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Gregg Easterbrook

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in Buffalo, The United States

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My favorite author is Willa Cather.

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I was born in Buffalo, New York and have lived there plus Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Colorado, Pakistan and Washington, D.C. My wife is a State Department official, which accounts for the globe-trotting. We have three children, boys born in 1989 and 1995 and a girl born in 1990.

I’ve published three literary novels, nine nonfiction books, with a tenth nonfiction book coming September 2021. The nonfiction is all over the map – economics, theology, psychological, environmental policy. If I had my writing career to do over again, I suppose I would have focused on a single genre, which makes commercial success more likely. Then again, I’ve always written about whatever was on my mind, and feel fortunate to have had that opportunity.

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nonfiction recommendations

Here are nonfiction books of unusual merit, that have informed my understanding of the human condition:

The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell

The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt

The Promised Land by Nicholas Lemann

There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz

Dreadnaught by Robert Massie. (Worst book title ever; sounds like the book is about battleships, sub Read more of this blog post »

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	The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse 3.63 avg rating — 792 ratings — published 2003 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It’s Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear 3.81 avg rating — 490 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The King of Sports: Football's Impact on America 3.74 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed 3.75 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Age: How the US Navy Created Global Prosperity--And Why We're in Danger of Losing It 3.69 avg rating — 103 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Game's Not Over: In Defense of Football 3.51 avg rating — 80 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Leading Indicators: A Novel 2.48 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism 3.63 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beside Still Waters: Searching for Meaning in an Age of Doubt 3.72 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Haiku and Other Whimsical Observations to Help You Understand the Modern Game 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Torture numbers and they will confess to anything”
― Gregg Easterbrook

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“The Blue Hose of Presbyterian College and the Ichabods of Washburn University are perhaps the most amusing nicknames in collegiate sports; Blue Hose refers to stockings, not to melancholy courtesans.”
― Gregg Easterbrook, The King of Sports: Football's Impact on America

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“Essentially, Goodell is a water boy who makes eight figures.”
― Gregg Easterbrook, The Game's Not Over: In Defense of Football

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