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24 alternatives to The Accidental Superpower

A contrarian assessment of American power

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Accidental Superpower launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Age of Optimists▲60

   Quantitative Glimpse of Tech's Political Endgame

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Predictably Irrational▲96

   The hidden forces that shape our decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sources of Power▲66

   How people make decisions

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatil▲56

   Politics and Economics of the Future

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Balance of Power▲59

   International politics as the ultimate global game

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned▲61

   The myth of the objective

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Dealing with China▲65

   An insider unmasks the new economic superpower

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Invisible Bridge▲66

   The fall of Nixon and the rise of Reagan

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Netocracy▲56

   The new power elite and life after capitalism

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Myth of the Strong Leader▲70

    Political leadership in the modern age

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Power of Ideals▲62

    The Real Story of Moral Choice

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Why Nations Fail▲75

    The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Zero-Sum Society▲61

    Distribution and the possibilities for economic change

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Myth of the Rational Voter▲56

    Why democracies choose bad policies

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Misbehaving▲62

    The making of behavioral economics

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The Will to Power▲6

    The theory of knowledge

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Rational Optimist▲77

    How prosperity evolves

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Innovator's Dilemma▲202

    The seminal business book

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Robber Barons▲60

    American capitalists who seized economic power

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The Master Switch▲71

    : The Rise and Fall of Information Empires

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future▲54

    What's the future?

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Holacracy▲71

    New management system for a rapidly changing world

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Sovereign Individual▲77

    Mastering the Transition to the Information Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Unscientific America▲54

    How scientific illiteracy threatens our future

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →