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🏚️ Failing Institutions

Schools, governments, churches, and systems that once held society together now crumble from within, and characters must navigate the wreckage.
The Unaccountability Machine
by Dan Davies • 2024
Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.
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🏢 Corporate Governance🔄 Systems Thinking🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction
The Unaccountability Machine Summary
The Unaccountability Machine 89%
Why nobody is responsible: the machinery that absorbs blame and starves institutions of feedback.
by Dan Davies 2024
3.74
1k+ ratings
🏢 Corporate Governance🔄 Systems Thinking🏚️ Organizational Dysfunction
Normal Accidents
by Charles Perrow • 1984
The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.
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🏭 Sociotechnical Systems⛓️‍💥 Systemic Failure🪜 Cascading Failures
Normal Accidents Summary
Normal Accidents 89%
The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.
by Charles Perrow 1984
4.05
704 ratings
🏭 Sociotechnical Systems⛓️‍💥 Systemic Failure🪜 Cascading Failures
Lights Out
by Ted Koppel • 2015
A grid cyberattack could kill most Americans in a year; no agency has a plan.
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⚡ Critical Infrastructure🔌 Electrical Grid💥 EMP Threat
Lights Out Summary
Lights Out 88%
A grid cyberattack could kill most Americans in a year; no agency has a plan.
by Ted Koppel 2015
3.71
6k+ ratings
⚡ Critical Infrastructure🔌 Electrical Grid💥 EMP Threat
Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies
by Benjamin M. Studebaker • 2024
Democracies survive today not by solving problems but by multiplying stories about why they can't.
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15
🏛️ Democratic Legitimacy🗳️ Liberal Democracy📖 Critical Theory
Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies Summary
Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies 88%
Democracies survive today not by solving problems but by multiplying stories about why they can't.
by Benjamin M. Studebaker 2024
4.60
15 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Legitimacy🗳️ Liberal Democracy📖 Critical Theory
The Premonition
by Michael Lewis • 2021
A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.
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🏥 Public Health🦠 Epidemiology🚨 Pandemic Response
The Premonition Summary
The Premonition 88%
A handful of outsiders saw COVID-19 coming and built the warning system the CDC refused to.
by Michael Lewis 2021
4.32
43k+ ratings
🏥 Public Health🦠 Epidemiology🚨 Pandemic Response
The Challenger Launch Decision
by Diane Vaughan • 1997
The chain of small failures that precedes every disaster, and where to break it.
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🔥 Organizational Failure⚡ Crisis Leadership📉 Risk Normalization
The Challenger Launch Decision Summary
The Challenger Launch Decision 88%
The chain of small failures that precedes every disaster, and where to break it.
by Diane Vaughan 1997
4.08
459 ratings
🔥 Organizational Failure⚡ Crisis Leadership📉 Risk Normalization
The Death of Expertise
by Thomas M. Nichols • 2017
Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.
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🛡️ Anti-Intellectualism🧠 Cognitive Biases🗞️ Media Criticism
The Death of Expertise Summary
The Death of Expertise 88%
Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.
by Thomas M. Nichols 2017
3.82
10k+ ratings
🛡️ Anti-Intellectualism🧠 Cognitive Biases🗞️ Media Criticism
The End of Power
by Moisés Naím • 2013
Power is crumbling everywhere at once. The three hidden forces dismantling every hierarchy.
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🏛️ Political Decay🌐 Dispersion Of Power🌎 Post-Hegemonic World
The End of Power Summary
The End of Power 88%
Power is crumbling everywhere at once. The three hidden forces dismantling every hierarchy.
by Moisés Naím 2013
3.63
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Decay🌐 Dispersion Of Power🌎 Post-Hegemonic World
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority
by Martin Gurri • 2014
The digital revolution gave the public the power to destroy institutions but not to replace them.
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📱 Digital Media Politics🏛️ Crisis Of Authority✊ Populist Revolt
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority Summary
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority 88%
The digital revolution gave the public the power to destroy institutions but not to replace them.
by Martin Gurri 2014
4.19
2k+ ratings
📱 Digital Media Politics🏛️ Crisis Of Authority✊ Populist Revolt
Success through Failure
by Henry Petroski • 2006
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
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🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory
Success through Failure Summary
Success through Failure 88%
Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.
by Henry Petroski 2006
3.60
201 ratings
🧱 Engineering Failures💡 Learning From Failure📐 Design Theory
The Vision of the Anointed
by Thomas Sowell • 1995
Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.
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🧐 Public Policy📢 Social Criticism📊 Statistical Fallacies
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed 88%
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
It's Even Worse Than It Looks
by Thomas E. Mann • 2012
The debt ceiling as hostage, the filibuster as permanent veto: how one party broke democracy.
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↔️ Political Polarization🛑 Congressional Gridlock💰 Money In Politics
It's Even Worse Than It Looks Summary
It's Even Worse Than It Looks 88%
The debt ceiling as hostage, the filibuster as permanent veto: how one party broke democracy.
by Thomas E. Mann 2012
3.89
4k+ ratings
↔️ Political Polarization🛑 Congressional Gridlock💰 Money In Politics
The Tyranny of Metrics
by Jerry Z. Muller • 2017
The pursuit of measurable accountability is corrupting exactly the institutions it claims to fix.
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2k+
📉 Performance Metrics🔄 Perverse Incentives🎮 Gaming Metrics
The Tyranny of Metrics Summary
The Tyranny of Metrics 88%
The pursuit of measurable accountability is corrupting exactly the institutions it claims to fix.
by Jerry Z. Muller 2017
3.69
2k+ ratings
📉 Performance Metrics🔄 Perverse Incentives🎮 Gaming Metrics
Don't Burn This Country
by Dave Rubin • 2022
The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.
3.90
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🚫 Cancel Culture Critique💪 Self-Reliance📰 Media Criticism
Don't Burn This Country Summary
Don't Burn This Country 88%
The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.
by Dave Rubin 2022
3.90
498 ratings
🚫 Cancel Culture Critique💪 Self-Reliance📰 Media Criticism
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
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🏛️ Political Philosophy🤝 Communitarianism🧩 Individualism Critique
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed 88%
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018
3.84
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🤝 Communitarianism🧩 Individualism Critique
End Times
by Peter Turchin • 2023
Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.
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📊 Quantitative History💥 Political Instability👑 Elite Theory
End Times Summary
End Times 88%
Ten millennia of data point to two conditions for state collapse. America now meets both.
by Peter Turchin 2023
4.06
3k+ ratings
📊 Quantitative History💥 Political Instability👑 Elite Theory
Reckless Endangerment
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
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🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment 88%
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011
3.96
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending
Uncontrolled Spread
by Scott Gottlieb • 2021
Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.
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🏥 Public Health Policy🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness🏛️ Institutional Failure
Uncontrolled Spread Summary
Uncontrolled Spread 88%
Every part of America's pandemic defense was designed for a different war.
by Scott Gottlieb 2021
4.06
1k+ ratings
🏥 Public Health Policy🛡️ Pandemic Preparedness🏛️ Institutional Failure
In Mistrust We Trust
by Ivan Krastev • 2013
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
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73
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism
In Mistrust We Trust Summary
In Mistrust We Trust 88%
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
by Ivan Krastev 2013
3.96
73 ratings
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism
The Broken Branch
by Thomas E. Mann • 2006
Built to lead, Congress now defers to the president, skips debate, and legislates in the dark.
3.76
290
🏛️ Congressional Dysfunction⚔️ Partisan Polarization📜 Legislative Process
The Broken Branch Summary
The Broken Branch 88%
Built to lead, Congress now defers to the president, skips debate, and legislates in the dark.
by Thomas E. Mann 2006
3.76
290 ratings
🏛️ Congressional Dysfunction⚔️ Partisan Polarization📜 Legislative Process
The Secret Barrister
by The Secret Barrister • 2018
A barrister reveals how criminal courts became an assembly line, and who pays the price.
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🏛️ Criminal Justice💔 Systemic Failure💷 Austerity Politics
The Secret Barrister Summary
The Secret Barrister 88%
A barrister reveals how criminal courts became an assembly line, and who pays the price.
by The Secret Barrister 2018
3.88
23k+ ratings
🏛️ Criminal Justice💔 Systemic Failure💷 Austerity Politics
The Mandibles
by Lionel Shriver • 2016
The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.
3.71
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🏚️ Economic Collapse💸 Failed Inheritance👁️ Surveillance State
The Mandibles Summary
The Mandibles 88%
The Mandibles waited decades for an inheritance that disappears the night America defaults.
by Lionel Shriver 2016
3.71
12k+ ratings
🏚️ Economic Collapse💸 Failed Inheritance👁️ Surveillance State
Paper Belt on Fire
by Michael Gibson • 2022
Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.
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🎓 Credentialism📉 Technological Stagnation💰 Venture Capital
Paper Belt on Fire Summary
Paper Belt on Fire 88%
Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.
by Michael Gibson 2022
3.88
160 ratings
🎓 Credentialism📉 Technological Stagnation💰 Venture Capital
Coming Apart
by Charles Murray • 2012
Post-1963, the working class unraveled while a new elite sealed itself away.
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🧱 Class Divide📉 Cultural Decline🤝 Social Capital
Coming Apart Summary
Coming Apart 88%
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
Our Culture, What's Left of It
by Theodore Dalrymple • 2005
Abandoning moral judgment doesn't liberate the strong; it abandons the weak. A prison doctor's case.
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🇬🇧 British Decline📰 Cultural Criticism⚖️ Moral Relativism
Our Culture, What's Left of It Summary
Our Culture, What's Left of It 88%
Abandoning moral judgment doesn't liberate the strong; it abandons the weak. A prison doctor's case.
by Theodore Dalrymple 2005
4.14
2k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Decline📰 Cultural Criticism⚖️ Moral Relativism
The College Scam
by Charlie Kirk • 2022
Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.
4.18
605
🏛️ College Skepticism💰 Student Debt Crisis🎤 Campus Free Speech
The College Scam Summary
The College Scam 88%
Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.
by Charlie Kirk 2022
4.18
605 ratings
🏛️ College Skepticism💰 Student Debt Crisis🎤 Campus Free Speech
The Golden Passport
by Duff McDonald • 2017
The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.
3.41
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📚 Business Schools🎓 Elite Education🏛️ Institutional Failure
The Golden Passport Summary
The Golden Passport 88%
The MBA credential that built corporate America also hollowed it out.
by Duff McDonald 2017
3.41
346 ratings
📚 Business Schools🎓 Elite Education🏛️ Institutional Failure
Inviting Disaster
by James R. Chiles • 2001
Catastrophe is never one mistake. It's small failures linking up while everyone looks elsewhere.
4.03
565
🧨 Technological Disasters🏗️ Engineering Failures🔗 System Failures
Inviting Disaster Summary
Inviting Disaster 88%
Catastrophe is never one mistake. It's small failures linking up while everyone looks elsewhere.
by James R. Chiles 2001
4.03
565 ratings
🧨 Technological Disasters🏗️ Engineering Failures🔗 System Failures
Drift into Failure
by Sidney Dekker • 2011
Hunting the broken part misses real failure: slow, rational erosion inside everyday decisions.
4.01
343
🦺 Safety Science⚠️ Risk Normalization🕸️ Systemic Risk
Drift into Failure Summary
Drift into Failure 88%
Hunting the broken part misses real failure: slow, rational erosion inside everyday decisions.
by Sidney Dekker 2011
4.01
343 ratings
🦺 Safety Science⚠️ Risk Normalization🕸️ Systemic Risk
The Bankers' New Clothes
by Anat Admati • 2013
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
3.83
776
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail
The Bankers' New Clothes Summary
The Bankers' New Clothes 88%
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
by Anat Admati 2013
3.83
776 ratings
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail
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
Social Justice Fallacies Summary
Social Justice Fallacies 88%
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
Swimming With Sharks
by Joris Luyendijk • 2015
Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.
3.84
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🏦 Investment Banking💥 Financial Crisis⚠️ Systemic Risk
Swimming With Sharks Summary
Swimming With Sharks 88%
Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.
by Joris Luyendijk 2015
3.84
7k+ ratings
🏦 Investment Banking💥 Financial Crisis⚠️ Systemic Risk
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
by Albert O. Hirschman • 1970
Organizations fail because those who care most leave first, silencing the pressure for change.
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📈 Political Economy📉 Organizational Decline🤝 Collective Action
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Summary
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty 88%
Organizations fail because those who care most leave first, silencing the pressure for change.
by Albert O. Hirschman 1970
4.11
1k+ ratings
📈 Political Economy📉 Organizational Decline🤝 Collective Action
Lying for Money
by Dan Davies • 2018
Fraud is the price of trust: a predictable equilibrium with its own rules, not a system glitch.
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🕵️ White Collar Crime🤝 Systems Of Trust🪤 Perverse Incentives
Lying for Money Summary
Lying for Money 88%
Fraud is the price of trust: a predictable equilibrium with its own rules, not a system glitch.
by Dan Davies 2018
3.99
1k+ ratings
🕵️ White Collar Crime🤝 Systems Of Trust🪤 Perverse Incentives
The New Great Depression
by James Rickards • 2021
A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.
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🏛️ Austrian Economics🏦 Monetary Policy Critique📉 Deflation Economics
The New Great Depression Summary
The New Great Depression 88%
A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.
by James Rickards 2021
3.52
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Austrian Economics🏦 Monetary Policy Critique📉 Deflation Economics
The Divided States of America
by Donald F. Kettl • 2020
Federalism was meant to unite America. Now it divides, from your healthcare to your tap water.
3.48
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🏛️ American Federalism⚖️ Structural Inequality🗳️ Political Polarization
The Divided States of America Summary
The Divided States of America 88%
Federalism was meant to unite America. Now it divides, from your healthcare to your tap water.
by Donald F. Kettl 2020
3.48
64 ratings
🏛️ American Federalism⚖️ Structural Inequality🗳️ Political Polarization
It Takes a Pillage
by Nomi Prins • 2009
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
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🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail
It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage 88%
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
by Nomi Prins 2009
3.96
195 ratings
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail
How Everything Can Collapse
by Pablo Servigne • 2015
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
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📉 Collapsology🏚️ Civilizational Collapse🔗 Systems Thinking
How Everything Can Collapse Summary
How Everything Can Collapse 88%
Collapse follows a recognizable script. Industrial civilization is already past the first scene.
by Pablo Servigne 2015
4.16
1k+ ratings
📉 Collapsology🏚️ Civilizational Collapse🔗 Systems Thinking
The Next Civil War
by Stephen Marche • 2022
One in four Americans support secession. A journalist models the scenarios that could tip the rest.
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🇺🇸 American Decline⚡ Political Polarization⚔️ Civil Conflict
The Next Civil War Summary
The Next Civil War 87%
One in four Americans support secession. A journalist models the scenarios that could tip the rest.
by Stephen Marche 2022
3.68
2k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Decline⚡ Political Polarization⚔️ Civil Conflict
A Lot of People Are Saying
by Russell Muirhead • 2019
Conspiracism changed. It no longer explains, only tears down, and it now occupies the White House.
3.60
784
🏛️ Democratic Erosion🗣️ Post-Truth Politics🌀 Conspiracy Thinking
A Lot of People Are Saying Summary
A Lot of People Are Saying 87%
Conspiracism changed. It no longer explains, only tears down, and it now occupies the White House.
by Russell Muirhead 2019
3.60
784 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Erosion🗣️ Post-Truth Politics🌀 Conspiracy Thinking
The Rise and Decline of Nations
by Mancur Olson • 1982
Not lazy workers or bad policy: stable societies choke on accumulated interest groups.
3.96
534
🏛️ Public Choice🤝 Collective Action💰 Rent-Seeking
The Rise and Decline of Nations Summary
The Rise and Decline of Nations 87%
Not lazy workers or bad policy: stable societies choke on accumulated interest groups.
by Mancur Olson 1982
3.96
534 ratings
🏛️ Public Choice🤝 Collective Action💰 Rent-Seeking
Republic, Lost
by Lawrence Lessig • 2011
America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.
4.18
3k+
💰 Money In Politics🗳️ Election Reform🔗 Systemic Corruption
Republic, Lost Summary
Republic, Lost 87%
America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.
by Lawrence Lessig 2011
4.18
3k+ ratings
💰 Money In Politics🗳️ Election Reform🔗 Systemic Corruption
When More Is Not Better
by Roger L. Martin • 2020
Treating the economy like a machine broke the link between growth and shared prosperity.
3.80
292
💰 Economic Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🦋 Complex Adaptive Systems
When More Is Not Better Summary
When More Is Not Better 87%
Treating the economy like a machine broke the link between growth and shared prosperity.
by Roger L. Martin 2020
3.80
292 ratings
💰 Economic Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🦋 Complex Adaptive Systems
Kill Switch
by Adam Jentleson • 2021
The filibuster was born to protect slavery, not debate. That sin still decides who governs.
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🏛️ Congressional Gridlock⏳ Filibuster History⚖️ Minority Rule
Kill Switch Summary
Kill Switch 87%
The filibuster was born to protect slavery, not debate. That sin still decides who governs.
by Adam Jentleson 2021
4.24
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Congressional Gridlock⏳ Filibuster History⚖️ Minority Rule
The Privatization of Everything
by Donald Cohen • 2021
The $2,315 COVID test wasn't a glitch. It was privatization, and it has remade American life.
4.39
728
🏛️ Privatization Critique📊 Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power
The Privatization of Everything Summary
The Privatization of Everything 87%
The $2,315 COVID test wasn't a glitch. It was privatization, and it has remade American life.
by Donald Cohen 2021
4.39
728 ratings
🏛️ Privatization Critique📊 Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power
The Audit Society
by Michael Power • 1997
A critique of auditing: how it undermines the very trust and performance it seeks to secure.
3.92
36
🔍 Audit Culture🏛️ New Public Management📏 Performance Measurement
The Audit Society Summary
The Audit Society 87%
A critique of auditing: how it undermines the very trust and performance it seeks to secure.
by Michael Power 1997
3.92
36 ratings
🔍 Audit Culture🏛️ New Public Management📏 Performance Measurement
A Failure of Capitalism
by Richard A. Posner • 2009
The 2008 crash wasn't a panic; it was a depression built by rational bankers and blind regulators.
3.71
352
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Asset Bubbles🗂️ Deregulation
A Failure of Capitalism Summary
A Failure of Capitalism 87%
The 2008 crash wasn't a panic; it was a depression built by rational bankers and blind regulators.
by Richard A. Posner 2009
3.71
352 ratings
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Asset Bubbles🗂️ Deregulation
Democracy Rules
by Jan-Werner Müller • 2021
Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.
3.46
168
🏛️ Democratic Theory📜 Political Philosophy🗳️ Populism Critique
Democracy Rules Summary
Democracy Rules 87%
Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.
by Jan-Werner Müller 2021
3.46
168 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Theory📜 Political Philosophy🗳️ Populism Critique
Ungoverning
by Nancy L. Rosenblum • 2024
Shrinking government is one thing. Breaking it on purpose is another.
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90
🏛️ Administrative State⚖️ Constitutional Law🔧 State Capacity
Ungoverning Summary
Ungoverning 87%
Shrinking government is one thing. Breaking it on purpose is another.
by Nancy L. Rosenblum 2024
3.79
90 ratings
🏛️ Administrative State⚖️ Constitutional Law🔧 State Capacity
The Age of American Unreason
by Susan Jacoby • 2008
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
3.85
3k+
🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History
The Age of American Unreason Summary
The Age of American Unreason 87%
Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.
by Susan Jacoby 2008
3.85
3k+ ratings
🧠 Anti-Intellectualism🎭 Cultural Criticism📚 Intellectual History
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