Catchup Development" by Junjie Mei. The book aims to comprehensively understand Friedrich List's ideas and repel misconceptions. It is divided into seven chapters that cover List's biography, his works and main content, his interests in protectionism and development economics, the intellectual sources of his economics, his personal contributions to economic practice, the spread of his theories after his death, and his relevance today. The book emphasizes List's focus on economic stages, individual conditions, and non-economic factors, as well as his nationalist and Eurocentric opinions. The review acknowledges the book's benefits in understanding List's ideas and the intellectual tradition he represents. [Extracted from the article]

"Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy" by Elizabeth Popp Berman is a book that explores the influence of economic thinking on government policy analysis in the United States. The author argues that economic logic, focused on efficiency and benefit-cost analysis, has come to dominate policy-making processes, often prioritizing efficiency over other goals such as rights and equity. The book provides a historical account of how economic ideas have been applied in government and offers insights into the ethical implications of these ideas. While the book primarily targets academic audiences interested in the history of US government policymaking and economics, it also aims to engage political progressives seeking to rebuild the progressive movement. However, some readers may find the book's analysis of left-right political divisions and the role of economics in politics to be oversimplified. [Extracted from the article]

This article provides a historical perspective on the concept of essentiality of money and monetary theory. It traces the evolution of monetary theory from classical theory to the division between microeconomics and macroeconomics. The article also discusses the different perspectives of the New Keynesian School and the New Monetarist School on the essential functions of money. It explains the role of money in facilitating economic activity and explores the various forms of money throughout history. The article concludes by emphasizing the significance of essential money and the need for a more comprehensive understanding of its functions in the modern economy. [Extracted from the article]