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Jonathan Rauch
Why the crisis of Christianity has become a crisis for democracy
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I just finished reading Denial, which is powerful in a way I can’t really describe because I don’t think I’ve ever read another book remotely like it. I’m glad we…
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In universities and other truth-seeking institutions, free inquiry is under threat.
The practice of free inquiry rests on tolerating dissent and promoting data and logical argument over feelings, status, party…
A leading Washington journalist takes a close-up look at the controversial issue of gay marriage and offers a clear argument as to why gay marriage is crucial to the health…
In Japanese, the word for "foreign country" means "outnation." But to many Americans and Japanese, it is Japan itself, despite its increasing influence in world affairs, that is the outsider-the…
This book will change your life by showing you how life changes.
Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump even when you’re…
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In this groundbreaking book, Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel eighteenth-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the Constitution of Knowledge - our social…
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Draws on cutting-edge scientific studies to discuss the U-shaped trajectory of happiness, which declines from the optimism of youth before surging upward again after age fifty, and offers ways to…
Jonathan Rauch,Jonathan Rauch
A liberal society stands on the proposition that we should all take seriously the idea that we might be wrong. The author makes a persuasive argument for the value of…
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Phil Harvey,Lisa Conyers
Why is the welfare system failing to work for so many people? This book examines the problems with the current welfare system and proposes reforms to create a smarter, smaller…
Robert E. Litan
Outlines a framework for setting policy toward the American financial services industry in the coming decades. The authors, who worked closely with senior Treasury officials in developing their recommendations, identify…
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