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  • The Bet

    Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future

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  • Public Citizens

    The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism

    de Paul Sabin ...
    **“Crisp, clear, eloquent.” –Kim Phillips-Fein, New RepublicAn “elegantly argued and meticulously documented” (Timothy Noah, New York Times Book Review) account of the postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society.**In the 1960s and 1970s, an insurgent attack on traditional liberalism took shape in America. It was built on new ideals of citizen advocacy and ... Leer más

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  • The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden

    A First Historical Assessment

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    Public Citizens

    The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism

    de Paul Sabin ...
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    6 hora 44 minutos

    In the 1960s and 1970s, an insurgent attack on traditional liberalism took shape in America. It was built on new ideals of citizen advocacy and the public interest. Drawing energy from civil rights protests and opposition to the Vietnam War, the new citizens' movement drew legions of followers and scored major victories. Citizen advocates disrupted government plans for urban highways and new ... Leer más

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    How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems

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    Much ink has been spilled in recent years talking about political divides and inequality in the United States. But these discussions too often miss one of the most important factors in the divisions among Americans: the fundamentally unequal nature of the nation's housing systems.And this divide deepens other inequalities. Increasingly, important life outcomes—performance in school, employment, ... Leer más

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  • How Not to Be Wrong

    The Power of Mathematical Thinking

    **“Witty, compelling, and just plain fun to read . . ." —Evelyn Lamb, Scientific AmericanThe Freakonomics of math—a math-world superstar unveils the hidden beauty and logic of the world and puts its power in our hands**The math we learn in school can seem like a dull set of rules, laid down by the ancients and not to be questioned. In How Not to Be Wrong, Jordan Ellenberg shows us how terribly ... Leer más

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  • The Innovators

    How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

    Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a “riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving” (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the internet.What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? ... Leer más

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  • The Great Divergence

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