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Since the end of World War II, democracy's sweep across the globe seemed inexorable. Yet today, it seems radically imperiled, even in some of the world's most stable democracies. How bad could things get? In How Democracy Ends, David Runciman argues that we are trapped in outdated 20th-century ideas of democratic failure. By fixating on coups and violence, we are focusing on the wrong threats. Our societies are too affluent, too elderly, and too networked to fall apart as they did in the past. We need new ways of thinking the unthinkable....
De: David Runciman
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The Precipice
- Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Social Change
- De: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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In The Precipice, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies on people, the environment, and the planet as a whole, and captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat-dog society to the unprecedented mobilization of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Of Incalculable Importance
- De Anonymous User en 12-15-21
De: Noam Chomsky, y otros
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Capitalism
- The Unknown Ideal
- De: Ayn Rand
- Narrado por: Anna Fields
- Duración: 14 h y 13 m
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The foundations of capitalism are being battered by a flood of altruism, which is the cause of the modern world's collapse. This was the view of Ayn Rand, a view so radically opposed to prevailing attitudes that it constituted a major philosophic revolution. In this series of essays, she presented her stand on the persecution of big business, the causes of war, the default of conservatism, and the evils of altruism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ashame this is not taught in our
- De Karen en 08-18-07
De: Ayn Rand
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Refuge
- Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World
- De: Paul Collier, Alexander Betts
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
- Duración: 10 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 20
Refuge seeks to restore moral purpose and clarity to refugee policy. Rather than assuming indefinite dependency, Collier - author of The Bottom Billion - and his Oxford colleague Betts propose a humanitarian approach integrated with a new economic agenda that begins with jobs, restores autonomy, and rebuilds people's ability to help themselves and their societies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Academic
- De Jonah en 09-30-19
De: Paul Collier, y otros
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The Great Delusion
- Liberal Dreams and International Realities
- De: John J. Mearsheimer
- Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 446
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 368
In this major statement, the renowned international-relations scholar John Mearsheimer argues that liberal hegemony, the foreign policy pursued by the United States since the Cold War ended, is doomed to fail. It makes far more sense, he maintains, for Washington to adopt a more restrained foreign policy based on a sound understanding of how nationalism and realism constrain great powers abroad.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dense, fact filled, sober analysis and prescription
- De John Brynjolfsson en 12-15-18
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The People vs. Democracy
- Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It
- De: Yascha Mounk
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 205
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 171
The world is in turmoil. From India to Turkey and from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. As a result democracy itself may now be at risk. Two core components of liberal democracy - individual rights and the popular will - are at war with each other. As the role of money in politics soared and important issues were taken out of public contestation, a system of "rights without democracy" took hold. Populists who rail against this say they want to return power to the people. But in practice they create a system of "democracy without rights."
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not worth it
- De DailyShopper en 06-07-18
De: Yascha Mounk
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Ill Fares the Land
- De: Tony Judt
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
In Ill Fares The Land, Tony Judt, one of our leading historians and thinkers, reveals how we have arrived at our present dangerously confused moment. Judt masterfully crystallizes what we've all been feeling into a way to think our way into, and thus out of, our great collective dis-ease about the current state of things.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Blah, Blah, Blah.
- De Michael en 07-15-10
De: Tony Judt
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The Challenge for Africa
- De: Wangari Maathai
- Narrado por: Chinasa Ogbuagu
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Nobel Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai has campaigned for environmental activism and democracy in Africa for more thanthree decades. In The Challenge for Africa, she delivers an insightful call to action, presenting a realistic look at the diverse problems facing Africans today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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10 years later, this is still powerful.
- De Rebecca en 04-21-18
De: Wangari Maathai
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The Sovereign Individual
- Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
- De: James Dale Davidson, Peter Thiel - preface, William Rees-Mogg
- Narrado por: Michael David Axtell
- Duración: 19 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,370
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,098
Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the best seller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunately distopian for mosty of humanity
- De Phil en 09-29-20
De: James Dale Davidson, y otros
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Identity
- The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
- De: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 748
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 625
In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatened to destabilize the entire international order. These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to “the people”, who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Robotic narrator
- De Shahin en 09-19-18
De: Francis Fukuyama
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Someone Has to Say It
- The Hidden History of How America Was Lost
- De: Tom Kawczynski
- Narrado por: Jeff Winston
- Duración: 5 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Starting at the turn of the last century, this book lays out systematically how Americans have lost control of our government, of our civil society, of our schools, of our companies, and in many cases, even our families.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great and inspiring book
- De K. E. Davila en 07-09-20
De: Tom Kawczynski
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Foreign Policy Begins at Home
- De: Richard Haass
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 5 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 31
The biggest threat to the United States comes not from abroad but from within. This is the provocative, timely, and unexpected message of Council on Foreign Relations President Richard N. Haass’ Foreign Policy Begins at Home. A rising China, climate change, terrorism, a nuclear Iran, a turbulent Middle East, and a reckless North Korea all present serious challenges. But U.S. national security depends even more on the United States addressing its burgeoning deficit and debt, crumbling infrastructure, second-class schools, and outdated immigration system
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4 out of 5 stars
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Last 4 years
- De Don en 07-22-17
De: Richard Haass
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It's Better Than It Looks
- De: Gregg Easterbrook
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 14 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Most people who pay attention to the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more. Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every meaningful measure, the modern world is better than it ever has been. In the United States, disease, crime, discrimination, and most forms of pollution are in long-term decline, while longevity and education keep rising.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too political
- De Anonymous User en 07-12-18
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The End of History and the Last Man
- De: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 15 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 322
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Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is as essential for a world fighting fundamentalist terrorists as it was for the end of the Cold War. Now updated with a new afterword, The End of History and the Last Man is a modern classic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An important discussion expertly narrated
- De Kevin Teeple en 06-27-19
De: Francis Fukuyama
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Future Shock
- De: Alvin Toffler
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 16 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 64
Future Shock is about the present. Future Shock is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. Change affects our products, communities, organizations - even our patterns of friendship and love. Future Shock vividly describes the emerging global civilization: tomorrow's family life, the rise of new businesses, subcultures, lifestyles, and human relationships - all of them temporary. It illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless cliches about today.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So Accurate
- De Peter Gracia en 03-31-19
De: Alvin Toffler
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Trekonomics
- The Economics of Star Trek
- De: Manu Saadia
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 840
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 746
What would the world look like if everybody had everything they wanted or needed? Trekonomics, the premier book in financial journalist Felix Salmon's imprint PiperText, approaches scarcity economics by coming at it backward - through thinking about a universe where scarcity does not exist. Delving deep into the details and intricacies of 24th-century society, Trekonomics explores post-scarcity and whether we, as humans, are equipped for it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Amusing & Practical Analysis of Fictional Ideas
- De Lost In The Wash en 09-19-16
De: Manu Saadia