Actualități

Cele mai presante provocări ale zilelor noastre — de la inegalitatea economică și războiul cibernetic la fracturile politice și crizele financiare — necesită o analiză lucidă și perspective bine fundamentate. Cărțile de Actualitate examinează forțele care remodelează lumea noastră, oferind perspective de specialitate asupra sistemelor, politicilor și dinamicilor de putere care definesc viața contemporană.

Actualități Rezumate de cărți

The End of Reality

de Jonathan Taplin • 2023

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

3.92

500+

Politică

Tehnologie

Business

Imersive

The End of Reality

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

de Jonathan Taplin 2023 336 pagini

3.92

500+ evaluări

Politică

Tehnologie

Business

Autocrația

de Anne Applebaum • 2024

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

4.16

18.000+

Politică

Istorie

Economie

Autocrația

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

de Anne Applebaum 2024 224 pagini

4.16

18.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Economie

The Winner-Take-All Society

de Robert H. Frank • 1995

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

3.70

257

Economie

Sociologie

Business

The Winner-Take-All Society

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

de Robert H. Frank 1995 288 pagini

3.70

257 evaluări

Economie

Sociologie

Business

The Post-American World

de Fareed Zakaria • 2008

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

3.86

12.000+

Politică

Istorie

Economie

The Post-American World

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

de Fareed Zakaria 2008 336 pagini

3.86

12.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Economie

The Great Taking

de David Rogers Webb • 2023

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

4.13

157

Economie

Finanțe

Bani

The Great Taking

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

de David Rogers Webb 2023 133 pagini

4.13

157 evaluări

Economie

Finanțe

Bani

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

de Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

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

4.06

127

Politică

Drept

Istorie

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

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

de Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 pagini

4.06

127 evaluări

Politică

Drept

Istorie

Waste Land

de Robert D. Kaplan • 2025

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

3.60

500+

Istorie

Politică

International

Waste Land

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

de Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 pagini

3.60

500+ evaluări

Istorie

Politică

International

Crisis Economics

de Nouriel Roubini • 2010

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

3.84

2.000+

Economie

Finanțe

Business

Crisis Economics

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

de Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 pagini

3.84

2.000+ evaluări

Economie

Finanțe

Business

The Dying Citizen

de Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

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

4.35

1.000+

Politică

Istorie

American

The Dying Citizen

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

de Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 pagini

4.35

1.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

American

How to Stop Fascism

de Paul Mason • 2021

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

4.05

390

Politică

Istorie

Sociologie

How to Stop Fascism

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

de Paul Mason 2021 320 pagini

4.05

390 evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Sociologie

How Tyrants Fall

de Marcel Dirsus • 2024

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

3.92

500+

Politică

Istorie

Război

How Tyrants Fall

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

de Marcel Dirsus 2024 274 pagini

3.92

500+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Război

The Assault on Truth

de Peter Oborne • 2021

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

3.98

1.000+

Politică

Istorie

Democracy

The Assault on Truth

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

de Peter Oborne 2021 251 pagini

3.98

1.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Democracy

National Populism

de 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+

Politică

Istorie

Sociologie

National Populism

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

de Roger Eatwell 2018 374 pagini

3.80

1.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Sociologie

Shattered Nation

de Danny Dorling • 2023

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

3.97

119

Politică

Sociologie

Economie

Shattered Nation

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

de Danny Dorling 2023 288 pagini

3.97

119 evaluări

Politică

Sociologie

Economie

The Invention of Russia

de Arkady Ostrovsky • 2015

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

4.01

1.000+

Istorie

Rusia

Politică

The Invention of Russia

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

de Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 378 pagini

4.01

1.000+ evaluări

Istorie

Rusia

Politică

Heroic Failure

de Fintan O'Toole • 2018

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

4.11

2.000+

Politică

Istorie

Sociologie

Heroic Failure

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

de Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 pagini

4.11

2.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Sociologie

Wildland

de Evan Osnos • 2021

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

4.22

2.000+

Business

Finanțe

Bani

Wildland

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

de Evan Osnos 2021 465 pagini

4.22

2.000+ evaluări

Business

Finanțe

Bani

Winter Is Coming

de Garry Kasparov • 2015

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

4.04

3.000+

Politică

Rusia

Istorie

Winter Is Coming

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

de Garry Kasparov 2015 290 pagini

4.04

3.000+ evaluări

Politică

Rusia

Istorie

Eastward to Tartary

de Robert D. Kaplan • 2001

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

4.05

1.000+

Călătorii

Istorie

Politică

Eastward to Tartary

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

de Robert D. Kaplan 2001 385 pagini

4.05

1.000+ evaluări

Călătorii

Istorie

Politică

House of Trump, House of Putin

de Craig Unger • 2018

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

4.02

1.000+

Politică

Istorie

Rusia

House of Trump, House of Putin

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

de Craig Unger 2018 382 pagini

4.02

1.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Rusia

Un-Trumping America

de Dan Pfeiffer • 2020

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

4.20

2.000+

Politică

Istorie

American

Un-Trumping America

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

de Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 pagini

4.20

2.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

American

The Fall of the House of Bush

de Craig Unger • 2007

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

204

Politică

Istorie

Biografie

The Fall of the House of Bush

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

de Craig Unger 2007 448 pagini

204 evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Biografie

How Britain Ends

de Gavin Esler • 2021

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

4.09

500+

Politică

Istorie

How Britain Ends

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

de Gavin Esler 2021 320 pagini

4.09

500+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

The Silenced Majority

de Amy Goodman • 2012

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

4.06

251

Politică

Jurnalism

Activism

The Silenced Majority

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

de Amy Goodman 2012 380 pagini

4.06

251 evaluări

Politică

Jurnalism

Activism

When the Money Runs Out

de Stephen D. King • 2013

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

3.63

206

Economie

Finanțe

Politică

When the Money Runs Out

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

de Stephen D. King 2013 304 pagini

3.63

206 evaluări

Economie

Finanțe

Politică

Reckless Endangerment

de Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

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

3.96

1.000+

Economie

Business

Finanțe

Reckless Endangerment

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

de Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 pagini

3.96

1.000+ evaluări

Economie

Business

Finanțe

The Growth Map

de Jim O'Neill • 2011

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

3.59

288

Economie

Business

Finanțe

The Growth Map

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

de Jim O'Neill 2011 256 pagini

3.59

288 evaluări

Economie

Business

Finanțe

Moveable Feasts

de Sarah Murray • 2007

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

3.55

205

Gastronomie

Istorie

Business

Moveable Feasts

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

de Sarah Murray 2007 272 pagini

3.55

205 evaluări

Gastronomie

Istorie

Business

Facts and Other Lies

de Ed Coper • 2022

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

4.16

242

Politică

Sociologie

Psihologie

Facts and Other Lies

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

de Ed Coper 2022 394 pagini

4.16

242 evaluări

Politică

Sociologie

Psihologie

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

de Joyce Vance • 2025

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

4.28

1.000+

Politică

Istorie

Guvern

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

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

de Joyce Vance 2025 208 pagini

4.28

1.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Guvern

Rebellion

de Robert Kagan • 2024

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

4.39

500+

Politică

Istorie

Rasă

Rebellion

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

de Robert Kagan 2024 258 pagini

4.39

500+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Rasă

Londonistan

de Melanie Phillips • 2006

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

3.60

500+

Politică

Islam

Religie

Londonistan

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

de Melanie Phillips 2006 200 pagini

3.60

500+ evaluări

Politică

Islam

Religie

A Necessary Evil

de Garry Wills • 1999

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

3.78

196

Istorie

Politică

America

A Necessary Evil

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

de Garry Wills 1999 368 pagini

3.78

196 evaluări

Istorie

Politică

America

Winner-Take-All Politics

de 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+

Politică

Economie

Istorie

Winner-Take-All Politics

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

de Jacob S. Hacker 2010 368 pagini

4.04

2.000+ evaluări

Politică

Economie

Istorie

Laboratories of Autocracy

de David Pepper • 2021

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

4.48

338

Politică

Istorie

American

Laboratories of Autocracy

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

de David Pepper 2021 452 pagini

4.48

338 evaluări

Politică

Istorie

American

Iran's Grand Strategy

de Vali Nasr • 2025

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

4.21

500+

Istorie

Politică

Iran

Iran's Grand Strategy

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

de Vali Nasr 2025 408 pagini

4.21

500+ evaluări

Istorie

Politică

Iran

Ill Winds

de Larry Diamond • 2019

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

3.99

274

Politică

Istorie

China

Ill Winds

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

de Larry Diamond 2019 368 pagini

3.99

274 evaluări

Politică

Istorie

China

The Destructionists

de Dana Milbank • 2022

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

4.21

1.000+

Politică

Istorie

Jurnalism

The Destructionists

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

de Dana Milbank 2022 416 pagini

4.21

1.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Jurnalism

Beyond Outrage

de Robert B. Reich • 2012

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

4.06

2.000+

Politică

Economie

Justiție socială

Beyond Outrage

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

de Robert B. Reich 2012 72 pagini

4.06

2.000+ evaluări

Politică

Economie

Justiție socială

Dangerous Charisma

de Jerrold M. Post • 2019

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

3.56

186

Psihologie

Politică

Biografie

Dangerous Charisma

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

de Jerrold M. Post 2019 352 pagini

3.56

186 evaluări

Psihologie

Politică

Biografie

The New Rulers of the World

de John Pilger • 2002

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

4.14

1.000+

Politică

Istorie

Economie

The New Rulers of the World

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

de John Pilger 2002 192 pagini

4.14

1.000+ evaluări

Politică

Istorie

Economie

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