James Marriott on Reading
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We'd love to hear from you. Today is June 19, 2025, and my guest is writer and journalist James Marriott. of the Times of London, where he's a columnist. His Substack is Cultural Capital. And our topic for today is reading, based on a wonderful piece from his Substack called How to Read and Why.
James, welcome to Econ Talk. Thanks very much for having me. Now I'm a little older than you. As I get older, I come to appreciate and realize how much I love books.
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