Summer reading list for the Prime Minister 2019

Six books Scott Morrison should read over the summer holidays (and you might like them too), from the Grattan Institute.

The Grattan Institute has selected six thought-provoking works, guaranteed to entertain and inform.

Our 2019 recommendations tackle wide-ranging topics, from secret ballots to cities, Tories to the Testaments. Each selection provides inspiration and warning for how to shape Australia’s future.

So kick back, grab a democracy sausage, and enjoy our six recommendations for 2019:

• From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage Judith Brett (Text Publishing, 2019)
• Kindred Kate Legge (Melbourne University Publishing, 2019)
• Order without Design Alain Bertaud (MIT Press, 2018)
• The strange death of Tory economic thinking Stian Westlake (medium.com, 2019)
• See What You Made Me Do Jess Hill (Black Inc., 2019)
• The Testaments Margaret Atwood (Vintage, 2019)

In addition to the Summer Reading List, we’ve prepared our annual Wonks’ List, for those more likely to plan their holidays in an Excel spreadsheet.

• The Antitrust Paradigm: Restoring a competitive economy Jonathan B. Baker, Harvard University Press, 2019.
• Why rigged capitalism is damaging liberal democracy Martin Wolf, Financial Times, 2019.
• Corporate power beyond lobbying Cornelia Woll, American Affairs Journal, 2019.
• Mistakes, we’ve drawn a few: Learning from our errors in data visualisationSarah Leo, The Economist, 2019.
• Brahmin Left vs Merchant Right: Rising inequality and the changing structure of political conflict (evidence from France, Britain and the US, 1948-2017),Thomas Piketty, Presentation delivered at Sciences Po, January 24, 2019.
• Why are the prices so damn high?: Health, education and the Baumol EffectEric Helland and Alexander Tabarrok, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, 2019.