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Susan Lee

Best Beach Reads: 'Babbitt'

Commentator and economist Susan Lee kicks off our series on summer beach reads with Sinclair Lewis' "Babbitt." (07/28/2008)

Karrie Jacobs

Best Beach Reads: 'Pattern Recognition'

Commentator and writer Karrie Jacobs continues our series on the best summer beach reads with William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition." (07/29/2008)

Robert Reich

Best Beach Reads: Leisure class theory

Commentator Robert Reich continues our series on the best beach reads with a look back at economics during the Gilded Age with Thorstein Veblen's "The Theory of the Leisure Class." (07/30/2008)

Mona Eltahawy

Best Beach Reads: 'The Hakawati'

Our series on the best Marketplace beach reads continues with commentator Mona Eltahawy and her recommendation: Rabih Alameddine's "The Hakawati." (07/31/2008)

Tyler Cowen

Beach Reads: 'Snoop'

Are there people in your office who plaster their cubicles with stuff like kitten calendars and motivational sayings? Commentator and economist Tyler Cowen introduces us to a book that wonders what all that stuff tells us about those people. (08/01/2008)

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