Political Leaders & Presidents
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How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy. Princeton University Press, 2010.
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What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country. Harper, 2020.
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A Global History of Economic Bubbles. Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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My Battle with Europe’s Deep Establishment. Vintage, 2018
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Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It. Basic Books, 2018.
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How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy. Princeton University Press, 2010.
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The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018.
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A Vision for Change and the Future of America. Hachette Books, 2017
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The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary. Basic Books, 2015.
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