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Debt Summary
Debt
The First 5,000 Years
by David Graeber 2011 534 pages
4.21
25.0K ratings
History
Economics
Anthropology
Politics Summary
Politics
by Aristotle 368 pages
3.98
41.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
The Great Divergence Summary
The Great Divergence
China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
by Kenneth Pomeranz 2000 392 pages
3.69
946 ratings
History
Economics
China
Chanakya Neeti Summary
Chanakya Neeti
by Ashwini Parashar 2009 128 pages
3.94
636 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Self Help
The Signal and the Noise Summary
The Signal and the Noise
Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
by Nate Silver 2012 544 pages
3.97
51.6K ratings
Science
Business
Economics
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond 2023 304 pages
4.27
54.2K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Case for Christian Nationalism Summary
The Case for Christian Nationalism
by Stephen Wolfe 2022 479 pages
3.55
524 ratings
Politics
Theology
Philosophy
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.29
1.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
How Minds Change Summary
How Minds Change
The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
by David McRaney 2022 352 pages
4.15
3.2K ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
By Way of Deception Summary
By Way of Deception
The Making of a Mossad Officer
by Victor Ostrovsky 1990 372 pages
3.91
2.0K ratings
History
Espionage
Politics
سيكولوجية الجماهير Summary
سيكولوجية الجماهير
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 200 pages
3.82
19.4K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Network State Summary
The Network State
How To Start a New Country
by Balaji S. Srinivasan 2022 262 pages
3.97
984 ratings
Politics
Technology
Philosophy
Naked Economics Summary
Naked Economics
Undressing the Dismal Science
by Charles Wheelan 2002 384 pages
4.03
19.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Finance
Chaos Summary
Chaos
Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
by Tom O'Neill 2019 504 pages
4.04
30.2K ratings
History
True Crime
Crime
The Dictator's Handbook Summary
The Dictator's Handbook
Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2011 321 pages
4.26
10.8K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy Summary
A History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell 1945 906 pages
4.13
40.6K ratings
Philosophy
History
Classics
Policy Paradox Summary
Policy Paradox
The Art of Political Decision Making
by Deborah Stone 1988 448 pages
3.87
1.2K ratings
Politics
Political Science
Grad School
Evicted Summary
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond 2016 418 pages
4.47
108.0K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Social Justice
Basic Economics Summary
Basic Economics
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
by Thomas Sowell 2000 448 pages
4.37
13.6K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
A Secular Age Summary
A Secular Age
by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007 874 pages
4.27
1.8K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
History
The Master Switch Summary
The Master Switch
The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
by Tim Wu 2010 384 pages
3.89
7.9K ratings
History
Technology
Business
Practical Ethics Summary
Practical Ethics
by Peter Singer 1979 411 pages
4.07
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Academic
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Summary
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang 2010 286 pages
3.96
12.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2009 600 pages
4.15
41.6K ratings
Business
Finance
Economics
Fellow Travelers Summary
Fellow Travelers
by Thomas Mallon 2007 356 pages
3.60
4.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
LGBT
Queer
Free to Choose Summary
Free to Choose
A Personal Statement
by Milton Friedman 1979 356 pages
4.22
9.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci 1947 483 pages
4.20
5.2K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Arthashastra Summary
The Arthashastra
by Kautilya 878 pages
4.12
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Less Is More Summary
Less Is More
How Degrowth Will Save the World
by Jason Hickel 2020 336 pages
4.51
8.0K ratings
Economics
Politics
Environment
Lajja Summary
Lajja
Shame
by Taslima Nasrin 1993 216 pages
3.54
5.5K ratings
Bangladesh
Historical Fiction
India
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 Summary
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939
An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
by Edward Hallett Carr 1939 244 pages
4.08
1.3K ratings
History
International Relations
Politics
Economics in One Lesson Summary
Economics in One Lesson
by Henry Hazlitt 1946 218 pages
4.17
21.0K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Good Economics for Hard Times Summary
Good Economics for Hard Times
Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
by Abhijit V. Banerjee 2019 417 pages
4.22
14.2K ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
The Shah Summary
The Shah
by Abbas Milani 2007 496 pages
4.23
1.2K ratings
History
Iran
Biography
The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
by Charles B. Handy 2015 240 pages
4.10
429 ratings
Business
Society
Management
The Crisis of Narration Summary
The Crisis of Narration
by Byung-Chul Han 2023 77 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Blueprint for Revolution Summary
Blueprint for Revolution
How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World
by Srdja Popovic 2015 304 pages
4.31
1.9K ratings
Politics
Activism
History
The Narrow Corridor Summary
The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2019 560 pages
4.22
3.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Panama Papers Summary
The Panama Papers
Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
by Frederik Obermaier 2016 400 pages
4.08
4.3K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1985 184 pages
4.16
35.2K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
The Concept of the Political Summary
The Concept of the Political
by Carl Schmitt 1927 144 pages
3.95
3.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Political Science
Beyond Order Summary
Beyond Order
12 More Rules For Life
by Jordan B. Peterson 2021 382 pages
4.15
28.7K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
The Knowledge Gap Summary
The Knowledge Gap
The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it
by Natalie Wexler 2019 336 pages
4.14
5.2K ratings
Education
Teaching
Parenting
The Trial and Death of Socrates Summary
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by Plato 58 pages
4.12
44.4K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
History
A Thousand Plateaus Summary
A Thousand Plateaus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1980 632 pages
4.33
6.8K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Weapons of Math Destruction Summary
Weapons of Math Destruction
How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
by Cathy O'Neil 2016 259 pages
3.88
29.0K ratings
Science
Technology
Politics
The Will to Change Summary
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
by bell hooks 2003 208 pages
4.36
25.8K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Psychology
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine
Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
by Dan Davies 2024 304 pages
3.92
617 ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Survival of the Richest Summary
Survival of the Richest
Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
by Douglas Rushkoff 2022 224 pages
3.85
2.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
Technology
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