Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
Economics
Politics
Business
The Hidden Wealth of Nations
The Scourge of Tax Havens
Economics
Politics
Finance
Powershift
Knowledge, Wealth, and Power at the Edge of the 21st Century
Politics
Economics
Business
The Sum of Us
What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Race
History
Politics
Aftershocks of Disaster
Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
Politics
History
Social Justice
Why We're Polarized
Politics
History
Psychology
The Case Against Education
Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money
Education
Economics
Politics
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Sexual Politics of Meat
A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory
Feminism
Philosophy
Vegan
Son of Hamas
A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
Biography
History
Memoir
Slow Down
The Degrowth Manifesto
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Politics
History
Economics
On Human Nature
Philosophy
Psychology
Classics
The Technology Trap
Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation
Economics
History
Technology
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
History
Politics
Philosophy
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
The Uninhabitable Earth
Life After Warming
Science
Environment
Climate Change
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
21st Century Monetary Policy
The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19
Economics
History
Finance
Message to the Blackman in America
Religion
Race
Islam
A Hacker's Mind
How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back
Technology
Politics
Business
Feminism or Death
Feminism
Politics
France
The Oil Kings
How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East
History
Politics
Iran
Go Woke, Go Broke
The Inside Story of the Radicalization of Corporate America
Business
Politics
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy
or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails
Economics
Politics
History
Atatürk
The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
History
Biography
Politics
Power and Progress
Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
Economics
History
Politics
For Love of Country
Why I Left the Democratic Party
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Mindf*ck
Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America
Politics
Technology
History
How Spies Think
Ten Lessons in Intelligence
Psychology
Politics
Espionage
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
Education
Politics
Teaching
The Hacking of the American Mind
The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
Health
Psychology
Science
A Peace to End All Peace
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and The Creation of the Modern Middle East
Politics
War
World History
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
Politics
Sociology
Law
Philosophy
The Basics
Philosophy
Reference
History
Hitler's American Model
The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
History
Politics
Race
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
Economics
Politics
Business
The Fall of Heaven
The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
History
Iran
Politics
The Political Brain
The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
Politics
Psychology
Science
The Theory of Money and Credit
Economics
Finance
Philosophy
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
Economics
Politics
Society
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
History
Sociology
Race
Where We Stand
Class Matters
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
Easy Money
Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
Economics
Finance
Business
The Travels of A T-Shirt in the Global Economy
An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
Economics
Business
Politics
A Field Guide to Lies
Critical Thinking in the Information Age
Psychology
Science
Self Help
At the Existentialist Café
Philosophy
History
Biography
Poverty Safari
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Against Democracy
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
