Current Affairs, Politics & Economics
From Jonathan Sumption’s The Challenges of Democracy and Daron Acemoglu’s What Happened to Liberal Democracy?, to Paris Marx’s Hyperscale and Eleanor Drage’s What If We Got AI Right?, our Current Affairs books cover geopolitics, the rule of law and the generative technology shaping our world. Essential for readers interested in international politics, journalism and technology.
What We Need to Do Now
Chris Goodall
A manifesto for groups around the world that are seeking urgent action on climate breakdown and other threats
People Like Us
Hashi Mohamed
One man's story of social mobility and inequality – and a searching analysis of what needs to change
Mindf*ck
Christopher Wylie
From whistleblower Christopher Wylie, the definitive story of the Brexit coup, the making of Bannon's America, and an ongoing crime against democ…
Trials of the State
Jonathan Sumption
Judges are meant to interpret laws but, increasingly, they make them.
Where Power Stops
David Runciman
David Runciman grapples with how character defines and limits the holders of the highest offices in the UK and America
Going Home
Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh reflects on ageing, failure, the occupation, and the changing face of Ramallah
15 Minutes of Power
Peter Riddell
Peter Riddell explores what it means to be a minister in the British Government
The Buried
Peter Hessler
An intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive change
Firefighting
Ben S. Bernanke
This is a rigorous account of the worst financial crisis since 1929 from the three primary architects of the American response-from why it happened to…
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Shoshana Zuboff
Surveillance Capitalism: A new phase in economic history in which private companies and governments track your every move with the goal of predicting…
The Signs Were There
Tim Steer
The stories, scandals and crucial insights behind stock market disasters – and how to avoid them
Identity
Francis Fukuyama
The divisive impacts of identity politics laid bare by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order and The End of History
Moneyland
Oliver Bullough
From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the worl…
The Lies That Bind
Kwame Anthony Appiah
From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarized world are r…
The Economist Guide To Financial Markets 7th Edition
Marc Levinson
The indispensable classic on the trade in financial instruments
Human Relations and Other Difficulties
Mary-Kay Wilmers
A selection of works by LRB editor and journalist Mary-Kay Wilmers.
Lying for Money
Dan Davies
A hilarious tour of history's greatest financial frauds that will change how you look at crime itself