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"Far and away the most incisive examination of the central development in contemporary politics: the rise of populism on both the right and the left. Superb." - Thomas Edsall, New York Times columnist What's happening in global politics,...

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Do the Fed's efforts to stabilize the economy worsen inequality? The Federal Reserve, the U.S. central bank, was built for a monetary system composed primarily of investor-owned, government-chartered banks. But over the years, the erosion of banki...

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"David Kaye's book is crucial to understanding the tactics, rhetoric and stakes in one of the most consequential free speech debates in human history." -Cory Doctorow, author of Radicalized, Walkaway and Little Brother The internet was d...

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What does contemporary China's diverse and exciting fiction tell us about its culture, and the relationship between art and politics? The Subplot takes us on a lively journey through a literary landscape like you've never seen before: a vast migra...

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How China used a network of surveillance to intern over a million people and produce a system of control previously unknown in human history Novel forms of state violence and colonization have been unfolding for years in China's vast northwestern ...

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The story of the world's most audacious infrastructure project. Less than a decade ago, China did not have a single high-speed train in service. Today, it owns a network of 14,000 miles of high-speed rail, far more than the rest of the world combi...

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were created by Congress to serve the American Dream of homeownership. By the end of the century, they had become extremely profitable and powerful companies, instrumental in putting millions of Americans in their homes....

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In a way, the situation is ironic: housing was at the root of the financial crisis, and six years after the meltdown, housing finance is still the greatest unsolved issue. The U.S. housing market is roughly $10 trillion, making it one of the large...

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Smartphones have to be made someplace, and that place is China. In just five years, a company names Xiaomi (which means "little rice" in Mandarin) has grown into the most valuable startup ever, becoming the third largest manufacturer of ...

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Can the world's biggest economy actually innovate? Clay Shirky explores China at a crossroads.Smartphones have to be made someplace, and that place is China. In just five years, a company named Xiaomi (which means "e;little rice"e; in Mand...

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The news from the Middle East these days is bad. Whatever hopes people may have for the region are being dashed over and over, in country after country. Nicolas Pelham, a veteran correspondent for The Economist, has seen much of the tragedy first ...

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When the Ottoman Empire fell apart, colonial powers drew straight lines on the map to create a new region the Middle East made up of new countries filled with multiple religious sects and ethnicities. Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, for example, all cont...

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The buying and selling of citizenship has become a legitimate, thriving business in just a few years. Entrepreneurs are renouncing America and Europe in favor of tax havens in the Caribbean with the help of a cottage industry of lawyers, bankers, ...

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The surprising and sometimes scandalous story of twenty-first-century citizenshipThe buying and selling of citizenship has become a thriving business in just a few years. Entrepreneurs and libertarians are renouncing America and Europe in favor of...

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Today more people travel to Hungary for dental care than to any other country in Europe. The fascinating story of how Hungary became Europe's dental chair is a case study in medical tourism, which has become a growing multi-billion-dollar industry...

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Need surgery? You better travel.Globalization produces a lot of odd results around the world. One of them is that Hungary has become the dentistry capital of Europe: thanks to aggressive marketing campaigns and heavy government support, more peopl...

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International trade deals have become vastly complex documents, seeking to govern everything from labor rights to environmental protections. This evolution has drawn alarm from American voters, but their suspicions are often vague. In this book, i...

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A detailed look at one little-known but powerful provision in most modern trade agreements.International trade deals have become vastly complex documents, seeking to govern everything from labor rights to environmental protections. This evolution ...

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"A knowledgeable journalist astutely delineates a troubling global move toward the right wing."--Kirkus Reviews What happens when a democratically elected leader evolves into an authoritarian ruler, limiting press freedom, civil libertie...

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What happens when a democratically elected leader evolves into an authoritarian ruler, limiting press freedom, civil liberties, and religious and ethnic tolerance?India and Turkey are two of the worlds biggest democraciesmulti-ethnic nations that ...

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From the author of THE POLITICS OF OUR TIMEWhat's happening in global politics, and is there a thread that ties it all together?There is, and it is called populism.What is populism? And why have populist parties and candidates suddenly sprung up a...

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In rescuing the Chibok tragedy from mythic status, Habilas unusual primer quietly yet powerfully revives the call to take notice. The AtlanticOn April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by Boko ...

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"Emily Witt blends monograph with vivid reportage in her latest offering: a short but sweet study of Nigerian cinema." - Financial Times How did Nigeria create the second largest movie industry in the world? Nollywood began in Nigeria in...

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What will 21st century fiction look like? Acclaimed literary critic Adam Kirsch examines some of our most beloved writers, including Haruki Murakami, Elena Ferrante, Roberto Bolano, and Margaret Atwood, to better understand literature in the age o...

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.What is the future of fiction in an age of globalization?In The Global Novel, acclaimed literary critic Adam Kirsch explores some of the 21st century's best-known writers-- including Orhan Pamuk, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohsin Hamid, Haruki Mur...

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Is the West to blame for the agony of Uganda and its neighbors? In this powerful account of Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni's 30 year reign, Helen Epstein chronicles how Western leaders' single-minded focus on the War on Terror and their naive de...

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Is the West to blame for failing Uganda?In this powerful story of Uganda and its war-torn neighbors in eastern and central Africa, journalist Helen Epstein chronicles how America's naive dealings with African strongmen and single-minded focus on t...

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When the Bush Administration invaded Iraq in 2003, it was promised that Iraqi Kurdistan would be developed into one of the most productive oil and natural gas regions in the world, and the profits would be used to win the war and rebuild the count...

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What happened to Iraqs oil wealth?Iraq sits on top of more than 140 billion barrels of oil, making it the owner of the worlds fifth largest reserves. When the United States invaded in 2003, the Bush Administration promised that oil revenueaccordin...

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A haunting literary and visual journey deep into Russia's past-and present. The Gulag was a monstrous network of labor camps that held and killed millions of prisoners from the 1930s to the 1950s. More than half a century after the end of Stalinis...

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