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  • “You Can Watch the March of Ideas from the Minds of Economists and into Our Lives.”
    “You Can Watch the March of Ideas from the Minds of Economists and into Our Lives.”

    After decades of free-market policies in the United States and Britain, working-class voters are in full revolt. In The Economists’ Hour Binyamin Appelbaum surveys the last half-century and sees an obvious path from the economics…

    by Jeff Ostrowski
  • Why Read Classics?
    Why Read Classics?

    We are asked this question again and again, especially by business customers. So, we’ll give the answer in a monthly column – and with one of the greats of literature.

    by getAbstract
  • Efosa Ojomo, Clayton M. Christensen and Karen Dillon
    Efosa Ojomo, Clayton M. Christensen and Karen Dillon
    “When the Foreign Aid Industry Primarily Focuses on Empowering Entrepreneurs, It Will Win the Fight Against Poverty.”

    In one of his last interviews, economist Clayton M. Christensen, who passed away in January 2020, argues that only innovation can lift nations out of poverty.

    by Michael Wiederstein
  • “The Emergence of Liberty Is Perhaps Even More Surprising than Economic Growth.”
    “The Emergence of Liberty Is Perhaps Even More Surprising than Economic Growth.”

    To get an idea of the political construction of the world of tomorrow, one has to travel back in time – sometimes a few thousand years. Renowned MIT economist Daron Acemoğlu talks about the making…

    by Michael Wiederstein
  • A Word about Bad Books
    A Word about Bad Books

    On the road to curating good books for our readers, we’ve learned a bit about bad ones. Click here for the abstract.

    by Erica Rauzin
  • The 1845 Tiny Home Craze
    This 5 min. read saves you up to 6 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 3 getAbstract summaries (2 books with a total of 288 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 341 minutes (about 6 hours). Learn more.
    The 1845 Tiny Home Craze

    Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Or: How to Escape the Rat Race (and Make Peace with Woodchuck Cravings)

    by Heather Hodel
  • The Bold, the Beautiful and the Murderous
    This 4 min. read saves you up to 9 hours
    For your knowledge advantage, we put together the most actionable insights from 3 getAbstract summaries (2 books with a total of 451 pages and one article) on this topic. If you did this work yourself, you would be busy for at least 538 minutes (about 9 hours). Learn more.
    The Bold, the Beautiful and the Murderous

    Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray Or: Why You Should Embrace Aging Gracefully

    by Heather Hodel
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    Photo by Ajeet Mestry on Unsplash
    The Art of Retiring (in Time)

    But what if you’re only 26? Even better! Here’s why.

    by getAbstract
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    Photo by Louis Velazquez on Unsplash
    Congress’ Attempt to Curtail Presidential War Making Powers

    The Founding Fathers, 9/11 and a sixty-word blank check.

    by Sara Küpfer
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    Photo by Omid Armin on Unsplash
    The Current Iran Crisis Has Been Long in the Making

    And it will remain a hot issue in the foreseeable future. Here is why and what might happen next. 

    by Sara Küpfer