Non-fiction

Subterranean Blues: On ExxonMobil

Subterranean Blues: On ExxonMobil Subterranean Blues: On ExxonMobil

Moral indignation is no longer enough to combat the power of Big Oil.

Jul 24, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

The Great Disparity

The Great Disparity The Great Disparity

Timothy Noah and Charles Murray offer starkly different explanations of growing economic and social inequality in the United States.

Jul 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / William Julius Wilson

Landlocked: On American Property Landlocked: On American Property

In the secret history of property law, property rests on the authority of the state.

Jun 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Hendrik Hartog

Grand Flattery: The Yale Grand Strategy Seminar Grand Flattery: The Yale Grand Strategy Seminar

Why are Yale and other top universities teaching a Grand Strategy seminar if the conditions that seemed to call for grand strategizing no longer exist?

May 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney and Stephen Wertheim

An Enduring Condition: On War Time

An Enduring Condition: On War Time An Enduring Condition: On War Time

For Mary Dudziak, we are now experiencing a time of permanent war, one that does not bother everyday Americans.

May 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Maass

In Annawadi: On Katherine Boo

In Annawadi: On Katherine Boo In Annawadi: On Katherine Boo

Behind the Beautiful Forevers is a superb, empathic account of life in a Mumbai undercity.

Apr 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami

A Double Inheritance: On Margaret Fuller

A Double Inheritance: On Margaret Fuller A Double Inheritance: On Margaret Fuller

A nineteenth-century feminist's exceptional life.

Apr 3, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

The Not Yet Richer, Still Struggling for Economic Equality, Sex The Not Yet Richer, Still Struggling for Economic Equality, Sex

A new book takes exciting and historic trends a step too far.

Mar 23, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert

Winging It: The Battle Between Reagan and PATCO Winging It: The Battle Between Reagan and PATCO

The true economic legacy of the Reagan years is not tax cuts but union busting.

Mar 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

Berlusconiland Berlusconiland

Has Silvio Berlusconi’s corruption deprived Italians of their liberty?

Feb 15, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Yascha Mounk

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