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A Theory of Justice Summary
A Theory of Justice
by John Rawls 1971 824 pages
3.95
13k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Law
The Law Summary
The Law
by Frédéric Bastiat 1849 61 pages
4.33
14k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World
Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
by David Bornstein 2013 336 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Business
Entrepreneurship
Economics
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere Summary
Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere
Don't Be One Of Them
by Jason Kelly 2010 224 pages
3.50
134 ratings
Finance
Business
Personal Finance
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society Summary
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society
by Edward C. Banfield 1958 188 pages
3.84
245 ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Beyond Outrage Summary
Beyond Outrage
What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix it
by Robert B. Reich 2012 72 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
How Summary
How
Why How We Do Anything Means Everything...in Business
by Dov Seidman 2007 352 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Business
Leadership
Management
State of the Union Summary
State of the Union
A Century of American Labor
by Nelson Lichtenstein 2002 352 pages
3.75
170 ratings
History
Labor
Politics
The Rhetoric of Reaction Summary
The Rhetoric of Reaction
Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy
by Albert O. Hirschman 1991 224 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Asian Aspiration Summary
The Asian Aspiration
Why and How Africa Should Emulate Asia
by Greg Mills 2020 313 pages
3.70
20 ratings
Economics
Rule and Ruin Summary
Rule and Ruin
The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
by Geoffrey Kabaservice 2011 482 pages
4.00
401 ratings
Politics
History
American History
Regulating the Poor Summary
Regulating the Poor
The Functions of Public Welfare
by Frances Fox Piven 1971 544 pages
4.24
321 ratings
Sociology
Politics
History
Land of Promise Summary
Land of Promise
An Economic History of the United States
by Michael Lind 2012 592 pages
3.91
397 ratings
History
Economics
American History
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit Summary
The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit
Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor
by Nelson Lichtenstein 1995 592 pages
4.04
96 ratings
Labor
History
Biography
Limits to Growth Summary
Limits to Growth
The 30-Year Update
by Donella H. Meadows 1972 368 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Economics
Science
Environment
Nations Apart Summary
Nations Apart
How Clashing Regional Cultures Shattered America
by Colin Woodard 2025 368 pages
4.08
246 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Efficiency Paradox Summary
The Efficiency Paradox
What Big Data Can't Do
by Edward Tenner 2018 320 pages
3.27
311 ratings
Business
Technology
Science
Dual Momentum Investing Summary
Dual Momentum Investing
An Innovative Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower Risk
by Gary Antonacci 2014 256 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Finance
Business
Economics
The Market Revolution Summary
The Market Revolution
Jacksonian America, 1815-1846
by Charles Grier Sellers 1992 512 pages
3.63
293 ratings
History
American History
Economics
The Mesh Summary
The Mesh
Why the Future of Business Is Sharing
by Lisa Gansky 2010 256 pages
3.66
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
The Making of a Permabear Summary
The Making of a Permabear
The Perils of Long-term Investing in a Short-term World
by Jeremy Grantham 2026 400 pages
4.21
134 ratings
Finance
Economics
Business
The Market Revolution in America Summary
The Market Revolution in America
Liberty, Ambition, and the Eclipse of the Common Good
by John Lauritz Larson 2009 224 pages
3.60
88 ratings
History
Economics
American History
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse Summary
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
A Social History of Welfare in America
by Michael B. Katz 1986 410 pages
3.74
138 ratings
History
Economics
Politics
Exceptional America Summary
Exceptional America
What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other
by Mugambi Jouet 2017 358 pages
3.98
51 ratings
Politics
History
United States
Anti-System Politics Summary
Anti-System Politics
The Crisis of Market Liberalism in Rich Democracies
by Jonathan Hopkin 2020 331 pages
3.90
51 ratings
Politics
Economics
Political Science
American Amnesia Summary
American Amnesia
How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper
by Jacob S. Hacker 2016 464 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Power of Market Fundamentalism Summary
The Power of Market Fundamentalism
Karl Polanyi's Critique
by Fred L. Block 2014 312 pages
4.34
67 ratings
Economics
Politics
Theory
The Economics of Inequality Summary
The Economics of Inequality
by Thomas Piketty 1997 160 pages
3.65
1k+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail
The Hazards of Bank Bailouts
by Gary H. Stern 2004 230 pages
3.60
25 ratings
Economics
Workers on Arrival Summary
Workers on Arrival
Black Labor in the Making of America
by Joe William Trotter Jr. 2019 328 pages
4.20
41 ratings
History
Labor
Race
Categorically Unequal Summary
Categorically Unequal
The American Stratification System
by Douglas S. Massey 2007 340 pages
4.24
134 ratings
Sociology
Politics
Economics
The Populist Persuasion Summary
The Populist Persuasion
An American History
by Michael Kazin 1995 387 pages
3.75
134 ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Psychology of Human Misjudgement Summary
The Psychology of Human Misjudgement
by Charles T. Munger 21 pages
4.50
353 ratings
Psychology
Business
Finance
The End of Power Summary
The End of Power
From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
by Moisés Naím 2013 320 pages
3.63
3k+ ratings
Business
Politics
History
Economics Summary
Economics
The Economist Guide
by Philip Coggan 2025 320 pages
3.84
31 ratings
Economics
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory Summary
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory
An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber
by Anthony Giddens 1971 261 pages
3.91
500+ ratings
Sociology
Politics
Philosophy
A Little History of Economics Summary
A Little History of Economics
by Niall Kishtainy 2017 256 pages
4.08
6k+ ratings
Economics
History
Business
Introduction à l'économie Summary
Introduction à l'économie
by Jacques Généreux 2001 192 pages
3.48
91 ratings
France
Economics
The Left Behind Summary
The Left Behind
Decline and Rage in Rural America
by Robert Wuthnow 2018 200 pages
3.58
500+ ratings
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
The Progress Paradox Summary
The Progress Paradox
How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse
by Gregg Easterbrook 2003 400 pages
3.63
500+ ratings
Psychology
Economics
Sociology
Everything for Sale Summary
Everything for Sale
The Virtues and Limits of Markets
by Robert Kuttner 1997 410 pages
3.94
80 ratings
Economics
Business
Politics
Socializing Capital Summary
Socializing Capital
by William G. Roy 1997 360 pages
3.90
21 ratings
History
Sociology
Economics
The McDonaldization of Society Summary
The McDonaldization of Society
by George Ritzer 1995 328 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
Sociology
Economics
Politics
Very Bad People Summary
Very Bad People
The Inside Story of Our Fight Against the World’s Network of Corruption
by Patrick Alley 2022 316 pages
4.05
500+ ratings
Politics
Crime
True Crime
Hell to Pay Summary
Hell to Pay
How the Suppression of Wages Is Destroying America
by Michael Lind 2023 240 pages
3.93
80 ratings
Politics
Economics
Cultural
Wiser Summary
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
by Cass R. Sunstein 2014 272 pages
3.62
437 ratings
Psychology
Business
Politics
When Money Dies Summary
When Money Dies
The Nightmare of the Weimar Hyper-inflation
by Adam Fergusson 1975 288 pages
3.78
2k+ ratings
History
Economics
Finance
The Nationalist Revival Summary
The Nationalist Revival
Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization
by John B. Judis 2018 158 pages
3.75
247 ratings
Politics
Economics
History
The Outsourced Self Summary
The Outsourced Self
Intimate Life in Market Times
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2012 320 pages
3.66
337 ratings
Sociology
Economics
Psychology
Age of Betrayal Summary
Age of Betrayal
The Triumph of Money in America, 1865-1900
by Jack Beatty 2007 512 pages
3.66
142 ratings
History
Economics
American History
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