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Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria

Influential voice on global affairs, analyzing the rise of new powers and the future of liberal democracy.

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Bill Gates
Bill Gates
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Manson
Mark Manson

Read by Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Manson and 3 others

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Why Violence Has Declined

bySteven Pinker
2011832 Pages

A monumental achievement. Pinker, a Harvard psychology professor, draws on 5,000 years of historical evidence to explain in fascinating detail how violence has declined across human history.

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Source: The Week, 'Fareed Zakaria's 6 favorite books'

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Sam Altman
Sam Altman
Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio

Read by Barack Obama, Sam Altman, Ray Dalio and 8 others

byDaniel Kahneman
2011498 Pages

Most 'idea books' are bloated essays; this one, from a Nobel Prize–winning economist, is worth reading all the way through.

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Source: The Week, 'Fareed Zakaria's 6 favorite books'

The Righteous Mind

Fareed Zakaria
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The Righteous Mind

Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

byJonathan Haidt
2012528 Pages

A brilliant mixture of political philosophy and sociology. The book explains why we embrace certain ideologies better than any other I've read.

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Source: The Week, 'Fareed Zakaria's 6 favorite books'

Civilization: The West and the Rest

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byNiall Ferguson
2011402 Pages

I love big, sweeping history, and this account of the West's rise to global dominance is one of the best recent examples.

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Source: The Week, 'Fareed Zakaria's 6 favorite books'

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