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🇺🇸 American Social Policy

Examinations of how the United States has addressed—or failed to address—poverty, healthcare, education, and inequality through legislation and institutional design.
Fragmented Democracy
by Jamila Michener • 2018
Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.
4.23
120
🏛️ American Federalism🏥 Health Policy⚖️ Political Inequality🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters🔗 Race And Poverty
Fragmented Democracy Summary
Fragmented Democracy 93%
Your zip code decides your Medicaid benefits. It also decides whether you bother with politics.
by Jamila Michener 2018
4.23
120 ratings
🏛️ American Federalism🏥 Health Policy⚖️ Political Inequality🏢 Bureaucratic Encounters🔗 Race And Poverty
The Divided Welfare State
by Jacob S. Hacker • 2002
America didn't skip the welfare state. It hid it in tax breaks and employer benefits.
3.70
60
🏛️ Welfare State🔄 Path Dependence🏢 Private Welfare💰 Tax Subsidies🏫 Historical Institutionalism
The Divided Welfare State Summary
The Divided Welfare State 92%
America didn't skip the welfare state. It hid it in tax breaks and employer benefits.
by Jacob S. Hacker 2002
3.70
60 ratings
🏛️ Welfare State🔄 Path Dependence🏢 Private Welfare💰 Tax Subsidies🏫 Historical Institutionalism
The Two Percent Solution
by Matt Miller • 2003
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
3.98
89
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
The Two Percent Solution Summary
The Two Percent Solution 92%
America's biggest domestic problems cost two percent of GDP to fix. That's the whole argument.
by Matt Miller 2003
3.98
89 ratings
🏛️ Domestic Policy🏥 Healthcare Reform📚 Education Reform💰 Campaign Finance🤝 Bipartisan Solutions
From Welfare to Workfare
by Jennifer Mittelstadt • 2005
Reformers taught poor mothers to work to save welfare; they built the case for workfare instead.
3.91
11
📋 Welfare Policy🏛️ Postwar America🔄 Unintended Consequences🎭 Racial Liberalism👩‍👧 Feminization Of Poverty
From Welfare to Workfare Summary
From Welfare to Workfare 92%
Reformers taught poor mothers to work to save welfare; they built the case for workfare instead.
by Jennifer Mittelstadt 2005
3.91
11 ratings
📋 Welfare Policy🏛️ Postwar America🔄 Unintended Consequences🎭 Racial Liberalism👩‍👧 Feminization Of Poverty
The Human Cost of Welfare
by Phil Harvey • 2016
Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.
4.45
20
🏛️ Welfare Reform📉 Anti-Poverty Policy💼 Work Incentives🔗 Welfare Dependency🪢 Social Safety Net
The Human Cost of Welfare Summary
The Human Cost of Welfare 92%
Welfare was built to end poverty. Its rules punish work, marriage, and saving instead.
by Phil Harvey 2016
4.45
20 ratings
🏛️ Welfare Reform📉 Anti-Poverty Policy💼 Work Incentives🔗 Welfare Dependency🪢 Social Safety Net
The Color of Welfare
by Jill Quadagno • 1994
Racial backlash, not liberal ideals, unraveled the American welfare state, program by program.
4.16
90
🏛️ American Welfare State⚖️ Racial Inequality🌪️ White Backlash⚔️ War On Poverty🏙️ Urban Segregation
The Color of Welfare Summary
The Color of Welfare 92%
Racial backlash, not liberal ideals, unraveled the American welfare state, program by program.
by Jill Quadagno 1994
4.16
90 ratings
🏛️ American Welfare State⚖️ Racial Inequality🌪️ White Backlash⚔️ War On Poverty🏙️ Urban Segregation
Dividing Citizens
by Suzanne Mettler • 1998
Why Social Security turned men into rights-bearing citizens and women into dependents.
4.18
17
📜 New Deal Policies🏛️ American Welfare State⚖️ Federalism And Gender📉 Structural Inequality🚺 Gender And Policy
Dividing Citizens Summary
Dividing Citizens 91%
Why Social Security turned men into rights-bearing citizens and women into dependents.
by Suzanne Mettler 1998
4.18
17 ratings
📜 New Deal Policies🏛️ American Welfare State⚖️ Federalism And Gender📉 Structural Inequality🚺 Gender And Policy
Shifting the Color Line
by Robert C. Lieberman • 1998
New Deal welfare was a racial sorting machine, not by intent but by institutional design.
3.69
16
🏛️ American Welfare State🕰️ New Deal Era⚖️ Institutional Racism🏗️ Structural Inequality🏫 Historical Institutionalism
Shifting the Color Line Summary
Shifting the Color Line 91%
New Deal welfare was a racial sorting machine, not by intent but by institutional design.
by Robert C. Lieberman 1998
3.69
16 ratings
🏛️ American Welfare State🕰️ New Deal Era⚖️ Institutional Racism🏗️ Structural Inequality🏫 Historical Institutionalism
Common Sense
by Joel Greenblatt • 2020
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
3.65
276
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense 91%
The same incentive logic that picks stocks can fix schools, wages, and banks.
by Joel Greenblatt 2020
3.65
276 ratings
🏛️ Economic Policy📚 Education Reform💡 Market-Based Solutions🪢 Social Safety Net🏦 Banking Reform
The Submerged State
by Suzanne Mettler • 2011
Half of Americans who use government programs say they never have. That gap is no accident.
3.88
267
🕶️ Hidden Welfare State💸 Tax Expenditures⬆️💰 Upward Redistribution🗳️ Democratic Erosion🤷 Political Ignorance
The Submerged State Summary
The Submerged State 91%
Half of Americans who use government programs say they never have. That gap is no accident.
by Suzanne Mettler 2011
3.88
267 ratings
🕶️ Hidden Welfare State💸 Tax Expenditures⬆️💰 Upward Redistribution🗳️ Democratic Erosion🤷 Political Ignorance
From Poor Law to Welfare State
by Walter I. Trattner • 1974
How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.
3.69
318
🏛️ Social Welfare History⚖️ Poverty And Morality🏥 Institutional Care⛪ Religious Charity🧬 Social Darwinism
From Poor Law to Welfare State Summary
From Poor Law to Welfare State 91%
How America turned helping the poor from an act of justice into a judgment on character.
by Walter I. Trattner 1974
3.69
318 ratings
🏛️ Social Welfare History⚖️ Poverty And Morality🏥 Institutional Care⛪ Religious Charity🧬 Social Darwinism
We've Got You Covered
by Liran Einav • 2023
America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.
4.09
386
🏥 American Healthcare📊 Health Economics🏛 Health Policy🩺 Universal Coverage🩻 Health Insurance
We've Got You Covered Summary
We've Got You Covered 91%
America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.
by Liran Einav 2023
4.09
386 ratings
🏥 American Healthcare📊 Health Economics🏛 Health Policy🩺 Universal Coverage🩻 Health Insurance
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse
by Michael B. Katz • 1986
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
3.74
138
📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality🏭 Racial Capitalism💰 Political Economy
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse Summary
In the Shadow of the Poorhouse 91%
American welfare was designed to deter, not to help. The poorhouse closed; the logic stayed.
by Michael B. Katz 1986
3.74
138 ratings
📜 Welfare History🏚️ Poverty Studies🔗 Structural Inequality🏭 Racial Capitalism💰 Political Economy
Class War?
by Benjamin I. Page • 2009
Americans aren't fighting a class war. They agree on taxing the rich and expanding the safety net.
3.53
45
💸 Economic Inequality🏛️ American Politics📊 Public Opinion⚖️ Political Inequality💵 Money In Politics
Class War? Summary
Class War? 91%
Americans aren't fighting a class war. They agree on taxing the rich and expanding the safety net.
by Benjamin I. Page 2009
3.53
45 ratings
💸 Economic Inequality🏛️ American Politics📊 Public Opinion⚖️ Political Inequality💵 Money In Politics
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik • 2021
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
3.85
1k+
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other 91%
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers
by Skocpol • 1992
Why America built a welfare state for soldiers and mothers, not workers, and never recovered.
3.79
107
🏛️ Welfare State Origins📜 Historical Institutionalism🗽 American Political Development⌛ Progressive Era Reforms👩‍👧 Maternal Welfare
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers Summary
Protecting Soldiers and Mothers 91%
Why America built a welfare state for soldiers and mothers, not workers, and never recovered.
by Skocpol 1992
3.79
107 ratings
🏛️ Welfare State Origins📜 Historical Institutionalism🗽 American Political Development⌛ Progressive Era Reforms👩‍👧 Maternal Welfare
In Our Hands
by Charles Murray • 2006
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
3.74
290
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society🗽 Libertarian Economics🛡️ Social Insurance
In Our Hands Summary
In Our Hands 91%
Eliminate every welfare program. Send every adult one check. It costs less and ends poverty.
by Charles Murray 2006
3.74
290 ratings
🏦 Universal Basic Income📋 Welfare Reform🏘️ Civil Society🗽 Libertarian Economics🛡️ Social Insurance
Improving Poor People
by Michael B. Katz • 1995
Why America keeps trying to fix the poor instead of poverty, and what history reveals.
3.83
12
📉 Poverty Policy🏛️ Welfare State🎯 Blaming The Victim⚖️ Structural Inequality🏙️ Urban Poverty
Improving Poor People Summary
Improving Poor People 91%
Why America keeps trying to fix the poor instead of poverty, and what history reveals.
by Michael B. Katz 1995
3.83
12 ratings
📉 Poverty Policy🏛️ Welfare State🎯 Blaming The Victim⚖️ Structural Inequality🏙️ Urban Poverty
Understanding Public Policy
by Thomas R. Dye • 1969
Governments make policy through many lenses. An eight-model toolkit shows why each is half right.
3.81
244
🏛️ Public Policy Analysis🇺🇸 American Government🔍 Policy Frameworks📊 Policy Evaluation🏢 Interest Groups
Understanding Public Policy Summary
Understanding Public Policy 91%
Governments make policy through many lenses. An eight-model toolkit shows why each is half right.
by Thomas R. Dye 1969
3.81
244 ratings
🏛️ Public Policy Analysis🇺🇸 American Government🔍 Policy Frameworks📊 Policy Evaluation🏢 Interest Groups
An Introduction to the Policy Process
by Thomas A. Birkland • 2001
Policy fails less from bad ideas than from the battles over attention, framing, and implementation.
3.58
288
🏛️ Policy Process📋 Agenda Setting⚙️ Policy Implementation🛠️ Policy Design🧠 Policy Theory
An Introduction to the Policy Process Summary
An Introduction to the Policy Process 91%
Policy fails less from bad ideas than from the battles over attention, framing, and implementation.
by Thomas A. Birkland 2001
3.58
288 ratings
🏛️ Policy Process📋 Agenda Setting⚙️ Policy Implementation🛠️ Policy Design🧠 Policy Theory
Dying of Whiteness
by Jonathan M. Metzl • 2019
White Americans are dying younger, and the policies their votes support are a major cause.
4.11
7k+
🇺🇸 American Politics🩺 Public Health🤍 White Identity Politics↩️ Backlash Politics💊 Healthcare Inequality
Dying of Whiteness Summary
Dying of Whiteness 91%
White Americans are dying younger, and the policies their votes support are a major cause.
by Jonathan M. Metzl 2019
4.11
7k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Politics🩺 Public Health🤍 White Identity Politics↩️ Backlash Politics💊 Healthcare Inequality
Social Justice Fallacies
by Thomas Sowell • 2023
Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.
4.38
3k+
📋 Public Policy Critique🔄 Unintended Consequences📊 Statistical Fallacies👥 Group Differences🧠 Knowledge Problem
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies 91%
Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.
by Thomas Sowell 2023
4.38
3k+ ratings
📋 Public Policy Critique🔄 Unintended Consequences📊 Statistical Fallacies👥 Group Differences🧠 Knowledge Problem
San Fransicko
by Michael Shellenberger • 2021
Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.
4.01
4k+
🏙️ Urban Policy🏚️ Homelessness💊 Drug Policy🧠 Mental Health Policy⚖️ Moral Psychology
San Fransicko Summary
San Fransicko 90%
Progressive compassion for the homeless and addicted is making both groups larger and sicker.
by Michael Shellenberger 2021
4.01
4k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy🏚️ Homelessness💊 Drug Policy🧠 Mental Health Policy⚖️ Moral Psychology
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman • 2007
Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.
3.97
6k+
📊 Income Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Racial Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare🛡️ Welfare State Politics
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal 90%
Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.
by Paul Krugman 2007
3.97
6k+ ratings
📊 Income Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Racial Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare🛡️ Welfare State Politics
Building a New American State
by Stephen Skowronek • 1982
Before the New Deal, there was the Progressive Era: how America built its administrative state.
3.75
57
🇺🇸 American Politics🏗️ State Building⏳ Progressive Era🔧 Institutional Reform🌿 Political Development
Building a New American State Summary
Building a New American State 90%
Before the New Deal, there was the Progressive Era: how America built its administrative state.
by Stephen Skowronek 1982
3.75
57 ratings
🇺🇸 American Politics🏗️ State Building⏳ Progressive Era🔧 Institutional Reform🌿 Political Development
Categorically Unequal
by Douglas S. Massey • 2007
America engineered its inequality: sort people into categories, then rig the rules.
4.24
134
📊 Social Stratification🔀 Race And Class🏛️ Political Economy🔗 Mass Incarceration🧠 Social Cognition
Categorically Unequal Summary
Categorically Unequal 90%
America engineered its inequality: sort people into categories, then rig the rules.
by Douglas S. Massey 2007
4.24
134 ratings
📊 Social Stratification🔀 Race And Class🏛️ Political Economy🔗 Mass Incarceration🧠 Social Cognition
The Perils of Federalism
by Lisa L. Miller • 2008
Federalism rewards punitive interests. The communities hit hardest by crime stay shut out.
3.54
13
📜 American Political Development⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform🏛️ Interest Group Politics📰 Moral Panics🏙️ Urban Politics
The Perils of Federalism Summary
The Perils of Federalism 90%
Federalism rewards punitive interests. The communities hit hardest by crime stay shut out.
by Lisa L. Miller 2008
3.54
13 ratings
📜 American Political Development⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform🏛️ Interest Group Politics📰 Moral Panics🏙️ Urban Politics
The Price of Federalism
by Paul E. Peterson • 1995
Washington redistributes; states compete for growth. The pattern leaves Rust Belt cities behind.
3.37
19
💰 Fiscal Federalism🇺🇸 American Federalism📊 Public Finance🔗 Intergovernmental Relations🏥 Welfare Policy
The Price of Federalism Summary
The Price of Federalism 90%
Washington redistributes; states compete for growth. The pattern leaves Rust Belt cities behind.
by Paul E. Peterson 1995
3.37
19 ratings
💰 Fiscal Federalism🇺🇸 American Federalism📊 Public Finance🔗 Intergovernmental Relations🏥 Welfare Policy
Policy Paradox
by Deborah Stone • 1988
Policy runs on stories and symbols more than spreadsheets. The winner defines the problem.
3.87
1k+
🏛️ Policy Analysis🔲 Framing Effects🏗️ Social Construction🎭 Symbolic Politics🗣️ Political Rhetoric
Policy Paradox Summary
Policy Paradox 90%
Policy runs on stories and symbols more than spreadsheets. The winner defines the problem.
by Deborah Stone 1988
3.87
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Policy Analysis🔲 Framing Effects🏗️ Social Construction🎭 Symbolic Politics🗣️ Political Rhetoric
One Nation, Uninsured
by Jill Quadagno • 2005
Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.
3.61
123
🏥 Health Care Policy📜 Public Health History🏛️ Interest-Group Politics🩺 Health Reform⚖️ Racial Health Disparities
One Nation, Uninsured Summary
One Nation, Uninsured 90%
Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.
by Jill Quadagno 2005
3.61
123 ratings
🏥 Health Care Policy📜 Public Health History🏛️ Interest-Group Politics🩺 Health Reform⚖️ Racial Health Disparities
The Thinkers
by E.J. Fagan • 2024
American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.
3.80
15
🧠 Think Tanks🇺🇸 American Politics↔️ Political Polarization📋 Public Policy🔬 Policy Expertise
The Thinkers Summary
The Thinkers 90%
American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.
by E.J. Fagan 2024
3.80
15 ratings
🧠 Think Tanks🇺🇸 American Politics↔️ Political Polarization📋 Public Policy🔬 Policy Expertise
American Exceptionalism
by Seymour Martin Lipset • 1996
America's best and worst traits come from the same source: its founding creed.
3.50
116
🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🌐 Comparative Politics🗳️ Political Culture🏛️ National Identity✝️ Protestant Work Ethic
American Exceptionalism Summary
American Exceptionalism 90%
America's best and worst traits come from the same source: its founding creed.
by Seymour Martin Lipset 1996
3.50
116 ratings
🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism🌐 Comparative Politics🗳️ Political Culture🏛️ National Identity✝️ Protestant Work Ethic
A Simple Government
by Mike Huckabee • 2011
A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.
3.73
302
🐘 American Conservatism🏛️ Federalism💰 Fiscal Conservatism🧾 Tax Reform👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism
A Simple Government Summary
A Simple Government 90%
A former governor's plan for a government that does less, costs less, and meddles less.
by Mike Huckabee 2011
3.73
302 ratings
🐘 American Conservatism🏛️ Federalism💰 Fiscal Conservatism🧾 Tax Reform👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social Conservatism
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen • 1989
Three welfare-state logics, not one spectrum; three distinct futures for work, class, and conflict.
3.93
352
🏛️ Welfare States📋 Social Policy🏭 Post-Industrial Work👷 Labor Market Policy🏫 Historical Institutionalism
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism Summary
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism 90%
Three welfare-state logics, not one spectrum; three distinct futures for work, class, and conflict.
by Gøsta Esping-Andersen 1989
3.93
352 ratings
🏛️ Welfare States📋 Social Policy🏭 Post-Industrial Work👷 Labor Market Policy🏫 Historical Institutionalism
The Next America
by Paul Taylor • 2014
By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.
3.67
697
🏛️ Generational Conflict📊 Demographic Change🏥 Social Safety Net💰 Wealth Inequality📈 Economic Mobility
The Next America Summary
The Next America 90%
By 2033 the safety net runs dry. The generation expected to save it is already underwater.
by Paul Taylor 2014
3.67
697 ratings
🏛️ Generational Conflict📊 Demographic Change🏥 Social Safety Net💰 Wealth Inequality📈 Economic Mobility
Medicare for All
by Abdul El-Sayed • 2021
$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.
4.36
349
🏥 Healthcare Reform🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏛️ Single-Payer Systems💰 Health Economics🏢 Corporate Power
Medicare for All Summary
Medicare for All 90%
$5,220 for a US hospital day, $765 in Australia. The fix, and how to win it.
by Abdul El-Sayed 2021
4.36
349 ratings
🏥 Healthcare Reform🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏛️ Single-Payer Systems💰 Health Economics🏢 Corporate Power
The Myth of American Exceptionalism
by Godfrey Hodgson • 2009
America's founding myths were built on misreadings. Corrupted, they now fuel inequality and war.
3.46
115
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🏛 National Myths📚 Historical Revisionism💰 Global Inequality🔗 Mass Incarceration
The Myth of American Exceptionalism Summary
The Myth of American Exceptionalism 90%
America's founding myths were built on misreadings. Corrupted, they now fuel inequality and war.
by Godfrey Hodgson 2009
3.46
115 ratings
🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🏛 National Myths📚 Historical Revisionism💰 Global Inequality🔗 Mass Incarceration
The Vision of the Anointed
by Thomas Sowell • 1995
Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.
4.40
3k+
🧐 Public Policy📢 Social Criticism📊 Statistical Fallacies💥 Policy Failure🎭 Ideological Bias
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed 90%
Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.
by Thomas Sowell 1995
4.40
3k+ ratings
🧐 Public Policy📢 Social Criticism📊 Statistical Fallacies💥 Policy Failure🎭 Ideological Bias
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't
by Jessamyn Conrad • 2008
What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.
3.94
2k+
🦅 American Politics📋 Public Policy📚 Civic Education⚡ Political Polarization🔥 Culture Wars
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't Summary
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't 90%
What every voter should know about the issues, explained without the partisan spin.
by Jessamyn Conrad 2008
3.94
2k+ ratings
🦅 American Politics📋 Public Policy📚 Civic Education⚡ Political Polarization🔥 Culture Wars
Coming Apart
by Charles Murray • 2012
Post-1963, the working class unraveled while a new elite sealed itself away.
3.81
6k+
🧱 Class Divide📉 Cultural Decline🤝 Social Capital🏛️ Elite Isolation⛪ Secularization
Coming Apart Summary
Coming Apart 90%
Post-1963, the working class unraveled while a new elite sealed itself away.
by Charles Murray 2012
3.81
6k+ ratings
🧱 Class Divide📉 Cultural Decline🤝 Social Capital🏛️ Elite Isolation⛪ Secularization
The Conservative Heart
by Arthur C. Brooks • 2015
Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.
4.11
1k+
🏛️ American Conservatism😊 Happiness Economics🔨 Meaningful Work🏚️ Poverty And Culture🗣️ Political Persuasion
The Conservative Heart Summary
The Conservative Heart 90%
Half of happiness is genetic. The other half: that is what conservatism should actually be about.
by Arthur C. Brooks 2015
4.11
1k+ ratings
🏛️ American Conservatism😊 Happiness Economics🔨 Meaningful Work🏚️ Poverty And Culture🗣️ Political Persuasion
Regulating the Poor
by Frances Fox Piven • 1971
Welfare has one rhythm: expand during riots, contract during calm, always to enforce cheap labor.
4.24
321
🏛️ Welfare State🔧 Work And Welfare🎛️ Social Control💰 Political Economy✊ Social Movements
Regulating the Poor Summary
Regulating the Poor 90%
Welfare has one rhythm: expand during riots, contract during calm, always to enforce cheap labor.
by Frances Fox Piven 1971
4.24
321 ratings
🏛️ Welfare State🔧 Work And Welfare🎛️ Social Control💰 Political Economy✊ Social Movements
All You Can Eat
by Joel Berg • 2008
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
3.88
137
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
All You Can Eat Summary
All You Can Eat 90%
America has the food to feed everyone. Why 35 million still go hungry.
by Joel Berg 2008
3.88
137 ratings
🍽️ Food Insecurity📋 Welfare Policy🔗 Systemic Poverty🏛️ Food Politics🎭 Charity Critique
Why Nothing Works
by Marc J. Dunkelman • 2025
Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.
3.79
1k+
🇺🇸 American Progressivism🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock🏘️ Housing Crisis🏗️ Infrastructure Politics🏡 Local Control
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works 90%
Progressivism has two souls: one builds, one stops. The stopper won, so nothing gets built.
by Marc J. Dunkelman 2025
3.79
1k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Progressivism🔒 Bureaucratic Gridlock🏘️ Housing Crisis🏗️ Infrastructure Politics🏡 Local Control
Our Malady
by Timothy Snyder • 2020
From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.
4.14
2k+
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏥 Healthcare Reform💰 Profit In Medicine⚖️ Health Inequality🌐 Universal Healthcare
Our Malady Summary
Our Malady 90%
From a hospital bed, a tyranny scholar diagnoses America's for-profit medicine as a freedom crisis.
by Timothy Snyder 2020
4.14
2k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Healthcare🏥 Healthcare Reform💰 Profit In Medicine⚖️ Health Inequality🌐 Universal Healthcare
Punishing the Poor
by Loïc Wacquant • 2004
Welfare cuts and mass incarceration are two sides of the same neoliberal project, not opposites.
4.21
277
🏛️ Mass Incarceration💸 Neoliberal Critique🚫 Criminalizing Poverty🔒 Carceral State⚖️ Sociology Of Punishment
Punishing the Poor Summary
Punishing the Poor 90%
Welfare cuts and mass incarceration are two sides of the same neoliberal project, not opposites.
by Loïc Wacquant 2004
4.21
277 ratings
🏛️ Mass Incarceration💸 Neoliberal Critique🚫 Criminalizing Poverty🔒 Carceral State⚖️ Sociology Of Punishment
The Twilight of Common Dreams
by Todd Gitlin • 1995
The Left abandoned class for identity, and the Right took the country. An anatomy of surrender.
3.43
53
🔥 Culture Wars🏷️ Identity Politics💸 Class Inequality🇺🇸 American Identity🌍 Multiculturalism
The Twilight of Common Dreams Summary
The Twilight of Common Dreams 90%
The Left abandoned class for identity, and the Right took the country. An anatomy of surrender.
by Todd Gitlin 1995
3.43
53 ratings
🔥 Culture Wars🏷️ Identity Politics💸 Class Inequality🇺🇸 American Identity🌍 Multiculturalism
American Poison
by Eduardo Porter • 2020
White America starved the safety net to keep it from minorities. Then inequality came for everyone.
3.91
270
🧱 Us Race Relations🔍 Structural Racism🏛️ Welfare State⛓️ Mass Incarceration🗳️ Political Polarization
American Poison Summary
American Poison 90%
White America starved the safety net to keep it from minorities. Then inequality came for everyone.
by Eduardo Porter 2020
3.91
270 ratings
🧱 Us Race Relations🔍 Structural Racism🏛️ Welfare State⛓️ Mass Incarceration🗳️ Political Polarization
Four Threats
by Suzanne Mettler • 2020
The four forces that repeatedly broke American democracy are peaking together for the first time.
4.03
221
🏛️ American Politics⚡ Political Polarization🏢 Executive Power💰 Economic Inequality🗳️ Voting Rights
Four Threats Summary
Four Threats 90%
The four forces that repeatedly broke American democracy are peaking together for the first time.
by Suzanne Mettler 2020
4.03
221 ratings
🏛️ American Politics⚡ Political Polarization🏢 Executive Power💰 Economic Inequality🗳️ Voting Rights
The New Feminist Agenda
by Madeleine Kunin • 2012
Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.
3.76
119
🏛️ Work-Family Policy🇩🇰 Nordic Social Model🧒 Child Poverty💰 Gender Wage Gap👩‍👧 Working Mothers
The New Feminist Agenda Summary
The New Feminist Agenda 90%
Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.
by Madeleine Kunin 2012
3.76
119 ratings
🏛️ Work-Family Policy🇩🇰 Nordic Social Model🧒 Child Poverty💰 Gender Wage Gap👩‍👧 Working Mothers
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