evolved from a single group to an amorphous movement. Does that make it less dangerous or more so?

Book Reviews from the New York Times, Crooks and Liars, and The Economist

The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

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The Flow of History

Don't Know Much About History

Everything You Need To Know About American History

But Never Learned, by Kenneth C. Davis 6p

Turning Points in American History

Over 400 Years Five 2-page parts

Presidential Courage Brave Leaders and

How They Changed America 1789-1989

by Michael Beschloss 8p

Our Leaders

T homas Jefferson The Art of Power 2012 J. Meacham 8p

American Dynasty Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, by Kevin Phillips , 6p See Welcome the Hackocracy , a look at Bush 2's appointments that made a difference.

Second Chance Three Presidents and the Crisis of America Superpower by Zbigniew Brzezinski, 6p summary,

Current Leaders Educational Advise

Political Economy Book Reviews

Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century "Why We' re in a New Gilded Age" by Thomas Piketty 2014

The Shifts and Shock What We Learned from the Financial Crisis by Martin Wolf 9/11/14

Seven Bad Ideas How Mainstream Economists Have Damaged America and the World by Jeff Madrick Reviewed by Peter Richardson 2014

Hoodwinked An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded--and What We Need to Do to Remake Them, by John Perkins

Education and Income Inequality , chapter 21 The Age of Turbulence, Adventures in a New World, by Alan Greenspan



"This Time Is Different" is a history of financial collapse from 1300 to the present.

is critical and a good source of the twenty-three items



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