This feels like the sort of question I should be asking Tyler Cowen, but let’s throw it open here. What fiction is most appropriate, and illuminating, in this moment? I’m looking for the culture of Wall Street, of riches, of wealth. The world and specifics of finance. Great Gatsby has to be on there, if only for literary context. American Psycho and Bonfire of the Vanities, too. Some have argued that Martin Amis’s Money, deserves a spot, but I hold that it explores a culture of West Coast excess that’s actually quite far removed. What else?

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.