According to Anne Power‘s 'Beyond Bricks and Mortar', housing means far more than physical shelter. It shapes and is shaped by the social conditions of its inhabitants, and #HousingPolicy should reflect that. @LSEReviewBooks

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NEW✨ Gramsci, popular mobilisation and the power of collective action

From Subordination to Revolution: A Gramscian Theory of Popular Mobilisation by John Chalcraft @LSEGovernment @ucpress

@LSEInequalities @LSEHumanRights

Review by Jade Orr @UW 👉 ow.ly/mRvC50Y4KPE

The latest issue of LSE Research for the World features a reading list on the future of world trade with book recommendations from researchers @LSEManagement @LSELaw @LSEEcon @CEP_LSE @LSEGovernment @AfricaAtLSE @LSEPublicPolicy.

Read it here 👇

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NEW✨ Maximising shareholder profits isn’t good business in the long term.

The Corporation in the 21st Century by @ProfJohnKay @ProfileBooks (UK) @yalepress (US) reviewed by Hans Despain @UMassAmherst 👇

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NEW✨ Refugees are political agents in their lives, not passive victims.

Making Refugees’ Political Agency Visible: Practices of the Subject by Amelie Harbisch @routledgebooks, reviewed by @IsobelClare2 of @YorkStJohn

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GDP is an outdated way to measure economies says @DianeCoyle1859.

Read a review of her book The Measure of Progress @PrincetonUPress👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…

She will speak @LSEnews @LSEpublicevents @LSEPublicPolicy tomorrow at 6.30pm – find details 👇
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"If progress has led you to a position more perilous than beneficial, it is not sustainable."

NEW✨ @JScottPhD reviews Against Progress and Zero Point by @Slavojiek @BloomsburyBooks which mount a provocative critique of liberal progressivism and the Left.
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NEW✨ The public-health approach to violence prevention triumphed in Scotland – why isn't it working in England & Wales?

Supraja M. reviews Preventing Violence by @KeirIrwinRogers @lbilli91 @fgillo10 @susanmcvie @TimNewburn @LSESocialPolicy @policypress

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'Ricardo's Dream' by @natjdyer examines the teachings of English economist David Ricardo.

According to Ivan Radanović, this book is essential reading for understanding the thinking that shapes our economies today.

@LSEReviewBooks: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo…

In our latest bookshop guide, Greg Taylor takes us on a snowy tour around Toronto's best bookshops ❄📚🇨🇦 encompassing impressive generalist stores, sci-fi specialists and the world's oldest LGBTQ+ bookshop.

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NEW✨ How to transition from capitalism’s scarcity to radical abundance.

Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @KaiHeron @KeirMilburn and @alterurbanist @ICTA_UAB @abundance_org @PlutoPress

#Review by @IvanRadanovic_ 👇

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NEW✨ Planning a trip to Toronto?

In the latest addition to our global bookshop guide series, Greg Taylor @LSEnews takes us on a snowy tour around Toronto's best bookshops ❄📚🇨🇦

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Our first newsletter of 2026 is out today ✨📬 with a reading list on polarisation, an interview with the author of a book on Nvidia, reviews on tech and democracy, and the countdown of our top posts in 2025.

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"Jensen Huang pivoted Nvidia overnight from gaming to AI, and that gamble paid off."

@LSEReviewBooks interviews @stephenwitt about his book The Thinking Machine on the titan microchip company Nvidia, the man behind it, and the future of #AI.

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NEW: Trump’s power grab in Venezuela – is Greenland next?

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"Jensen Huang pivoted Nvidia overnight from gaming to AI, and that gamble paid off."

NEW✨ Read an interview with @stephenwitt about his book The Thinking Machine @TheBodleyHead on the microchip company Nvidia, the man behind it, and the future of #AI.

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NEW✨ How societies (mis)manage the tension between markets & democracy.

Understanding Political Economy: Capitalism, Democracy and Inequality by Bob Hancké @LSEEI @ToonVanOverbeke & @dustin_voss @ElgarPublishing

Review by @TsauroAhalla @universitelaval
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NEW✨ The power of #anonymity: open secrecy & digital underworlds.

Open Secrecy by Isak Ladegaard @HKUniversity @ucpress examines the public use of anonymous identities to build communities & coordinate actions beyond state control. #Review by Sam DiBella
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To achieve peace, international law must prioritise women’s rights.

Gendered Peace through International Law by Louise Arimatsu and Christine Chinkin @BloomsburyBooks reviewed by Leo Todd on @LSEReviewBooks.

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NEW✨ To achieve peace, international law must prioritise women’s rights.

Gendered Peace through International Law by Louise Arimatsu and Christine Chinkin @BloomsburyBooks reviewed by Leo Todd.

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