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
Without Their Permission
How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Finance and the Good Society
Economics
Finance
Business
Made in the USA
The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
Economics
Business
History
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
Politics
History
International Relations
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
Economics
Finance
Business
It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong
The Case for Personal Freedom
Politics
Philosophy
Law
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
History
Psychology
Science
The Great Debate
Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
History
Politics
Philosophy
Lords of Finance
The Bankers Who Broke the World
History
Economics
Finance
Finnish Lessons
What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
Education
Teaching
Parenting
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
What Everyone Needs to Know
Technology
Science
Politics
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back
How to Run-or Ruin-an Economy
Economics
Business
Politics
Command and Control
Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
History
Politics
Science
The Obamas
Politics
Biography
History
The Tyranny of Good Intentions
How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
Politics
Law
History
The News
A User's Manual
Philosophy
Journalism
Politics
Plato at the Googleplex
Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
Philosophy
History
Science
The Locust Effect
Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence
Politics
Social Justice
Sociology
The Next America
Boomers, Millennials, and the Looming Generational Showdown
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Strategy
A History
History
Business
Politics
The Tyranny of Experts
Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor
Economics
Politics
History
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
History
Politics
China
On Rumors
How Falsehoods Spread, Why We Believe Them, What Can Be Done
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
Islam and Democracy
Fear of the Modern World
Islam
Politics
Religion
7 Tipping Points That Saved the World
History
Historical
Politics
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
History
Politics
Philosophy
Simpler
The Future of Government
Politics
Economics
Law
The Oil Curse
How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations
Politics
Economics
History
All the Presidents' Bankers
The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
History
Economics
Politics
Crisis and Command
A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush
History
Politics
Presidents
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
COUNSELOR
A Life at the Edge of History
History
Biography
Politics
The Diversity Illusion
What We Got Wrong About Immigration & How to Set It Right
Politics
Sociology
History
The First Family Detail
Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents
History
Politics
Presidents
Pornland
How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality
Feminism
Sexuality
Psychology
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't — and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
Psychology
Science
Politics
World Order
Politics
History
International Relations
Excellent Sheep
The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Education
Sociology
Politics
Hard Choices
Politics
Biography
Memoir
The Mystery of Capital
Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
Economics
Politics
History
Oil and Honey
The Education of an Unlikely Activist
Environment
Memoir
Politics
Leadership
Leadership
History
Business
Conspiracy Theories and Other Dangerous Ideas
Politics
Psychology
Conspiracy Theories
The Zero Marginal Cost Society
The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism
Economics
Business
Politics
Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
Politics
Essays
Philosophy
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
Sociology
Politics
Essays
The Empathic Civilization
The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis
History
Psychology
Philosophy
The Quest for a Moral Compass
A Global History of Ethics
Philosophy
History
Religion
Diplomacy
A Very Short Introduction
Politics
History
Political Science
This Changes Everything
Capitalism vs. The Climate
Politics
Environment
Science