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Текущие события Саммари книг

The End of Reality

— Jonathan Taplin • 2023

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

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The End of Reality

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

— Jonathan Taplin 2023 336 стр.

3.92

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Autocracy, Inc.

— Anne Applebaum • 2024

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

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Autocracy, Inc.

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

— Anne Applebaum 2024 224 стр.

4.16

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Экономика

The Winner-Take-All Society

— Robert H. Frank • 1995

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

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257

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The Winner-Take-All Society

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

— Robert H. Frank 1995 288 стр.

3.70

257 оценок

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The Post-American World

— Fareed Zakaria • 2008

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

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The Post-American World

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

— Fareed Zakaria 2008 336 стр.

3.86

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Экономика

The Great Taking

— David Rogers Webb • 2023

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

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157

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Деньги

The Great Taking

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

— David Rogers Webb 2023 133 стр.

4.13

157 оценок

Экономика

Финансы

Деньги

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

— Paul Craig Roberts • 2000

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

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Право

История

The Tyranny of Good Intentions

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

— Paul Craig Roberts 2000 186 стр.

4.06

127 оценок

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Право

История

Waste Land

— Robert D. Kaplan • 2025

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

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International

Waste Land

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

— Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 стр.

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International

Crisis Economics

— Nouriel Roubini • 2010

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

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Crisis Economics

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

— Nouriel Roubini 2010 368 стр.

3.84

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Финансы

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The Dying Citizen

— Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

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

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The Dying Citizen

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

— Victor Davis Hanson 2021 448 стр.

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How to Stop Fascism

— Paul Mason • 2021

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

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How to Stop Fascism

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

— Paul Mason 2021 320 стр.

4.05

390 оценок

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How Tyrants Fall

— Marcel Dirsus • 2024

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

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Война

How Tyrants Fall

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

— Marcel Dirsus 2024 274 стр.

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Война

The Assault on Truth

— Peter Oborne • 2021

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

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Democracy

The Assault on Truth

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

— Peter Oborne 2021 251 стр.

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Democracy

National Populism

— Roger Eatwell • 2018

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

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National Populism

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

— Roger Eatwell 2018 374 стр.

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Shattered Nation

— Danny Dorling • 2023

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

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Shattered Nation

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

— Danny Dorling 2023 288 стр.

3.97

119 оценок

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Изобретение России

— Аркадий Островский • 2015

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

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Изобретение России

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

— Аркадий Островский 2015 378 стр.

4.01

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Россия

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Heroic Failure

— Fintan O'Toole • 2018

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

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Heroic Failure

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

— Fintan O'Toole 2018 240 стр.

4.11

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Wildland

— Evan Osnos • 2021

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

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Деньги

Wildland

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

— Evan Osnos 2021 465 стр.

4.22

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Winter Is Coming

— Garry Kasparov • 2015

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

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Россия

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Winter Is Coming

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

— Garry Kasparov 2015 290 стр.

4.04

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Россия

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Eastward to Tartary

— Robert D. Kaplan • 2001

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

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Eastward to Tartary

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

— Robert D. Kaplan 2001 385 стр.

4.05

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Путешествия

История

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House of Trump, House of Putin

— Craig Unger • 2018

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

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Россия

House of Trump, House of Putin

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

— Craig Unger 2018 382 стр.

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Un-Trumping America

— Dan Pfeiffer • 2020

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

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Un-Trumping America

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

— Dan Pfeiffer 2020 273 стр.

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The Fall of the House of Bush

— Craig Unger • 2007

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

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The Fall of the House of Bush

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

— Craig Unger 2007 448 стр.

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How Britain Ends

— Gavin Esler • 2021

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

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How Britain Ends

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

— Gavin Esler 2021 320 стр.

4.09

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The Silenced Majority

— Amy Goodman • 2012

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

4.06

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Активизм

The Silenced Majority

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

— Amy Goodman 2012 380 стр.

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251 оценок

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When the Money Runs Out

— Stephen D. King • 2013

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

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When the Money Runs Out

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

— Stephen D. King 2013 304 стр.

3.63

206 оценок

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Reckless Endangerment

— Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

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

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Reckless Endangerment

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

— Gretchen Morgenson 2011 331 стр.

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The Growth Map

— Jim O'Neill • 2011

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

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The Growth Map

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

— Jim O'Neill 2011 256 стр.

3.59

288 оценок

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Moveable Feasts

— Sarah Murray • 2007

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

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Moveable Feasts

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

— Sarah Murray 2007 272 стр.

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205 оценок

Еда

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Facts and Other Lies

— Ed Coper • 2022

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

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Facts and Other Lies

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

— Ed Coper 2022 394 стр.

4.16

242 оценок

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Giving Up Is Unforgivable

— Joyce Vance • 2025

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

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Государство

Giving Up Is Unforgivable

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

— Joyce Vance 2025 208 стр.

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Государство

Rebellion

— Robert Kagan • 2024

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

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Rebellion

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

— Robert Kagan 2024 258 стр.

4.39

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Londonistan

— Melanie Phillips • 2006

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

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Религия

Londonistan

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

— Melanie Phillips 2006 200 стр.

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A Necessary Evil

— Garry Wills • 1999

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

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America

A Necessary Evil

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

— Garry Wills 1999 368 стр.

3.78

196 оценок

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America

Winner-Take-All Politics

— Jacob S. Hacker • 2010

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

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Winner-Take-All Politics

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

— Jacob S. Hacker 2010 368 стр.

4.04

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Laboratories of Autocracy

— David Pepper • 2021

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

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Американская

Laboratories of Autocracy

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

— David Pepper 2021 452 стр.

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Iran's Grand Strategy

— Vali Nasr • 2025

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

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Иран

Iran's Grand Strategy

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

— Vali Nasr 2025 408 стр.

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Иран

Ill Winds

— Larry Diamond • 2019

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

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Китай

Ill Winds

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

— Larry Diamond 2019 368 стр.

3.99

274 оценок

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Китай

The Destructionists

— Dana Milbank • 2022

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

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The Destructionists

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

— Dana Milbank 2022 416 стр.

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Beyond Outrage

— Robert B. Reich • 2012

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

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Социальная справедливость

Beyond Outrage

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

— Robert B. Reich 2012 72 стр.

4.06

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Социальная справедливость

Dangerous Charisma

— Jerrold M. Post • 2019

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

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Dangerous Charisma

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

— Jerrold M. Post 2019 352 стр.

3.56

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The New Rulers of the World

— John Pilger • 2002

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

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The New Rulers of the World

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

— John Pilger 2002 192 стр.

4.14

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