10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less
By: Garett Jones
3.61
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
During the 2016 presidential election, both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders argued that elites were…
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1. Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World
By: Tyler Cowen
3.34
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An economics professor and author describes how the World Wide Web is changing the way our minds wo… read more
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- economics
2. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
By: Robert D. Putnam
3.77
Format: 67 pages,
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- nonfiction
3. Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation
By: Tyler Cowen
3.83
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Widely acclaimed as one of the world's most influential economists, Tyler Cowen returns with his gr… read more
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- politics
- economics
- nonfiction
4. The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America
By: Burton W. Folsom Jr.
3.33
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
The Myth of the Robber Baronsdescribes the role of key entrepreneurs in the economic growth of the … read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
5. The Clash of Economic Ideas
By: Lawrence H. White
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
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- economics
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6. The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better
By: Tyler Cowen
3.43
Format: None pages, ebook
America is in disarray and our economy is failing us. We have been through the biggest financial cr… read more
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7. Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.31
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
"For Michael Sandel, justice is not a spectator sport," The Nation's reviewer of Justice remarked. … read more
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"(...) greed that preys on human misery (...)"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"A philosophy untouched by the shadows on the wall can only yield a sterile utopia."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Outrage is the special kind of anger you feel when you believe that people are getting things they don't deserve. Outrage of this kind is anger at injustice."-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
"Here then is the link between freedom as autonomy and Kant's idea of morality. To act freely is not to choose the best means to a given end; it is to choose the end itself, for its own sake - a choic…"-Michael J. Sandel, Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
8. Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
By: Arnold Schwarzenegger
4.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One of the most anticipated autobiographies of this generation, Arnold Schwarzenegger's Total Recal… read more
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9. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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- nonfiction
- political science
10. Elon Musk
By: Walter Isaacson
4.40
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate… read more
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- nonfiction
"[Musk] concluded that Trump as president was no different than he was as a candidate. The buffoonery was not just an act. "Trump might be one of the world’s best bullshitters ever," he says. "Like my…"-Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk
11. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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- nonfiction
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
12. Social Justice Fallacies
By: Thomas Sowell
4.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more
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- political science
- economics
- nonfiction
13. Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
By: Ronen Bergman
4.40
Format: 784 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF’s targeted killing programs, from… read more
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- nonfiction
"The divide between the combat-sated generals, who once had "a knife between their teeth" but later grasped the limits of force, and the majority of the people of Israel, is the sad reality in which M…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Finally, a recruit would undergo one last test. The agency would send him home, to his own neighborhood and his own social circle, in disguise and with his alias. If he could circulate there, among t…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
"Indeed, in many respects the story of Israel’s intelligence community as recounted in this book has been one of a long string of impressive tactical successes, but also disastrous strategic failures.…"-Ronen Bergman, Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
14. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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- nonfiction
"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
15. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
By: David Edmonds
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more
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- nonfiction
16. The Morning Star (Morgenstjernen, #1)
By: Karl Ove Knausgård
3.94
Format: 666 pages, Hardcover
It's a normal night in August. Literature professor Arne and artist Tove are with their children at… read more
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"The priest who once supervised me as a student had once said to me that a person only has to step sideways for everything to look different. He'd been talking about the priest's role as a director of…"-Karl Ove Knausgård, The Morning Star (Morgenstjernen, #1)
17. 10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less
By: Garett Jones
3.61
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
During the 2016 presidential election, both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders argued that elites were… read more
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- political science
- economics
- nonfiction
18. Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
By: Matt Alt
4.20
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that ca… read more
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- nonfiction
19. GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of All Time?
By: Tyler Cowen
3.81
Format: 349 pages, ebook
Inspired by Bill Simmons' epic The Book of Basketball, Tyler Cowen translates a lifelong passion fo… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
20. Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
By: Steven Levitsky
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A call to reform our antiquated political institutions before it’s too late—from the New York Times… read more
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- political science
- economics
- nonfiction
21. Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
By: Jennifer Pahlka
4.42
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“The book I wish every policymaker would read.” ― Ezra Klein, The New York Times A bold call to… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
By: Quinn Slobodian
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
23. How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth
By: Mark Koyama
4.24
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth… read more
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- economics
- nonfiction
24. The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
By: Yascha Mounk
3.73
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
One of Barack Obama's Recommended Reads for Summer “ [A] brave and necessary book . . . Anyone in… read more
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- nonfiction
- political science
25. The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
By: Kathryn Paige Harden
3.91
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
A Virginia Living Favorite Book (2021) A provocative and timely case for how the science of gene… read more
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- nonfiction
"We are living in a golden age of genetic research, with new technologies permitting the easy collection of genetic data from millions upon millions of people and the rapid development of new statisti…"-Kathryn Paige Harden, The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality
26. Science Fictions
By: Stuart Ritchie
4.37
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A major exposé that reveals the absurd and shocking problems that pervade and undermine contemporar… read more
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"Another example of educational hype is in some ways the second coming of the growth mindset concept: ‘grit’. This is the idea, promoted by the psychologist Angela Duckworth , that the ability to stic…"-Stuart Ritchie, Science Fictions
27. The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
By: David Stasavage
3.85
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
"One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation." —Steven Levitsky, N… read more
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- political science
- economics
- nonfiction
"History suggests that even in a full democracy, the risk that the 5,000 will dominate is much greater than the threat that the 5,000,000 will expropriate the 5,000."-David Stasavage, The Decline and Rise of Democracy: A Global History from Antiquity to Today (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
28. How Evil Are Politicians?: Essays on Demagoguery
By: Bryan Caplan
3.71
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and New York Times Bestselling aut… read more
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- economics
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29. Labor Econ Versus the World: Essays on the World's Greatest Market
By: Bryan Caplan
3.83
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Bryan Caplan, New York Times Bestselling author of Open Borders, The Myth of the Rational Voter, Se… read more
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- economics
30. Why It's OK to Want to Be Rich
By: Jason Brennan
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Finger-wagging moralizers say the love of money is the root of all evil. They assume that making a … read more
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- economics
31. Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less? (Debating Ethics)
By: Jason Brennan
3.75
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Around the world, faith in democracy is falling. Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela have moved from flaw… read more
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