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In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s. So which strategy best addresses India's, and by extension the world's, greatest moral challenge: lifting a great number of extremely poor people out of poverty? Bhagwati and Panagariya argue forcefully that only one strategy will help the poor to any significant effect: economic growth, led by markets overseen and encouraged by liberal state policies.

Fully updated chapters continue to address how technology and increasing levels of education have exposed people to more information than ever before. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual egalitarianism that has crippled informed debates on any number of issues. Over the past several years, the rise of populism and conspiracy theories have taken this to new levels. All voices, even the most ridiculous, demand to be taken with equal seriousness, and any claim to the contrary is dismissed as undemocratic elitism.

In recent years our world has seen transformations of all kinds: intense climate change accompanied by significant weather extremes; deadly tsunamis caused by submarine earthquakes; unprecedented terrorist attacks; costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; a terrible and overlooked conflict in Equatorial Africa costing millions of lives; an economic crisis threatening the stability of the international system.

From the science of greenhouse gases to the intricate logic of cap and trade, Broome reveals how the principles that underlie everyday decision making also provide simple and effective ideas for confronting climate change. Climate Matters is an essential contribution to one of the paramount issues of our time.

Missionary. Radical. Hippy. Revolutionary. Red Mayor. Pragmatist. Socialist. Hot from the campaign trail, a vivid new biography that goes inside Bernie Sanders's contradictions, his unusual life, and his electrifying quest to make the American dream a reality for all.

At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history: starting a nuclear war. Horrified by the specter of nuclear annihilation, Kennedy gradually turned away from his long-held Cold Warrior beliefs and toward a policy of lasting peace. But to the military and intelligence agencies in the United States, who were committed to winning the Cold War at any cost, Kennedy's change of heart was a direct threat to their power and influence.

This exhilarating collection of essays, interviews, and correspondence—spanning the years 1988 through 2018, and reaching back a decade more—is about the simple concept that ideas matter. They mutate, inform, create fuel for thought, and inspire actions. As Kelman says, the State relies on our suffocation, that we cannot hope to learn the truth. But whether we can or not is beside the point. We must grasp the nettle, we assume control and go forward.

Barack Obama famously said that the purpose of social movements is to get a seat at the table. However, as Deva Woodly argues in Reckoning—a sweeping account of the meaning and purpose of the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)—the value of such movements is something much more profound: they are necessary for the health and survival of democracy. Drawing from on-the-ground interviews with activists in the movement, Woodly analyzes the emergence of the M4BL, its organizational structure and culture, and its strategies and tactics.

It’s become fashionable among the liberal elite to downplay, deride, and even deny America’s greatness. The political correctness police insist that America is hated around the world for being too big, too powerful, too rich, too successful, too loud, too intrusive. And besides, it’s not nice to brag....

"Why the Annual Mammogram Matters" is from the October 30, 2015 Health section of The New York Times. It was written by Susan R. Drossman, Elisa R. Port and Emily B. Sonnenblick and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Black Health Matters" is from the August 29, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Jenna Wortham and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Why Corruption Matters" is from the November 27, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Vote as If It Matters" is from the September 19, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Politicians and the Lies That Matter" is from the May 31, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Thomas L. Friedman and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Giuliani, amid Calls for Harmony, Lashes out at Black Lives Matter" is from the July 10, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Megan Twohey and narrated by Caroline Miller.

Two recent books about Soviet history help answer questions raised by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine: What is wrong with Russia and why, despite two decades of optimistic predictions that it was on track to become a "normal" country, has it never become one?

Not long ago prominent Republicans like Paul Ryan, the speaker of the House, liked to warn in apocalyptic terms about the dangers of budget deficits, declaring that a Greek-style crisis was just around the corner. But now, suddenly, those very same politicians are perfectly happy with the prospect of deficits swollen by tax cuts; the budget resolution they’re considering would, according to their own estimates, add $9 trillion in debt over the next decade. Hey, no problem.

"Deficits Matter Again" is from the January 08, 2017 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"At Donald Trump's Convention, Matters of Control (and Self-Control)" is from the July 14, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Patrick Healy and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Do Campaign Ads Matter? Trump Offers a Rare Chance to Find Out" is from the October 18, 2016 The Upshot section of The New York Times. It was written by Lynn Vavreck and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"In Era of Black Lives Matter, Filmmakers Focus on an Infamous Crime" is from the August 30, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by David Holmberg and narrated by Fleet Cooper.