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Democracy and Social Ethics
by Jane Addams • 1902
Democracy is a social ethic requiring cross-class mixing and mutual understanding.
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170
🕰️ Progressive Era💡 American Pragmatism⚖️ Social Ethics🤝 Cross-Class Empathy🎗️ Philanthropy Reform
Democracy and Social Ethics Summary
Democracy and Social Ethics 96%
Democracy is a social ethic requiring cross-class mixing and mutual understanding.
by Jane Addams 1902
3.94
170 ratings
🕰️ Progressive Era💡 American Pragmatism⚖️ Social Ethics🤝 Cross-Class Empathy🎗️ Philanthropy Reform
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 95%
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
The Upswing
by Robert D. Putnam • 2020
America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.
3.94
2k+
📈 Economic History🏛️ Political Polarization🏘️ Civic Decline💰 Income Inequality🤝 Social Capital
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing 94%
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
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 94%
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.
3.97
6k+
📊 Income Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Racial Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare🛡️ Welfare State Politics
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal 93%
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
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 Summary
Goliath 93%
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 Republic for Which It Stands
by Richard White • 2017
America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.
4.16
2k+
🏛️ Reconstruction Era💰 Gilded Age🔨 Labor History🌳 Environmental History⚖️ Jim Crow Origins
The Republic for Which It Stands Summary
The Republic for Which It Stands 93%
America rebuilt itself after 1865 into something no one voted for. A history of broken promises.
by Richard White 2017
4.16
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Reconstruction Era💰 Gilded Age🔨 Labor History🌳 Environmental History⚖️ Jim Crow Origins
The Big Change
by Frederick Lewis Allen • 1952
America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.
3.95
243
📖 American History🕰️ Early 20th Century🔄 Economic Transformation📈 Social Mobility🏢 Corporate America
The Big Change Summary
The Big Change 93%
America went from farmers to superpower in fifty years: the metamorphosis that reshaped its soul.
by Frederick Lewis Allen 1952
3.95
243 ratings
📖 American History🕰️ Early 20th Century🔄 Economic Transformation📈 Social Mobility🏢 Corporate America
The Speech
by Bernie Sanders • 2010
The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.
4.20
916
📊 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🗳️ Progressive Politics📉 Wall Street Critique💵 Campaign Finance
The Speech Summary
The Speech 93%
The floor speech that indicted tax cuts, trade deals, and deregulation for gutting the middle class.
by Bernie Sanders 2010
4.20
916 ratings
📊 Economic Inequality🏢 Corporate Power🗳️ Progressive Politics📉 Wall Street Critique💵 Campaign Finance
The Age of Entitlement
by Christopher Caldwell • 2020
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
4.04
2k+
⚖️ Civil Rights Law🇺🇸 Postwar America🏛️ Constitutional Crisis🎓 Political Correctness🏰 Elite Capture
The Age of Entitlement Summary
The Age of Entitlement 93%
Civil rights built a rival constitution. Debt papered over the conflict. Now the bill is due.
by Christopher Caldwell 2020
4.04
2k+ ratings
⚖️ Civil Rights Law🇺🇸 Postwar America🏛️ Constitutional Crisis🎓 Political Correctness🏰 Elite Capture
The Age of Abundance
by Brink Lindsey • 2007
Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.
3.51
134
🇺🇸 Postwar America💰 Mass Affluence✌️ Counterculture⛪ Evangelical Politics🏛️ Political Realignment
The Age of Abundance Summary
The Age of Abundance 93%
Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.
by Brink Lindsey 2007
3.51
134 ratings
🇺🇸 Postwar America💰 Mass Affluence✌️ Counterculture⛪ Evangelical Politics🏛️ Political Realignment
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
by Bernie Sanders • 2023
The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.
4.10
8k+
🇺🇸 American Progressivism📉 Economic Inequality✊ Labor Unions🏥 Universal Healthcare🌹 Democratic Socialism
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism Summary
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism 93%
The 0.1% own more than the bottom 90%. That outcome is not a bug in American capitalism.
by Bernie Sanders 2023
4.10
8k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Progressivism📉 Economic Inequality✊ Labor Unions🏥 Universal Healthcare🌹 Democratic Socialism
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.
3.98
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
Republic, Lost
by Lawrence Lessig • 2011
America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.
4.18
3k+
💰 Money In Politics🗳️ Election Reform🔗 Systemic Corruption🏛️ Democratic Reform🏢 Dysfunctional Congress
Republic, Lost Summary
Republic, Lost 92%
America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.
by Lawrence Lessig 2011
4.18
3k+ ratings
💰 Money In Politics🗳️ Election Reform🔗 Systemic Corruption🏛️ Democratic Reform🏢 Dysfunctional Congress
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.
3.85
1k+
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other 92%
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
How the South Won the Civil War
by Heather Cox Richardson • 2020
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
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5k+
🇺🇸 American Political History🏛️ Oligarchy Studies🐎 Frontier Mythology⛓️ Racial Hierarchy🗳️ Voter Suppression
How the South Won the Civil War Summary
How the South Won the Civil War 92%
Southern oligarchy lost the war but won the West, rebranding as cowboy individualism.
by Heather Cox Richardson 2020
4.31
5k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Political History🏛️ Oligarchy Studies🐎 Frontier Mythology⛓️ Racial Hierarchy🗳️ Voter Suppression
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein • 2017
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
4.10
11k+
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough 92%
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
Common Sense
by Joel Greenblatt • 2020
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
3.65
276
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense 92%
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
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 92%
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 Economics of Innocent Fraud
by John Kenneth Galbraith • 2004
Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.
3.61
525
🌐 Political Economy🏛️ Institutional Economics🏢 Corporate Power📢 Manufactured Demand📋 Corporate Governance
The Economics of Innocent Fraud Summary
The Economics of Innocent Fraud 92%
Free markets, consumer choice, central bank rescue: stories the powerful tell to hide their control.
by John Kenneth Galbraith 2004
3.61
525 ratings
🌐 Political Economy🏛️ Institutional Economics🏢 Corporate Power📢 Manufactured Demand📋 Corporate Governance
The Storm Before the Calm
by George Friedman • 2020
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
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3k+
🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal👥 Demographic Shifts💾 Technology And Society
The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm 92%
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
by George Friedman 2020
4.05
3k+ ratings
🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal👥 Demographic Shifts💾 Technology And Society
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957
An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.
4.19
455
🇺🇸 Presidential Biography🗽 Interwar America🌱 Political Origins🌊 Progressive Era🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary
The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 92%
An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957
4.19
455 ratings
🇺🇸 Presidential Biography🗽 Interwar America🌱 Political Origins🌊 Progressive Era🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy
J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker
by J.R. MacGregor • 2019
He rescued American capitalism twice, so the government built the Federal Reserve to replace him.
3.87
143
🎭 Gilded Age🏦 Banking History📈 Wall Street History📉 Financial Panics🏛️ Federal Reserve Origins
J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker Summary
J.P. Morgan - The Life and Deals of America’s Banker 92%
He rescued American capitalism twice, so the government built the Federal Reserve to replace him.
by J.R. MacGregor 2019
3.87
143 ratings
🎭 Gilded Age🏦 Banking History📈 Wall Street History📉 Financial Panics🏛️ Federal Reserve Origins
Occupy
by Noam Chomsky • 2012
Occupy's tents came down. The national argument it started about concentrated wealth never stopped.
3.59
2k+
🪙 Income Inequality🗳️ Money In Politics🏗️ Movement Building🏢 Corporate Power🏭 Economic Democracy
Occupy Summary
Occupy 92%
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
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
Requiem for the American Dream
by Noam Chomsky • 2017
Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.
4.21
4k+
⚖️ Wealth Inequality🇺🇸 American Politics📊 Neoliberalism🏛️ Regulatory Capture📺 Media And Power
Requiem for the American Dream Summary
Requiem for the American Dream 92%
Inequality isn't a bug. It's a feature, engineered through media, regulation, and economic policy.
by Noam Chomsky 2017
4.21
4k+ ratings
⚖️ Wealth Inequality🇺🇸 American Politics📊 Neoliberalism🏛️ Regulatory Capture📺 Media And Power
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith • 2012
One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.
4.19
874
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power📉 Middle Class Decline💰 Income Inequality🗳️ Campaign Finance
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream? 92%
One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.
by Hedrick Smith 2012
4.19
874 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power📉 Middle Class Decline💰 Income Inequality🗳️ Campaign Finance
Fight Oligarchy
by Bernie Sanders • 2025
Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.
4.36
4k+
🏛️ American Oligarchy💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power✊ Grassroots Organizing👷 Working Class Politics
Fight Oligarchy Summary
Fight Oligarchy 92%
Three billionaires behind one president. The diagnosis of American oligarchy, and the cure.
by Bernie Sanders 2025
4.36
4k+ ratings
🏛️ American Oligarchy💰 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power✊ Grassroots Organizing👷 Working Class Politics
The Robber Barons
by Matthew Josephson • 1934
A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.
3.73
429
💰 Gilded Age🏭 Captains Of Industry🎩 Monopoly And Trusts🚂 Railroad Empires🏛️ Political Corruption
The Robber Barons Summary
The Robber Barons 92%
A handful of men seized America's railroads, oil, and steel; government helped them do it.
by Matthew Josephson 1934
3.73
429 ratings
💰 Gilded Age🏭 Captains Of Industry🎩 Monopoly And Trusts🚂 Railroad Empires🏛️ Political Corruption
Winners Take All
by Anand Giridharadas • 2018
Elites promise to fix society. Their real project is keeping power exactly where it is.
4.13
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
The Tycoons
by Charles R. Morris • 2005
Four rival industrialists, four methods, one generation: how America became the world's factory.
3.74
2k+
🏛️ Gilded Age🚂 Railroads💰 Robber Barons🏭 Industrial Revolution📊 Corporate Consolidation
The Tycoons Summary
The Tycoons 92%
Four rival industrialists, four methods, one generation: how America became the world's factory.
by Charles R. Morris 2005
3.74
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Gilded Age🚂 Railroads💰 Robber Barons🏭 Industrial Revolution📊 Corporate Consolidation
End Times
by Peter Turchin • 2023
Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.
4.06
3k+
📊 Quantitative History💥 Political Instability👑 Elite Theory✊ Revolution Theory🏚️ State Collapse
End Times Summary
End Times 92%
Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.
by Peter Turchin 2023
4.06
3k+ ratings
📊 Quantitative History💥 Political Instability👑 Elite Theory✊ Revolution Theory🏚️ State Collapse
Invisible Doctrine
by George Monbiot • 2024
Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.
4.37
4k+
🏛️ Neoliberalism📊 Political Economy💰 Rentier Capitalism📉 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power
Invisible Doctrine Summary
Invisible Doctrine 92%
Most people can't name the ideology governing our world. That's exactly how it stays powerful.
by George Monbiot 2024
4.37
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Neoliberalism📊 Political Economy💰 Rentier Capitalism📉 Wealth Inequality🏢 Corporate Power
The Price of Inequality
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2012
Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.
4.02
10k+
🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Inequality🎯 Rent-Seeking💸 Financial Deregulation🌹 Progressive Economics
The Price of Inequality Summary
The Price of Inequality 92%
Inequality isn't a market accident. The 1% rewrote the rules, and democracy is the casualty.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2012
4.02
10k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📊 Economic Inequality🎯 Rent-Seeking💸 Financial Deregulation🌹 Progressive Economics
The Politics Industry
by Katherine M. Gehl • 2020
Two parties rigged the political market. One election redesign can open it.
4.30
706
🗳️ Electoral Reform🏛️ Political Duopoly📊 Ranked Choice Voting🔓 Gridlock Solutions🇺🇸 American Democracy
The Politics Industry Summary
The Politics Industry 92%
Two parties rigged the political market. One election redesign can open it.
by Katherine M. Gehl 2020
4.30
706 ratings
🗳️ Electoral Reform🏛️ Political Duopoly📊 Ranked Choice Voting🔓 Gridlock Solutions🇺🇸 American Democracy
Consequences of Capitalism
by Noam Chomsky • 2020
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
4.33
2k+
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism🏦 Neoliberalism🗳️ Democratic Decline
Consequences of Capitalism Summary
Consequences of Capitalism 92%
The system that breeds inequality also engineers the discontent that threatens to bring it down.
by Noam Chomsky 2020
4.33
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📺 Media Criticism✊ Anti-Capitalism🏦 Neoliberalism🗳️ Democratic Decline
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 Summary
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
When They Call You a Terrorist
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors • 2018
Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.
4.49
26k+
🐘 Conservative Populism🌐 Anti-Globalism🗳️ Party Realignment🦅 Neoconservatism☕ Tea Party Movement
When They Call You a Terrorist Summary
When They Call You a Terrorist 92%
Reagan built a movement. Each successor broke a promise. Trump ran on the shattered trust.
by Patrisse Khan-Cullors 2018
4.49
26k+ ratings
🐘 Conservative Populism🌐 Anti-Globalism🗳️ Party Realignment🦅 Neoconservatism☕ Tea Party Movement
Propaganda and the Public Mind
by Noam Chomsky • 1998
How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.
4.06
1k+
📡 Propaganda Studies🎙️ Media Criticism🧠 Mass Persuasion🗣️ Doublespeak🏛️ State Capture
Propaganda and the Public Mind Summary
Propaganda and the Public Mind 92%
How humanitarian words sell one bombing and bury another, and the machinery behind the script.
by Noam Chomsky 1998
4.06
1k+ ratings
📡 Propaganda Studies🎙️ Media Criticism🧠 Mass Persuasion🗣️ Doublespeak🏛️ State Capture
Capitalism in America
by Alan Greenspan • 2018
America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.
4.06
2k+
🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Business History💵 Monetary History⚖️ Government And Markets
Capitalism in America Summary
Capitalism in America 92%
America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.
by Alan Greenspan 2018
4.06
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Economic History🇺🇸 American Capitalism🏢 Business History💵 Monetary History⚖️ Government And Markets
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
by Martin Wolf • 2023
The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.
3.91
1k+
🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Liberal Democracy💰 Rent-Seeking📉 Inequality🗣️ Populism
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Summary
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism 92%
The system that delivered freedom and prosperity is devouring itself from the inside.
by Martin Wolf 2023
3.91
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Liberal Democracy💰 Rent-Seeking📉 Inequality🗣️ Populism
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 Summary
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
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
by Bernie Sanders • 2017
The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.
3.99
2k+
💸 Economic Inequality🏥 Universal Healthcare🎓 College Affordability✊ Workers Rights🌍 Climate Action
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Summary
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution 92%
The top 0.1% owns as much as the bottom 90%. A progressive senator's guide for changing that.
by Bernie Sanders 2017
3.99
2k+ ratings
💸 Economic Inequality🏥 Universal Healthcare🎓 College Affordability✊ Workers Rights🌍 Climate Action
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 Summary
People, Power, and Profits 92%
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 Trouble with Diversity
by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
3.59
516
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics🏦 Neoliberalism Critique⚖️ Wealth Redistribution
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity 92%
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
America's Bank
by Roger Lowenstein • 2015
In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.
3.81
1k+
🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary History📉 Financial Panics🎩 Gilded Age Banking🗳️ Progressive Era
America's Bank Summary
America's Bank 92%
In 1907, one elderly banker had to save the American financial system from his private library.
by Roger Lowenstein 2015
3.81
1k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary History📉 Financial Panics🎩 Gilded Age Banking🗳️ Progressive Era
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
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
Kids These Days
by Malcolm Harris • 2017
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
3.77
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
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 Summary
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
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