Actualidad

Los desafíos más apremiantes de la actualidad —desde la desigualdad económica y la ciberguerra hasta las fracturas políticas y las crisis financieras— exigen un análisis lúcido y perspectivas bien fundamentadas. Los libros de Actualidad examinan las fuerzas que están transformando nuestro mundo, ofreciendo conocimientos expertos sobre los sistemas, las políticas y las dinámicas de poder que definen la vida contemporánea.

Actualidad Resúmenes de libros

The End of Reality

por Jonathan Taplin • 2023

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

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Tecnología

Negocios

Inmersivo

The End of Reality

Four billionaires want $20 trillion for Mars, the metaverse, crypto, immortality. Who pays?

por Jonathan Taplin 2023 336 páginas

3.92

500+ valoraciones

Política

Tecnología

Negocios

Autocracia, S.A.

por Anne Applebaum • 2024

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

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Economía

Autocracia, S.A.

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

por Anne Applebaum 2024 224 páginas

4.16

18.000+ valoraciones

Política

Historia

Economía

The Winner-Take-All Society

por Robert H. Frank • 1995

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

3.70

257

Economía

Sociología

Negocios

The Winner-Take-All Society

Why a narrow edge now pays millions across every profession, and what we can do about it.

por Robert H. Frank 1995 288 páginas

3.70

257 valoraciones

Economía

Sociología

Negocios

The Post-American World

por Fareed Zakaria • 2008

American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.

3.86

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Economía

The Post-American World

American power isn't eroding. A dozen new powers are simply rising alongside it.

por Fareed Zakaria 2008 336 páginas

3.86

12.000+ valoraciones

Política

Historia

Economía

The Great Taking

por David Rogers Webb • 2023

Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.

4.13

157

Economía

Finanzas

Dinero

The Great Taking

Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.

por David Rogers Webb 2023 133 páginas

4.13

157 valoraciones

Economía

Finanzas

Dinero

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

por Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

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127

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Derecho

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The Tyranny of Good Intentions

Good intentions retooled criminal justice into a weapon, and the Constitution is losing.

por Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 páginas

4.06

127 valoraciones

Política

Derecho

Historia

Waste Land

por Robert D. Kaplan • 2025

When crises travel instantly but solutions stall at borders, we get one unending emergency.

3.60

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Política

International

Waste Land

When crises travel instantly but solutions stall at borders, we get one unending emergency.

por Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 páginas

3.60

500+ valoraciones

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International

Cómo salimos de ésta

por Nouriel Roubini • 2010

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

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Finanzas

Negocios

Cómo salimos de ésta

Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.

por Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 páginas

3.84

2000+ valoraciones

Economía

Finanzas

Negocios

The Dying Citizen

por Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

4.35

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Americano

The Dying Citizen

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

por Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 páginas

4.35

1000+ valoraciones

Política

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Americano

How to Stop Fascism

por Paul Mason • 2021

The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.

4.05

390

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Sociología

How to Stop Fascism

The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.

por Paul Mason 2021 320 páginas

4.05

390 valoraciones

Política

Historia

Sociología

How Tyrants Fall

por Marcel Dirsus • 2024

The trap of power: why most dictators meet exile, prison, or a violent end.

3.92

500+

Política

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Guerra

How Tyrants Fall

The trap of power: why most dictators meet exile, prison, or a violent end.

por Marcel Dirsus 2024 274 páginas

3.92

500+ valoraciones

Política

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Guerra

The Assault on Truth

por Peter Oborne • 2021

Two leaders, one playbook: turn truth into a loyalty test, and watch democracy erode.

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1000+

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Democracy

The Assault on Truth

Two leaders, one playbook: turn truth into a loyalty test, and watch democracy erode.

por Peter Oborne 2021 251 páginas

3.98

1000+ valoraciones

Política

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Democracy

National Populism

por Roger Eatwell • 2018

National populism isn't a passing fury. It's a lasting demand for voice from a forgotten majority.

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1000+

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Sociología

National Populism

National populism isn't a passing fury. It's a lasting demand for voice from a forgotten majority.

por Roger Eatwell 2018 374 páginas

3.80

1000+ valoraciones

Política

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Sociología

Shattered Nation

por Danny Dorling • 2023

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

3.97

119

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Sociología

Economía

Shattered Nation

Beneath every British crisis lies a map of inequality decades in the making.

por Danny Dorling 2023 288 páginas

3.97

119 valoraciones

Política

Sociología

Economía

The Invention of Russia

por Arkady Ostrovsky • 2015

Television became the new Kremlin: how post-Soviet Russia was built on air, not on law.

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The Invention of Russia

Television became the new Kremlin: how post-Soviet Russia was built on air, not on law.

por Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 378 páginas

4.01

1000+ valoraciones

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Rusia

Política

Heroic Failure

por Fintan O'Toole • 2018

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

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Sociología

Heroic Failure

Brexit wasn't about economics. It was a culture of glorified defeat and shared self-harm.

por Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 páginas

4.11

2000+ valoraciones

Política

Historia

Sociología

Wildland

por Evan Osnos • 2021

Cashflow beats capital gains: the simple formula for separating good real estate deals from bad.

4.22

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Dinero

Wildland

Cashflow beats capital gains: the simple formula for separating good real estate deals from bad.

por Evan Osnos 2021 465 páginas

4.22

2000+ valoraciones

Negocios

Finanzas

Dinero

Winter Is Coming

por Garry Kasparov • 2015

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

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Rusia

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Winter Is Coming

Western money and misplaced goodwill built Putin's war machine: a warning from the front lines.

por Garry Kasparov 2015 290 páginas

4.04

3000+ valoraciones

Política

Rusia

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Eastward to Tartary

por Robert D. Kaplan • 2001

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

4.05

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Eastward to Tartary

From Budapest to the Caspian, a journey through lands where history refuses to end.

por Robert D. Kaplan 2001 385 páginas

4.05

1000+ valoraciones

Viajes

Historia

Política

House of Trump, House of Putin

por Craig Unger • 2018

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

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Rusia

House of Trump, House of Putin

Trump's condos laundered billions for the Russian mob, tied to Putin through a single crime boss.

por Craig Unger 2018 382 páginas

4.02

1000+ valoraciones

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Rusia

Un-Trumping America

por Dan Pfeiffer • 2020

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

4.20

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Americano

Un-Trumping America

The GOP was built for Trump long before he came down the escalator.

por Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 páginas

4.20

2000+ valoraciones

Política

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Americano

The Fall of the House of Bush

por Craig Unger • 2007

An alliance of faith and force corrupted intelligence to start a war that broke American power.

204

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Biografía

The Fall of the House of Bush

An alliance of faith and force corrupted intelligence to start a war that broke American power.

por Craig Unger 2007 448 páginas

204 valoraciones

Política

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Biografía

How Britain Ends

por Gavin Esler • 2021

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

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How Britain Ends

Brexit did not crack the union; it exposed cracks English nationalism had been opening for decades.

por Gavin Esler 2021 320 páginas

4.09

500+ valoraciones

Política

Historia

The Silenced Majority

por Amy Goodman • 2012

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

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251

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Periodismo

Activismo

The Silenced Majority

The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.

por Amy Goodman 2012 380 páginas

4.06

251 valoraciones

Política

Periodismo

Activismo

When the Money Runs Out

por Stephen D. King • 2013

Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.

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206

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Finanzas

Política

When the Money Runs Out

Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.

por Stephen D. King 2013 304 páginas

3.63

206 valoraciones

Economía

Finanzas

Política

Reckless Endangerment

por Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

3.96

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Reckless Endangerment

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

por Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 páginas

3.96

1000+ valoraciones

Economía

Negocios

Finanzas

The Growth Map

por Jim O'Neill • 2011

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

3.59

288

Economía

Negocios

Finanzas

The Growth Map

Four giant economies already power a third of global growth, and the next wave is bigger.

por Jim O'Neill 2011 256 páginas

3.59

288 valoraciones

Economía

Negocios

Finanzas

Moveable Feasts

por Sarah Murray • 2007

Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.

3.55

205

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Negocios

Moveable Feasts

Rome needed grain ships. Cities need container ports. How moving food built the modern world.

por Sarah Murray 2007 272 páginas

3.55

205 valoraciones

Comida

Historia

Negocios

Facts and Other Lies

por Ed Coper • 2022

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

4.16

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Psicología

Facts and Other Lies

The internet runs on outrage, our brains are built for bias, and facts never stood a chance.

por Ed Coper 2022 394 páginas

4.16

242 valoraciones

Política

Sociología

Psicología

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

por Joyce Vance • 2025

Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.

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Gobierno

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

Spotting the slow dismantling of democracy, and the citizen playbook for stopping it.

por Joyce Vance 2025 208 páginas

4.28

1000+ valoraciones

Política

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Gobierno

Rebellion

por Robert Kagan • 2024

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

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Raza

Rebellion

A 250-year rebellion against America's founding promise is closer to victory than ever.

por Robert Kagan 2024 258 páginas

4.39

500+ valoraciones

Política

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Raza

Londonistán

por Melanie Phillips • 2006

Islamist terror's nerve center was London, built with British law and left-wing alliances.

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Islam

Religión

Londonistán

Islamist terror's nerve center was London, built with British law and left-wing alliances.

por Melanie Phillips 2006 200 páginas

3.60

500+ valoraciones

Política

Islam

Religión

A Necessary Evil

por Garry Wills • 1999

The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.

3.78

196

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America

A Necessary Evil

The Constitution was built for action, not gridlock. How Americans came to believe otherwise.

por Garry Wills 1999 368 páginas

3.78

196 valoraciones

Historia

Política

America

Winner-Take-All Politics

por Jacob S. Hacker • 2010

The top 1% took 36% of income gains over decades. That's not economics; it's politics.

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Winner-Take-All Politics

The top 1% took 36% of income gains over decades. That's not economics; it's politics.

por Jacob S. Hacker 2010 368 páginas

4.04

2000+ valoraciones

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Economía

Historia

Laboratories of Autocracy

por David Pepper • 2021

How statehouses became the most dangerous threat to American democracy, and why nobody noticed.

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338

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Americano

Laboratories of Autocracy

How statehouses became the most dangerous threat to American democracy, and why nobody noticed.

por David Pepper 2021 452 páginas

4.48

338 valoraciones

Política

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Americano

Iran's Grand Strategy

por Vali Nasr • 2025

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

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Irán

Iran's Grand Strategy

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

por Vali Nasr 2025 408 páginas

4.21

500+ valoraciones

Historia

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Irán

Ill Winds

por Larry Diamond • 2019

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

3.99

274

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China

Ill Winds

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

por Larry Diamond 2019 368 páginas

3.99

274 valoraciones

Política

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China

The Destructionists

por Dana Milbank • 2022

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

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The Destructionists

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

por Dana Milbank 2022 416 páginas

4.21

1000+ valoraciones

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Periodismo

Beyond Outrage

por Robert B. Reich • 2012

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

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Justicia social

Beyond Outrage

The top 1% doubled their share of national income, and then they bought the government.

por Robert B. Reich 2012 72 páginas

4.06

2000+ valoraciones

Política

Economía

Justicia social

Dangerous Charisma

por Jerrold M. Post • 2019

A CIA profiler diagnosed malignant narcissism. The surprise was how perfectly it fit his followers.

3.56

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Política

Biografía

Dangerous Charisma

A CIA profiler diagnosed malignant narcissism. The surprise was how perfectly it fit his followers.

por Jerrold M. Post 2019 352 páginas

3.56

186 valoraciones

Psicología

Política

Biografía

The New Rulers of the World

por John Pilger • 2002

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

4.14

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Economía

The New Rulers of the World

The global economy was built on mass graves. A reporter shows you who filled them.

por John Pilger 2002 192 páginas

4.14

1000+ valoraciones

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Historia

Economía

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