Government
The halls of power echo with the machinery of democracy, from local city councils to the highest chambers of federal government. Here you'll find penetrating analyses of political systems, public policy, and civic engagement, alongside urgent calls for reform and practical guides to making government work better for everyone.
Government Book Summaries
Immersive
The Invisible Coup
How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon
Politics
History
American
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Politics
History
Political Science
Recoding America
Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
Politics
Technology
Government
The Big Con
How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies
Economics
Business
Politics
Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service
Politics
History
Essays
The Bill of Obligations
The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
Politics
History
American History
None Dare Call It Conspiracy
Politics
History
Conspiracy Theories
Simpler
The Future of Government
Politics
Economics
Law
The 5000 Year Leap
History
Politics
Philosophy
Tyranny of the Minority
Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Politics
History
Political Science
Government Gangsters
The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy
Politics
History
Government
The Speech
On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class
Politics
History
Economics
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't
A Non-Partisan Guide to the Issues That Matter
Politics
History
Political Science
Follow the Money
The Shocking Deep State Connections of the Anti-Trump Cabal
Politics
History
Government
How to Run A Government
So that Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go Crazy
Politics
Business
Economics
The Right to Privacy
Law
Politics
History
The Conscience of a Liberal
Politics
Economics
History
Why Americans Hate Politics
Politics
Political Science
American
The Smear
How the Secret Art of Character Assassination Controls What You Think, What You Read, and How You Vote
Politics
History
Journalism
Keeping the Republic
Saving America by Trusting Americans
Politics
Biography
Government
Democracy Rules
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy
Politics
Science
Technology
Crisis and Command
A History of Executive Power from George Washington to George W. Bush
History
Politics
Presidents
Power to the Public
The Promise of Public Interest Technology
Politics
Technology
Government
Broken Government
How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Politics
History
American
Broke
The Plan to Restore our Trust, Truth and Treasure
Politics
History
Economics
A Simple Government
Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington
Politics
History
Government
Gaslighting America
Why We Love It When Trump Lies to Us
Politics
Presidents
History
The Project
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
Politics
History
Sociology
Giving Up Is Unforgivable
A Manual for Keeping a Democracy
Politics
History
Government
The Big Myth
How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
Economics
Politics
History
Retribution
Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America
Politics
History
Historical
The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution
Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy
Politics
Law
History
Great American Hypocrites
Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics
Politics
History
Government
The Divided Welfare State
The Battle over Public and Private Social Benefits in the United States
Politics
Health Care
Government
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America
Politics
Political Science
History
A Necessary Evil
A History of American Distrust of Government
History
Politics
American History
Four Threats
The Recurring Crises of American Democracy
Politics
History
Political Science
It's Even Worse Than It Looks
How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism
Politics
History
Political Science
Ungoverning
The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos
Politics
Government
Relic
How Our Constitution Undermines Effective Government--and Why We Need a More Powerful Presidency
Politics
Political Science
Government
The Broken Branch
How Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track
Politics
Political Science
History
Kill Switch
The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
Politics
History
American History
Fault Lines in the Constitution
The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today
History
Politics
Middle Grade
We Have Not a Government
The Articles of Confederation and the Road to the Constitution
History
Politics
American History
Last Branch Standing
A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today's Supreme Court
Politics
History
Law
