50 Books like Owning the Sun

Bottle of Lies

by Katherine Eban • 2019

Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.

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8k+

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💰 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowers 🔎 Investigative Journalism 🌐 Global Health

Bottle of Lies 94%

Your generic pills might be fake. A whistleblower inside the world's largest drug factory proved it.

by Katherine Eban 2019

4.41

8k+ ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💰 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowers 🔎 Investigative Journalism 🌐 Global Health

An American Sickness

by Elisabeth Rosenthal • 2017

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

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8k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

An American Sickness 94%

American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.

by Elisabeth Rosenthal 2017

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics 🏢 Corporate Medicine 🛡️ Health Insurance 💪 Patient Advocacy

Ten Drugs

by Thomas Hager • 2019

Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.

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5k+

📜 History Of Medicine 💊 Pharmaceutical History 💉 Vaccination History 🧠 Psychopharmacology 🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance

Ten Drugs 94%

Ten drugs that each reshaped medicine, and revealed the price of every cure.

by Thomas Hager 2019

4.18

5k+ ratings

📜 History Of Medicine 💊 Pharmaceutical History 💉 Vaccination History 🧠 Psychopharmacology 🦠 Antibiotics And Resistance

Forbidden Knowledge

by Terence H. Young • 2023

What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.

💊 Big Pharma 🛡️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔒 Information Control 📢 Whistleblowing

Forbidden Knowledge 93%

What your pharmacist doesn't tell you, and why the safest drugs are the least promoted.

by Terence H. Young 2023

💊 Big Pharma 🛡️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🔒 Information Control 📢 Whistleblowing

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care

by Sally C. Pipes • 2008

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

3.54

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care Summary

The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care 93%

The 46 million uninsured is a mirage; government is the real problem.

by Sally C. Pipes 2008

3.54

24 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Policy 📉 Free-Market Economics 🇨🇦 Single-Payer Critique 💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🏛️ Government Failure

A Letter to Liberals

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • 2022

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

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359

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

A Letter to Liberals 93%

Science silenced, dissent crushed, trillions siphoned: the pandemic response that liberals policed.

by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2022

4.39

359 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 💉 Vaccine Safety ⚖️ Civil Liberties 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🗽 Classical Liberalism

No More Tears

by Gardiner Harris • 2025

Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.

4.17

22k+

🏢 Corporate Crime 💊 Big Pharma 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Corporate Impunity 💉 Opioid Epidemic

No More Tears 93%

Cancer in the baby powder. Addiction from the pills. Both trace back to the same trusted brand.

by Gardiner Harris 2025

4.17

22k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Crime 💊 Big Pharma 🏛️ Regulatory Capture ⚖️ Corporate Impunity 💉 Opioid Epidemic

Our Malady

by Timothy Snyder • 2020

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

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2k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Our Malady 93%

From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.

by Timothy Snyder 2020

4.14

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏥 Healthcare Reform 💰 Profit In Medicine ⚖️ Health Inequality 🌐 Universal Healthcare

Medicare for All

by Abdul El-Sayed • 2021

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

4.36

349

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

Medicare for All 93%

$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.

by Abdul El-Sayed 2021

4.36

349 ratings

🏥 Healthcare Reform 🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🏛️ Single-Payer Systems 💰 Health Economics 🏢 Corporate Power

Against Intellectual Monopoly

by Michele Boldrin • 2008

Patents and copyrights were meant to fuel invention. The evidence shows they mostly slow it down.

4.02

395

🧠 Intellectual Property 💡 Innovation Economics 💸 Rent-Seeking 🔬 Multiple Discovery 🔓 Open Innovation

Against Intellectual Monopoly 93%

Patents and copyrights were meant to fuel invention. The evidence shows they mostly slow it down.

by Michele Boldrin 2008

4.02

395 ratings

🧠 Intellectual Property 💡 Innovation Economics 💸 Rent-Seeking 🔬 Multiple Discovery 🔓 Open Innovation

Pharma

by Gerald Posner • 2020

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

4.19

816

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Pharma 93%

From morphine-laced patent cures to OxyContin, a century of the drug industry chasing profit.

by Gerald Posner 2020

4.19

816 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 💉 Opioid Crisis 📜 History Of Addiction 🧪 Patent Medicine 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Primal Prescription

by Doug McGuff • 2015

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

4.24

131

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

The Primal Prescription 93%

Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.

by Doug McGuff 2015

4.24

131 ratings

📊 Healthcare Economics 🦴 Ancestral Health 💊 Drug Regulation 🗽 Libertarian Economics 🧑‍⚕️ Healthcare Consumers

Follow the Science

by Sharyl Attkisson • 2024

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

4.25

569

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

Follow the Science 93%

The medical system is not broken. It works exactly as the drug industry paid it to.

by Sharyl Attkisson 2024

4.25

569 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Industry 🩻 Medical Corruption 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Research Misconduct 💉 Vaccine Policy

Kicking Away the Ladder

by Ha-Joon Chang • 2002

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

4.21

1k+

🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Kicking Away the Ladder 93%

Tariffs, subsidies, and industrial espionage built the West. Now it preaches free trade to the rest.

by Ha-Joon Chang 2002

4.21

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🌐 Development Economics 💰 Political Economy 🏭 Industrial Policy 🚢 Trade Protectionism

Plunder

by Brendan Ballou • 2023

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

4.09

2k+

🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism 🏠 Housing Inequality 🏥 Healthcare Economics

Plunder 93%

Private equity owns your landlord, nursing home, and ER. Its model demands they get worse.

by Brendan Ballou 2023

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏦 Private Equity 🦈 Corporate Raiders 🏭 Predatory Capitalism 🏠 Housing Inequality 🏥 Healthcare Economics

Silent Coup

by Claire Provost • 2023

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

4.31

277

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

Silent Coup 93%

Companies sue nations in secret tribunals, run private cities, command armies. Voters never agreed.

by Claire Provost 2023

4.31

277 ratings

🏛️ Corporate Capture ⚖️ Trade Tribunals 🛡️ Privatized Security 🌍 Development Critique 🏴 Colonial Legacies

The Triumph of Doubt

by David Michaels • 2020

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

4.08

222

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Triumph of Doubt 93%

Tobacco wrote the manual for burying inconvenient science. Every other industry now uses it.

by David Michaels 2020

4.08

222 ratings

🏭 Corporate Malfeasance 🩺 Public Health Policy 🤥 Science Denialism 📢 Disinformation Campaigns 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

The Social Determinants of Health

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff • 2017

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

4.19

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

The Social Determinants of Health Summary

The Social Determinants of Health 93%

What if America's worst health problems can't be cured in a hospital?

by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff 2017

4.19

37 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 🌎 Environmental Health ⚖️ Health Disparities

Intellectual Property

by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2017

Intellectual property creates scarcity where none exists. The winners are no accident.

3.92

181

🏛️ Intellectual Property 🏗️ Artificial Scarcity 🌐 Public Domain 💻 Digital Rights 🌍 Global Trade Policy

Intellectual Property 93%

Intellectual property creates scarcity where none exists. The winners are no accident.

by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2017

3.92

181 ratings

🏛️ Intellectual Property 🏗️ Artificial Scarcity 🌐 Public Domain 💻 Digital Rights 🌍 Global Trade Policy

The Price We Pay

by Marty Makary • 2019

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

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4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Price We Pay 92%

A CT scan costs $487 here, $13,000 there. A surgeon follows the money.

by Marty Makary 2019

4.45

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚕️ Overtreatment 💊 Opioid Crisis 💸 Healthcare Pricing

The Shock Doctrine

by Naomi Klein • 2007

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

4.30

55k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

The Shock Doctrine 92%

Chile 1973, Iraq 2003, New Orleans 2005: each crisis was followed by the same economic playbook.

by Naomi Klein 2007

4.30

55k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Corporate Power 🏗️ Privatization 🌪️ Disaster Politics 💣 War Profiteering

Mountains Beyond Mountains

by Tracy Kidder • 2003

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

4.20

89k+

🌍 Global Health Equity 🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique ✝️ Liberation Theology 🏥 Social Medicine

Mountains Beyond Mountains 92%

He cured untreatable TB in a one-room Haitian clinic. That was just his warm-up.

by Tracy Kidder 2003

4.20

89k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health Equity 🩺 Medical Anthropology 💸 Aid Critique ✝️ Liberation Theology 🏥 Social Medicine

New Abnormal

by Aaron Kheriaty • 2022

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

4.38

148

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

New Abnormal 92%

The emergency never ended. It became a permanent way for the state to manage your body.

by Aaron Kheriaty 2022

4.38

148 ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🧬 Biopolitics 👁️ Digital Surveillance 🔬 Scientism

Making Globalization Work

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2006

Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.

3.85

2k+

🌍 International Development 📊 Development Economics ⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism 🏛️ Global Governance 🚢 Trade Policy

Making Globalization Work 92%

Rich nations wrote global trade rules for themselves. A Nobel economist's plan to rewrite them.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2006

3.85

2k+ ratings

🌍 International Development 📊 Development Economics ⚡ Anti-Neoliberalism 🏛️ Global Governance 🚢 Trade Policy

These Are the Plunderers

by Gretchen Morgenson • 2023

They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.

3.70

963

💼 Private Equity 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🏥 Healthcare Privatization

These Are the Plunderers 92%

They buy companies, load them with debt, cut costs, and cash out. The wreckage is your problem.

by Gretchen Morgenson 2023

3.70

963 ratings

💼 Private Equity 🔍 Investigative Journalism ⚖️ Economic Inequality 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 🏥 Healthcare Privatization

We've Got You Covered

by Liran Einav • 2023

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

4.09

386

🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

We've Got You Covered 92%

America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.

by Liran Einav 2023

4.09

386 ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 📊 Health Economics 🏛 Health Policy 🩺 Universal Coverage 🩻 Health Insurance

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic

by Bill Gates • 2022

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

3.76

2k+

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic 92%

Most of COVID's suffering was avoidable. The blueprint to ensure nothing like it happens again.

by Bill Gates 2022

3.76

2k+ ratings

🌍 Global Health 🦠 Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Public Health Policy 🧫 Infectious Disease 💉 Vaccine Development

Davos Man

by Peter S. Goodman • 2022

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

3.93

1k+

🔻 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Tax Evasion 🌪️ Disaster Capitalism 📉 Neoliberalism Critique

Davos Man 92%

A global elite rewrote economic rules to enrich themselves. The pandemic was their biggest payday.

by Peter S. Goodman 2022

3.93

1k+ ratings

🔻 Economic Inequality 🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Tax Evasion 🌪️ Disaster Capitalism 📉 Neoliberalism Critique

Diagnosis

by Jane M. Hightower • 2008

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

3.53

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

Diagnosis 92%

Your tuna sandwich contains a neurotoxin, and the government knew it long before your doctor did.

by Jane M. Hightower 2008

3.53

34 ratings

🔬 Environmental Toxicology 🏛️ Public Health Policy 💼 Regulatory Capture 🍽️ Food Politics 🔍 Medical Detective Stories

Master Switch

by Tim Wu • 2010

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

3.89

8k+

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

Master Switch 92%

Telephone, radio, film, TV: each began open and ended a monopoly. The internet is next.

by Tim Wu 2010

3.89

8k+ ratings

🏢 Media Monopolies 📜 Information History 🔄 Technological Cycles 🏛️ Corporate Consolidation ⚖️ Antitrust

When McKinsey Comes to Town

by Walt Bogdanich • 2022

McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.

3.80

12k+

🏢 Consulting Industry 🏛️ Corporate Power 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👔 White Collar Crime 🚪 Regulatory Capture

When McKinsey Comes to Town 92%

McKinsey is the hidden force behind the opioid crisis, the 2008 crash, and authoritarian regimes.

by Walt Bogdanich 2022

3.80

12k+ ratings

🏢 Consulting Industry 🏛️ Corporate Power 🔍 Investigative Journalism 👔 White Collar Crime 🚪 Regulatory Capture

Great Escape

by Angus Deaton • 2013

Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.

3.81

2k+

🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Income Inequality 🌍 Global Health 📈 Poverty Reduction 📊 Measuring Wellbeing

Great Escape 92%

Life expectancy doubled, incomes soared, and inequality became the price of progress.

by Angus Deaton 2013

3.81

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Economic History ⚖️ Income Inequality 🌍 Global Health 📈 Poverty Reduction 📊 Measuring Wellbeing

Nine Pints

by Rose George • 2018

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

3.82

4k+

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Nine Pints 92%

How a single fluid shaped history, underpins a brutal global trade, and still defies science.

by Rose George 2018

3.82

4k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Global Health 🩸 Menstrual Taboos 🎗️ HIV/AIDS Crisis ⚖️ Pharmaceutical Ethics

Move Fast and Break Things

by Jonathan Taplin • 2017

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

3.59

2k+

🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

Move Fast and Break Things 92%

How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.

by Jonathan Taplin 2017

3.59

2k+ ratings

🏢 Platform Capitalism 🔗 Tech Monopolies 🎨 Creative Economy 📡 Surveillance Advertising ©️ Digital Copyright

Saving Capitalism

by Robert B. Reich • 2004

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

4.18

5k+

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

Saving Capitalism 92%

Capitalism's rules are written by the powerful, and the rest of us pay the price.

by Robert B. Reich 2004

4.18

5k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 📉 Economic Inequality 🏗️ Market Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power ⚒️ Labor And Unions

Goliath

by Matt Stoller • 2019

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

4.23

1k+

⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

Goliath 91%

A century ago, America broke the trusts. An intellectual counterrevolution brought them back.

by Matt Stoller 2019

4.23

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Antitrust Policy 🏢 Corporate Power 🔄 Neoliberalism 📜 New Deal Economics 🎓 Chicago School Economics

The Road to Freedom

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2024

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

3.98

857

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

The Road to Freedom 91%

Your freedom may be my shackles. A Nobel laureate redefines what economic freedom actually requires.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024

3.98

857 ratings

🏛️ Political Economy ⚖️ Economic Justice 📉 Market Failure 🤝 Collective Action 💥 Neoliberalism Critique

People, Power, and Profits

by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2019

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

3.88

2k+

📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

People, Power, and Profits 91%

Monopoly power and political capture broke American prosperity. A Nobel economist's plan to fix it.

by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2019

3.88

2k+ ratings

📉 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Political Economy 🏢 Antitrust And Monopoly 💰 Rent Seeking 👷 Labor Economics

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

4.38

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

The People's Hospital 91%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality 📖 Narrative Medicine 🩺 Medical Memoir

Limits to Medicine

by Ivan Illich • 1974

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

4.04

612

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

Limits to Medicine 91%

Modern medicine has itself become an epidemic. The cure is not more treatment but less.

by Ivan Illich 1974

4.04

612 ratings

🩺 Medical Criticism 💊 Medicalization 🏗️ Social Construction Of Illness ⚠️ Medical Harm 💀 Death And Medicine

Drug Dealer, MD

by Anna Lembke • 2016

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

4.00

1k+

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Drug Dealer, MD 91%

How doctors created the opioid crisis: not cartels, not street dealers, the prescription pad.

by Anna Lembke 2016

4.00

1k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Epidemic 💰 Pharma Industry Critique 🩹 Pain Management 🤝 Doctor-Patient Relationship 📋 Medicalization Critique

Dreamland

by Sam Quinones • 2015

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

4.23

32k+

💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Dreamland 91%

How a pharmaceutical lie and a heroin-delivery franchise collided in Ohio to ignite an epidemic.

by Sam Quinones 2015

4.23

32k+ ratings

💊 Opioid Crisis 🏭 Pharmaceutical Industry 🚚 Drug Trafficking 🩺 Pain Medicine History 💼 Corporate Malfeasance

Everything Is Tuberculosis

by John Green • 2025

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

4.32

279k+

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity 🏴 Colonialism And Disease 💊 Drug Resistance

Everything Is Tuberculosis 91%

Tuberculosis is curable. Its persistence reveals not biology but a record of whose lives are valued.

by John Green 2025

4.32

279k+ ratings

🦠 Infectious Disease 🏥 History Of Medicine 🌍 Global Health Inequity 🏴 Colonialism And Disease 💊 Drug Resistance

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent

by Sam Wilkin • 2015

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

3.71

357

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent Summary

Wealth Secrets of the One Percent 91%

Extreme wealth isn't earned. It's taken through monopoly, political capture, and rigged rules.

by Sam Wilkin 2015

3.71

357 ratings

🏦 Wealth Inequality 🏛️ History Of Capitalism 🗳️ Political Economy 🤝 Crony Capitalism 🎮 Regulatory Capture

Uncontrolled Spread

by Scott Gottlieb • 2021

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

4.06

1k+

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Uncontrolled Spread 91%

Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.

by Scott Gottlieb 2021

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏥 Public Health Policy 🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness 🏛️ Institutional Failure 🚨 Crisis Response 🔒 National Security

Ending Medical Reversal

by Vinayak K. Prasad • 2015

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

4.36

407

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

Ending Medical Reversal 91%

Why standard medical treatments from stents to hormone therapy keep getting overturned.

by Vinayak K. Prasad 2015

4.36

407 ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Medicine 🧪 Clinical Trials 🔍 Overdiagnosis 💊 Pharma Influence 🩺 Patient Empowerment

The Big Myth

by Naomi Oreskes • 2023

Free market worship was never ancient wisdom. It was a business propaganda campaign.

4.36

712

📉 Economic Myths 🏢 Corporate Lobbying 📢 Propaganda History 🌪️ Deregulation Disasters ⛓️‍💥 Free Market Critique

The Big Myth 91%

Free market worship was never ancient wisdom. It was a business propaganda campaign.

by Naomi Oreskes 2023

4.36

712 ratings

📉 Economic Myths 🏢 Corporate Lobbying 📢 Propaganda History 🌪️ Deregulation Disasters ⛓️‍💥 Free Market Critique

The Cannabis Manifesto

by Steve DeAngelo • 2015

A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.

4.10

367

🏛️ Drug Policy Reform 🌿 Cannabis Wellness ⚖️ Racial Justice ✊ Civil Rights 🛡️ Harm Reduction

The Cannabis Manifesto 91%

A racist ban turned a wellness plant into a dangerous drug. The evidence for undoing it.

by Steve DeAngelo 2015

4.10

367 ratings

🏛️ Drug Policy Reform 🌿 Cannabis Wellness ⚖️ Racial Justice ✊ Civil Rights 🛡️ Harm Reduction

Bad Company

by Megan Greenwell • 2025

Private equity buys hospitals, newspapers, and homes with debt that falls on everyone except them.

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