Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter
By: Ilya Somin
3.72
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant of…
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By: Art Spiegelman
4.57
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive ed… read more
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"Ingen är normal."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
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"If you want to live, it's good to be friendly."-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus
2. The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.43
Format: None pages, Paperback
In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines the world's philosop… read more
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4. Against Democracy
By: Jason Brennan
4.37
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the r… read more
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5. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson
4.08
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more
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"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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6. Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
By: Richard Hofstadter
4.12
Format: 434 pages, Paperback
Anti-intellectualism in American Life was awarded the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction. It is a b… read more
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"To be confronted with a simple and unqualified evil is no doubt a kind of luxury...."-Richard Hofstadter, Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
"A large segment of the public willingly resigns itself to political passivity in a world in which it cannot expect to make well-founded judgments."-Richard Hofstadter, Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
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7. The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
By: Bryan Caplan
2.82
Format: 3 pages, Hardcover
The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobby… read more
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8. How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
By: Robert A. Dahl
4.36
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
In this provocative book, one of our most eminent political scientists poses the question, "Why sho… read more
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9. The Art of Thinking Clearly
By: Rolf Dobelli
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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10. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
By: Isabel Wilkerson
4.53
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken ca… read more
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"The price of privilege is the moral duty to act when one sees another person treated unfairly. And the least that a person in the dominant caste can do is not make the pain any worse."-Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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"To dehumanize another human being is not merely to declare that someone is not human, and it does not happen by accident. It is a process, a programming. It takes energy and reinforcement to deny wha…"-Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
11. Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters
By: Steven E. Koonin
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
“Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts.” “Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer a… read more
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12. The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization: The Collapse of Globalization and Its Aftermath
By: Peter Zeihan
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting… read more
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13. 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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14. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
By: Michael J. Sandel
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds ar… read more
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15. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
By: Steven Levitsky
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is ou… read more
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16. Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge
By: Ted Conover
3.90
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
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17. Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government Is Smarter
By: Ilya Somin
3.72
Format: 276 pages, Paperback
One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant of… read more
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