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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.)

Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (A Free Press Paperbacks Book)

Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World

Anand Giridharadas

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century

Josh Rogin, Robert Petkoff, et al.

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

Robert A. Caro

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Intellectuals and Society

Thomas Sowell

4.9 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Don Quixote: Translated by Edith Grossman

Miguel de Cervantes, George Guidall, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

HumanKind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time

Brad Aronson

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon , Richard Philcox , et al.

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work

Matthew B. Crawford

4.3 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

Mark Fisher

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military

Matthew Lohmeier

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War

Louis Menand

4.4 on Amazon

1 HN comments

The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

Ryan Holiday and Tim Ferriss

4.7 on Amazon

1 HN comments

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olalondeonApr 5, 2021

You might be interested in the book "Intellectuals and Society" by Thomas Sowell, it touches on that among other things.

ihswonMay 3, 2021

> The road to hell is paved with Ivy League degrees.

Source: Thomas Sowell on "Intellectuals and Society"

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