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Welfare for the Rich
By Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers
The scope of corporate grift may be astonishing, say the authors of this informative work, but voters aren’t powerless to combat it.
Iron Empires
By Michael Hiltzik
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The railways made the U.S. what it is today. Do financiers deserve all the credit?
Though persuasive in places, this exhaustive history overstates its case.
The New Builders: Face to Face with the TRUE Future of Business
By Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride
Do nontraditional entrepreneurs hold the key to America’s economic success?
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
By Benjamin M. Friedman
An intelligent yet repetitive exploration of America’s worshipful relationship with the dollar.
Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America
By Alec MacGillis
Taking account of an America altered by Amazon’s primacy.
Homewreckers
By Aaron Glantz
This exploration of the housing crisis evokes anger but comes off as a sloppy polemic in places.
Shoddy: From Devil’s Dust to the Renaissance of Rags
By Hanna Rose Shell
The fascinating story of how a respectable textile product became synonymous with all things inferior.
