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Framers Summary
Framers
Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
by Kenneth Cukier 2021 272 pages
3.54
500+ ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
A State of Fear Summary
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
by Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other
A New Social Contract for a Better Society
by Minouche Shafik 2021 256 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
The Spirit Level Summary
The Spirit Level
Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better
by Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 352 pages
4.13
6k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Non Obvious Megatrends Summary
Non Obvious Megatrends
How to See What Others Miss and Predict the Future
by Rohit Bhargava 2020 258 pages
3.57
100+ ratings
Business
Technology
Society
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible
Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
by Brian Klaas 2021 320 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 320 pages
4.09
100+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
You Can't Read This Book Summary
You Can't Read This Book
Censorship in an Age of Freedom
by Nick Cohen 2012 330 pages
4.08
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Labours of Love Summary
Labours of Love
The Crisis of Care
by Madeleine Bunting 2020 320 pages
4.11
100+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Society
I Got Schooled Summary
I Got Schooled
The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America's Education Gap
by M. Night Shyamalan 2013 321 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Sociology
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 272 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Law
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism Summary
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
by Martin Wolf 2023 496 pages
3.93
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions Summary
Can’t We Just Print More Money? Economics in Ten Simple Questions
by Rupal Patel 2022 304 pages
4.05
1k+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Politics
How Economics Can Save the World Summary
How Economics Can Save the World
Simple Ideas to Solve Our Biggest Problems
by Erik Angner 2023 277 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Society
Values, Voice and Virtue Summary
Values, Voice and Virtue
The New British Politics
by Matthew Goodwin 2023
3.77
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell 2023 224 pages
4.43
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Sorrows of Work Summary
The Sorrows of Work
by The School of Life 2019 104 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Big Con Summary
The Big Con
How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies
by Mariana Mazzucato 2023 352 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Get Rich or Lie Trying Summary
Get Rich or Lie Trying
Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy
by Symeon Brown 2022 304 pages
3.84
500+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
Business
Controligarchs Summary
Controligarchs
Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life
by Seamus Bruner 2023 384 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
How to Stop Fascism Summary
How to Stop Fascism
History, Ideology, Resistance
by Paul Mason 2021 320 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
Age of Propaganda Summary
Age of Propaganda
The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
by Anthony R. Pratkanis 1991 432 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Business
Limitarianism Summary
Limitarianism
The Case Against Extreme Wealth
by Ingrid Robeyns 2023 336 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Free and Equal Summary
Free and Equal
What Would a Fair Society Look Like?
by Daniel Chandler 2023 416 pages
3.97
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Autocracy, Inc. Summary
Autocracy, Inc.
by Anne Applebaum 2024 224 pages
4.24
6k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
End Times Summary
End Times
Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
by Peter Turchin 2023 368 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
EMPTY RAINCOAT, THE Summary
EMPTY RAINCOAT, THE
by Charles B. Handy 1994 288 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Business
Management
Philosophy
The Age of Unreason Summary
The Age of Unreason
by Charles B. Handy 1989 288 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Philosophy
The Second Curve Summary
The Second Curve
Thoughts on Reinventing Society
by Charles B. Handy 2015 240 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Business
Society
Management
A Pelican Introduction Summary
A Pelican Introduction
Social Class in the 21st Century
by Mike Savage 2015 462 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Economics
Mission Economy Summary
Mission Economy
A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
by Mariana Mazzucato 2020 272 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US Summary
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US
Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman
by Danielle Crittenden 1999 208 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Feminism
Womens
Self Help
FREEDOM Summary
FREEDOM
The End of the Human Condition
by Jeremy Griffith 2016 798 pages
3.59
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution Summary
The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution
by Gustave Le Bon 2015 286 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Summary
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic
by Bill Gates 2022 304 pages
3.75
2k+ ratings
Science
Health
Politics
MegaThreats Summary
MegaThreats
Ten Dangerous Trends That Imperil Our Future, And How to Survive Them
by Nouriel Roubini 2022 320 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Finance
The Winner-Take-All Society Summary
The Winner-Take-All Society
Why the Few at the Top Get So Much More Than the Rest of Us
by Robert H. Frank 1995 288 pages
3.70
100+ ratings
Economics
Business
Sociology
The Road to Freedom Summary
The Road to Freedom
Economics and the Good Society
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2024 384 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018 240 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
From Fatwa to Jihad Summary
From Fatwa to Jihad
by Kenan Malik 2009 266 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Politics
Religion
History
Liberty Summary
Liberty
Incorporating Four Essays on Liberty
by Isaiah Berlin 1969 416 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
Faster Summary
Faster
The Acceleration of Just About Everything
by James Gleick 1999 330 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Psychology
Conformity Summary
Conformity
The Power of Social Influences
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019 192 pages
3.43
100+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The People vs. Democracy Summary
The People vs. Democracy
Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
by Yascha Mounk 2018 400 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
What's Our Problem? Summary
What's Our Problem?
A Self-Help Book for Societies
by Tim Urban 2023 746 pages
4.27
4k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
Genesis Summary
Genesis
Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
by Henry A. Kissinger 2024 288 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority Summary
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority
by Martin Gurri 2014 362 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The People Vs Tech Summary
The People Vs Tech
How the Internet Is Killing Democracy
by Jamie Bartlett 2018 146 pages
3.91
1k+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Internet
The Technological Republic Summary
The Technological Republic
Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West
by Alexander C. Karp 2025 320 pages
3.90
100+ ratings
Politics
Technology
Business
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