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Collective Stupidity Collective Stupidity: When Groupthink Goes Wrong and How to Put It Right Geoff Mulgan

How epidemics of collective stupidity are threatening our world鈥攁nd how businesses, governments and other organisations can adopt powerful strategies for making better decisions

Losing the Law Losing the Law: How Legal Polarization Threatens American Democracy Deborah Pearlstein

A gripping account of how the distinction between law and politics is collapsing in the United States and imperiling democracy itself

AI and Political Freedom AI and Political Freedom: The Risk to Democracy and How to Respond Matthew Botvinick

A leading tech insider reveals how AI may threaten our democratic institutions and enable autocracy鈥攁nd how to guard against this

Animals Matter Animals Matter: The Case for a Kinder World Cass R. Sunstein

鈥淓xtraordinary and powerful.鈥濃擯eter Singer, author of Animal Liberation

From the New York Times bestselling author, a bold new account of animal rights, why they may be on the verge of mass popularity, and why animals need a Bill of Rights

Frederick Douglass's American Founding Frederick Douglass's American Founding: How the Nation鈥檚 Fiercest Critic Embraced the Constitution Dennis C. Rasmussen

The remarkable story of how Frederick Douglass went from condemning the Constitution as a proslavery pact to celebrating it as a 鈥済lorious liberty document鈥 that promises freedom to everyone

No Constraints No Constraints: China's Global Quest for Partners and Influence Patricia M. Kim

A sweeping account of China鈥檚 global strategy from Mao to Xi, revealing its effort to court strategic partners, outmaneuver rivals, and reshape the global order on its own terms

Property Values Property Values: The Rise and Fall of the American Homeowner Joshua Specht

A wide-ranging history of American land ownership, from westward expansion to the suburban housing crisis

Reining in the Bulls Reining in the Bulls: How to Stop Corporate Abuse in an Age of Unbridled Greed Michael Marx

A comprehensive guide to planning and running effective corporate campaigns to pressure companies to do the right thing

The Question of Antisemitism The Question of Antisemitism: A Guide for a World Divided by Israel-Palestine Dov Waxman

A nuanced and authoritative account of what constitutes antisemitism鈥攁nd when criticizing Israel or supporting Palestine becomes antisemitic

The Right Way The Right Way: The Conservative Worldview from the New Deal to Trumpism Marc J. Hetherington, Andrew M. Engelhardt, and Jonathan Weiler

Why supporting big government, trade barriers, and unchecked executive power is still conservative鈥攁nd why MAGA鈥檚 worldview is far more coherent than its critics think

The Strategist The Strategist: How to Think About War and Politics Eliot A. Cohen

An authoritative introduction to strategy鈥攊ts enduring essentials, its inherent challenges, and the ways it will change in the twenty-first century

An American Problem An American Problem: How the Country Built鈥攁nd the Supreme Court Broke鈥攖he Voting Rights Act Michael G. Miller and Kevin T. Morris

The rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in their 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder

Healthcare in the Age of Finance Capital Healthcare in the Age of Finance Capital: Public Funds for Private Gain Rosemary Batt and Eileen Appelbaum

How the financialization of healthcare has eroded the quality of care, driven up prices, and worsened health inequalities

The Coming Surge The Coming Surge: Coping with a Climate Reckoning Through Energy Peter Wynn Kirby

An expert compares renewables and nuclear power as sources of low-carbon energy for the electric grid

Those Who Remain Those Who Remain: Living in a Countryside in Decline Benoit Coquard

A vivid portrait of rural and working-class life that links the dynamics of social ties to far-right political alignments

Demos Demos: How the People Ruled Athens Daniela Cammack

A compelling reinterpretation of ancient Greek democracy showing that the people ruled by securing mass control over leaders

Keeping Workers Off the Ballot Keeping Workers Off the Ballot: How Democracy Undermines Working-Class Representation Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu

Why the underrepresentation of the working class in political office is an inevitable side effect of electoral democracy itself

The Spirit of the British Constitution The Spirit of the British Constitution: Parliamentary Reform from the Civil War to the Great Reform Act Max Skj枚nsberg

How ideas of parliamentary reform aiming to restore the spirit of the constitution defined political debate at a pivotal moment in British history