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John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction focuses on mechanisms of traditional education which cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization drills. Gatto's earlier book, Dumbing Us Down, introduced the now-famous expression of the title into the common vernacular. Weapons of Mass Instruction adds another chilling metaphor to the brief against conventional schooling.

By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness. They are, as it were, "too poor to be green." In this deeply researched book, Ramachandra Guha challenges this narrative by revealing a virtually unknown prehistory of the...

America is in serious trouble, and our days as a superpower are numbered, argues businessman and entrepreneur Donald J. Trump in his blockbuster new book. With his trademark candor and charisma, Trump reveals his hardline, commonsense solutions to the problems plaguing us today and shows how we can put our country back on the path to greatness. Nobody is better at achieving spectacular success than Donald Trump. Here, Trump shows how America can do the same.

From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait but Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what the hell is going on in our strange, unprecedented modern times.

From John Maynard Keynes's foremost biographer, an illuminating look at how the economist's ethical approach can be used to address today's pressing problems John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) was arguably the most important economist of the twentieth century; his ideas have fundamentally altered...

The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps...

Why is it that the more money governments spend on education, the less children seem to know? And why, year after year, are standards of literacy and numeracy plummeting? In Mindless, Bella d'Abrera shows that the education systems in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States are no...

Míriam Leitão traça um retrato da situação da Amazônia e mostra que é possível e desejável que haja uma conciliação entre a questão ambiental e a área econômica. “Em anos recentes ficou evidente que temos à nossa frente dois caminhos. Sempre houve essa encruzilhada, mas é como se o Brasil tivesse se aproximado mais do ponto da bifurcação em que, se persistirmos no erro, poderá não haver volta. (...) A Terra sem a Amazônia pode ficar inviável para os bilhões de humanos. Em conversa com cientistas ao longo das últimas duas décadas, fiquei profundamente convencida disso.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PEOPLE SAVING YOUR LIFE ARE DYING INSIDE? After seventeen years of training to become a vascular surgeon, Dr. Lily Johnston had everything she worked for: prestigious degrees, a respected title, the dream job. There was just one little problem. She was miserable. In...

A powerful, deeply personal examination of the hidden toll of emotional cancer endured by those who serve as societys safety netand a blueprint for treating it. Drawing on firsthand experience of more than four decades as a paramedic, law enforcement officer, emergency physician, and healthcare...

What happens to democracy when technology moves faster than we can govern it? For Katie Harbath, that question isn’t theoretical—it has defined her career, her conscience, and the sleepless nights in between for 25 years. From helping invent digital campaign tactics to shaping elections that...

An inviting tour of modern macroeconomics―culminating in HANK, a modern framework that will transform the way we understand our economy and the policies that shape it. If discussions about interest rates, debt, or inflation sound like economic sorcery, you're not alone. Much of what we hear...

From two former White House officials who shaped America’s AI strategy and now work with leading AI companies, an urgent case for why democracies must achieve preeminence in AI—and a bracing warning about what victory will require. “Essential reading for understanding how AI will impact...

It's a strange day when a New York Times conservative columnist is forced to admit that the left is winning, but as David Brooks wrote recently, "the American left is on the cusp of a great victory." Among Americans under thirty, 43 percent had a favorable view of socialism, while only 32...

Leadership isn't something you're born with or gifted as a reward for an abundance of charisma; true leadership stems from core skills that can be learned. Get more of the leadership ideas you want, from the authors you trust, with HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (Vol. 2). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your own and your organization's performance.

The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide (CO2), and these CO2 emissions are a major driver of climate change. Carbon capture offers a path to climate change mitigation that has received relatively little attention. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Howard Herzog offers a concise guide to carbon capture, covering basic information as well as the larger context of climate technology and policy.  

When turmoil strikes world monetary and financial markets, leaders invariably call for "a new Bretton Woods" to prevent catastrophic economic disorder and defuse political conflict. The name of the remote New Hampshire town where representatives of 44 nations gathered in July 1944, in the midst of the century's second great war, has become shorthand for enlightened globalization.

One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and...

One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2023 The secrets to successfully planning and delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scale—from home renovation to space exploration—by the world's leading expert on megaprojects. Nothing is more inspiring than a big vision that becomes a...

Can refocusing conversations between doctors and their patients lead to better health? Despite modern medicine’s infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion’s share of illnesses. However, what...