Social Sciences - Page 180

Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of US Global Supremacy

“Even in these dismal times genuinely important books do occasionally make their appearance…You real...

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Degenerations of Democracy

Three leading thinkers analyze the erosion of democracy’s social foundations and call for a movement...

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Growth for Good: Reshaping Capitalism to Save Humanity from Climate Catastrophe

From the front lines of economics and policymaking, a compelling case that economic growth is a forc...

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The Spy Who was Left Out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent Goleniewski

Spring 1958: a mysterious individual believed to be high up in the Polish secret service began passi...

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Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown

After Covid-19 and in the face of ecological disaster, how can the Left win a world fit for Life?...

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A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse

The King of France – thinking he was made of glass – was terrified he might shatter…and he wasn’...

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The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others

Ordinary people can perform acts of astonishing selflessness, sometimes even putting their lives on...

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Partial Truths: How Fractions Distort Our Thinking

A fast-food chain once tried to compete with McDonald’s quarter-pounder by introducing a third-pound...

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Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World

All complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hi...

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The BBC: A People's History

A monumental work of popular history, making the case that the Beeb is as much of a National Treasur...

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Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos

Two neuroscientists trace a sweeping new vision of consciousness across eighteen increasingly intell...

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Oil Leaders: An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC's Global Energy Policy

Oil is an unusual commodity in that individual decisions can have an outsized effect on the market....

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How Confidence Works: The New Science of Self-Belief, Why Some People Learn It and Others Don't

* Confidence makes your brain work better and boosts your performance* Confidence acts like a mini-a...

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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

'Brilliant and disturbing' Stephen Spender, New York Review of BooksThe classic work on 'the banalit...

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Retrofitting Leninism: Participation without Democracy in China

Retrofitting Leninism explains, through the lens of China, how open governance and modern informatio...

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