Public Policy


The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World
The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism
To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law
Value(s): Building a Better World for All
Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind
The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress―and How to Bring It Back
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better
The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society
Growth: A Reckoning
Putin: His Life and Times
The Power of Creative Destruction: Economic Upheaval and the Wealth of Nations
A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961–2021
Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code—Socialism with a Human Face: (A New World Order)
Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making
A Practical Guide For Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path To More Effective Problem Solving
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Abundance
Gulag: A History
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
The Rape of the Mind: The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
Utopia
To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy

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