Actualités

Les défis les plus pressants d'aujourd'hui — de l'inégalité économique et la cyberguerre aux fractures politiques et aux crises financières — exigent une analyse lucide et des perspectives éclairées. Les livres d'Actualité examinent les forces qui remodèlent notre monde, offrant des éclairages d'experts sur les systèmes, les politiques et les dynamiques de pouvoir qui définissent la vie contemporaine.

Actualités Résumés de livres

The End of Reality

par Jonathan Taplin • 2023

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

3.92

500+

Politique

Technologie

Business

Immersif

The End of Reality

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

par Jonathan Taplin 2023 336 pages

3.92

500+ évaluations

Politique

Technologie

Business

Autocracy, Inc.

par Anne Applebaum • 2024

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

4.16

18 000+

Politique

Histoire

Économie

Autocracy, Inc.

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

par Anne Applebaum 2024 224 pages

4.16

18 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Économie

The Winner-Take-All Society

par Robert H. Frank • 1995

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

3.70

257

Économie

Sociologie

Business

The Winner-Take-All Society

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

par Robert H. Frank 1995 288 pages

3.70

257 évaluations

Économie

Sociologie

Business

The Post-American World

par Fareed Zakaria • 2008

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

3.86

12 000+

Politique

Histoire

Économie

The Post-American World

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

par Fareed Zakaria 2008 336 pages

3.86

12 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Économie

The Great Taking

par David Rogers Webb • 2023

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

4.13

157

Économie

Finance

Argent

The Great Taking

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

par David Rogers Webb 2023 133 pages

4.13

157 évaluations

Économie

Finance

Argent

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

par Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

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

4.06

127

Politique

Droit

Histoire

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

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

par Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 pages

4.06

127 évaluations

Politique

Droit

Histoire

Waste Land

par Robert D. Kaplan • 2025

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

3.60

500+

Histoire

Politique

International

Waste Land

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

par Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 pages

3.60

500+ évaluations

Histoire

Politique

International

Crisis Economics

par Nouriel Roubini • 2010

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

3.84

2 000+

Économie

Finance

Business

Crisis Economics

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

par Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 pages

3.84

2 000+ évaluations

Économie

Finance

Business

The Dying Citizen

par Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

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

4.35

1 000+

Politique

Histoire

Américain

The Dying Citizen

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

par Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 pages

4.35

1 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Américain

How to Stop Fascism

par Paul Mason • 2021

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

4.05

390

Politique

Histoire

Sociologie

How to Stop Fascism

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

par Paul Mason 2021 320 pages

4.05

390 évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Sociologie

How Tyrants Fall

par Marcel Dirsus • 2024

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

3.92

500+

Politique

Histoire

Guerre

How Tyrants Fall

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

par Marcel Dirsus 2024 274 pages

3.92

500+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Guerre

The Assault on Truth

par Peter Oborne • 2021

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

3.98

1 000+

Politique

Histoire

Democracy

The Assault on Truth

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

par Peter Oborne 2021 251 pages

3.98

1 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Democracy

National Populism

par Roger Eatwell • 2018

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

3.80

1 000+

Politique

Histoire

Sociologie

National Populism

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

par Roger Eatwell 2018 374 pages

3.80

1 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Sociologie

Shattered Nation

par Danny Dorling • 2023

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

3.97

119

Politique

Sociologie

Économie

Shattered Nation

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

par Danny Dorling 2023 288 pages

3.97

119 évaluations

Politique

Sociologie

Économie

The Invention of Russia

par Arkady Ostrovsky • 2015

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

4.01

1 000+

Histoire

Russie

Politique

The Invention of Russia

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

par Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 378 pages

4.01

1 000+ évaluations

Histoire

Russie

Politique

Heroic Failure

par Fintan O'Toole • 2018

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

4.11

2 000+

Politique

Histoire

Sociologie

Heroic Failure

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

par Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pages

4.11

2 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Sociologie

Wildland

par Evan Osnos • 2021

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

4.22

2 000+

Business

Finance

Argent

Wildland

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

par Evan Osnos 2021 465 pages

4.22

2 000+ évaluations

Business

Finance

Argent

Winter Is Coming

par Garry Kasparov • 2015

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

4.04

3 000+

Politique

Russie

Histoire

Winter Is Coming

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

par Garry Kasparov 2015 290 pages

4.04

3 000+ évaluations

Politique

Russie

Histoire

Eastward to Tartary

par Robert D. Kaplan • 2001

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

4.05

1 000+

Voyage

Histoire

Politique

Eastward to Tartary

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

par Robert D. Kaplan 2001 385 pages

4.05

1 000+ évaluations

Voyage

Histoire

Politique

House of Trump, House of Putin

par Craig Unger • 2018

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

4.02

1 000+

Politique

Histoire

Russie

House of Trump, House of Putin

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

par Craig Unger 2018 382 pages

4.02

1 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Russie

Un-Trumping America

par Dan Pfeiffer • 2020

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

4.20

2 000+

Politique

Histoire

Américain

Un-Trumping America

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

par Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pages

4.20

2 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Américain

The Fall of the House of Bush

par Craig Unger • 2007

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

204

Politique

Histoire

Biographie

The Fall of the House of Bush

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

par Craig Unger 2007 448 pages

204 évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Biographie

How Britain Ends

par Gavin Esler • 2021

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

4.09

500+

Politique

Histoire

How Britain Ends

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

par Gavin Esler 2021 320 pages

4.09

500+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

The Silenced Majority

par Amy Goodman • 2012

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

4.06

251

Politique

Journalisme

Activisme

The Silenced Majority

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

par Amy Goodman 2012 380 pages

4.06

251 évaluations

Politique

Journalisme

Activisme

When the Money Runs Out

par Stephen D. King • 2013

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

3.63

206

Économie

Finance

Politique

When the Money Runs Out

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

par Stephen D. King 2013 304 pages

3.63

206 évaluations

Économie

Finance

Politique

Reckless Endangerment

par Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

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

3.96

1 000+

Économie

Business

Finance

Reckless Endangerment

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

par Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 pages

3.96

1 000+ évaluations

Économie

Business

Finance

The Growth Map

par Jim O'Neill • 2011

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

3.59

288

Économie

Business

Finance

The Growth Map

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

par Jim O'Neill 2011 256 pages

3.59

288 évaluations

Économie

Business

Finance

Moveable Feasts

par Sarah Murray • 2007

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

3.55

205

Cuisine

Histoire

Business

Moveable Feasts

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

par Sarah Murray 2007 272 pages

3.55

205 évaluations

Cuisine

Histoire

Business

Facts and Other Lies

par Ed Coper • 2022

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

4.16

242

Politique

Sociologie

Psychologie

Facts and Other Lies

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

par Ed Coper 2022 394 pages

4.16

242 évaluations

Politique

Sociologie

Psychologie

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

par Joyce Vance • 2025

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

4.28

1 000+

Politique

Histoire

Gouvernement

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

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

par Joyce Vance 2025 208 pages

4.28

1 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Gouvernement

Rebellion

par Robert Kagan • 2024

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

4.39

500+

Politique

Histoire

Race

Rebellion

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

par Robert Kagan 2024 258 pages

4.39

500+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Race

Londonistan

par Melanie Phillips • 2006

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

3.60

500+

Politique

Islam

Religion

Londonistan

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

par Melanie Phillips 2006 200 pages

3.60

500+ évaluations

Politique

Islam

Religion

A Necessary Evil

par Garry Wills • 1999

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

3.78

196

Histoire

Politique

America

A Necessary Evil

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

par Garry Wills 1999 368 pages

3.78

196 évaluations

Histoire

Politique

America

Winner-Take-All Politics

par Jacob S. Hacker • 2010

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

4.04

2 000+

Politique

Économie

Histoire

Winner-Take-All Politics

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

par Jacob S. Hacker 2010 368 pages

4.04

2 000+ évaluations

Politique

Économie

Histoire

Laboratories of Autocracy

par David Pepper • 2021

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

4.48

338

Politique

Histoire

Américain

Laboratories of Autocracy

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

par David Pepper 2021 452 pages

4.48

338 évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Américain

Iran's Grand Strategy

par Vali Nasr • 2025

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

4.21

500+

Histoire

Politique

Iran

Iran's Grand Strategy

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

par Vali Nasr 2025 408 pages

4.21

500+ évaluations

Histoire

Politique

Iran

Ill Winds

par Larry Diamond • 2019

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

3.99

274

Politique

Histoire

Chine

Ill Winds

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

par Larry Diamond 2019 368 pages

3.99

274 évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Chine

The Destructionists

par Dana Milbank • 2022

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

4.21

1 000+

Politique

Histoire

Journalisme

The Destructionists

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

par Dana Milbank 2022 416 pages

4.21

1 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Journalisme

Beyond Outrage

par Robert B. Reich • 2012

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

4.06

2 000+

Politique

Économie

Justice sociale

Beyond Outrage

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

par Robert B. Reich 2012 72 pages

4.06

2 000+ évaluations

Politique

Économie

Justice sociale

Dangerous Charisma

par Jerrold M. Post • 2019

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

3.56

186

Psychologie

Politique

Biographie

Dangerous Charisma

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

par Jerrold M. Post 2019 352 pages

3.56

186 évaluations

Psychologie

Politique

Biographie

The New Rulers of the World

par John Pilger • 2002

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

4.14

1 000+

Politique

Histoire

Économie

The New Rulers of the World

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

par John Pilger 2002 192 pages

4.14

1 000+ évaluations

Politique

Histoire

Économie

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