7 min read ⌚ Ready for a new speculative bubble? Because as John Kenneth Galbraith’s “A Short History of Financial Euphoria” demonstrates, if there’s one thing history has taught us it’s that there will surely be one very soon. Read ahead to find out why. Who Should Read “A Short History of Financial Euphoria”? And Why? In […]
Category: History & Biographies
Plan of Attack Summary – Bob Woodward
7 min read ⌚ The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade Iraq In “Bush at War,” Bob Woodward recounted George W. Bush’s responses to the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent War in Afghanistan. Now, in “Plan of Attack” he picks up where he left off. Which means – it’s time the American public learns of the […]
A Farewell to Alms Summary
7 min read ⌚ A Brief Economic History of the World Have you ever wondered why some nations are rich and others poor? Or, say, why some of the latter can’t get out of poverty regardless of their systems or the number of benevolent outside interventions? Well, Gregory Clark has – and for most of his […]
The World as It Is Summary – Ben Rhodes
6 min read ⌚ A Memoir of the Obama White House Do you want a look behind the doors of the Obama administration? Well, who better to offer you one than Ben Rhodes, one of Obama’s most trusted advisors? Rhodes tells it all in his 2018 memoir, “The World as It Is.” Who Should Read “The […]
The Restless Wave Summary
6 min read ⌚ Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations As his life is nearing to its inevitable end, John McCain feels the pressing need to cast a candid eye on all the good he had the privilege of experiencing and all the mistakes that he, unfortunately, made. The result? “The Restless Wave,” […]
Democracy for Realists Summary
6 min read ⌚ Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government Hey, remember when we told you that the Ancient Greeks believed democracy to be the second worst way to organize a country? And, then, when we took, with Condoleezza Rice, the very opposing view, according to which it is humanity’s best way to counter totalitarianism. […]
The Last Empire Summary
5 min read ⌚ The Final Days of the Soviet Union When the Roman Empire was at the height of its power, it was torn apart by corruption and hypocrisy. Perhaps, the same thing happened here, but the Soviet Leadership had no courage to acknowledge their mistakes. We encapsulate the events that shaped the course of […]
We Were Eight Years in Power Summary
7 min read ⌚ An American Tragedy Barack Obama was an American president from 2008 to 2016. And Ta-Nehisi Coates chronicles the period in his remarkable collection of essays “We Were Eight Years in Power.” Who Should Read “We Were Eight Years in Power”? And Why? If you are interested in learning how deeply white supremacy […]
Reset Summary – Ellen Pao
6 min read ⌚ My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change If you’re living in the States, you’ve probably heard many things about the Pao v. Kleiner Perkins 2015 case. Here’s your chance to hear it from the horse’s mouth: “Reset” is the work of none other but Ellen Pao herself. Who Should Read “Reset”? And […]
The Social History of the Machine Gun Summary
6 min read ⌚ If a drink can profoundly change the world, then why shouldn’t the same hold true for a gun? A machine gun, to be more precise. That’s the cue for our summary of John Ellis’ “The Social History of the Machine Gun.” Who Should Read “The Social History of the Machine Gun”? And […]
