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Affluence and Influence Summary
Affluence and Influence
Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
by Martin Gilens 2012 352 pages
3.79
145 ratings
Politics
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The Age of Responsibility Summary
The Age of Responsibility
Luck, Choice, and the Welfare State
by Yascha Mounk 2017 288 pages
3.67
81 ratings
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The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit Summary
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor
by Nelson Lichtenstein 1995 592 pages
4.04
96 ratings
Labor
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Biography
Categorically Unequal Summary
Categorically Unequal
The American Stratification System
by Douglas S. Massey 2007 340 pages
4.23
133 ratings
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Why Nudge? Summary
Why Nudge?
The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 208 pages
3.47
245 ratings
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Psychology
The Great Disruption Summary
The Great Disruption
Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
by Francis Fukuyama 2000 368 pages
3.63
352 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
American Amnesia Summary
American Amnesia
How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper
by Jacob S. Hacker 2016 464 pages
4.15
672 ratings
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Economics
Anti-System Politics Summary
Anti-System Politics
The Crisis of Market Liberalism in Rich Democracies
by Jonathan Hopkin 2020 331 pages
3.92
48 ratings
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Political Science
The Age of Acquiescence Summary
The Age of Acquiescence
The Life and Death of American Resistance to Organized Wealth and Power
by Steve Fraser 2015 480 pages
3.82
452 ratings
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How the West Grew Rich Summary
How the West Grew Rich
The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial World
by Nathan Rosenberg 1987 368 pages
3.67
131 ratings
Economics
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Everybody Loses Summary
Everybody Loses
The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling
by Danny Funt 2026 320 pages
4.39
230 ratings
Sports
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Politics
Everything for Sale Summary
Everything for Sale
The Virtues and Limits of Markets
by Robert Kuttner 1999 410 pages
3.94
80 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Economists' Hour Summary
The Economists' Hour
False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
by Binyamin Appelbaum 2019 448 pages
4.1
1.7K ratings
Economics
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Against the World Summary
Against the World
Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
by Tara Zahra 2023 384 pages
3.96
251 ratings
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Politics
World History
The Great Exception Summary
The Great Exception
The New Deal and the Limits of American Politics
by Jefferson R. Cowie 2016 288 pages
3.9
202 ratings
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Economics
Yankee Leviathan Summary
Yankee Leviathan
The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859-1877
by Richard Franklin Bensel 1991 466 pages
3.69
49 ratings
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American History
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Capital and Ideology Summary
Capital and Ideology
by Thomas Piketty 2020 1104 pages
4.28
3.1K ratings
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History
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse Summary
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
A Social History of Welfare in America
by Michael B. Katz 1996 410 pages
3.74
137 ratings
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The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism Summary
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism
The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean
by Gerald Horne 2018 280 pages
4.27
186 ratings
History
Race
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How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World
Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
by David Bornstein 2004 336 pages
3.95
2.2K ratings
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Entrepreneurship
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The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece Summary
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
by Josiah Ober 2015 416 pages
3.93
307 ratings
History
Ancient History
Greece
The Left Behind Summary
The Left Behind
Decline and Rage in Rural America
by Robert Wuthnow 2018 200 pages
3.58
648 ratings
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Cultural
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? Summary
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
by Robert Kuttner 2018 384 pages
4.1
318 ratings
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History
The Great Delusion Summary
The Great Delusion
Liberal Dreams and International Realities
by John J. Mearsheimer 2018 328 pages
4.1
1.2K ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
Grocery Summary
Grocery
The Buying and Selling of Food in America
by Michael Ruhlman 2017 307 pages
3.78
3.5K ratings
Food
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Business
The End of Power Summary
The End of Power
From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
by Moisés Naím 2013 320 pages
3.63
3.7K ratings
Business
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History
The Market Revolution in America Summary
The Market Revolution in America
Liberty, Ambition, and the Eclipse of the Common Good
by John Lauritz Larson 2009 224 pages
3.59
87 ratings
History
Economics
American History
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism Summary
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism
The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West
by Wendy Brown 2019 264 pages
4.11
473 ratings
Politics
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Philosophy
A Brief History of Equality Summary
A Brief History of Equality
by Thomas Piketty 2022 288 pages
3.97
3.4K ratings
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Criptomonedas para dummies Summary
Criptomonedas para dummies
by Víctor Ronco Viladot 2020 332 pages
3.81
120 ratings
Economics
Business
It Didn't Happen Here Summary
It Didn't Happen Here
Why Socialism Failed in the United States
by Seymour Martin Lipset 2001 374 pages
3.62
104 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Mesh Summary
The Mesh
Why the Future of Business Is Sharing
by Lisa Gansky 2010 256 pages
3.66
1.1K ratings
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Technology
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The Power of Market Fundamentalism Summary
The Power of Market Fundamentalism
Karl Polanyi's Critique
by Fred L. Block 2014 312 pages
4.34
67 ratings
Economics
Theory
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The Populist Persuasion Summary
The Populist Persuasion
An American History
by Michael Kazin 1998 387 pages
3.75
134 ratings
History
Politics
American History
Sweetness and Power Summary
Sweetness and Power
The Place of Sugar in Modern History
by Sidney W. Mintz 1986 304 pages
3.79
2.8K ratings
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Anthropology
Food
Socializing Capital Summary
Socializing Capital
by William G. Roy 1997 360 pages
3.9
21 ratings
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Workers on Arrival Summary
Workers on Arrival
Black Labor in the Making of America
by Joe William Trotter Jr. 2019 328 pages
4.23
40 ratings
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Labor
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Regulating the Poor Summary
Regulating the Poor
The Functions of Public Welfare
by Frances Fox Piven 1971 544 pages
4.24
321 ratings
Sociology
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History
The Economics of Inequality Summary
The Economics of Inequality
by Thomas Piketty 2015 160 pages
3.65
1.7K ratings
Economics
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Business
The One Percent Solution Summary
The One Percent Solution
How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time
by Gordon Lafer 2017 272 pages
4.5
70 ratings
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American Taxation, American Slavery Summary
American Taxation, American Slavery
by Robin L. Einhorn 2006 352 pages
4.17
46 ratings
History
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American History
Colonialism Summary
Colonialism
A Moral Reckoning
by Nigel Biggar 2023 480 pages
3.97
782 ratings
History
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Earth Democracy Summary
Earth Democracy
Justice, Sustainability, and Peace
by Vandana Shiva 2005 205 pages
3.97
749 ratings
Environment
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Sustainability
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy Summary
Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy
by Kishore Mahbubani 2020 320 pages
4.07
2.1K ratings
China
Politics
History
Citizenship between Empire and Nation Summary
Citizenship between Empire and Nation
Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960
by Frederick Cooper 2014 512 pages
3.93
30 ratings
History
Africa
France
The Prize Summary
The Prize
The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
by Daniel Yergin 1993 928 pages
4.44
12.2K ratings
History
Economics
Business
The New Rulers of the World Summary
The New Rulers of the World
by John Pilger 2002 192 pages
4.14
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Journalism
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