Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E Stiglitz

Why Globalization Works by Martin Wolf

The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization by Richard Baldwin​

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin

The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises by Charles Kindleberger

A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility by Nicola Gennaioli

Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State by Paul Tucker

Extra Time: 10 Lessons for an Ageing World by Camilla Cavendish

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Bill Gates (Co-founder of Microsoft)

Christopher Hitchens (social critic)

Steven Pinker (cognitive psychologist, linguist)

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About:

• Former Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank
• Senior U.S. Treasury Department official throughout President Clinton's administration
• Former director of the National Economic Council for President Obama
• School/tradition: New Keynesian economics

Sources:

• ​​https://fivebooks.com/best-books/larry-summers-globalization/
• https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-summers-reading-list-on-the-financial-crisis
• https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1040685271203893248
• https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1235248393859067906

Image Source: 

• World Economic Forum from Cologny, Switzerland / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) (cover image)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lawrence_Summers_2012.jpg (profile image)