The MORAL SENSE10 reviews
James Q. Wilson

Free Press, 1997

Perspective from a 15-year-old

+ Convincing us that we are not simply self- interested beings living in a world in which all is morally relative
+ Comprehensive Moral Theory and Application
+ A good mix of data and theory!
  
  











  



  
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos68 reviews
M. Mitchell Waldrop

Simon & Schuster, 1992

A superb account of the emergence of the science of Emergent Complexity.

+ If you liked Gleick's Chaos, you'll love this!

This is a brilliant and riveting account of the birth of the science of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute told in the form of detailed and human biographical profiles of some the leading scientific voices in the movement. Some reviewers here have complained that this isn't a book of science, ...
  
  











  



  
All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy (BK Currents (Paperback))7 reviews
Jared Bernstein

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006

Common Sense for Our Time

+ Short and Sweet
+ Intended to be more philosophical than detailed

With “All Together Now,” Jared Bernstein follows in the footsteps of Tom Paine’s “Common Sense.” Before the publication of Paine’s 1776 pamphlet, colonists either could not imagine a government other than monarchy, or considered such thought premature. Within ...
  
  











  



  
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science26 reviews
Richard Layard

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006

Happiness: an intriguing and engaging overview from a fresh perspective...

+ A solution to stagnating happiness in prosperous countries?
+ Societal solutions to the happiness problem
+ A different approach to the subject of happiness....
  
  











  



  
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos68 reviews
M. Mitchell Waldrop

Simon & Schuster, 1992

A superb account of the emergence of the science of Emergent Complexity.

+ If you liked Gleick's Chaos, you'll love this!

This is a brilliant and riveting account of the birth of the science of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute told in the form of detailed and human biographical profiles of some the leading scientific voices in the movement. Some reviewers here have complained that this isn't a book of science, ...
  
  











  



  
The MORAL SENSE10 reviews
James Q. Wilson

Free Press, 1997

Perspective from a 15-year-old

+ Convincing us that we are not simply self- interested beings living in a world in which all is morally relative
+ Comprehensive Moral Theory and Application
+ A good mix of data and theory!
  
  











  



  
All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy (BK Currents (Paperback))7 reviews
Jared Bernstein

Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2006

Common Sense for Our Time

+ Short and Sweet
+ Intended to be more philosophical than detailed

With “All Together Now,” Jared Bernstein follows in the footsteps of Tom Paine’s “Common Sense.” Before the publication of Paine’s 1776 pamphlet, colonists either could not imagine a government other than monarchy, or considered such thought premature. Within ...
  
  











  



  
Happiness: Lessons from a New Science26 reviews
Richard Layard

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006

Happiness: an intriguing and engaging overview from a fresh perspective...

+ A solution to stagnating happiness in prosperous countries?
+ Societal solutions to the happiness problem
+ A different approach to the subject of happiness....