Joel Nordqvist

7 books

Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber

Debt: The First 5,000 Years

David Graeber

542 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction economics history challenging informative slow-paced
In Defense of Degrowth by Giorgos Kallis

In Defense of Degrowth

Giorgos Kallis

221 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class by Guy Standing

The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class

Guy Standing

192 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction economics philosophy politics sociology informative reflective slow-paced
The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies by Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson

The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies

Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson

320 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction technology informative medium-paced
The Emotional Life of Populism: How Fear, Disgust, Resentment, and Love Undermine Democracy by Eva Illouz

The Emotional Life of Populism: How Fear, Disgust, Resentment, and Love Undermine Democracy

Eva Illouz

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced
The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts, Updated Edition by Richard Susskind, Daniel Susskind

The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts, Updated Edition

Richard Susskind, Daniel Susskind

589 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction business economics technology informative slow-paced
The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy by David Graeber

The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

David Graeber

261 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced