First Lines: Michael Harrington - The Other America

There is a familiar America.

First Lines. Milton Friedman - Capitalism and Freedom

It is widely believed that politics and economics are separate and largely unconnected; that individual freedom is a political problem and material welfare an economic problem; and that any kind of political arrangements can be combined with any kind of economic arrangements.

First Lines: Robert A. Caro - The Power Broker

Robert Moses was born on December 18, 1888. He was not given a middle name - because his mother saw no reason for one.

First Lines: Naomi Klein - No Logo

The astronomical growth in the wealth and cultural influence of multi-national corporations over the last fifteen years can arguably be traced back to a single, seemingly innocuous idea developed by management theorists in the mid 1980s: that successful corporations must primarily produce brands, as opposed to products.