Political Science
ECONOMISTS' HOUR: FALSE PROPHETS, FREE MARKETS, AND THE FRACTURE OF SOCIETY
Written by Appelbaum, Binyamin
In this "lively and entertaining" history of ideas (Liaquat Ahamed, The New Yorker), New York Times editorial writer Binyamin Appelbaum tells the story of the people who sparked four decades of economic revolution. Before the 1960s, American politicians paid little attention to economists.
NIGHT THOUGHTS
Written by Shawn, Wallace
In a gloomy hotel room, after reading compulsively about murders, Shawn tries to sleep but is troubled by meandering thoughts and memories that follow one another in an apparently random chain. Ultimately a point of view begins to emerge. In a world dominated by privileged killers, how should we live? What world do we want?
CONSEQUENCES OF CAPITALISM: MANUFACTURING DISCONTENT AND RESISTANCE
Written by Waterstone, Marv
Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.'
RISE UP: CONFRONTING A COUNTRY AT THE CROSSROADS (ORIGINAL)
Written by Sharpton, Al
NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER"This man is a gift from God to the world. This book is a gift from Al Sharpton to us. Let's appreciate them both."--Michael Eric Dyson
AMERICAN CRISIS: WHAT WENT WRONG. HOW WE RECOVER.
Written by Writers of the Atlantic
Some of America's best reporters and thinkers offer an urgent look at a country in chaos in this collection of timely, often prophetic articles from The Atlantic. The past four years in the United States have been among the most turbulent in our history--and would have been so even without a global pandemic and waves of protest nationwide against police violence.
MONOPOLIES SUCK: 7 WAYS BIG CORPORATIONS RULE YOUR LIFE AND HOW TO TAKE BACK CONTROL
Written by Hubbard, Sally
An urgent and witty manifesto, Monopolies Suck "lucidly explains how monopolies threaten democracy, worsen inequality, and imperil the American Dream--and why it's more important than ever to take action" (David Cicilline). Something's not right. No matter how hard you work, life seems to only get harder.
ON FIRE: THE (BURNING) CASE FOR A GREEN NEW DEAL
Written by Klein, Naomi
#1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal in this "keenly argued, well-researched, and impassioned" manifesto (The Washington Post).An instant bestseller, On Fire shows Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical, investigating the climate crisis not only as a profound political challenge but also as a spiritual and imaginative one.
ONE BILLION AMERICANS: THE CASE FOR THINKING BIGGER
Written by Yglesias, Matthew
NATIONAL BESTSELLER What would actually make America great: more people.
ON DEMOCRACY
Written by Dahl, Robert a
Written by the preeminent democratic theorist of our time, this book explains the nature, value, and mechanics of democracy. In a new introduction to this Veritas edition, Ian Shapiro considers how Dahl would respond to the ongoing challenges democracy faces in the modern world. "Within the liberal democratic camp there is considerable controversy about exactly how to define democracy.
OPEN WORLD: HOW AMERICA CAN WIN THE CONTEST FOR TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ORDER
Written by Rapp-Hooper, Mira
Two foreign policy experts chart a new American grand strategy to meet the greatest geopolitical challenges of the coming decade
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