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Freakonomics

av Steven D. Levitt • 2005

Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.

4.01

900 000+

🍿 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Incentive Design 📊 Data Journalism 🔍 Information Asymmetry

Oppslukende

Freakonomics

Data, not experts, explains why crime fell, why teachers cheat, and why agents undersell your house.

av Steven D. Levitt 2005 352 sider

4.01

900 000+ vurderinger

🍿 Pop Economics 🧠 Behavioral Economics 🎯 Incentive Design 📊 Data Journalism 🔍 Information Asymmetry

Vippepunktet

av Malcolm Gladwell • 2000

Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.

4.01

800 000+

🦠 Social Contagion 🗣️ Word Of Mouth 🧠 Behavioral Influence 🏙️ Situational Psychology 🕸️ Network Effects

Oppslukende

Vippepunktet

Three rules govern social epidemics, and the people who start them aren't who you'd expect.

av Malcolm Gladwell 2000 204 sider

4.01

800 000+ vurderinger

🦠 Social Contagion 🗣️ Word Of Mouth 🧠 Behavioral Influence 🏙️ Situational Psychology 🕸️ Network Effects

Prisoners of Geography

av Tim Marshall • 2015

Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.

4.19

100 000+

🌍 Geopolitics 🛢️ Natural Resources ⚔️ Military Strategy 🌐 Global Power Politics ✂️ Colonial Borders

Oppslukende

Prisoners of Geography

Geography ties presidents' hands more than ideology. The map cornering Napoleon is cornering Putin.

av Tim Marshall 2015 319 sider

4.19

100 000+ vurderinger

🌍 Geopolitics 🛢️ Natural Resources ⚔️ Military Strategy 🌐 Global Power Politics ✂️ Colonial Borders

Ride the Tiger

av Julius Evola • 1961

Civilizations die. The real move: stop defending ruins and anchor in something death can't touch.

3.96

1 000+

🏛️ Perennial Philosophy 👑 Inner Sovereignty 🏔️ Spiritual Survival 💀 Death Contemplation 🪷 Detachment Practice

Oppslukende

Ride the Tiger

Civilizations die. The real move: stop defending ruins and anchor in something death can't touch.

av Julius Evola 1961 242 sider

3.96

1 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Perennial Philosophy 👑 Inner Sovereignty 🏔️ Spiritual Survival 💀 Death Contemplation 🪷 Detachment Practice

The Biggest Secret

av David Icke • 1998

The people running the planet are not human, and their greatest weapon is your fear.

3.80

1 000+

🎭 Manufactured Crises 🧿 Secret Societies 👽 Ancient Aliens 🧠 Mind Control Programs 🏛️ Symbolic Architecture

Oppslukende

The Biggest Secret

The people running the planet are not human, and their greatest weapon is your fear.

av David Icke 1998 517 sider

3.80

1 000+ vurderinger

🎭 Manufactured Crises 🧿 Secret Societies 👽 Ancient Aliens 🧠 Mind Control Programs 🏛️ Symbolic Architecture

A World Without Men

av Aaron Clarey • 2023

Civilization runs on male labor. Remove it, and the grid fails, food stops, GDP drops by a fifth.

4.08

121

📊 Labor Economics 👷 Gender And Work 📉 Male Labor Force 🔧 Skilled Trades ⚡ Infrastructure Fragility

Oppslukende

A World Without Men

Civilization runs on male labor. Remove it, and the grid fails, food stops, GDP drops by a fifth.

av Aaron Clarey 2023 141 sider

4.08

121 vurderinger

📊 Labor Economics 👷 Gender And Work 📉 Male Labor Force 🔧 Skilled Trades ⚡ Infrastructure Fragility

Children of the Matrix

av David Icke • 2001

One network has ruled from Sumer to the microchip. Your reality is a frequency they broadcast.

3.81

500+

🔍 Conspiracy Theory 📜 Alternative History 🌐 Global Elite 💰 Banking Critique 👽 Ancient Astronauts

Oppslukende

Children of the Matrix

One network has ruled from Sumer to the microchip. Your reality is a frequency they broadcast.

av David Icke 2001 459 sider

3.81

500+ vurderinger

🔍 Conspiracy Theory 📜 Alternative History 🌐 Global Elite 💰 Banking Critique 👽 Ancient Astronauts

Manufacturing Consent

av Edward S. Herman • 1988

Why a free press produces propaganda as reliably as a state ministry: the structural answer.

4.23

24 000+

📰 Media Criticism 📢 Propaganda Studies ⚙️ Structural Bias 🏢 Corporate Media ⚡ Media Power

Manufacturing Consent

Why a free press produces propaganda as reliably as a state ministry: the structural answer.

av Edward S. Herman 1988 543 sider

4.23

24 000+ vurderinger

📰 Media Criticism 📢 Propaganda Studies ⚙️ Structural Bias 🏢 Corporate Media ⚡ Media Power

Bullshit Jobs

av David Graeber • 2018

Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.

4.02

35 000+

🏭 Critique Of Capitalism 🏛️ Economic Anthropology 💼 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work And Identity 📋 Office Absurdity

Bullshit Jobs

Up to 40 percent of workers believe their jobs are pointless. They are probably right.

av David Graeber 2018 359 sider

4.02

35 000+ vurderinger

🏭 Critique Of Capitalism 🏛️ Economic Anthropology 💼 Meaningful Work 🪪 Work And Identity 📋 Office Absurdity

Leviathan

av Thomas Hobbes • 1651

Human equality breeds universal war; the only remedy is an absolute sovereign.

3.70

53 000+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Social Contract Theory 👑 Absolute Sovereignty 🌿 State Of Nature ⚖️ Natural Law

Leviathan

Human equality breeds universal war; the only remedy is an absolute sovereign.

av Thomas Hobbes 1651 736 sider

3.70

53 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Social Contract Theory 👑 Absolute Sovereignty 🌿 State Of Nature ⚖️ Natural Law

The Anatomy of Fascism

av Robert O. Paxton • 2004

A historian maps the path to fascist power: the deals, the power split, and the warning signs.

4.22

5 000+

🔻 Rise Of Fascism 👤 Authoritarian Regimes 👥 Mass Movements 🤝 Elite Complicity ⚖️ Democratic Breakdown

The Anatomy of Fascism

A historian maps the path to fascist power: the deals, the power split, and the warning signs.

av Robert O. Paxton 2004 336 sider

4.22

5 000+ vurderinger

🔻 Rise Of Fascism 👤 Authoritarian Regimes 👥 Mass Movements 🤝 Elite Complicity ⚖️ Democratic Breakdown

Bel-Ami

av Guy de Maupassant • 1885

Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.

3.86

49 000+

🖋️ French Realism 🪜 Social Climbing 😈 Amoral Protagonist 🎭 Cynical Satire 🕰️ Belle éPoque

Bel-Ami

Georges Duroy has no money and no morals, just the most useful face in Paris.

av Guy de Maupassant 1885 416 sider

3.86

49 000+ vurderinger

🖋️ French Realism 🪜 Social Climbing 😈 Amoral Protagonist 🎭 Cynical Satire 🕰️ Belle éPoque

Beyond Good and Evil

av Friedrich Nietzsche • 1886

Morality is resentment in disguise, truth is perspective, and the real task is to outgrow yourself.

4.03

100 000+

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🇩🇪 German Philosophy ❓ Moral Skepticism 🔍 Perspectivism 💪 Self-Mastery

Beyond Good and Evil

Morality is resentment in disguise, truth is perspective, and the real task is to outgrow yourself.

av Friedrich Nietzsche 1886 240 sider

4.03

100 000+ vurderinger

🌍 Continental Philosophy 🇩🇪 German Philosophy ❓ Moral Skepticism 🔍 Perspectivism 💪 Self-Mastery

Kybalion

av Three Initiates • 1912

From gold trinkets to the Aegina marbles: how Greek sculptors learned to make stone breathe.

4.23

17 000+

🗿 Greek Sculpture 🏛️ Ancient Greece 🎭 Myth In Art 🎨 Polychromy 🏺 Classical Tradition

Kybalion

From gold trinkets to the Aegina marbles: how Greek sculptors learned to make stone breathe.

av Three Initiates 1912 223 sider

4.23

17 000+ vurderinger

🗿 Greek Sculpture 🏛️ Ancient Greece 🎭 Myth In Art 🎨 Polychromy 🏺 Classical Tradition

The Social Construction of Reality

av Peter L. Berger • 1966

The world you take for granted is built: how everyday talk, habit, and institutions make reality.

4.11

4 000+

🧠 Sociology Of Knowledge 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🔍 Phenomenological Sociology 🏠 Everyday Life 🏛️ Institutional Analysis

The Social Construction of Reality

The world you take for granted is built: how everyday talk, habit, and institutions make reality.

av Peter L. Berger 1966 219 sider

4.11

4 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Sociology Of Knowledge 🏗️ Social Constructionism 🔍 Phenomenological Sociology 🏠 Everyday Life 🏛️ Institutional Analysis

A History of Modern Iran

av Ervand Abrahamian • 2008

Iran: three revolutions, two shahs, one coup, and the unbroken drive to build a strong state.

3.89

1 000+

📜 Iranian History 🏗️ State Building 🏛️ Authoritarian Rule 🛢️ Oil Politics 🔥 Iranian Revolution

A History of Modern Iran

Iran: three revolutions, two shahs, one coup, and the unbroken drive to build a strong state.

av Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 sider

3.89

1 000+ vurderinger

📜 Iranian History 🏗️ State Building 🏛️ Authoritarian Rule 🛢️ Oil Politics 🔥 Iranian Revolution

The Revenge of Geography

av Robert D. Kaplan • 2012

Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.

3.79

6 000+

🌍 Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographical Determinism 📜 Classical Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🏛️ Great Powers

The Revenge of Geography

Three dead geographers predicted today's conflicts. Their maps show what comes next.

av Robert D. Kaplan 2012 448 sider

3.79

6 000+ vurderinger

🌍 Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographical Determinism 📜 Classical Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🏛️ Great Powers

Man, the State, and War

av Kenneth N. Waltz • 1954

You cannot fix war by fixing people or states alone. Anarchy makes all other causes possible.

3.97

2 000+

🌍 International Relations 🏛️ Political Theory 🎖️ War Studies 🔬 Levels Of Analysis ⚖️ Structural Realism

Man, the State, and War

You cannot fix war by fixing people or states alone. Anarchy makes all other causes possible.

av Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 sider

3.97

2 000+ vurderinger

🌍 International Relations 🏛️ Political Theory 🎖️ War Studies 🔬 Levels Of Analysis ⚖️ Structural Realism

AI Ethics

av Mark Coeckelbergh • 2020

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

3.63

500+

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance

AI Ethics

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

av Mark Coeckelbergh 2020 248 sider

3.63

500+ vurderinger

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance

Politics

av Aristotle

Every city promises the good life. Aristotle's test for which ones actually deliver it.

3.98

43 000+

🏛️ Political Theory 🗳️ Civic Virtue 🎯 Virtue Ethics ⚖️ Mixed Constitutions 👥 Political Community

Politics

Every city promises the good life. Aristotle's test for which ones actually deliver it.

av Aristotle 368 sider

3.98

43 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Theory 🗳️ Civic Virtue 🎯 Virtue Ethics ⚖️ Mixed Constitutions 👥 Political Community

Digital Gold

av Nathaniel Popper • 2015

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

4.14

6 000+

💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

Digital Gold

A currency invented by a ghost, adopted by drug dealers, and pursued by Wall Street billionaires.

av Nathaniel Popper 2015 435 sider

4.14

6 000+ vurderinger

💰 Cryptocurrency History 💳 Fintech 📰 Tech Journalism 🔓 Decentralization 🏦 Austrian Economics

The Small and the Mighty

av Sharon McMahon • 2024

The Preamble's author is forgotten. So are eleven other Americans who bent history.

4.37

42 000+

🏛️ American History 🔍 Hidden Figures 👥 Collective Biography 🌱 Grassroots Activism ✊ Civil Rights History

The Small and the Mighty

The Preamble's author is forgotten. So are eleven other Americans who bent history.

av Sharon McMahon 2024 307 sider

4.37

42 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ American History 🔍 Hidden Figures 👥 Collective Biography 🌱 Grassroots Activism ✊ Civil Rights History

The Human Condition

av Hannah Arendt • 1958

The Greeks built freedom on escaping necessity. Modern society made necessity the highest good.

4.20

9 000+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏭 Modernity Critique 🏠 Public Vs Private 🔨 Meaning Of Work 👥 Mass Society

The Human Condition

The Greeks built freedom on escaping necessity. Modern society made necessity the highest good.

av Hannah Arendt 1958 349 sider

4.20

9 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏭 Modernity Critique 🏠 Public Vs Private 🔨 Meaning Of Work 👥 Mass Society

The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939

av Edward Hallett Carr • 1939

When the peace of 1919 ignored power, power waited twenty years and answered.

4.09

1 000+

🏛️ International Relations ⚔️ Political Realism 📅 Interwar Period 💪 Power Politics 📜 Diplomatic History

The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939

When the peace of 1919 ignored power, power waited twenty years and answered.

av Edward Hallett Carr 1939 244 sider

4.09

1 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ International Relations ⚔️ Political Realism 📅 Interwar Period 💪 Power Politics 📜 Diplomatic History

The Open Society and Its Enemies

av Karl Popper • 1956

Plato, Hegel, Marx: each believed history follows fixed laws. That idea produced totalitarianism.

4.21

2 000+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 💡 History Of Ideas ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 🔧 Piecemeal Reform

The Open Society and Its Enemies

Plato, Hegel, Marx: each believed history follows fixed laws. That idea produced totalitarianism.

av Karl Popper 1956 920 sider

4.21

2 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Philosophy 💡 History Of Ideas ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 🔧 Piecemeal Reform

Autocracy, Inc.

av Anne Applebaum • 2024

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

4.16

18 000+

🌐 Global Autocracy 💰 Kleptocracy 🚫 Authoritarianism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📡 Information Warfare

Autocracy, Inc.

A global network of dictators runs autocracies like for-profit firms. Democracies bankroll them.

av Anne Applebaum 2024 224 sider

4.16

18 000+ vurderinger

🌐 Global Autocracy 💰 Kleptocracy 🚫 Authoritarianism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📡 Information Warfare

Liquid Life

av Zygmunt Bauman • 2005

Why work, love, and identity became disposable, and why standing still now means sinking.

3.90

2 000+

🏛️ Critical Theory 💰 Late Capitalism ⚠️ Precarity 🛒 Consumer Critique 🔒 Fear And Security

Liquid Life

Why work, love, and identity became disposable, and why standing still now means sinking.

av Zygmunt Bauman 2005 164 sider

3.90

2 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Critical Theory 💰 Late Capitalism ⚠️ Precarity 🛒 Consumer Critique 🔒 Fear And Security

Intellectuals and Society

av Thomas Sowellm • 2009

The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.

4.29

4 000+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📢 Social Criticism 🧠 Intellectual Overreach 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚙️ Social Engineering

Intellectuals and Society

The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.

av Thomas Sowellm 2009 680 sider

4.29

4 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📢 Social Criticism 🧠 Intellectual Overreach 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚙️ Social Engineering

What Is Art?

av Leo Tolstoy • 1897

Real art does one thing: transmit a feeling from artist to stranger. Everything else is decoration.

3.73

3 000+

🎨 Philosophy Of Art 💭 Art And Emotion 🏛️ Art And Class ✝️ Christian Aesthetics ⚖️ Art And Morality

What Is Art?

Real art does one thing: transmit a feeling from artist to stranger. Everything else is decoration.

av Leo Tolstoy 1897 252 sider

3.73

3 000+ vurderinger

🎨 Philosophy Of Art 💭 Art And Emotion 🏛️ Art And Class ✝️ Christian Aesthetics ⚖️ Art And Morality

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

av Robert Nozick • 1974

What if taxation is forced labor, and the only just state barely governs?

3.74

6 000+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Classical Liberalism 🗽 Libertarian Thought ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🛡️ Individual Rights

Anarchy, State, and Utopia

What if taxation is forced labor, and the only just state barely governs?

av Robert Nozick 1974 367 sider

3.74

6 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Classical Liberalism 🗽 Libertarian Thought ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🛡️ Individual Rights

Black Wave

av Kim Ghattas • 2020

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

4.40

6 000+

🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Political Islam 💣 Religious Extremism

Black Wave

The 1979 contest between Saudi Arabia and Iran that dismantled a region’s cultural soul.

av Kim Ghattas 2020 400 sider

4.40

6 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Middle Eastern History ⚔️ Saudi-Iran Rivalry 🕌 Sectarian Conflict 📜 Political Islam 💣 Religious Extremism

Future Shock

av Alvin Toffler • 1970

Acceleration is a solvent: of place, of loyalty, of identity itself.

3.82

5 000+

⚡ Technological Change 🔮 Futurism 📥 Information Overload 🧩 Social Fragmentation 🗑️ Throwaway Culture

Future Shock

Acceleration is a solvent: of place, of loyalty, of identity itself.

av Alvin Toffler 1970 430 sider

3.82

5 000+ vurderinger

⚡ Technological Change 🔮 Futurism 📥 Information Overload 🧩 Social Fragmentation 🗑️ Throwaway Culture

The Strange Death of Europe

av Douglas Murray • 2017

Europe is being remade through mass immigration, paralyzed by a guilt that forbids honest debate.

4.15

12 000+

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇪🇺 European Identity 🚢 Mass Migration 🧩 Multiculturalism 🕌 Islam In Europe

The Strange Death of Europe

Europe is being remade through mass immigration, paralyzed by a guilt that forbids honest debate.

av Douglas Murray 2017 352 sider

4.15

12 000+ vurderinger

🛂 Immigration Policy 🇪🇺 European Identity 🚢 Mass Migration 🧩 Multiculturalism 🕌 Islam In Europe

The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution

av Gustave Le Bon • 2015

Crowds make individuals disappear, and the mass that forms only feels, never thinks.

4.13

285

🧠 Crowd Psychology 🇫🇷 French Revolution 💥 Revolutionary Theory 🗳️ Political Psychology 🎤 Charismatic Leadership

The Crowd & The Psychology of Revolution

Crowds make individuals disappear, and the mass that forms only feels, never thinks.

av Gustave Le Bon 2015 286 sider

4.13

285 vurderinger

🧠 Crowd Psychology 🇫🇷 French Revolution 💥 Revolutionary Theory 🗳️ Political Psychology 🎤 Charismatic Leadership

Machine, Platform, Crowd

av Andrew McAfee • 2018

Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.

4.04

2 000+

🏢 Technology Strategy 🛒 Platform Economics 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 👥 Crowdsourcing 🤖 Automation And Jobs

Machine, Platform, Crowd

Machines outthink experts, platforms own customers, and outsiders solve what insiders cannot.

av Andrew McAfee 2018 416 sider

4.04

2 000+ vurderinger

🏢 Technology Strategy 🛒 Platform Economics 📈 Data-Driven Decisions 👥 Crowdsourcing 🤖 Automation And Jobs

Foolproof

av Sander van der Linden • 2023

Correcting lies comes too late. A weakened dose of manipulation, taken beforehand, builds immunity.

3.97

500+

🦠 Misinformation Studies 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Media Literacy 📱 Social Media Effects 🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology

Foolproof

Correcting lies comes too late. A weakened dose of manipulation, taken beforehand, builds immunity.

av Sander van der Linden 2023 366 sider

3.97

500+ vurderinger

🦠 Misinformation Studies 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📰 Media Literacy 📱 Social Media Effects 🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

av Christopher Lasch • 1995

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

3.95

1 000+

🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

av Christopher Lasch 1995 276 sider

3.95

1 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

Liberalism and Its Discontents

av Francis Fukuyama • 2022

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

3.90

3 000+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

Liberalism and Its Discontents

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

av Francis Fukuyama 2022 190 sider

3.90

3 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

The True Believer

av Eric Hoffer • 1951

The zealot's cause is a costume; underneath is the same flight from a burdensome self.

4.19

12 000+

🧠 Mass Psychology ✊ Social Movements 🗳️ Political Psychology 🔥 Fanaticism 🙏 Self-Surrender

The True Believer

The zealot's cause is a costume; underneath is the same flight from a burdensome self.

av Eric Hoffer 1951 188 sider

4.19

12 000+ vurderinger

🧠 Mass Psychology ✊ Social Movements 🗳️ Political Psychology 🔥 Fanaticism 🙏 Self-Surrender

Common Sense

av Thomas Paine • 1776

A plain argument that kings and birthright are frauds, and America must walk away now.

4.00

39 000+

🇺🇸 American Revolution 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Republicanism 👑 Anti-Monarchism 💡 Enlightenment Politics

Common Sense

A plain argument that kings and birthright are frauds, and America must walk away now.

av Thomas Paine 1776 104 sider

4.00

39 000+ vurderinger

🇺🇸 American Revolution 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Republicanism 👑 Anti-Monarchism 💡 Enlightenment Politics

Asshole No More

av Xavier Crement • 1990

Definitive field guide to assholism: a social disease with types, stages, and a recovery program.

2.73

5 000+

🎭 Social Satire 🧱 Difficult People ☣️ Toxic Behavior 🧠 Pop Psychology 🏷️ Personality Types

Asshole No More

Definitive field guide to assholism: a social disease with types, stages, and a recovery program.

av Xavier Crement 1990 218 sider

2.73

5 000+ vurderinger

🎭 Social Satire 🧱 Difficult People ☣️ Toxic Behavior 🧠 Pop Psychology 🏷️ Personality Types

The Spirit Level

av Richard G. Wilkinson • 2009

Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.

4.13

7 000+

💸 Income Inequality 🏥 Public Health 🤝 Social Trust 😰 Status Anxiety 📊 Progressive Economics

The Spirit Level

Inequality sickens and divides. In rich countries, the gap matters more than the wealth itself.

av Richard G. Wilkinson 2009 402 sider

4.13

7 000+ vurderinger

💸 Income Inequality 🏥 Public Health 🤝 Social Trust 😰 Status Anxiety 📊 Progressive Economics

The Age of Unreason

av Charles B. Handy • 1989

The company of the future has three parts, your career five, and the old job for life is dead.

3.91

500+

🏢 Organizational Design 🌐 Future Of Work 🔀 Change Management 🤸 Flexible Work 🧠 Knowledge Work

The Age of Unreason

The company of the future has three parts, your career five, and the old job for life is dead.

av Charles B. Handy 1989 288 sider

3.91

500+ vurderinger

🏢 Organizational Design 🌐 Future Of Work 🔀 Change Management 🤸 Flexible Work 🧠 Knowledge Work

Gang Leader for a Day

av Sudhir Venkatesh • 2008

A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.

4.07

25 000+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork 💰 Underground Economy 🏠 Housing Inequality 👁️ Participant Observation

Gang Leader for a Day

A sociologist ran a Chicago gang for a day. The books were cleaner than he expected.

av Sudhir Venkatesh 2008 332 sider

4.07

25 000+ vurderinger

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Fieldwork 💰 Underground Economy 🏠 Housing Inequality 👁️ Participant Observation

Capitalism in America

av Alan Greenspan • 2018

America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.

4.06

2 000+

🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏢 Business History 💵 Monetary History ⚖️ Government And Markets

Capitalism in America

America's 400-year economic experiment: why each era's solution becomes the next era's problem.

av Alan Greenspan 2018 496 sider

4.06

2 000+ vurderinger

🏛️ Economic History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 🏢 Business History 💵 Monetary History ⚖️ Government And Markets

MegaThreats

av Nouriel Roubini • 2022

Ten dangers, from unsustainable debt to climate, are now locked together in one accelerating crisis.

3.76

1 000+

🌐 Global Polycrisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 💰 Debt Crises 📉 Stagflation 👴 Demographic Decline

MegaThreats

Ten dangers, from unsustainable debt to climate, are now locked together in one accelerating crisis.

av Nouriel Roubini 2022 320 sider

3.76

1 000+ vurderinger

🌐 Global Polycrisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 💰 Debt Crises 📉 Stagflation 👴 Demographic Decline

Studies in Pessimism

av Arthur Schopenhauer • 1890

Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.

3.88

2 000+

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Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.

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From Troy to Vietnam, power makes governments ignore the warnings right in front of them.

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Blockchain Revolution

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The technology inside Bitcoin could replace banks, rewrite business, and reinvent how we govern.

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Blockchain Revolution

The technology inside Bitcoin could replace banks, rewrite business, and reinvent how we govern.

av Don Tapscott 2016 368 sider

3.39

4 000+ vurderinger

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Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.

4.13

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The Great Taking

Your stocks aren't yours. They're collateral for a derivatives bet you never made.

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