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Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
Michael Moore visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is back with this hilarious and eye-opening call to arms. Turns out the solutions to America's most entrenched problems already exist in the world. They're just waiting to be co-opted.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An accessible, compelling introduction to today's major policy issues from columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no better foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won't die. This delightful new book finds Krugman at his best, turning readers into intelligent...
Author
Publisher
See Sharp Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
From the cofounder of Food Not Bombs, an action-oriented guide to anarchism, social change, and vegan cooking Unlike the original Anarchist Cookbook, which contained instructions for the manufacture of explosives, this version is both a cookbook in the literal sense and also a cookbook" of recipes for social and political change. The coffee-table-sized book is divided into three sections: a theoretical section explaining what anarchism is and what...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"Two decades into the twenty-first century, the stagnation of living standards has become the defining trend of American life. Life expectancy has declined, economic inequality has soared, and, after some progress, the Black-white wage gap is once again as large as it was in the 1950s. How did this happen in the world's most powerful country? And what happened to the "American dream"--the promise of a happier, healthier, more prosperous future--which...
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness Fiona Hill reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the grim path of modern Russia--and shows how we can return hope to our forgotten places. In this deeply personal account, she shares what she has learned, and explains that only by expanding opportunity can we save our democracy.
8) Glenn Beck's common sense: the case against an out-of-control government, inspired by Thomas Paine
Author
Publisher
Threshold
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In The End Is Near and It's Going to Be Awesome, Kevin Williamson, a National Review Online contributor, makes the bold argument that the United States government is disintegrating-and that it is a good thing!
Williamson offers a radical re-envisioning of government, a powerful analysis of why it doesn't work, and an exploration of the innovative solutions to various social problems that are spontaneously emerging as a result of the failure of politics...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
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Description
Argues that Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions due to countless numbers of these institutions, from the Catholic Church to Major League Baseball, imploding under the weight of corruption and incompetence.
Author
Publisher
IRB
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:Fiona Hill has a unique perspective of the world, having spent time in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Russia. She has seen the good and bad of all three countries, and realized that the three aren't all that different. In There Is Nothing for You Here , Hill explains the three countries' post-industrial struggles after World War II, framed within the contest...
Author
Publisher
Little Creek Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"And sometime, at some point, do something for your country."That quote from Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough resonated so deeply with Trek Bicycle President John Burke that he set out to write a book laying out his vision for the country, an America that can once again be a shining city on a hill. Burke says it's time to cut through the political fog and deal with the facts: The U.S. is facing serious, long-term problems, and politicians...
Author
Publisher
Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A "frightening and important" look at our unsustainable future ( TimeOut Chicago ). A controversial hit that has sparked debate among business leaders, environmentalists, and others, The Long Emergency is an eye-opening look at the unprecedented challenges we face in the years ahead, as oil runs out and the global systems built on it are forced to change radically. From the author of The Geography of Nowhere , it is a book that "should be read, digested,...
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