Vaclav Smil: How the World Really Works
Vaclav Slim is giving us fact based view on How the World Really Works. From realistic view on energy consumption, to food production and sustainability. The future is somewhere between apocalypse and singularity.
Anthony Giddens: The Third Way, The Renewal of Social Democracy
Anthony Giddens was considered brain power behind politics called Third Way, that was mainly represented by politicians like Blair, Schroder and Clinton. His intelectual framework for renewal of social democracy is described in his book Third Way
Anthony Giddens: Runaway World; How Globalization is reshaping our lives
In times of global challenges, book from Anthony Giddens about challenges and solutions to tackle globalization on a local level is worth reading.