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After Capitalism Summary
After Capitalism
by David Schweickart 2002 224 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Great Reset Summary
The Great Reset
How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity
by Richard Florida 2010 240 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Price of Inequality Summary
The Price of Inequality
How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012 523 pages
4.02
9k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Business
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton 2013 362 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Economics
History
Politics
المراقبة السائلة Summary
المراقبة السائلة
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012 160 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
Beauty Pays Summary
Beauty Pays
Why Attractive People Are More Successful
by Daniel S. Hamermesh 2011 224 pages
3.15
100+ ratings
Economics
Psychology
Fashion
The Next America Summary
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
by Paul Taylor 2014 280 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
On Rumors Summary
On Rumors
How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done
by Cass R. Sunstein 2009 112 pages
3.28
100+ ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
Social Physics Summary
Social Physics
How Good Ideas Spread— The Lessons from a New Science
by Alex Pentland 2014 320 pages
3.53
1k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Sociology
The Zero Marginal Cost Society Summary
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism
by Jeremy Rifkin 2014 368 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Spoilt Rotten Summary
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010 260 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Essays
The Quest for a Moral Compass Summary
The Quest for a Moral Compass
A Global History of Ethics
by Kenan Malik 2014 400 pages
4.16
500+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Religion
Blueprint for Revolution Summary
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
by Srdja Popovic 2015 304 pages
4.31
1k+ ratings
Politics
Activism
History
The Most Good You Can Do Summary
The Most Good You Can Do
How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
by Peter Singer 2015 211 pages
3.81
3k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Economics
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech
Ten Principles for a Connected World
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017 504 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Law
Dit kan niet waar zijn. Onder bankiers Summary
Dit kan niet waar zijn. Onder bankiers
by Joris Luyendijk 2015 208 pages
3.84
7k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
The Retreat of Western Liberalism Summary
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
by Edward Luce 2017 234 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
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
3k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
Economics
The Person and the Situation Summary
The Person and the Situation
Perspectives of Social Psychology
by Lee Ross 1991 304 pages
4.00
500+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Systems Thinking For Social Change Summary
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
by David Peter Stroh 2015 264 pages
3.78
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Society
Divided Summary
Divided
Why We're Living in an Age of Walls
by Tim Marshall 2018 272 pages
4.01
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Geography
Come of Age Summary
Come of Age
The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018 448 pages
4.23
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Spirituality
Society
Dirty Electricity Summary
Dirty Electricity
Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization
by Samuel Milham 2010 120 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
Health
Science
Technology
The Boy Crisis Summary
The Boy Crisis
Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
by Warren Farrell 2019 368 pages
3.91
2k+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Sociology
Team Human Summary
Team Human
by Douglas Rushkoff 2019 256 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity
A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump
by Allen Frances 2016 336 pages
3.61
100+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
People, Power, and Profits Summary
People, Power, and Profits
Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019 366 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
The Entrepreneurial State Summary
The Entrepreneurial State
Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
by Mariana Mazzucato 2011 266 pages
3.95
3k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Man for Himself Summary
Man for Himself
An Inquiry Into the Psychology of Ethics
by Erich Fromm 1947 257 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Doing Good Better Summary
Doing Good Better
How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
by William MacAskill 2015 272 pages
4.19
7k+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Economics
In Defense of Open Society Summary
In Defense of Open Society
by George Soros 2019 224 pages
3.41
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries
How Big Organizing Can Change Everything
by Becky Bond 2016 200 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Capitalism, Alone Summary
Capitalism, Alone
The Future of the System That Rules the World
by Branko Milanović 2019 304 pages
4.11
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Precipice Summary
The Precipice
by Toby Ord 2020 480 pages
3.98
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Politics
George Soros On Globalization Summary
George Soros On Globalization
by George Soros 2002 208 pages
3.19
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Green Swans Summary
Green Swans
The Coming Boom In Regenerative Capitalism
by John Elkington 2020 323 pages
3.78
100+ ratings
Sustainability
Economics
Business
Mask Off Summary
Mask Off
Masculinity Redefined
by J.J. Bola 2019 127 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
Gender
Men Without Work Summary
Men Without Work
America's Invisible Crisis
by Nicholas Eberstadt 2016 216 pages
3.43
100+ ratings
Economics
Sociology
Politics
On Being Human Summary
On Being Human
by Erich Fromm 1991 180 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands
A Plan To Replace The Welfare State
by Charles Murray 2006 214 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
by Steve Keen 2017 140 pages
4.24
100+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
A Good Childhood Summary
A Good Childhood
by Richard Layard 2009 189 pages
3.68
50+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Society
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
by Michael J. Sandel 2020 272 pages
4.19
12k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2011 298 pages
4.09
10k+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
No Logo Summary
No Logo
by Naomi Klein 2000 528 pages
3.89
32k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
by Matthew d'Ancona 2017 167 pages
3.76
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014 448 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
The Sane Society Summary
The Sane Society
by Erich Fromm 1955 386 pages
4.25
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Free Speech And Why It Matters Summary
Free Speech And Why It Matters
by Andrew Doyle 2021 128 pages
4.25
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Framers Summary
Framers
Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
by Kenneth Cukier 2021 272 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
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