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A Theory of Justice

John Rawls

philosophypolitics
book
4.4
10/10ExtremeMay 2024

The Republic

Plato

philosophypolitics
book
4.7
10/10DeepNov 2024

The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

politicsphilosophy
book
4.5
9/10ModerateJan 2024

Capital, Volume I

Karl Marx

economicspolitics
book
4.4
9/10ExtremeSep 2024

The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir

philosophypolitics
book
4.6
9/10DeepSep 2024

The Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison & John Jay

politicshistory
book
4.5
9/10DeepOct 2024

The Road to Serfdom

Friedrich Hayek

economicspolitics
book
4.4
9/10ModerateJun 2024

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

philosophypolitics
book
4.4
9/10DeepNov 2024

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

philosophypolitics
book
4.5
9/10ModerateNov 2024

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes

philosophypolitics
book
4.3
9/10DeepJul 2024

The Righteous Mind

Jonathan Haidt

psychologypolitics
book
4.6
9/10ModerateApr 2024

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

Shoshana Zuboff

technologyeconomics
book
4.3
9/10DeepMar 2024

Why Nations Fail

Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson

economicspolitics
book
4.5
9/10DeepJan 2024

Discipline and Punish

Michel Foucault

philosophypolitics
book
4.3
9/10DeepFeb 2024

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire

philosophypolitics
book
4.4
9/10DeepApr 2024

Manufacturing Consent

Noam Chomsky & Edward S. Herman

politicseconomics
book
4.3
9/10DeepJul 2024

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

literaturepolitics
book
4.7
9/10ModerateDec 2024

The Idea of Justice

Amartya Sen

philosophyeconomics
book
4.3
9/10DeepApr 2024

The Revolt of the Masses

José Ortega y Gasset

philosophypolitics
book
4.2
9/10DeepDec 2024

The Ezra Klein Show

Ezra Klein

politicsphilosophy
podcast
4.7
9/10DeepApr 2024

Revolutions

Mike Duncan

historypolitics
podcast
4.8
9/10DeepAug 2024

Intelligence Squared

Various

politicsphilosophy
podcast
4.4
9/10DeepApr 2024

Palladium Podcast

Palladium Magazine

politicseconomics
podcast
4.2
9/10DeepApr 2024

Talking Politics: History of Ideas

David Runciman

politicsphilosophy
podcast
4.5
9/10DeepOct 2024

Revolutions — The Russian Revolution

Mike Duncan

historypolitics
podcast
4.8
9/10DeepNov 2024

CGP Grey: Rules for Rulers

CGP Grey

politicsphilosophy
video
4.8
9/10ModerateOct 2024

Folding Ideas: In Search of a Flat Earth

Dan Olson

psychologypolitics
video
4.7
9/10DeepApr 2024

Then & Now: Foucault's Discipline and Punish

Then & Now

philosophypolitics
video
4.4
9/10DeepMay 2024

n+1

n+1 Foundation

literaturepolitics
website
4.3
9/10DeepMar 2024

London Review of Books

LRB Limited

literaturepolitics
website
4.5
9/10DeepDec 2024

Palladium Magazine

Palladium

politicseconomics
website
4.3
9/10DeepMay 2024

Noema Magazine

Berggruen Institute

philosophypolitics
website
4.3
9/10DeepJun 2024

New York Review of Books

NYRB

literaturepolitics
website
4.6
9/10DeepOct 2024

bellingcat

Bellingcat

technologypolitics
website
4.5
9/10DeepAug 2024

The Scholar's Stage

Tanner Greer

historypolitics
substack
4.4
9/10DeepFeb 2024

Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief

sciencepolitics
substack
4.5
9/10DeepDec 2024

Palladium Magazine Newsletter

Palladium

politicseconomics
substack
4.3
9/10DeepJun 2024

bellingcat Newsletter

Bellingcat

technologypolitics
substack
4.5
9/10DeepMay 2024

@cgpgrey

CGP Grey

politicstechnology
twitter
4.7
9/10ModerateJul 2024

@PeterSinger

Peter Singer

philosophypolitics
twitter
4.2
9/10DeepNov 2024

@chomsky

Noam Chomsky

philosophypolitics
twitter
4.2
9/10DeepFeb 2024

@MarthaNussbaum

Martha Nussbaum

philosophypolitics
twitter
4.2
9/10DeepSep 2024

@Scholars_Stage

Tanner Greer

historypolitics
twitter
4.4
9/10DeepAug 2024

The Great Transformation

Karl Polanyi

economicshistory
book
4.3
9/10DeepMay 2025

Capitalism and Freedom

Milton Friedman

economicspolitics
book
4.3
9/10DeepMay 2025

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

economicshistory
book
4.3
9/10ExtremeMay 2025

Progress and Poverty

Henry George

economicspolitics
book
4.4
9/10DeepJun 2025

The Spirit of the Laws

Montesquieu

lawpolitics
book
4.3
9/10ExtremeSep 2025

Lawfare

The Lawfare Institute

lawpolitics
website
4.5
9/10DeepFeb 2026

@Brad_Setser

Brad Setser

economicspolitics
twitter
4.4
9/10DeepMay 2026

The housing theory of everything

John Myers

economicspolitics
article
4.7
9/10DeepJul 2026

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

sciencepolitics
book
4.5
8/10ModerateJun 2024

The Closing of the American Mind

Allan Bloom

philosophypolitics
book
4.1
8/10DeepMay 2024

Amusing Ourselves to Death

Neil Postman

technologypolitics
book
4.4
8/10ModerateMay 2024

The Gray Area

Sean Illing

philosophypolitics
podcast
4.3
8/10ModerateSep 2024

The Seen and the Unseen

Amit Varma

economicspolitics
podcast
4.4
8/10DeepOct 2024

Ideas of India

Shruti Rajagopalan

economicspolitics
podcast
4.3
8/10DeepJun 2024

Against the Rules

Michael Lewis

economicspolitics
podcast
4.3
8/10ModerateDec 2024

All-In Podcast

Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks & David Friedberg

technologyeconomics
podcast
4.2
8/10ModerateNov 2024

The Moral Maze

BBC Radio 4

philosophypolitics
podcast
4.3
8/10DeepSep 2024

The Argument

New York Times

politics
podcast
4.1
8/10ModerateSep 2024

Deep Background

Noah Feldman

politicshistory
podcast
4.2
8/10DeepJul 2024

Tom Scott: Why Electronic Voting Is a Bad Idea

Tom Scott

technologypolitics
video
4.6
8/10ModerateJul 2024

Wendover Productions: China's Geography Problem

Sam Denby

politicseconomics
video
4.4
8/10ModerateJun 2024

Climate Town: How the Auto Industry Carjacked the American Dream

Rollie Williams

historypolitics
video
4.4
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Caspian Report: The Geopolitics of the Arctic

Shirvan Neftchi

politicseconomics
video
4.4
8/10ModerateOct 2024

Not Just Bikes: Why North American Cities Are Broken

Jason Slaughter

politicseconomics
video
4.6
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Climate Town: Who Is Responsible for Climate Change?

Rollie Williams

sciencepolitics
video
4.4
8/10ModerateNov 2024

ContraPoints: Envy

Natalie Wynn

philosophypolitics
video
4.5
8/10DeepAug 2024

Philosophy Tube: The Philosophy of Work

Abigail Thorn

philosophypolitics
video
4.4
8/10ModerateNov 2024

Not Just Bikes: Stroads Are Ugly and Dangerous

Jason Slaughter

politicseconomics
video
4.6
8/10ModerateAug 2024

The Conversation

Academic Consortium

sciencepolitics
website
4.3
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Public Books

Public Books

literaturepolitics
website
4.2
8/10ModerateNov 2024

Boston Review

Boston Review

politicsphilosophy
website
4.3
8/10DeepJul 2024

Jacobin

Jacobin Foundation

politicseconomics
website
4.1
8/10ModerateAug 2024

The Electric Agora

Daniel Kaufman

philosophypolitics
website
4.1
8/10DeepNov 2024

The Markup

The Markup

technologypolitics
website
4.4
8/10DeepFeb 2024

Rest of World

Rest of World

technologypolitics
website
4.4
8/10ModerateNov 2024

UnHerd

UnHerd

politicsphilosophy
website
4
8/10ModerateOct 2024

Hedgehog Review

IASC / University of Virginia

philosophypolitics
website
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

Epsilon Theory

Ben Hunt

economicspolitics
website
4.2
8/10DeepApr 2024

The Upheaval

N.S. Lyons

politicstechnology
website
4.2
8/10DeepApr 2024

ProPublica

ProPublica

politicssociety
website
4.6
8/10DeepApr 2024

Slow Boring

Matthew Yglesias

politicseconomics
substack
4.2
8/10DeepSep 2024

Noahpinion

Noah Smith

economicspolitics
substack
4.3
8/10DeepApr 2024

Letters from an American

Heather Cox Richardson

historypolitics
substack
4.4
8/10ModerateOct 2024

Silver Bulletin

Nate Silver

mathematicspolitics
substack
4.3
8/10DeepOct 2024

Platformer

Casey Newton

technologypolitics
substack
4.3
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Rob Henderson

psychologypolitics
substack
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Persuasion

Yascha Mounk

politicsphilosophy
substack
4.2
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Heatmap News

Heatmap

sciencepolitics
substack
4.3
8/10ModerateMar 2024

FiveThirtyEight

Various / ABC News

mathematicspolitics
substack
4.3
8/10ModerateApr 2024

Unreasonable Doubt

John Pfaff

politicseconomics
substack
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

Richard Hanania's Newsletter

Richard Hanania

politicssociety
substack
3.9
8/10DeepAug 2024

ProPublica Newsletter

ProPublica

politicssociety
substack
4.5
8/10DeepJun 2024

Rest of World Newsletter

Rest of World

technologypolitics
substack
4.4
8/10ModerateOct 2024

The Upshot Newsletter

New York Times

economicspolitics
substack
4.2
8/10ModerateMar 2024

Noema Newsletter

Berggruen Institute

philosophypolitics
substack
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

@robkhenderson

Rob Henderson

psychologypolitics
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateSep 2024

@mattyglesias

Matthew Yglesias

politicseconomics
twitter
4.1
8/10ModerateFeb 2024

@NateSilver538

Nate Silver

mathematicspolitics
twitter
4.3
8/10DeepSep 2024

@ericschmidt

Eric Schmidt

technologypolitics
twitter
4
8/10ModerateMay 2024

@balajis

Balaji Srinivasan

technologypolitics
twitter
3.9
8/10DeepSep 2024

@JonHaidt

Jonathan Haidt

psychologypolitics
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateMar 2024

@MattZeitlin

Matt Zeitlin

economicspolitics
twitter
4.1
8/10ModerateJul 2024

@Noahpinion

Noah Smith

economicspolitics
twitter
4.3
8/10DeepJul 2024

@SamoBurja

Samo Burja

historypolitics
twitter
4
8/10DeepSep 2024

@yanisvaroufakis

Yanis Varoufakis

economicspolitics
twitter
4.1
8/10ModerateMay 2024

@BrankoMilan

Branko Milanovic

economicspolitics
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2024

@ezraklein

Ezra Klein

politicsphilosophy
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateJun 2024

@TheUpheaval

N.S. Lyons

politicstechnology
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepSep 2024

@maggieNYT

Maggie Haberman

politics
twitter
4.3
8/10ModerateMar 2024

@harrisjh

John Harris

politicsphilosophy
twitter
4
8/10ModerateAug 2024

@LantPritchett

Lant Pritchett

economicspolitics
twitter
4.2
8/10DeepApr 2024

@CassSunstein

Cass Sunstein

economicspolitics
twitter
4.2
8/10ModerateJun 2024

The Age of AI

Henry Kissinger

technologyai
book
4.1
8/10DeepMar 2025

Age of Revolutions

Age of Revolutions

historypolitics
website
4.2
8/10DeepApr 2025

Origins

Ohio State University

historypolitics
website
4.3
8/10DeepApr 2025

The Triumph of Injustice

Emmanuel Saez & Gabriel Zucman

economicspolitics
book
4.1
8/10ModerateJun 2025

The Mystery of Capital

Hernando de Soto

economicslaw
book
4.2
8/10DeepAug 2025

The Rule of Law

Tom Bingham

lawpolitics
book
4.5
8/10ModerateSep 2025

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

Jeffrey Toobin

lawpolitics
book
4.4
8/10ModerateOct 2025

Capitalisn't

Luigi Zingales & Bethany McLean

economicspolitics
podcast
4.4
8/10ModerateOct 2025

Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick

Dahlia Lithwick

lawpolitics
podcast
4.3
8/10ModerateNov 2025

Advisory Opinions

Sarah Isgur & David French

lawpolitics
podcast
4.4
8/10ModerateNov 2025

SCOTUSblog

SCOTUSblog

lawpolitics
website
4.6
8/10DeepJan 2026

@steve_vladeck

Steve Vladeck

lawpolitics
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateApr 2026

@jasonfurman

Jason Furman

economicspolitics
twitter
4.4
8/10ModerateMay 2026

Barack Obama & Malcolm Gladwell: How Reconstruction Still Defines America

Barack Obama

historypolitics
video
4.5
8/10ModerateJul 2026

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

technologypolitics
book
4.2
7/10LiteOct 2024

Pivot

Kara Swisher & Scott Galloway

technologypolitics
podcast
4.2
7/10LiteFeb 2024

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

psychologypolitics
podcast
4.3
7/10ModerateMar 2024

CNBC: Why the US Has No High-Speed Rail

CNBC

politicseconomics
video
4.3
7/10LiteJan 2024

Thought Slime: The Philosophy of Property

Thought Slime

philosophypolitics
video
4.1
7/10ModerateApr 2024

Quillette

Claire Lehmann

sciencepolitics
website
3.9
7/10ModerateDec 2024

The Free Press

Bari Weiss et al.

politicssociety
substack
4
7/10ModerateOct 2024

Culture Study

Anne Helen Petersen

psychologypolitics
substack
4.3
7/10ModerateNov 2024

Heated

Emily Atkin

sciencepolitics
substack
4.1
7/10ModerateOct 2024

Popular Information

Judd Legum

politics
substack
4.2
7/10ModerateMar 2024

The Dispatch

Various

politics
substack
4.1
7/10ModerateJul 2024

The Bulwark

Various

politicssociety
substack
4
7/10ModerateMay 2024

Big Technology

Alex Kantrowitz

technologypolitics
substack
4.2
7/10ModerateJul 2024

The Liberal Patriot

Ruy Teixeira

politics
substack
4
7/10ModerateJul 2024

Puck

Various

politicseconomics
substack
4.1
7/10ModerateMay 2024

Grid

Grid

politics
substack
4
7/10ModerateMay 2024

The Atlantic Daily

The Atlantic

politicsliterature
substack
4.2
7/10ModerateDec 2024

@danpfeiffer

Dan Pfeiffer

politicssociety
twitter
4
7/10LiteSep 2024

History News Network

HNN

historypolitics
website
4.1
7/10ModerateApr 2025

The Deficit Myth

Stephanie Kelton

economicspolitics
book
4.1
7/10ModerateAug 2025

5-4

Prologue Projects

lawhistory
podcast
4.4
7/10ModerateDec 2025

Tax Foundation

Tax Foundation

economicspolitics
website
4.2
7/10ModerateFeb 2026

Vox: How tax brackets actually work

Vox

economicspolitics
video
4.3
7/10LiteJun 2026

CrashCourse: Government and Politics

CrashCourse

lawpolitics
video
4.4
7/10LiteJul 2026