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Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism and the Economics of Destruction, by Barry C. Lynn

This is the scariest book I’ve read since The Day of the Triffids. Back in the ‘70’s, US business monopolization seemed bad, but not getting worse. Spinoffs and breakups balanced mergers. Since then, as documented in Cornered by financial journalist Barry Lynn, global monopolization has rapidly returned us to a

Animal Spirits, by Akerlof and Shiller

Yale Prof. Robert Shiller, author of Irrational Exuberance (2000; 2005), predicted the 2008 financial collapse years before it happened. Last year, Shiller partnered with UC Berkeley Prof. George Akerlof to produce Animal Spirits--elaborating on the psychology that inspires “irrational exuberance” and other mass human behavior that affects the economy.

The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

Modern inequality causes stress and social problems, not just among the very poor, but at all levels of society. That's just what Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett find in their new book, The Spirit Level Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger.

Deficit Hawk, Progressive Style, Part I

Deficit hawks are justifiably concerned about ballooning national debt. But their solution--cutting social spending--would make matters worse.
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