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What is economics? What can - and can't - it explain about the world? Why does it matter? Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at Cambridge University, and writes a column for the Guardian... Zobraziť viac
What is a caliphate? What is the history of the idea? How is the term used and abused today? In the first modern account of a subject of critical importance today, acclaimed historian Hugh Kennedy answers these questions by ... Zobraziť viac
An illuminating history of Marx's thought and intellectual influence from a leading historian of socialism. Why was Marx so... Zobraziť viac
A Pelican introduction to the brain and social behaviour. What makes us social animals? Why do we behave the way we do? How does the brain influence our behaviour? ... Zobraziť viac
A Pelican introduction to the century of Russia's revolutionary experience. What caused the Russian Revolution? Did it succeed or fail? Why are we still all living with its consequences? ... Zobraziť viac
In Greek and Roman Political Ideas, acclaimed classics scholar Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, ... Zobraziť viac
What is science? Is it uniquely equipped to deliver universal truths? Or is it one of many disciplines - art, literature, religion - that offer different forms of understanding? ... Zobraziť viac
'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it... Standing's analysis is vital' Paul Mason Shouldn't everyone receive a stake in society's wealth? Could we create a fairer world by ... Zobraziť viac
