If you think I should prioritize one of these, let me know. ## Books I'd Like to Read But Haven't - [The Cathedral and the Bazaar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar) - Bayesian Data Analysis 3e **Economics** - Basic Economics (Thomas Sowell): How markets actually work, price signals, incentives, supply/demand. More intuitive than textbooks, directly relevant to understanding healthcare dysfunction. - Modern Principles of Economics (Cowen & Tabarrok): Standard micro textbook but well-written. Focus only on micro sections: price controls, market failures, information asymmetry, regulation. Skip macro. - The Calculus of Consent (Buchanan & Tullock): Public choice theory - why government programs create perverse incentives even with good intentions. Essential for understanding political barriers to reform. **Understanding the US Healthcare System** - An American Sickness (Elisabeth Rosenthal): The foundation - systematically explains how insurance, hospitals, pharma, devices, and billing actually work. Read this first. - The Price We Pay (Marty Makary): Money flows and billing mechanisms. How pricing actually works and why it's so absurd. - Catastrophic Care (David Goldhill): Businessman's perspective on incentive structures. Good complement to physician perspectives. - Priced Out (Uwe Reinhardt): Healthcare economics - how pricing and insurance actually function, not the politics. - The Innovator's Prescription (Clayton Christensen): How disruption could work in healthcare delivery. - Unaccountable (Marty Makary): Quality and transparency issues in healthcare. ## Books I'd Like to Re-Read Many of these are books I've listened to, but would like to read more carefully. - Poor Charlie's Almanac - The Design of Everyday Things ## Books I'm Reading Now - The Art of Doing Science and Engineering (Maybe one of the most important books) - How to Win Friends and Influence People #books #reading