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Get the Summary of Thomas Piketty's “A Brief History of Equality” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: It is easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the...
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#1 It's a book-length essay about Reagan's novels, which Byrne describes as insightful, thoughtful, and a valuable contribution to the literature of the American Dream. According to Byrne, these books were the first to argue that government should never intrude on the lives of Americans. They were also among the first to feature an African American family in a positive...
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Get the Summary of Jack Weatherford's Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World in the World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every country the Mongols conquered, they brought an unprecedented rise in cultural communication, expanded trade,...
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Get the Summary of Jared Kushner's Breaking History in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Now, Kushner finally tells his story-a fast-paced and surprisingly candid account of how an earnest businessman with no political ambitions found himself pulled into a presidency that no one saw coming.
Breaking History takes readers inside debates in the Oval Office, double-crosses at the United...
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Get the Summary of Matt Ridley's “The Rational Optimist” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Life is getting better at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down all across the globe. Though the world is far from perfect, necessities and luxuries alike are getting cheaper; population growth is slowing; Africa...
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#1 The Georgia Guidestones is a monument in Elbert County, Georgia, composed of four sixteen-foot-tall stones that have been called the American Stonehenge. It was commissioned in 1979 by a man using the pseudonym R. C. Christian, and it was completed in 1980.
#2 The stones' first admonition is the most disconcerting to many, as the world population in mid-2014 stood...
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#1 The beginning of the end is when a secret is exposed. The secret keeper must be made to feel safe, and they must be invited into your life. They must believe they are in control.
#2 Therese was tired of feeling like she was not in control of the situation, so she had decided to meet with Martin in person. She wanted the meeting to take place in a neutral location,...
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#1 The summer of 2020 saw the emergence of black-clad militants known as Antifa, who joined in the riots and urged protesters to go further, to cross the line.
#2 The media began to connect the dots after the shooting, and found that the shooter, Connor Betts, had tweeted support for Antifa accounts and causes. He had long expressed hatred for conservatives, especially...
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#1 The existence of an order of human activities that transcends the vision of an ordering mind is a miracle. It is the result of the rules of human conduct that evolved over time. These rules are taught and imitated rather than instinctive.
#2 Morals are learned traditions that contrast with impulsive and unreflective conduct and with rational concern with specific...
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#1 The history of wealth management shows that the profession has evolved from amateurs to a profession that impacts contemporary global politics and finance. However, this study shows that professionals have not replaced social trusteeship with the pursuit of profit; rather, they coexist in uneasy tension with one another.
#2 The work of wealth managers is governed...
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#1 In 2021, Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, and tried to kill the police officer guarding it. They were trying to stop the certification of the election won by Joe Biden.
#2 Fanone was left to fend for himself as the other officers were being beaten. He was trapped between the two groups, and he knew that if the rioters got his gun, it would all be over. He...
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#1 I was a child of passion. I was born of sin: a mistake in human form, a bomb aimed perfectly to blow up both my parents' lives. My parents met at divinity school, which was a pretty funny way to start an affair.
#2 I grew up with my mother and father at the Catholic Worker, a socialist Catholic charity that housed the homeless and fed the hungry. They were a...
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#1 Capitalism is a system that takes more than it gives back. The ecological crisis is an inevitable consequence of this system. The standard story that capitalism emerged naturally from feudalism is not true.
#2 Feudalism was a system in which the land was controlled by the nobility, and the people who lived on it were forced to render tribute to them in the form of...
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#1 Americans are fascinated by the law. And why not. The law is important, intellectually challenging, and sometimes outrageous. Consider some cases that have made front-page news: Stella Liebeck, who bought a cup of coffee at McDonald's and spilled it on herself, was awarded $2. 7 million in damages.
#2 The law has pervaded our society from the beginning. It is...
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Get the Summary of Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee generated shockwaves with its frank and heartbreaking depiction of the systematic annihilation of American Indian tribes across the western frontier. In this nonfiction account, Dee Brown focuses on the betrayals, battles, and massacres...
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#1 The secret weapon of many elite athletes is a plant-based diet. It's affordable, accessible, and available to anyone with the inclination to try it. It has been credited for winning Olympic medals, World Cup championships, and Wimbledon titles.
#2 The plant-based diet is catching on in the NBA, with many top stars adopting it to improve their performance. It has been...
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#1 The astronomer Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc was the conductor of the eclipse. He was a self-disciplinarian who never wore silk, drank only white wine, and ate only lightly. He was also a connector of Europe's greatest minds.
#2 Peiresc was a scientist who wrote and dictated letters to his friends and colleagues. He published no books, but he left behind 100,000...
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#1 Nonviolence is a practice of resistance that becomes possible, if not mandatory, at the moment when doing violence seems most justified and obvious. It is a commitment to equality that is not always recognized in this world.
#2 I will discuss the importance of social bonds and interdependency for understanding a non-individualist account of equality. I will...
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#1 Health is the first thing I consider when it comes to wellbeing. The girl born in the United States today can expect to live more than 80 years, and this estimate is conservative because it ignores any future reductions in mortality.
#2 Health is not just about being alive and living a long time, but about living in good health. Good health has many dimensions and...
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#1 The Kahn family in Mafraq, Jordan, experienced the Nori Horror Show. Nori began raging just after sundown, and her parents cried out to Allah for help. Yet Nori only hurled dishes at them in response to their prayers.
#2 The nurse, Nori, was having a hard time dealing with the deaths of her patients. She would hear voices in her head, and she was afraid they were...
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