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January 16, 2024

Slow Down by Kohei Saito

January 16, 2024/ Steve Donoghue
Slow Down by Kohei Saito

A soft-spoken call for communism to save the world

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January 16, 2024/ Steve Donoghue/
Slow Down, Kohei Saito, Brian Bergstrom, degrowth communism, social science, climate crisis
July 24, 2021

What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik

July 24, 2021/ David Murphy
What We Owe Each Other by Minouche Shafik

A new book seeks to revamp the old concept of the social contract.

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July 24, 2021/ David Murphy/
Society & Culture
What We Owe Each Other, Minouche Shafik, economics, social science, David Murphy
November 07, 2019

Ingenious by Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson

November 07, 2019/ Karel Carpenter
Ingenious by Peter Gluckman and Mark Hanson

Observations that have been made in a hundred other places, and a hundred times better.

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November 07, 2019/ Karel Carpenter/
Science/Technology, Society & Culture
Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson, Karel Carpenter, Harvard University Press, social science, innovation, technology, evolution
January 24, 2019

The Last Whalers by Doug Bock Clark

January 24, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Last Whalers by Doug Bock Clark

The story of the world’s last remaining subsistence whalers.

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January 24, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Science/Technology, Animals & Nature
Doug Bock Clark, environmental science, social science, anthropology, Little Brown and Company, Steve Donoghue
May 22, 2018

The Known Citizen by Sarah E. Igo

May 22, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
The Known Citizen by Sarah E. Igo

This author covers broad stretches of legal and social history, and charts the changing nature of privacy in the public eye.

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May 22, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
History, Society & Culture
Sarah E. Igo, Harvard University Press, politics, social science, privacy, Steve Donoghue, History
May 16, 2018

Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade

May 16, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade

A chilling, detailed account of a deadly clash between the power of nature and the fallibility of human judgement.

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May 16, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Animals & Nature, Society & Culture
Rachel Slade, Ecco, Harper Collins, social science, nature, natural disasters, maritime disasters, nonfiction, Steve Donoghue
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