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We Need to Tax Billionaires

"The most important economist in the world today"

by Gabriel Zucman ...

'The most important economist in the world today' GARY STEVENSON'Read it, share it and let's get on with it' RUTGER BREGMAN'Zucman knows more about billionaires and their wealth than anyone but the billionaires themselves' OLIVER BULLOUGHWhy do billionaires pay less tax than you?Billionaires often pay a lower income tax rate than nurses, teachers and almost everyone else - sometimes close to... ... Read more

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'The most important economist in the world today' GARY STEVENSON'Read it, share it and let's get on with it' RUTGER BREGMAN'Zucman knows more about billionaires and their wealth than anyone but the billionaires themselves' OLIVER BULLOUGHWhy do billionaires pay less tax than you?Billionaires often pay a lower income tax rate than nurses, teachers and almost everyone else - sometimes close to...
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UnPresidented

Politics, pandemics and the race that Trumped all others

by Jon Sopel ...

Fear and loathing on the 2020 campaign trail...'26 February, White House Briefing RoomThe coronavirus feels like it is changing everything. Suddenly it's not just a public health emergency; it has the potential to upend this whole election...'In UnPresidented: Politics, pandemics and the race that Trumped all others, BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel presents a diary of an election like we've ... Read more

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Fear and loathing on the 2020 campaign trail...'26 February, White House Briefing RoomThe coronavirus feels like it is changing everything. Suddenly it's not just a public health emergency; it has the potential to upend this whole election...'In UnPresidented: Politics, pandemics and the race that Trumped all others, BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel presents a diary of an election like we've
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Natural Connection

What indigenous wisdom & marginalised people teach us about environmental action

by Joycelyn Longdon ...

'Urgent, profound and compassionate’ ROBERT MACFARLANE'Truly original ... Reading it is a balm' AFUA HIRSCH'Fascinating and thought provoking' CAL FLYNA lyrical, deeply researched and original work of narrative non-fiction by University of Cambridge environmental justice, AI and bioacoustics researcher and educator Joycelyn Longdon.Natural Connection illuminates the wondrous awe of the natural ... Read more

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'Urgent, profound and compassionate’ ROBERT MACFARLANE'Truly original ... Reading it is a balm' AFUA HIRSCH'Fascinating and thought provoking' CAL FLYNA lyrical, deeply researched and original work of narrative non-fiction by University of Cambridge environmental justice, AI and bioacoustics researcher and educator Joycelyn Longdon.Natural Connection illuminates the wondrous awe of the natural
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Lucky Loser

How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

by Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig ...

Inheritance. Fraud. Deceit.The devastating exposé of Trump’s financial failings that you need to read to understand the man whose deals are destroying the world economy.'A first-rate financial thriller' NEW YORK TIMES'Damning' SUNDAY TIMES'Devastating ... thrilling' GUARDIANDonald J. Trump once declared life has ‘not been easy for me’. He spun a fable of how he turned a small... ... Read more

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Inheritance. Fraud. Deceit.The devastating exposé of Trump’s financial failings that you need to read to understand the man whose deals are destroying the world economy.'A first-rate financial thriller' NEW YORK TIMES'Damning' SUNDAY TIMES'Devastating ... thrilling' GUARDIANDonald J. Trump once declared life has ‘not been easy for me’. He spun a fable of how he turned a small...
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Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

'A hymn of love to the world ... A journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, LoveAs a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our ... Read more

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'A hymn of love to the world ... A journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, LoveAs a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our
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A Different Kind of Power

The Sunday Times bestselling memoir

by Jacinda Ardern ...

**The Sunday Times bestsellerThe New York Times bestsellerA Guardian Summer Reading Hottest Book PickThis is not just a book for people who follow politics, but for anyone who has ever doubted themselves, or wanted to make a difference.**‘An essential, inspiring read’ – Natalie Portman‘Fascinating and engaging . . . makes us yearn for an era of courage and hope’ – Nicola Sturgeon, The Observer< ... Read more

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**The Sunday Times bestsellerThe New York Times bestsellerA Guardian Summer Reading Hottest Book PickThis is not just a book for people who follow politics, but for anyone who has ever doubted themselves, or wanted to make a difference.**‘An essential, inspiring read’ – Natalie Portman‘Fascinating and engaging . . . makes us yearn for an era of courage and hope’ – Nicola Sturgeon, The Observer<
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Strangers in Their Own Land

Anger and Mourning on the American Right

by Arlie Russell Hochschild ...

The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump"A generous but disconcerting look at the Tea Party. . . . This is a smart, respectful and compelling book."— Jason DeParle, The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned to .. ... Read more

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The National Book Award Finalist and New York Times bestseller that became a guide and balm for a country struggling to understand the election of Donald Trump"A generous but disconcerting look at the Tea Party. . . . This is a smart, respectful and compelling book."— Jason DeParle, The New York Times Book ReviewWhen Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned to ..
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Vulture Capitalism

How to Survive in an Age of Corporate Greed

by Grace Blakeley ...

*A Foyles Top 10 Read for March and one of Glamour's Best Books of March*Longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction'A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism's "free market" logic, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events' NAOMI KLEIN'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos back in democracy' YANIS VAROUFAKISEverything you know about capitali... ... Read more

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*A Foyles Top 10 Read for March and one of Glamour's Best Books of March*Longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction'A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism's "free market" logic, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events' NAOMI KLEIN'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos back in democracy' YANIS VAROUFAKISEverything you know about capitali...
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The Dark Side of the Earth

How the Soviet Union Collapsed but Remained - A Times Book of the Year

by Mikhail Zygar ...

A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAROn April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union begins its countdown. From the steppes of Kazakhstan, the first human - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - launches into space.In that moment, another countdown begins. How could it be that a single generation - just three decades - would separate the USSR's crowning achievement from the collapse of the Soviet empire?More than a ... Read more

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A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAROn April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union begins its countdown. From the steppes of Kazakhstan, the first human - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - launches into space.In that moment, another countdown begins. How could it be that a single generation - just three decades - would separate the USSR's crowning achievement from the collapse of the Soviet empire?More than a
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Don't Talk About Politics

How to Change 21st-Century Minds

by Sarah Stein Lubrano ...

'THIS BOOK CHANGED THE WAY I TALK ABOUT POLITICS.' GRACE BLAKELEY, AUTHOR OF VULTURE CAPITALISMDemocracy is dying because we are clinging to a dangerous and outdated myth: talking about politics can change people's minds. It doesn't.This provocative debut from a bold new voice combines a fascinating range of research to show us the psychological and sociological factors that really shape our ... Read more

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'THIS BOOK CHANGED THE WAY I TALK ABOUT POLITICS.' GRACE BLAKELEY, AUTHOR OF VULTURE CAPITALISMDemocracy is dying because we are clinging to a dangerous and outdated myth: talking about politics can change people's minds. It doesn't.This provocative debut from a bold new voice combines a fascinating range of research to show us the psychological and sociological factors that really shape our
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Minority Rule

Adventures in the Culture War – the instant Sunday Times bestseller

by Ash Sarkar ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 JHALAK PROSE PRIZEThe instant top 5 Sunday Times bestseller from political commentator Ash Sarkar, now available in paperback with a brand new afterword'One of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation' NAOMI KLEIN'Delivers its message with punch and panache ... A joy to read' GUARDIAN'If leftists feel they have been stumbling around in the darkness, <... ... Read more

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 JHALAK PROSE PRIZEThe instant top 5 Sunday Times bestseller from political commentator Ash Sarkar, now available in paperback with a brand new afterword'One of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation' NAOMI KLEIN'Delivers its message with punch and panache ... A joy to read' GUARDIAN'If leftists feel they have been stumbling around in the darkness, <...
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The Tyranny of Merit

What's Become of the Common Good?

by Michael J. Sandel ...

**A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The new bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the world's most popular philosophers**"Astute, insightful, and empathetic...A crucial book for this moment" Tara Westover, author of EducatedThese are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already ... Read more

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**A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The new bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the world's most popular philosophers**"Astute, insightful, and empathetic...A crucial book for this moment" Tara Westover, author of EducatedThese are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already
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On Tyranny

The Book to Help You Understand Why Democracy Is Failing

by Timothy Snyder ...

**NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER **THE BOOK TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRACY IS FAILING IN 2025‘The most coherent manifesto on confronting Trump’ New StatesmanIn the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats, ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER **THE BOOK TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRACY IS FAILING IN 2025‘The most coherent manifesto on confronting Trump’ New StatesmanIn the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats,
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Tommy Robinson - Political Prisoner

The British Hero Jailed for Exposing the Truth About the Grooming Gangs

by Lucius Veritas ...

Tommy Robinson: Political Prisoner A2084CG is an exposé of the British establishment’s relentless persecution of one man for daring to reveal uncomfortable truths.Robinson has been incarcerated in solitary confinement in a high-security prison—an example to us all of the shocking lengths to which governments and institutions will go to suppress dissent. It’s a wake-up call to all who value free ... Read more

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Tommy Robinson: Political Prisoner A2084CG is an exposé of the British establishment’s relentless persecution of one man for daring to reveal uncomfortable truths.Robinson has been incarcerated in solitary confinement in a high-security prison—an example to us all of the shocking lengths to which governments and institutions will go to suppress dissent. It’s a wake-up call to all who value free
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The Fifth Risk

Undoing Democracy

by Michael Lewis ...

'W****ill set your hair on end' Telegraph, Top 50 Books of the Year'I forgot to breathe while reading The Fifth Risk' Michael Hofmann, TLS, Books of the YearThe bestselling, no-holds-barred exposé of the people who are wrecking our democracy, by the master storyteller of our times'The election happened ... And then there was radio silence.'The morning after Trump was elected preside... ... Read more

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'W****ill set your hair on end' Telegraph, Top 50 Books of the Year'I forgot to breathe while reading The Fifth Risk' Michael Hofmann, TLS, Books of the YearThe bestselling, no-holds-barred exposé of the people who are wrecking our democracy, by the master storyteller of our times'The election happened ... And then there was radio silence.'The morning after Trump was elected preside...
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How Democracies Die

The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future

by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...

'The most important book of the Trump era' The EconomistHow does a democracy die?What can we do to save our own?What lessons does history teach us?In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before.Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how ... Read more

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'The most important book of the Trump era' The EconomistHow does a democracy die?What can we do to save our own?What lessons does history teach us?In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before.Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how
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A Revolution Betrayed

How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System

by Peter Hitchens ...

There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their children.In his new book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction and privilege in our education system. This is of course the opposite of what was intended, especially by former Minister of Education Shirley Williams ... Read more

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There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their children.In his new book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction and privilege in our education system. This is of course the opposite of what was intended, especially by former Minister of Education Shirley Williams
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Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised)

Mobilizing to Save Civilization

by Lester R. Brown ...

“[Brown’s] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable.”—Katherine Salant, Washington PostAs fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could ... Read more

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“[Brown’s] ability to make a complicated subject accessible to the general reader is remarkable.”—Katherine Salant, Washington PostAs fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could
... Read more
Red Plenty

'Bizarre and quite brilliant.' Dominic Sandbrook, host of THE REST IS HISTORY

by Francis Spufford ...

**'Bizarre and quite brilliant.' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'Thrilling.' Michael Burleigh, Sunday Telegraph'Francis Spufford has one of the most original minds in contemporary literature.' Nick Hornby**The Soviet Union was founded on a fairytale. It was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that the penny-pinching ... Read more

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**'Bizarre and quite brilliant.' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'Thrilling.' Michael Burleigh, Sunday Telegraph'Francis Spufford has one of the most original minds in contemporary literature.' Nick Hornby**The Soviet Union was founded on a fairytale. It was built on 20th-century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that the penny-pinching
... Read more
Gilded Rage

Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley

by Jacob Silverman ...

** A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025 ****** A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025 **'Lively and provocative.' FINANCIAL TIMES**'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized.' BLOOMBERG'Revelatory.' THE BULWARK'sharp and ominous...an essential unmasking of the growing extremism among America's wealthy.' PUBLISH... ... Read more

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** A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2025 ****** A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025 **'Lively and provocative.' FINANCIAL TIMES**'Makes a convincing case for how tech became radicalized.' BLOOMBERG'Revelatory.' THE BULWARK'sharp and ominous...an essential unmasking of the growing extremism among America's wealthy.' PUBLISH...
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

by Max Weber ...

Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber (21 April 1864 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory, social research and the discipline of sociology itself. A key proponent of methodological antipositivism, which presents sociology as a non-empiricist field which must study social action through interpretive means based upon understanding the ... Read more

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Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber (21 April 1864 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory, social research and the discipline of sociology itself. A key proponent of methodological antipositivism, which presents sociology as a non-empiricist field which must study social action through interpretive means based upon understanding the
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Rentier Capitalism

Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?

by Brett Christophers ...

In this landmark book, the author of The New Enclosure provides a forensic examination and sweeping critique of early-twenty-first-century capitalism. Brett Christophers styles this as 'rentier capitalism', in which ownership of key types of scarce assets - such as land, intellectual property, natural resources, or digital platforms - is all-important and dominated by a few unfathomably wealthy ... Read more

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In this landmark book, the author of The New Enclosure provides a forensic examination and sweeping critique of early-twenty-first-century capitalism. Brett Christophers styles this as 'rentier capitalism', in which ownership of key types of scarce assets - such as land, intellectual property, natural resources, or digital platforms - is all-important and dominated by a few unfathomably wealthy
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Waarom een echte liberaal geen VVD stemt

by Simon van Teutem ...

Vijftien jaar zat de VVD aan de knoppen. Ze noemt zich dé liberale partij van Nederland, maar doet het liberalisme vooral geweld aan. Zo pronkt de partij met de ‘hardwerkende Nederlander’, maar levert ze nauwelijks tastbare resultaten. Vrijheid werd versmald tot het ‘Dikke Ik’; gemak zonder verantwoordelijkheid. En bij migratie klonken de grote woorden als trompetgeschal, maar bleven de ... Read more

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Vijftien jaar zat de VVD aan de knoppen. Ze noemt zich dé liberale partij van Nederland, maar doet het liberalisme vooral geweld aan. Zo pronkt de partij met de ‘hardwerkende Nederlander’, maar levert ze nauwelijks tastbare resultaten. Vrijheid werd versmald tot het ‘Dikke Ik’; gemak zonder verantwoordelijkheid. En bij migratie klonken de grote woorden als trompetgeschal, maar bleven de
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The Gulag Archipelago

The Authorized Abridgement

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...

The official, one-volume edition, authorized by Solzhenitsyn"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY" —TimeThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature and a landmark of Russian history, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum."It is impossible to name a book that ... Read more

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The official, one-volume edition, authorized by Solzhenitsyn"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY" —TimeThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature and a landmark of Russian history, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum."It is impossible to name a book that
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