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It is often overlooked, but Bill Clinton assumed the presidency in one of the most difficult times in our nation's history. The country was in a deep recession, the end of the Cold War had created new threats to our national security, and our health care system was in shambles. The country has now...

In this lucid political memoir, veteran anti-capitalist activist Michael Albert offers an ardent defense of the project to transform global inequality. Albert, a uniquely visionary figure, recounts a life of uncompromising commitment to creating change one step at a time. Whether chronicling the battles...

Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital and money, it both develops the arguments outlined in the Communist Manifesto (1848) and explores the themes and theses...

Système des contradictions économiques ou Philosophie de la misère, écrit par le polémiste, journaliste, économiste, philosophe et sociologue français Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809 – 1865). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale (Les 2 Tomes) et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.

Canada Lives Here tells the tumultuous story of public broadcasting in Canada, from its inception in 1933 to the CBC’s current, controversial attempts to adapt to collapsing revenues and new technologies. It explores in detail the struggle to preserve public space and foster community in an environment...

What is a public intellectual? Where are they to be found? What accounts for the lament today that public intellectuals are either few in number or, worse, irrelevant? While there is a small literature on the role of public intellectuals, it is organized around various thinkers rather than focusing...

What is socialism? Does it have a future, or has it become an outdated ideology in the 21st century? Michael Newman examines and explains the successes and failures of modern socialism by taking an international perspective — ranging from communism in Cuba to social democracy in Sweden. Discussing...

The aim of the book is to stimulate the realignment of political, theoretical and philosophical thinking that is now beginning in response to global warming. The author provides an examination of the theories of the most prominent social philosophers of the 19th and 20th centuries – Karl Marx and...

From the author of Day of Reckoning, the acclaimed critique of Ronald Reagan’s economic policy (“Every citizen should read it,” said The New York Times): a persuasive, wide-ranging argument that economic growth provides far more than material benefits. In clear-cut prose, Benjamin M....

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Peter Berkowitz, Joseph Bottum, David Brooks, Danielle Crittenden, Dinesh D’Souza, Stanley Kurtz, Tod Lindberg, Rich Lowry, Heather Mac Donald, P.J. O’Rourke, Sally Satel, Richard Starr in their book “Why I Turned...

Conclusion Alex Himelfarb The Conclusion pulls the diverse threads of the book together, concluding with prospects and options for the future. It focuses on how we might change the conversation about taxes.

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by J. William Middendorf II in his book “A Glorious Disaster: Barry Goldwater’s Presidential Campaign and the Origins of the Conservative Movement”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than...

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe in their book “Sarah from Alaska: the Sudden Rise and Brutal Education of a New Conservative Superstar”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes...

A Little Book about Big Change We all want the same things. We want to live a life of purpose and meaning. We want to leave a legacy for our children and grandchildren. We want to leave the world a better place. And yet we spend so much time wringing our hands over what’s wrong and not nearly...