United States
Last updated: September 27, 2024
The best books on US Supreme Court Justices, recommended by Dahlia Lithwick
Who are the men and women in black robes who sit on America’s highest judicial bench? Legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick recommends the best books on the Supreme Court justices of the United States.
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A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
by Anna Schwartz & Milton Friedman -
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Macroeconomic Effects from Government Purchases and Taxes
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Identifying Government Spending Shocks
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Essays on the Great Depression
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The Great Depression in the United States from a Neoclassical Perspective
by Harold Cole and Lee Ohanian
The best books on The Lessons of the Great Depression, recommended by Robert Barro
The best books on The Lessons of the Great Depression, recommended by Robert Barro
Harvard macroeconomist Robert Barro takes issue with some common assumptions about the Great Depression, and how America got out of it.
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This Time Is Different
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten The World Economy
by Raghuram G Rajan -
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13 Bankers
by Simon Johnson & Simon Johnson and James Kwak -
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The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report
by FCIC
Francis Fukuyama recommends the best books on the The Financial Crisis
Francis Fukuyama recommends the best books on the The Financial Crisis
The author of “The End of History” says the financial crisis revealed a great deal about the nature of America’s political and economic system. The shame, he says, is that opportunities to change it are now being ignored.
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Expansionists of 1898: The Acquisition of Hawaiʻi and the Spanish Islands
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Denial of Empire: The United States and Its Dependencies
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The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
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The New Empire: An Interpretation of American Expansion 1860-1898
by Walter LaFeber -
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Cuba in the American Imagination: Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos
by Louis A Pérez
The best books on American Imperialism, recommended by A G Hopkins
The best books on American Imperialism, recommended by A G Hopkins
When George W Bush declared that America “has never been an empire,” he elided a half century of colonial rule over its overseas dependencies. But American expansionism has manifested in other forms too, says A G Hopkins, imperial historian and author of a panoramic new work of American history.
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Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making
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Regulating the Poor: The Public Functions of Welfare
by Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward -
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The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy
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Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality
by (ed.) Jacob Hacker, Joe Soss & Suzanne Mettler -
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Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences Of American Crime Control
by Amy E Lerman and Vesla M Weaver
The best books on The Politics of Policymaking, recommended by Jamila Michener
The best books on The Politics of Policymaking, recommended by Jamila Michener
Inequality is coming not just from the economy; it is coming from politics and policy, says Jamila Michener, assistant professor of government at Cornell University. Here she chooses five books that showcase some of the best, most thought-provoking writing on the politics and consequences of policy.
The Best Transnational Literature, recommended by Mohsin Hamid
Beleaguered ‘citizens of nowhere’ will be pleased to know they have their own literary genre. For anyone who has ever wondered where they belong, or why, when you leave your home country, it’s never the same when you return, here are the best five books to read—including some by the greatest authors of the 20th century.
The best books on US Foreign Policy, recommended by Gideon Rose
Should America have intervened in Libya? Done more? Done less? Done it differently? The editor of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Rose, explains the tension that lies at the heart of every American foreign policy decision.
The best books on US Intervention, recommended by Lawrence Kaplan
The foreign affairs commentator explains why US presidents have less room to manoeuvre on foreign policy than they think, and why President Obama had to set aside his “minimalist” inclinations.
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Is the American Century Over?
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The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World
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The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World
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Psychology of a Superpower: Security and Dominance in U.S. Foreign Policy
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Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America
by Deborah Fallows & James Fallows
The best books on America’s Increasingly Challenged Position in World Affairs, recommended by Ali Wyne
The best books on America’s Increasingly Challenged Position in World Affairs, recommended by Ali Wyne
Reports of the death of the world’s only superpower may have been exaggerated, but America’s inward turn is threatening the world order it created after World War II. Foreign policy analyst Ali Wyne talks us through books to better understand America’s current role in the world.
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Why The West Rules - For Now: The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the Future
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Why Nations Fail
by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson -
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China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative Society
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The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World
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Uprising: Will Emerging Markets Shape or Shake the World Economy?
by George Magnus
The best books on Emerging Markets, recommended by George Magnus
The best books on Emerging Markets, recommended by George Magnus
What determines whether a country goes backwards or forwards? Why have so few developing countries joined the ranks of rich nations? George Magnus, former chief economist of UBS, chooses books to help us reflect on what it is that societies need in order to be successful.