The Psychology of American Capitalism
The Human Mind as It Navigates the American Economy
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This book examines how the human mind, in particular that of the American working class, navigates the various cultural factors that have composed the American economy.
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Is America a source of pride, as Americans have long held, or shame, as Progressives allege? Beneath an innocent exterior, are our lives complicit in a national project of theft, expropriation, oppression, and murder? Or is America still the hope of the world? New York Times best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza says these questions are no mere academic exercise.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We can think for ourselves
- De score bags en 06-21-14
De: Dinesh D'Souza
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The Complacent Class
- The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream
- De: Tyler Cowen
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 300
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 254
Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a signature American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change have produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation from Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs. The problem, according to legendary blogger, economist, and best-selling author Tyler Cowen, is that Americans today have broken from this tradition - we're working harder than ever to avoid change.
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5 out of 5 stars
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MUST READ
- De RJW en 05-06-17
De: Tyler Cowen
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Korea
- The Impossible Country
- De: Daniel Tudor
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 13 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 114
Long overshadowed by Japan and China, South Korea is a small country that happens to be one of the great national success stories of the postwar period. From a failed state with no democratic tradition, ruined and partitioned by war, and sapped by a half-century of colonial rule, South Korea transformed itself in just 50 years into an economic powerhouse and a democracy that serves as a model for other countries. With no natural resources and a tradition of authoritarian rule, Korea managed to accomplish a second Asian miracle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book
- De Antoine en 12-14-18
De: Daniel Tudor
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 208
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 175
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 174
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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Bannon
- Always the Rebel
- De: Keith Koffler
- Narrado por: William LeRoy
- Duración: 5 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
To understand the Trump White House, you need to understand Steve Bannon: what's driving him, what his true role is, and what he's trying to accomplish on behalf of the American middle class. White House reporter Keith Koffler penetrates the fog surrounding the mysterious senior White House advisor, tracing Bannon's wild and distinctly American path to the White House in this first-ever honest biography of the controversial figure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The "real" Steve Bannon! Great read!
- De Amazon Customer en 12-20-17
De: Keith Koffler
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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 759
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 634
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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Dear White America
- Letter to a New Minority
- De: Tim Wise
- Narrado por: Tim Wise
- Duración: 3 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,204
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,043
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,033
White Americans have long been comfortable in the assumption that they are the cultural norm. Now that notion is being challenged, as white people wrestle with what it means to be part of a fast-changing, truly multicultural nation. Facing chronic economic insecurity, a popular culture that reflects the nation's diverse cultural reality, and a future in which they will no longer constitute the majority of the population, and with a black president in the White House, whites are growing anxious.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Primer on Racism for White People
- De Susie en 07-11-16
De: Tim Wise
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Right Here, Right Now
- Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption
- De: Stephen J. Harper
- Narrado por: Stephen J. Harper
- Duración: 6 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 122
The world is in flux. Disruptive technologies, ideas, and politicians are challenging business models, norms, and political conventions everywhere. How we, as leaders in business and politics, choose to respond matters greatly. Right Here, Right Now sets out a pragmatic, forward-looking vision for leaders in business and politics by analyzing how economic, social, and public policy trends - including globalized movements of capital, goods, and services, and labor - have affected our economies, communities, and governments.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book on Politics for Canadians AND Americans
- De John Fernandes en 10-19-18
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The Democracy Project
- A History, a Crisis, a Movement
- De: David Graeber
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 260
Democracy has been the American religion since before the Revolution - from New England town halls to the multicultural democracy of Atlantic pirate ships. But can our current political system, one that seems responsive only to the wealthiest among us and leaves most Americans feeling disengaged, voiceless, and disenfranchised, really be called democratic? And if the tools of our democracy are not working to solve the rising crises we face, how can we - average citizens - make change happen? David Graeber, one of the most influential scholars and activists of his generation, takes listeners on a journey through the idea of democracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Must-read: such insight, an awakening!
- De Kevin en 10-15-14
De: David Graeber
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World-Systems Analysis: An Introduction
- A John Hope Franklin Center Book
- De: Immanuel Wallerstein
- Narrado por: Fred Filbrich
- Duración: 4 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
In World-Systems Analysis, Immanuel Wallerstein provides a concise and accessible introduction to the comprehensive approach that he pioneered 30 years ago to understanding the history and development of the modern world. Since Wallerstein first developed world-systems analysis, it has become a widely utilized methodology within the historical social sciences and a common point of reference in discussions of globalization.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Uneven, but Ambitious
- De Logical Paradox en 08-27-14
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Not for Profit
- Why Democracy Needs the Humanities
- De: Martha C. Nussbaum
- Narrado por: Tamara Marston
- Duración: 5 h y 20 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 36
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have been seen as essential for creating competent democratic citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education has gone disturbingly awry in the United States and abroad.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not for Profit
- De elemarteacher en 07-21-17
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Equal Is Unfair
- America's Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality
- De: Don Watkins, Yaron Brook
- Narrado por: Jeff Cummings
- Duración: 9 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 620
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 566
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 567
We've all heard that the American Dream is vanishing, and that the cause is rising income inequality. The rich are getting richer by rigging the system in their favor, leaving the rest of us to struggle just to keep our heads above water. To save the American Dream, we're told that we need to fight inequality through tax hikes, wealth redistribution schemes, and a far higher minimum wage.
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3 out of 5 stars
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While I agree with most of this book,...
- De Wayne en 12-30-16
De: Don Watkins, y otros
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The Paranoid Style in American Politics
- De: Richard Hofstadter, Sean Wilentz - foreward
- Narrado por: Keith Sellon-Wright
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
This timely reissue of Richard Hofstadter's classic work on the fringe groups that influence American electoral politics offers an invaluable perspective on contemporary domestic affairs. In The Paranoid Style in American Politics, acclaimed historian Richard Hofstadter examines the competing forces in American political discourse and how fringe groups can influence - and derail - the larger agendas of a political party.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Written in the 50s and 60s...
- De Kindle Customer en 11-06-19
De: Richard Hofstadter, y otros
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Lee Kuan Yew
- The Grand Master’s Insights on China, United States, and the World
- De: Graham Allison, Robert D. Blackwill, Ali Wyne
- Narrado por: Michael McConnohie, Francis Chau
- Duración: 4 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,037
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 875
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 871
Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly responsible for transforming Singapore into a Western-style economic success, he offers a unique perspective on the geopolitics of East and West. American presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have welcomed him to the White House.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought-provoking
- De Jean en 12-11-14
De: Graham Allison, y otros
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Ghetto
- The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
- De: Mitchell Duneier
- Narrado por: Prentice Onayemi
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 126
On March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il geto - a closed quarter named for the copper foundry that once occupied the area. The term stuck. In this sweeping and original interpretation, Mitchell Duneier traces the idea of the ghetto from its beginnings in the 16th century and its revival by the Nazis to the present. As Duneier shows, we cannot understand the entanglements of race, poverty, and place in America today without recalling the history of the ghetto in Europe, as well as later efforts to understand the problems of the American city.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Impressive
- De Jean en 12-10-16
De: Mitchell Duneier
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Suicide of the West
- How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy
- De: Jonah Goldberg
- Narrado por: Jonah Goldberg
- Duración: 16 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,407
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,271
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,249
Only once in the last 250,000 years have humans stumbled upon a way to lift ourselves out of the endless cycle of poverty, hunger, and war that defines most of history. If democracy, individualism, and the free market were humankind’s destiny, they should have appeared and taken hold a bit earlier in the evolutionary record. The emergence of freedom and prosperity was nothing short of a miracle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Put some gratitude in your attitude
- De Amazon Customer en 04-25-18
De: Jonah Goldberg