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Books like Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order

12 books with a reading profile close to Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order by Noam Chomsky. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.

1

The Real Wealth of Nations

by Riane Eisler, Riane Tennenhaus Eisler

Also outward-looking · analytical, economics

Riane Eisler argues that modern economic systems fail because they exclude the foundational labor of caregiving and environmental stewardship from national accounting.
2

The Road to Serfdom

by Friedrich August Hayek

Also outward-looking · analytical, economics

Friedrich August Hayek argues that central economic planning inevitably leads to the erosion of personal freedom and the rise of totalitarian governance.
3

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't

by Nate Silver

Also outward-looking · analytical, economics

Nate Silver examines why human forecasts often fail by distinguishing between the "signal," which represents meaningful patterns, and "noise," which is random data that obscures truth.
4

Financing Higher Education

by Nicholas Barr

Also outward-looking · analytical, economics

Nicholas Barr argues that higher education systems must transition from state-funded models to a combination of market-driven tuition and government-backed lending.
5

No Logo

by Naomi Klein

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

Naomi Klein argues that major corporations shifted their focus in the late twentieth century from manufacturing physical goods to marketing abstract brand identities.
6

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

by Naomi Klein

Also outward-looking · analytical, economics

Naomi Klein argues that the current global economic model and the survival of the planetary ecosystem are fundamentally at odds.
7

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

by Cathy O'Neil

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

Cathy O’Neil identifies a specific breed of algorithmic modeling she labels Weapons of Math Destruction.
8

Abundance

by Ezra Klein

Also outward-looking · analytical, economics

Ezra Klein examines the structural hurdles preventing the United States from building the infrastructure, housing, and clean energy technology required for a functional future.
9

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

by Thomas L. Friedman

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

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10

Common Sense

by Thomas Paine

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, theoretical

Thomas Paine argues that monarchy is an unnatural form of government that violates human equality and reason.
11

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

by Chris Miller

Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

Chris Miller explains how semiconductors became the backbone of modern civilization, determining both economic success and military dominance.
12

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

by Max Tegmark

Also outward-looking · analytical, theoretical

Max Tegmark categorizes the history of life into three distinct stages based on the complexity of hardware and software.

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