Politics
Power flows through the halls of government and the pages of these books, where visionary leaders, economic forces, and social movements shape our world. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems and ideologies alongside intimate portraits of the brilliant minds who've changed history through revolution, reform, and the relentless pursuit of justice.
Politics Book Summaries
Teaching as a Subversive Activity
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
How to Rule the World
A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator
Humor
Politics
History
Weapons of Mass Instruction
A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
Education
Parenting
Politics
The Undocumented Americans
Memoir
Politics
Social Justice
We Are Dancing for You
Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
Indigenous
Feminism
History
Mismeasuring Our Lives
Why GDP Doesn't Add Up
Economics
Politics
Social Science
The AI Con
How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Politics
Treasure Islands
Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens
Economics
Finance
Politics
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
Politics
Psychology
International Relations
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
History
Politics
Science
The Why Axis
Hidden Motives and The Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life
Economics
Psychology
Business
After Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Gambling on Development
Economics
Politics
Business
The Uses and Abuses of History
History
Politics
Philosophy
Code Dependent
Living in the Shadow of AI
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Soros on Soros
Staying Ahead of the Curve
Finance
Biography
Economics
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
Politics
Environment
Science
The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
Memoir
Iran
Feminism
Spy Catcher
The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer
History
Espionage
Biography
Central America's Forgotten History
Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
History
Politics
Latin American History
Tools and Weapons
The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
Technology
Business
Science
Working
Researching, Interviewing, Writing
Writing
Memoir
Biography
The Devil Never Sleeps
Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters
History
Politics
Business
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Sociology
World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
China
Politics
History
Radical Uncertainty
Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers
Economics
Business
Psychology
George Soros On Globalization
Economics
Business
Finance
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
What Happened
Politics
Memoir
Biography
Dark Territory
The Secret History of Cyber War
History
Technology
Politics
China After Mao
The Rise of a Superpower
China
History
Politics
The Great Taking
Finance
Economics
Politics
Chokepoint Capitalism
How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back
Politics
Economics
Business
The Blood Telegram
Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
History
Politics
India
We Are Not Yet Equal
Understanding Our Racial Divide
History
Race
Social Justice
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
Fellow Creatures
Our Obligations to the Other Animals
Philosophy
Animals
Vegan
The Politics Industry
How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
Politics
Business
Economics
Personal History
A Memoir
Biography
Memoir
History
Escaping the Housing Trap
The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
Urbanism
Urban Planning
Economics
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
History
Politics
China
A Generation of Sociopaths
How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
Politics
History
Sociology
The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Economics
Politics
International Development
China's Great Wall of Debt
Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
China
Economics
Politics
Culture Jam
How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - and Why We Must
Politics
Sociology
Economics
God's Bankers
A History of Money and Power at the Vatican
History
Religion
Politics
Ruined by Design
How Designers Destroyed the World, and What We Can Do to Fix It
Design
Business
Technology
The Myth of the Twentieth Century
History
Philosophy
Politics
Go Woke, Go Broke
The Inside Story of the Radicalization of Corporate America
Business
Politics
The Future of Work
Robots, AI, and Automation
Business
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
