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The Two Percent Solution
by Matt Miller • 2003
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
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89
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution 93%
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
by Matt Miller 2003
3.98
89 ratings
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution
by Joseph Fishkin • 2022
A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.
4.10
40
🏦 Political Economy📜 Constitutional History⚖️ Economic Justice🛠️ Labor History🌾 Populism
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution Summary
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution 93%
A lost constitutional tradition: preventing oligarchy as the government's first duty.
by Joseph Fishkin 2022
4.10
40 ratings
🏦 Political Economy📜 Constitutional History⚖️ Economic Justice🛠️ Labor History🌾 Populism
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik • 2021
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
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1k+
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other 93%
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein • 2017
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
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11k+
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough 93%
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
by Naomi Klein 2017
4.10
11k+ ratings
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
Free and Equal
by Daniel Chandler • 2023
Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.
3.95
439
🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 Social Contract⚖️ Economic Justice📊 Progressive Economics🗳️ Democratic Reform
Free and Equal Summary
Free and Equal 92%
Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.
by Daniel Chandler 2023
3.95
439 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📜 Social Contract⚖️ Economic Justice📊 Progressive Economics🗳️ Democratic Reform
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
3.84
589
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership🎯 Self-Interest Politics⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals 92%
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946
3.84
589 ratings
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership🎯 Self-Interest Politics⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst
The Listening Society
by Hanzi Freinacht • 2017
Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.
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🏛️ Political Philosophy📖 Social Theory🪜 Adult Development🏥 Welfare State Reform🧬 Cultural Evolution
The Listening Society Summary
The Listening Society 92%
Political systems ignore how minds grow. A blueprint for a state that develops its citizens.
by Hanzi Freinacht 2017
4.49
402 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📖 Social Theory🪜 Adult Development🏥 Welfare State Reform🧬 Cultural Evolution
The Price of Civilization
by Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2010
What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.
3.84
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📉 American Decline🗽 Civic Decline🏢 Corporate Influence⚖️ Economic Inequality
The Price of Civilization Summary
The Price of Civilization 92%
What broke the American economy wasn't policy. It was a moral collapse at the top.
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2010
3.84
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📉 American Decline🗽 Civic Decline🏢 Corporate Influence⚖️ Economic Inequality
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman • 2007
Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.
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6k+
📊 Income Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Racial Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare🛡️ Welfare State Politics
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal 92%
Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.
by Paul Krugman 2007
3.97
6k+ ratings
📊 Income Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Racial Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare🛡️ Welfare State Politics
Loving Learning
by Tom Little • 2015
American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.
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📚 Progressive Education🔄 Education Reform👧 Child-Centered Learning🔬 Experiential Learning🎲 Play-Based Learning
Loving Learning Summary
Loving Learning 92%
American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.
by Tom Little 2015
3.88
209 ratings
📚 Progressive Education🔄 Education Reform👧 Child-Centered Learning🔬 Experiential Learning🎲 Play-Based Learning
Experience and Education
by John Dewey • 1938
Two principles separate experiences that grow a mind from those that just fill time.
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4k+
🏫 Progressive Education🔍 Experiential Learning❓ Inquiry-Based Learning🗳️ Democratic Classrooms📚 Educational Philosophy
Experience and Education Summary
Experience and Education 92%
Two principles separate experiences that grow a mind from those that just fill time.
by John Dewey 1938
3.88
4k+ ratings
🏫 Progressive Education🔍 Experiential Learning❓ Inquiry-Based Learning🗳️ Democratic Classrooms📚 Educational Philosophy
White Feminism
by Koa Beck • 2021
Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.
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2k+
🕰️ Feminist History📢 Mainstream Feminism🧩 Intersectionality💼 Corporate Feminism🏗️ Movement Building
White Feminism Summary
White Feminism 92%
Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.
by Koa Beck 2021
4.24
2k+ ratings
🕰️ Feminist History📢 Mainstream Feminism🧩 Intersectionality💼 Corporate Feminism🏗️ Movement Building
Glimpses of Utopia
by Jess Scully • 2020
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
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🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship🤲 Care Economy🏦 Financial Reform
Glimpses of Utopia Summary
Glimpses of Utopia 92%
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
by Jess Scully 2020
3.97
110 ratings
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship🤲 Care Economy🏦 Financial Reform
Justice at Work
by Marc Doussard • 2022
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
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3
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Organizing
Justice at Work Summary
Justice at Work 92%
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
by Marc Doussard 2022
5.00
3 ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Organizing
The Tyranny of Merit
by Michael J. Sandel • 2020
Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.
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14k+
🏛️ Political Philosophy📈 Social Mobility📜 Credentialism🔨 Dignity Of Work🎓 Higher Education Critique
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit 92%
Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.
by Michael J. Sandel 2020
4.19
14k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy📈 Social Mobility📜 Credentialism🔨 Dignity Of Work🎓 Higher Education Critique
Helen Keller
by Tanya Savory • 2017
One word at a water pump. Then Radcliffe, socialism, and a lifelong fight for the marginalized.
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17
⚖️ Disability Rights📚 Special Education🤝 Teacher-Student Bonds🌹 American Socialism🗳️ First-Wave Feminism
Helen Keller Summary
Helen Keller 92%
One word at a water pump. Then Radcliffe, socialism, and a lifelong fight for the marginalized.
by Tanya Savory 2017
4.41
17 ratings
⚖️ Disability Rights📚 Special Education🤝 Teacher-Student Bonds🌹 American Socialism🗳️ First-Wave Feminism
Citizens
by Jon Alexander • 2022
Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.
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317
🗳️ Participatory Democracy🤝 Civic Engagement👥 Collective Action🏘️ Community Organizing📖 Narrative Change
Citizens Summary
Citizens 92%
Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.
by Jon Alexander 2022
4.04
317 ratings
🗳️ Participatory Democracy🤝 Civic Engagement👥 Collective Action🏘️ Community Organizing📖 Narrative Change
Education and the Social Order
by Bertrand Russell • 1932
What if schools are built to shape obedient citizens, not free minds? Russell's 1932 diagnosis cuts.
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207
🎓 Educational Philosophy🕊️ Freedom In Education🤝 Cooperative Learning🏫 Critique Of Schooling❤️ Character Education
Education and the Social Order Summary
Education and the Social Order 92%
What if schools are built to shape obedient citizens, not free minds? Russell's 1932 diagnosis cuts.
by Bertrand Russell 1932
4.02
207 ratings
🎓 Educational Philosophy🕊️ Freedom In Education🤝 Cooperative Learning🏫 Critique Of Schooling❤️ Character Education
The Upswing
by Robert D. Putnam • 2020
America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.
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2k+
📈 Economic History🏛️ Political Polarization🏘️ Civic Decline💰 Income Inequality🤝 Social Capital
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing 92%
America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.
by Robert D. Putnam 2020
3.94
2k+ ratings
📈 Economic History🏛️ Political Polarization🏘️ Civic Decline💰 Income Inequality🤝 Social Capital
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed
by Howard Gardner • 2010
Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.
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🧭 Moral Education🏛️ Virtue Ethics💻 Digital Age Ethics🎨 Aesthetic Education👶 Child Moral Development
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed Summary
Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed 92%
Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.
by Howard Gardner 2010
3.48
216 ratings
🧭 Moral Education🏛️ Virtue Ethics💻 Digital Age Ethics🎨 Aesthetic Education👶 Child Moral Development
Justice
by Michael J. Sandel • 2007
Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.
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28k+
🏛️ Political Philosophy⚖️ Distributive Justice🧠 Thought Experiments💰 Markets And Morality🏘️ Communitarianism
Justice Summary
Justice 92%
Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.
by Michael J. Sandel 2007
4.30
28k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy⚖️ Distributive Justice🧠 Thought Experiments💰 Markets And Morality🏘️ Communitarianism
An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique
by Elizabeth Whitaker • 2017
A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.
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43
✊ Second Wave Feminism📖 Feminist Theory🎓 Womens Studies⚧️ Gender Roles🏠 Domestic Ideology
An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique Summary
An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique 92%
A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.
by Elizabeth Whitaker 2017
3.49
43 ratings
✊ Second Wave Feminism📖 Feminist Theory🎓 Womens Studies⚧️ Gender Roles🏠 Domestic Ideology
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
by Nancy Fraser • 2019
Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.
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1k+
🏛️ Gramscian Analysis💸 Neoliberalism Critique🇺🇸 American Politics🎭 Identity Politics✊ Socialist Feminism
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born Summary
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born 92%
Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.
by Nancy Fraser 2019
3.93
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Gramscian Analysis💸 Neoliberalism Critique🇺🇸 American Politics🎭 Identity Politics✊ Socialist Feminism
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone
by Astra Taylor • 2019
Democracy is not broken. It is eight unresolvable tensions; the work is holding them together.
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731
🏛️ Political Philosophy🗳️ Democratic Theory🤝 Participatory Democracy💬 Deliberative Democracy⚖️ Freedom And Equality
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary
Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone 92%
Democracy is not broken. It is eight unresolvable tensions; the work is holding them together.
by Astra Taylor 2019
4.20
731 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🗳️ Democratic Theory🤝 Participatory Democracy💬 Deliberative Democracy⚖️ Freedom And Equality
Where We Stand
by bell hooks • 2000
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
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3k+
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🏛️ Class Analysis✊🏾 Black Feminism💸 Poverty In America🏚️ Housing Discrimination
Where We Stand Summary
Where We Stand 92%
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
by bell hooks 2000
4.24
3k+ ratings
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🏛️ Class Analysis✊🏾 Black Feminism💸 Poverty In America🏚️ Housing Discrimination
Winners Take All
by Anand Giridharadas • 2018
Elites promise to fix society. Their real project is keeping power exactly where it is.
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17k+
🏛️ Elite Philanthropy🎭 Elite Capture⚙️ Technocratic Reform📉 Market Critique🗳️ Civic Engagement
Winners Take All Summary
Winners Take All 92%
Elites promise to fix society. Their real project is keeping power exactly where it is.
by Anand Giridharadas 2018
4.13
17k+ ratings
🏛️ Elite Philanthropy🎭 Elite Capture⚙️ Technocratic Reform📉 Market Critique🗳️ Civic Engagement
How to Educate a Citizen
by E.D. Hirsch Jr. • 2020
Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.
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430
🔧 Education Reform📋 Curriculum Design🏛️ Civic Education📚 Content Knowledge📖 Reading Wars
How to Educate a Citizen Summary
How to Educate a Citizen 92%
Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.
by E.D. Hirsch Jr. 2020
3.80
430 ratings
🔧 Education Reform📋 Curriculum Design🏛️ Civic Education📚 Content Knowledge📖 Reading Wars
50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know
by Ben Dupré • 2013
50 ethical ideas that show why your moral intuitions have a 2,000-year history.
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🧠 Moral Philosophy⚖️ Applied Ethics📖 Philosophy Primer🎓 Ethical Theories🧬 Bioethics
50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary
50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know 91%
50 ethical ideas that show why your moral intuitions have a 2,000-year history.
by Ben Dupré 2013
3.83
121 ratings
🧠 Moral Philosophy⚖️ Applied Ethics📖 Philosophy Primer🎓 Ethical Theories🧬 Bioethics
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
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🏛️ Political Philosophy🤝 Communitarianism🧩 Individualism Critique📉 Meritocracy Critique🏚️ Civic Decline
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed 91%
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018
3.84
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🤝 Communitarianism🧩 Individualism Critique📉 Meritocracy Critique🏚️ Civic Decline
The Trouble with Diversity
by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
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516
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics🏦 Neoliberalism Critique⚖️ Wealth Redistribution
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity 91%
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006
3.59
516 ratings
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics🏦 Neoliberalism Critique⚖️ Wealth Redistribution
Common Sense
by Joel Greenblatt • 2020
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
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276
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense 91%
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
by Joel Greenblatt 2020
3.65
276 ratings
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
Kids These Days
by Malcolm Harris • 2017
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
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2k+
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days 91%
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
by Malcolm Harris 2017
3.77
2k+ ratings
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
Excellent Sheep
by William Deresiewicz • 2014
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
3.88
7k+
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege📖 Liberal Arts Defense🎭 Cultural Criticism
Excellent Sheep Summary
Excellent Sheep 91%
Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.
by William Deresiewicz 2014
3.88
7k+ ratings
🎓 Higher Education⚖️ Meritocracy Critique💸 Class Privilege📖 Liberal Arts Defense🎭 Cultural Criticism
The Sociological Imagination
by C. Wright Mills • 1959
Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.
4.16
3k+
📚 Sociological Theory✊ Critical Sociology🎙️ Public Intellectualism🏛️ Bureaucracy Critique🛠️ Research As Craft
The Sociological Imagination Summary
The Sociological Imagination 91%
Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.
by C. Wright Mills 1959
4.16
3k+ ratings
📚 Sociological Theory✊ Critical Sociology🎙️ Public Intellectualism🏛️ Bureaucracy Critique🛠️ Research As Craft
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky • 2012
Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.
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2k+
🪙 Income Inequality🗳️ Money In Politics🏗️ Movement Building🏢 Corporate Power🏭 Economic Democracy
Occupy Summary
Occupy 91%
Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.
by Noam Chomsky 2012
3.59
2k+ ratings
🪙 Income Inequality🗳️ Money In Politics🏗️ Movement Building🏢 Corporate Power🏭 Economic Democracy
The End of Education
by Neil Postman • 1995
Education has lost its story. Here are the narratives that give learning purpose again.
3.97
2k+
📚 Educational Philosophy💡 Humanistic Education🤖 Technology Criticism🗣️ Language And Worldview🗳️ Democratic Education
The End of Education Summary
The End of Education 91%
Education has lost its story. Here are the narratives that give learning purpose again.
by Neil Postman 1995
3.97
2k+ ratings
📚 Educational Philosophy💡 Humanistic Education🤖 Technology Criticism🗣️ Language And Worldview🗳️ Democratic Education
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
by Mary Wollstonecraft • 1792
Women aren't born inferior; they're trained to be. The 1792 argument that invented modern feminism.
3.92
27k+
🌱 Proto-Feminism🏛️ Political Philosophy🎓 Women's Education💍 Marriage Reform💼 Economic Independence
A Vindication of the Rights of Women Summary
A Vindication of the Rights of Women 91%
Women aren't born inferior; they're trained to be. The 1792 argument that invented modern feminism.
by Mary Wollstonecraft 1792
3.92
27k+ ratings
🌱 Proto-Feminism🏛️ Political Philosophy🎓 Women's Education💍 Marriage Reform💼 Economic Independence
Moral Ambition
by Rutger Bregman • 2024
The 80,000-hour career: a guide to using it on solvable, neglected problems, not just paychecks.
3.76
13k+
🌍 Effective Altruism💼 Social Impact Careers🔄 Career Reinvention⚠️ Existential Risk📢 Activism Strategy
Moral Ambition Summary
Moral Ambition 91%
The 80,000-hour career: a guide to using it on solvable, neglected problems, not just paychecks.
by Rutger Bregman 2024
3.76
13k+ ratings
🌍 Effective Altruism💼 Social Impact Careers🔄 Career Reinvention⚠️ Existential Risk📢 Activism Strategy
City of Women
by Christine Stansell • 1986
In early New York, working-class women built a hidden city of mutual aid and sexual exchange.
3.89
562
👩 Working-Class Women👷 Labor History🏚️ Urban Poverty👥 Sex And Class🏠 Cult Of Domesticity
City of Women Summary
City of Women 91%
In early New York, working-class women built a hidden city of mutual aid and sexual exchange.
by Christine Stansell 1986
3.89
562 ratings
👩 Working-Class Women👷 Labor History🏚️ Urban Poverty👥 Sex And Class🏠 Cult Of Domesticity
How Propaganda Works
by Jason F. Stanley • 2015
How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.
3.59
859
🔍 Propaganda Studies🗳️ Political Language💬 Philosophy Of Language⚖️ Epistemic Injustice🧠 Ideology Critique
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works 91%
How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.
by Jason F. Stanley 2015
3.59
859 ratings
🔍 Propaganda Studies🗳️ Political Language💬 Philosophy Of Language⚖️ Epistemic Injustice🧠 Ideology Critique
Identity and Violence
by Amartya Sen • 2006
The single-identity myth killed millions. A philosopher shows why, and what a plural self demands.
3.83
2k+
🆔 Identity Politics🌍 Multiculturalism🔓 Anti-Essentialism🗳️ Deliberative Democracy📚 Postcolonial Theory
Identity and Violence Summary
Identity and Violence 91%
The single-identity myth killed millions. A philosopher shows why, and what a plural self demands.
by Amartya Sen 2006
3.83
2k+ ratings
🆔 Identity Politics🌍 Multiculturalism🔓 Anti-Essentialism🗳️ Deliberative Democracy📚 Postcolonial Theory
Outclassed
by Joan C. Williams • 2025
The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.
4.20
248
👷 Class Politics🇺🇸 American Populism📢 Political Messaging🎓 Educational Sorting🎭 Cultural Capital
Outclassed Summary
Outclassed 91%
The Left lost the working class to economic precarity and condescension. How to win them back.
by Joan C. Williams 2025
4.20
248 ratings
👷 Class Politics🇺🇸 American Populism📢 Political Messaging🎓 Educational Sorting🎭 Cultural Capital
Against the Web
by Michael Brooks • 2020
Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.
4.10
2k+
🐘 Right-Wing Ideology💻 Internet Intellectuals📺 Media Criticism✊ Socialist Critique🏭 Economic Democracy
Against the Web Summary
Against the Web 91%
Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.
by Michael Brooks 2020
4.10
2k+ ratings
🐘 Right-Wing Ideology💻 Internet Intellectuals📺 Media Criticism✊ Socialist Critique🏭 Economic Democracy
The Closing of the American Mind
by Allan Bloom • 1988
A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.
3.76
6k+
🏛️ Higher Education Critique🌐 American Culture Wars🤷 Moral Relativism📚 Western Canon Debate🏗️ Critique Of Modernity
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind 91%
A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.
by Allan Bloom 1988
3.76
6k+ ratings
🏛️ Higher Education Critique🌐 American Culture Wars🤷 Moral Relativism📚 Western Canon Debate🏗️ Critique Of Modernity
Notes on Resistance
by Noam Chomsky • 2022
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
4.30
405
🌍 Us Foreign Policy🏛️ American Politics✊ Political Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing📰 Media Criticism
Notes on Resistance Summary
Notes on Resistance 91%
Four crises are converging. The institutions that caused them are now blocking every fix.
by Noam Chomsky 2022
4.30
405 ratings
🌍 Us Foreign Policy🏛️ American Politics✊ Political Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing📰 Media Criticism
The Conservative Heart
by Arthur C. Brooks • 2015
Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.
4.11
1k+
🏛️ American Conservatism😊 Happiness Economics🔨 Meaningful Work🏚️ Poverty And Culture🗣️ Political Persuasion
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart 91%
Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏛️ American Conservatism😊 Happiness Economics🔨 Meaningful Work🏚️ Poverty And Culture🗣️ Political Persuasion
The Good-Enough Life
by Avram Alpert • 2022
Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.
3.39
390
🧘 Sufficiency Philosophy🔨 Anti-Perfectionism🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy🌿 Degrowth Economics🧬 Human Nature Debate
The Good-Enough Life Summary
The Good-Enough Life 91%
Greatness culture exhausts us, shreds communities, and devours the planet. Sufficiency is the exit.
by Avram Alpert 2022
3.39
390 ratings
🧘 Sufficiency Philosophy🔨 Anti-Perfectionism🏛️ Critique Of Meritocracy🌿 Degrowth Economics🧬 Human Nature Debate
The Common Good
by Robert B. Reich • 2018
America had a deal: we owe each other something. Four decades of self-interest undid it.
4.11
3k+
🇺🇸 American Politics🤝 Social Trust🏦 Money In Politics💰 Income Inequality💼 Corporate Ethics
The Common Good Summary
The Common Good 91%
America had a deal: we owe each other something. Four decades of self-interest undid it.
by Robert B. Reich 2018
4.11
3k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Politics🤝 Social Trust🏦 Money In Politics💰 Income Inequality💼 Corporate Ethics
The Moment of Lift
by Melinda French Gates • 2019
Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.
4.27
65k+
🌍 Global Development📈 Feminist Economics👶 Family Planning🎓 Girls' Education🏠 Unpaid Care Work
The Moment of Lift Summary
The Moment of Lift 91%
Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.
by Melinda French Gates 2019
4.27
65k+ ratings
🌍 Global Development📈 Feminist Economics👶 Family Planning🎓 Girls' Education🏠 Unpaid Care Work
Friendship in an Age of Economics
by Todd May • 2012
The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.
3.72
29
📉 Neoliberal Critique🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship🏛️ Social Philosophy🎭 Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism And Identity
Friendship in an Age of Economics Summary
Friendship in an Age of Economics 91%
The way we treat our friends is a political act, and market logic is quietly corrupting it.
by Todd May 2012
3.72
29 ratings
📉 Neoliberal Critique🤝 Philosophy Of Friendship🏛️ Social Philosophy🎭 Cultural Critique🛒 Consumerism And Identity
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