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October 14, 2008 | Paul Krugman: The Conscience of a Liberal

Natalia Ruban : If you look at the figures, you will find out that inequality in America is now approaching the level of the 1920s, before all social reforms were conducted. Even though the productivity of an average American worker has risen since 1973 by ...More

October 2, 2008 | Barack Obama: The Audacity of Hope

Benjamin Lucas Schoo: With the current presidential nomination process under way, Barack Obama's second book, the Audacity of Hope, might help shed light on who the junior senator from Illinois and the Democratic Party's presidential contender really is and what he stands ...More

September 3, 2008 | Robert Kagan: The Return of History and the End of Dreams

Francisco J. Ruiz: This book is the most recent publication of the American journalist and writer Robert Kagan, responsible in 2003 of the popular statement that "Americans are from Mars, Europeans from Venus". The author articulates the ...More

August 12, 2008 | Parag Khanna: The Second World

Natalia Ruban: The topic of „post-American world order" is not new. A whole series of books dealing with the question of relative American decline and Asian rise was recently published and discussed. Parag Khanna's The Second World is probably one of the most ...More

June 22, 2008 | Fareed Zakaria: The Post American World

Ethan Christian Arrow: Opening with a quote from Arnold J. Toynbee’s A Study of History, Fareed Zakaria poses the thesis that America is standing at the crossroads between a new leadership role and a frustrated obscurity. “Growth takes place whenever ...More

June 19, 2008 | Paul M. Barrett: American Islam

Crystal Oswald-Herold: In his book "American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion," Paul M. Barrett depicts the lives of seven very different Muslims' experiences in the United States. He sheds light onto their daily routines while simultaneously providing a ...More

June 12, 2008 | Bright-Side Economics

László Andor: Anders Åslund: How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia   Can "everyone" be wrong about central and eastern Europe's transitions? Swedish economist -Anders Åslund was an influential ...More

May 30, 2008 | Why Hate America?

Paul Hockenos: Andrei S. Markovits: Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America Examining European attitudes toward the United States The measuring of anti-Americanism is an imprecise business. Though social scientists have been at it for decades, distinguishing between an ...More

May 29, 2008 | Security Threats and Immigration Policy

Michele Wucker: Christopher Rudolph: National Security and Immigration: Policy Development in the United States and Western Europe Since 1945 The Algerian-born terrorist Ahmed Ressam was arrested December 14, 1999, as he attempted to smuggle explosives into the ...More

May 16, 2008 | The First Big Book on the Credit Crunch

Sonja Bonin: According to the Economist, Charles Morris is the first to really assess the current crisis of the financial market in his book The Trillion Dollar Meltdown:  He describes three trends converging to create the bubble: By 2006 the growing ...More