The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor by William Easterly
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right "expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them in the first place. Furth ...Show more
Has the West Lost It? by Kishore Mahbubani
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The West's centuries-old status as the center of global wealth and power is coming to an end. As the new powers--China and India from Asia and others from Africa and Latin America--rise to the top of the world's pecking order, how should the West react? Kishore Mahbubani argues passionately and provocat ...Show more
The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Become Richer, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality by Brink Lindsey (Vice President, Cato Institute)
$39.95 AUD
Category: Politics
The relentless increase of inequality in twenty-first century America has confounded analysts from both ends of the political spectrum. While many can point to particular contributing causes, so far none of the policies that have been enacted-not just in the United States but in other advanced countries ...Show more
Ghost Wars: The Secret History Of The Cia, Afghanistan And Bin Laden, From The Soviet Invasion To September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll
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$32.99 (15% off)
Category: Politics
The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeada's evolution. Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed previously classified ...Show more
The Future of Capitalism - Facing the New Anxieties by Paul Collier
$45.00 AUD
Category: Politics
Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical obligation to others that was cruci ...Show more
On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis
$55.00 AUD
Category: Politics
"The best education in grand strategy available in a single volume . . . a book that should be read by every American leader or would-be leader."--The Wall Street Journal A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary program the author has co-taught at Yale for decades John ...Show more
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems by Abhijit V. Banerjee; Esther Duflo
$45.00 AUD
Category: Politics
The experience of the last decade has not been kind to the image of economists- asleep at the wheel (perhaps with the foot on the gas pedal) in the run-up to the great recession, squabbling about how to get out of it, tone-deaf in discussions of the plight of Greece or the Euro area; they seem to have l ...Show more
The Responsible Globalist - What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism by Hassan Damluji
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Today, globalism has a bad reputation. 'Citizens of the world' are depicted as recklessly uninterested in how international economic forces can affect local communities. Meanwhile, nationalists are often derided as racists and bigots. But what if the two were not so far apart? What could globalists lear ...Show more
Collateral Damage: Britain, America and Europe in the Age of Trump by Kim Darroch
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
@realDonaldTrump: 'The wacky ambassador that the UK foisted on the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy ... We will no longer deal with him' Kim Darroch was British Ambassador to the US as the age of Trump dawned and Brexit unfolded. As one of the UK's most experienced ...Show more
Commander in Cheat by Rick Reilly
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
'This book is dedicated to the truth. It's still a thing.' Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump is a fascinating on-the-ground and behind-the-scenes survey of Donald Trump's ethics deficit on and off the golf course.Renowned sports writer Rick Reilly transports readers onto the greens with Presid ...Show more
A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things - A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet by Raj Patel; Jason Moore
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Nature, Money, Work, Care, Food, Energy, and Lives. These are the seven things that have made our world and will continue to shape its future. By making these things cheap, modern commerce has controlled, transformed, and devastated the Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel ...Show more
In the Closet of the Vatican - Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy by Frederic Martel
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Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
In the Closet of the Vatican exposes the rot at the heart of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church today. This brilliant piece of investigative writing is based on four years' authoritative research, including extensive interviews with those in power. The celibacy of priests, the condemnation of t ...Show more