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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

  • Review
    Do Sanctions Work?
    The Economic Weapon
    The Economic Weaponby Nicholas Mulder Do Sanctions Work?

    Cornell University assistant professor Nicholas Mulder details the history and modern-day applications of tariffs and economic sanctions.

  • Review
    Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age
    The Optimist’s Telescope
    The Optimist’s Telescopeby Bina Venkataraman Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age

    Journalist Bina Venkataraman outlines strategies to help people and societies keep a long-term picture in mind –especially amid uncertainty. Her main lesson: Learn how to cultivate – and act upon – “foresight” as an individual,…

  • Review
    Curmudgeonly Common Sense
    Loserthink
    Loserthinkby Scott Adams Curmudgeonly Common Sense

    Dilbert creator Scott Adams offers slightly cranky advice for thinking clearly and productively.

  • Review
    A Classic of American History
    Caste
    Casteby Isabel Wilkerson A Classic of American History

    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents an indispensable overview of racism in the United States and its economic and social impacts.

  • Review
    A Tour de Force
    Transaction Man
    Transaction Manby Nicholas Lemann A Tour de Force

    New Yorker staff writer and Columbia University professor Nicholas Lemann offers a detailed history of the crucial economic trends and philosophies of the 20th century.

  • Review
    Compelling Stories
    Smarter Faster Better
    Smarter Faster Betterby Charles Duhigg Compelling Stories

    Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg, best-selling author of The Power of Habit, is an engaging writer with a compelling roster of stories.

  • Review
    Women of Tech
    Geek Girl Rising
    Geek Girl Risingby Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens Women of Tech

    “Geek girls” – that is, female tech entrepreneurs – are fostering the next generation of women in tech.

  • Review
    Your True Self
    Braving the Wilderness
    Braving the Wildernessby Brené Brown Your True Self

    Brené Brown, the guru of vulnerability and self-acceptance, explains how to honor and maintain the inextricable links among all people – including you.

  • Review
    Stopping Fake News
    The Misinformation Age
    The Misinformation Ageby James Owen Weatherall and Cailin O'Connor Stopping Fake News

    Professors James Owen Weatherall and Cailin O’Connor discuss how false information can spread and how that spread might be curtailed.

  • Review
    Epidemics and the Law
    American Contagions
    American Contagionsby John Fabian Witt Epidemics and the Law

    Yale Law professor John Fabian Witt offers a compressed historical overview of how the law has guided America’s responses to pandemics.