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Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life (Vintage)
Robert B. Reich
Vintage, 2008
Supercapitalism
The author describes the growing disconnect between capitalism and the communities served by our economic system. Initially, he discusses the 1873-1897 Long Depression which economists still debate today. Workers migrated from farms to factories. Between 1945-1975, ...
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The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki
Anchor, 2005
Excellent Primer
There's a reason why democracy is the crappiest form of government, except all others (to paraphrase somebody famous).
The theme of this book is that groups of people are smarter than individual people. It's sort of counterintuitive to the American spirit of ...
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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
Naomi Wolf
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007
Must Read!
This is a great book. Very informative, a little bit scary. I purchased extra copies to share with family & friends. This information must get out to everyone.
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Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter
Rick Shenkman
Basic Books, 2008
Best Depiction of Worst Case, Needs Sense of Best Case
I cannot improve on the reviews by Kerry Walters and Retired Reader, in that order. I was drawn to this book by the fact that it is the "other" book that readers buy when considering Joe Trippi's great book, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the ...
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Real Change: From the World That Fails to the World That Works
Newt Gingrich
Regnery Publishing, 2008
Voter's Must Read to make your voice heard in November
This book is an exceptional and well thought out direction, with appropriate actions, to improve American excellence in the world. It thoroughly defines fundamental problems in American policies with appropriate prescriptions. Every voter in America should read this ...
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The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule
Thomas Frank
Metropolitan Books, 2008
The Rosetta Stone of the George W. Bush Administration
This is a fascinating, extremely well referenced work about the neocon rule book. It explodes all the rumors that Bush is not smart. He has actually just been following this rule book.
Rule One: Government services are bad and business services are good. Attack big ...
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A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
Howard Zinn
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
This should be required reading in our schools
Our country will never be able to live up to the lofty ideals of our founding documents unless we come to grips with the truth of how we got where we are. This book tells the truth about how the people on top have butchered and suppressed others in order to STAY on ...
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Stealing Elections, Revised and Updated: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy
John Fund
Encounter Books, 2008
Must read for people who care about democracy
This book is completely different from the earlier version and is a must read for anyone concerned about the upcoming election.
Fund uses numerous examples to back up his claims regarding vote fraud. Vote fraud is not a myth as evidenced by the felony convictions of ...
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Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition
Milton Friedman
University Of Chicago Press, 2002
Great book, life changing reading!
Reading this book gave me a whole new perspective about life, economics and individual responsibility. It's a must for everyone, even if you are not a student of economics.
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Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries
Naomi Wolf
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Finally, a book that speaks to what I can do as a citizen
The economic structure of the United States on the brink of collapse, the Iraqi war continues, the Patriot Act is still in force, our politicians are talking about earmarks, bridges and roads to nowhere, the rhetoric is flying without concrete solutions being proposed. ...
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Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
Larry M. Bartels
Princeton University Press, 2008
Judgement Day is Here. Vote with your Pocketbook.
The facts stand for themselves outside the realm of Partisan politics. Idealists hate facts. Fanatics hate facts. I Love facts. Whose ideas work the best is what I want. Most Americans would Love to make more money and do better each and every year. Who can argue ...
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy ...
Jon Stewart, The Writers of The Daily Show
Grand Central Publishing, 2006
I couldn't stop laughing
Fantastic book! I'm a huge fan of Jon Stewart (I hope he reads this!!).
The professor's comments were interesting, necessary, but could have been more 'in line' with the text, that is, more humorous. Sometimes they were too long, in my opinion.
Love the picture on ...
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The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies (New Edition)
Bryan Caplan
Princeton University Press, 2008
Get a Copy Before It Disappears
Get a copy of this book and read it before it vanishes into thin air in January of 2009. If (or when, more like it) Obama wins, then suddendly all voters will be deemed rational. So we can't have a book with a title like this on the shelves during an Obama presidency.
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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
Noam Chomsky
Holt Paperbacks, 2007
The virus of popular democracy was once again destroyed.
Noam Chomsky writes about the first 9/11 which took place on Tuesday September 11th 1973 in Chile when the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by the military forces of Augusto Pinochet. The coup had full backing of he US government and ...
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The Assault on Reason
Al Gore
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Should be a high school textbook
This book is the literary equivalent of having a bucket of cold water thrown on you while you sleep, and its exactly what we all need right now. As i read through this book I found myself getting angry, angry because I realized that I had given up my right to change ...
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