LT picks: Blue Books

Descrição
This is a member-created list of "blue books"—books that Democrats like. They will be used in an upcoming feature. Please do not intentionally spike this list with "Politics for Idiots," or whatever.
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Who Will Tell The People? : The Betrayal Of American Democracy
por William Greider
367 membros
1 crítica
3.9
Global Rank 68
2 Members
waitingtoderail, Jestak
2
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
por Robert Kuttner
150 membros
1 crítica
3.8
Global Rank 36
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith, Myrabela
3
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
por Simon Johnson
380 membros
11 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 29
4 Members
quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes, M_Clark
4
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
por Eric Schlosser
12,486 membros
171 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 13
8 Members
waitingtoderail, pammab, eromsted, Jestak, lahochstetler, srbr1212, Myrabela, M_Clark
7
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954–63
por Taylor Branch
2,212 membros
21 críticas
½ 4.5
Global Rank 64
3 Members
eromsted, Jestak, M_Clark
8
Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution
por Jack N. Rakove
704 membros
5 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 84
2 Members
eromsted, Jestak
9
A Theory of Justice
por John Rawls
3,146 membros
24 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 52
4 Members
waitingtoderail, claytonhowl, Jestak, askum,eromsted
10
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money
por John Maynard Keynes
1,760 membros
12 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 115
Member
Jestak
11
Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools
por Diane Ravitch
303 membros
7 críticas
4
Global Rank 117
Member
Jestak
12
Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in an Age of Diminished Expectations
por Paul Krugman
310 membros
2 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 63
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, aulsmith
13
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
por Stephen Kinzer
797 membros
15 críticas
4.1
Global Rank 51
4 Members
waitingtoderail, eromsted, Jestak, prosfilaes
14
Simple Justice
por Richard Kluger
412 membros
4 críticas
½ 4.5
Global Rank 119
Member
Jestak
15
The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker
por Steven Greenhouse
106 membros
1 crítica
3.8
Global Rank 58
3 Members
quartzite, eromsted, Jestak
16
Sound and Fury: The Washington Punditocracy and the Collapse of American Politics
por Eric Alterman
102 membros
1 crítica
4
Global Rank 124
Member
Jestak
17
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
por Marc Reisner
1,748 membros
35 críticas
½ 4.3
Global Rank 67
3 Members
quartzite, janoorani24, Jestak
18
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
por Roger Lowenstein
1,633 membros
27 críticas
4
Global Rank 127
Member
Jestak
19
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
por Stephanie Coontz
1,005 membros
13 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 18
7 Members
quartzite, eromsted, CherylsPearls, Jestak, lahochstetler, LucindaLibri, Myrabela
20
Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security
por Julian Zelizer
60 membros
3
Global Rank 132
Member
Jestak
21
How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok
por Glenn Greenwald
238 membros
4 críticas
4.2
Global Rank 49
4 Members
waitingtoderail, quartzite, Jestak, prosfilaes
22
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
por Christopher Hayes
530 membros
19 críticas
3.8
Global Rank 27
5 Members
waitingtoderail, Jestak, elenchus, pmtracy, al.vick
23
The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes
por Stephen Holmes
76 membros
2 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 76
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, Myrabela
24
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
por Bethany McLean
1,266 membros
20 críticas
4
Global Rank 73
3 Members
quartzite, Jestak, M_Clark
25
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea
por Mark Blyth
368 membros
22 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 93
2 Members
Jestak, M_Clark
26
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
por Ha-Joon Chang
1,202 membros
40 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 138
Member
Jestak
27
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future
por Joseph E. Stiglitz
1,136 membros
24 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 35
4 Members
Jestak, DebSkoff, Myrabela, kara.shamy
28
The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
por Tim Flannery
1,494 membros
20 críticas
4.1
Global Rank 74
3 Members
janoorani24, Jestak, Myrabela
29
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table
por Tracie McMillan
427 membros
22 críticas
½ 3.7
Global Rank 140
Member
Jestak
30
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
por Ira Katznelson
295 membros
5 críticas
4
Global Rank 141
Member
Jestak
31
Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong
por Brandon L. Garrett
49 membros
½ 4.4
Global Rank 143
Member
Jestak
32
It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism
por Thomas E. Mann
490 membros
13 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 53
3 Members
claytonhowl, Jestak, M_Clark
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The Closing of the American Mind
por Allan Bloom
4,348 membros
31 críticas
½ 3.6
Global Rank 183
2 Members
janoorani24, kara.shamy,timspalding ,eromsted ,Jestak ,aulsmith
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The End of History and the Last Man
por Francis Fukuyama
1,994 membros
12 críticas
½ 3.5
Global Rank 191
Member
janoorani24,timspalding ,eromsted ,Jestak ,aulsmith
-
Stranger in a Strange Land
por Robert A. Heinlein
10,970 membros
157 críticas
3.9
Global Rank 194
Member
suitable1,lorax , ,eromsted ,Jestak ,aulsmith ,al.vick