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Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise
From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
by Slavoj Žižek 2014 208 pages
3.73
1.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Moneyland Summary
Moneyland
Why Thieves and Crooks Now Rule the World and How To Take It Back
by Oliver Bullough 2018 305 pages
4.19
6.7K ratings
Politics
Economics
Finance
Chaos Kings Summary
Chaos Kings
How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis
by Scott Patterson 2023 335 pages
3.76
1.0K ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
Escaping the Housing Trap Summary
Escaping the Housing Trap
The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
by Charles L. Marohn Jr. 2024 240 pages
4.40
336 ratings
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Economics
Rules for Radicals Summary
Rules for Radicals
A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky 1971 196 pages
3.74
8.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Activism
False Alarm Summary
False Alarm
How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
by Bjørn Lomborg 2020 320 pages
4.17
2.6K ratings
Science
Politics
Climate Change
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2002 560 pages
4.09
25.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Concept of the Political Summary
The Concept of the Political
by Carl Schmitt 1927 144 pages
3.95
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
T-Minus AI Summary
T-Minus AI
Humanity's Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power
by Michael Kanaan 2020 304 pages
3.77
694 ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
The People vs. Democracy Summary
The People vs. Democracy
Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
by Yascha Mounk 2018 400 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Treasure Islands Summary
Treasure Islands
Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
by Nicholas Shaxson 2011 272 pages
4.19
1.9K ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 320 pages
4.08
256 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
Excellent Sheep Summary
Excellent Sheep
The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
by William Deresiewicz 2014 245 pages
3.88
6.9K ratings
Education
Sociology
Politics
Finnish Lessons Summary
Finnish Lessons
What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
by Pasi Sahlberg 2011 167 pages
3.89
825 ratings
Education
Teaching
Parenting
The India Way Summary
The India Way
Strategies for an Uncertain World
by S. Jaishankar 2020 240 pages
3.94
1.5K ratings
India
Politics
International Relations
Crisis Economics Summary
Crisis Economics
A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
by Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 pages
3.84
2.8K ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith 2012 592 pages
4.19
854 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Theory of Moral Sentiments Summary
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
by Adam Smith 1759 368 pages
4.07
4.5K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Classics
Broken Code Summary
Broken Code
Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets
by Jeff Horwitz 2023 528 pages
3.90
606 ratings
Technology
Business
Politics
This Time Is Different Summary
This Time Is Different
Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
by Carmen M. Reinhart 2009 460 pages
3.76
7.3K ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Education of Cyrus Summary
The Education of Cyrus
by Xenophon 320 pages
4.13
1.8K ratings
History
Philosophy
Biography
Simpler Summary
Simpler
The Future of Government
by Cass R. Sunstein 2013 272 pages
3.57
522 ratings
Politics
Economics
Law
An Era of Darkness Summary
An Era of Darkness
The British Empire in India
by Shashi Tharoor 2016 360 pages
4.17
12.2K ratings
History
India
Politics
The Way We Eat Summary
The Way We Eat
Why Our Food Choices Matter
by Peter Singer 2006 328 pages
4.09
4.0K ratings
Food
Philosophy
Health
The Next 100 Years Summary
The Next 100 Years
A Forecast for the 21st Century
by George Friedman 2008 272 pages
3.67
10.9K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Sane Society Summary
The Sane Society
by Erich Fromm 1955 386 pages
4.25
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening) Summary
I Think You're Wrong (But I'm Listening)
A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversations
by Sarah Stewart Holland 2019 205 pages
4.08
4.7K ratings
Politics
Self Help
Book Club
On Speaking Well Summary
On Speaking Well
How to Give a Speech With Style, Substance, and Clarity
by Peggy Noonan 1998 224 pages
3.88
615 ratings
Communication
Self Help
Politics
Four Hundred Souls Summary
Four Hundred Souls
A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
by Ibram X. Kendi 2021 504 pages
4.56
10.6K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The Foundations of Leninism Summary
The Foundations of Leninism
by Joseph Stalin 1924 123 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Politics
Theory
Philosophy
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works
by Jason F. Stanley 2015 376 pages
3.56
700 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
How to Argue With a Racist Summary
How to Argue With a Racist
What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
by Adam Rutherford 2020 224 pages
3.90
6.4K ratings
Science
Race
Politics
Winners Take All Summary
Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
by Anand Giridharadas 2018 288 pages
4.13
16.8K ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
The Return of Great Powers Summary
The Return of Great Powers
Russia, China, and the Next World War
by Jim Sciutto 2024 368 pages
3.91
1.0K ratings
Politics
History
China
Dongri To Dubai Summary
Dongri To Dubai
Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia
by S. Hussain Zaidi 2012 378 pages
3.95
10.5K ratings
Crime
India
History
The Broken Ladder Summary
The Broken Ladder
How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die
by Keith Payne 2018 256 pages
4.21
3.9K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Economics
What We Owe the Future Summary
What We Owe the Future
by William MacAskill 2022 335 pages
3.83
6.1K ratings
Philosophy
Science
History
The Eye of the Master Summary
The Eye of the Master
A Social History of Artificial Intelligence
by Matteo Pasquinelli 2023 272 pages
4.06
190 ratings
History
Artificial Intelligence
Philosophy
House of Cards Summary
House of Cards
A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
by William D. Cohan 2009 468 pages
3.94
6.9K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Hard Choices Summary
Hard Choices
by Hillary Rodham Clinton 2013 788 pages
3.61
14.7K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
Personal History Summary
Personal History
A Memoir
by Katharine Graham 1997 642 pages
4.09
24.3K ratings
Biography
Memoir
History
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms Summary
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms
The History and Future of American Intelligence
by Amy B. Zegart 2022 360 pages
3.95
1.3K ratings
History
Politics
Espionage
The Madness of Crowds Summary
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
by Douglas Murray 2019 293 pages
4.20
16.6K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Price We Pay Summary
The Price We Pay
What Broke American Health Care—and How to Fix It
by Marty Makary 2019 288 pages
4.46
4.1K ratings
Health Care
Medicine
Health
What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Summary
What Is Your Dangerous Idea?
Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable
by John Brockman 2006 301 pages
3.70
1.0K ratings
Science
Philosophy
Essays
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge
A Memoir From Within
by Rory Stewart 2023 436 pages
4.33
14.5K ratings
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique Moïsi 2008 192 pages
3.64
487 ratings
Politics
Psychology
International Relations
The Robber Barons Summary
The Robber Barons
by Matthew Josephson 1934 496 pages
3.73
402 ratings
History
Business
American History
The Doctor and the Saint Summary
The Doctor and the Saint
The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
by Arundhati Roy 2017 184 pages
4.32
2.5K ratings
India
History
Politics
Phishing for Phools Summary
Phishing for Phools
The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
by George A. Akerlof 2015 288 pages
3.43
2.3K ratings
Economics
Psychology
Business
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