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Scandinavia's Real Lessons  It's Not All Welfare and Social Justice By Fabrizio Tassinari What Scandinavia has to offer the United States is more than a utopian vision of universal health care; it offers lessons about the future of liberal democracy.

A Loss for the Left in Canada? How the New Democratic Party Lost Steam By Adam Rasmi The election should not be interpreted as a win for the Canadian left. The real story is how the Liberals’ sweep came at the expense of the left-wing NDP.

From West Texas to the World Why Washington May End its Ban on Crude Oil Exports By Jeff Colgan On October 7, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to repeal a 40-year-old ban on exports of domestic crude oil to foreign countries. Why is Washington suddenly upending the ban?

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Newly released: God in the Tumult of the Global Square by Mark Juergensmeyer, Dinah Griego, and John Soboslai Based on a five-year project that involved religious leaders, scholars, and public figures in workshops held in Cairo, Moscow, Delhi, Shanghai, Buenos Aires, and Santa Barbara, this book provides a concise overview of religion and social change around the world in the twenty-first century. Save 30% with discount code 16W9178.

The Morality of Debt A History of Financial Saints and Sinners  By Kenneth Dyson Credit and debt are more than just rational material exchanges within a market economy. They are socially constructed and center on matters of hard moral judgments about character, equity, and “good conscience.”

What ISIS Talks About When It Talks About Palestine And Why We Should Worry By Samar Batrawi As a relentless contrarian, ISIS will prove to be an additional hurdle to addressing Palestinian grievances.