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On Bullshit Summary
On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 pages
3.59
14k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Humor
Crisis Economics Summary
Crisis Economics
A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
by Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The Way We Eat Summary
The Way We Eat
Why Our Food Choices Matter
by Peter Singer 2006 336 pages
4.09
3k+ ratings
Food
Philosophy
Health
Naked Economics Summary
Naked Economics
Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)
by Charles J. Wheelan 2010 385 pages
4.03
18k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Long Walk to Freedom Summary
Long Walk to Freedom
The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela 1994 558 pages
4.35
87k+ ratings
Biography
History
Africa
Team of Rivals Summary
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 pages
4.28
100k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Keynes Summary
Keynes
The Return of the Master
by Robert Skidelsky 2010 256 pages
3.78
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Biography
After Capitalism (New Critical Theory) Summary
After Capitalism (New Critical Theory)
by David Schweickart 2002 224 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism Summary
23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang 2010 304 pages
3.96
11k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1986 192 pages
4.15
31k+ ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
Civilization Summary
Civilization
The West and the Rest
by Niall Ferguson 2012 464 pages
3.86
9k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
A Man Without a Country Summary
A Man Without a Country
by Kurt Vonnegut 2007 160 pages
4.09
46k+ ratings
Essays
Memoir
Humor
Crazy for God Summary
Crazy for God
How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almos
by Frank Schaeffer 2008 449 pages
3.68
2k+ ratings
Religion
Memoir
Biography
You Are What You Speak Summary
You Are What You Speak
Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
by Robert Lane Greene 2011 336 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Language
Linguistics
Politics
The true believer Summary
The true believer
Thoughts on the nature of mass movements (Time reading program special edition)
by Eric Hoffer 1980 188 pages
4.21
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
The Dictator's Handbook Summary
The Dictator's Handbook
Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2011 462 pages
4.26
10k+ ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization
Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2011 341 pages
3.83
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Money and Power Summary
Money and Power
How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World
by William D. Cohan 2011 672 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Business
Finance
History
Empire Summary
Empire
The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power
by Niall Ferguson 2008 398 pages
3.93
8k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Debt Summary
Debt
by David Graeber 2011 534 pages
4.21
22k+ ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
Atlas Shrugged Summary
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand 1999 1192 pages
3.69
300k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
Politics
Poor Economics Summary
Poor Economics
A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
by Abhijit Banerjee 2011 320 pages
4.28
22k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Fast Food Nation Summary
Fast Food Nation
by Eric Schlosser 2002 400 pages
3.75
200k+ ratings
Food
Sociology
Politics
The New Jim Crow Summary
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander 2010 290 pages
4.52
100k+ ratings
History
Race
Politics
The Bottom Billion Summary
The Bottom Billion
Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done about It
by Paul Collier 2008 224 pages
3.86
7k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
International Development
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2003 560 pages
4.09
24k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Full Frontal Feminism Summary
Full Frontal Feminism
A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters
by Jessica Valenti
3.86
8k+ ratings
Feminism
Gender Studies
Gender
Freedomnomics Summary
Freedomnomics
Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't
by John R. Lott Jr. 2007 275 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Great Reset Summary
The Great Reset
How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
by Richard Florida 2010 239 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Post-American World Summary
The Post-American World
Release 2.0
by Fareed Zakaria 2011 336 pages
3.86
12k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands
Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011 272 pages
4.19
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
Animal Spirits Summary
Animal Spirits
How Human Psychology Drives The Economy, And Why It Matters For Global Capitalism.
by Robert J. Akelof George A. & Shiller 2013 264 pages
3.77
4k+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Finance
Obama Summary
Obama
by David Mendell 2007 448 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
The Audacity of Hope Summary
The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama 2006 384 pages
3.83
100k+ ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Signal and the Noise Summary
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't
by Nate Silver 2012 883 pages
3.97
50k+ ratings
Science
Business
Economics
Free to Choose Summary
Free to Choose
A Personal Statement
by Milton Friedman 1990 338 pages
4.22
8k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Price of Inequality Summary
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012 448 pages
4.02
9k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Business
How Much is Enough? Summary
How Much is Enough?
Money and the Good Life
by Robert Skidelsky 2012 256 pages
3.57
1k+ ratings
Economics
Philosophy
Politics
The World Until Yesterday Summary
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
by Jared Diamond 2012 512 pages
3.77
10k+ ratings
History
Anthropology
Science
Decision Points Summary
Decision Points
by George W. Bush 2010 514 pages
3.81
41k+ ratings
Biography
Politics
History
Basic Economics A Citizen's Guide to the Economy Summary
Basic Economics A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell 2003 448 pages
4.36
12k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Sacred Economics Summary
Sacred Economics
Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
by Charles Eisenstein 2011 469 pages
4.24
1k+ ratings
Economics
History
Philosophy
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals
A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Saul David Alinsky 1971 196 pages
3.74
8k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
The tiger that isn't Summary
The tiger that isn't
Seeing through a world of numbers
by Andrew Blastland and Michael Dilnot 2007 256 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Science
Economics
Mathematics
The Bankers' New Clothes Summary
The Bankers' New Clothes
What's Wrong With Banking and What to Do About It
by Anat Admati 2013 416 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
The New Digital Age Summary
The New Digital Age
Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
by Eric Schmidt 2013 336 pages
3.33
2k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Science
The Death and Life of the Great American School System Summary
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
by Diane Ravitch 2010 296 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Education
Politics
Teaching
The Culture of Narcissism Summary
The Culture of Narcissism
American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations
by Christopher Lasch 1991 304 pages
3.98
3k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
The Fire Next Time Summary
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin 1992 128 pages
4.55
100k+ ratings
Classics
Essays
Race
How Asia Works Summary
How Asia Works
Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
by Joe Studwell 2013 288 pages
4.26
4k+ ratings
Economics
Business
History
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