Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Commanding Heights
The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy
- Author
- Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw
- Published
- 1998
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Yergin and Stanislaw’s history of the 20th-century contest between state control and markets over the “commanding heights” of national economies.
Where I heard about it
- @patrick_oshag’s thread — @WillManidis’s two-word answer, “Commanding Heights,” in the replies, October 2026. Full set of replies: Anyone read anything thought provoking… (tweet).
Connections
- Capital Allocation — who controls a nation’s capital, the state or the market.
- Historical Futurism
- The Prize — The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power — Yergin’s earlier history, already on the list.