Really incredible history that traces the financial origins of the ACLU, NAACP, IWW & more to the early philanthropy founded by a reclusive Charles Garland, who inherited 1M at 21 and gave it to "the American Fund" to distribute.- paints a portrait of the era but makes me more made about left-liberal divides and even more made that America basically missed out on social democracy for a number of reasons but internecine fighting inside labor was one of the big ones.
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hunterowens reviewed The Radical Fund by John Fabian Witt
Reimagine the wilderness years
4 stars
Really incredible history that traces the financial origins of the ACLU, NAACP, IWW & more to the early philanthropy founded by a reclusive Charles Garland, who inherited 1M at 21 and gave it to "the American Fund" to distribute.- paints a portrait of the era but makes me more made about left-liberal divides and even more made that America basically missed out on social democracy for a number of reasons but internecine fighting inside labor was one of the big ones.
hunterowens finished reading The Radical Fund by John Fabian Witt

The Radical Fund by John Fabian Witt
From Pulitzer Prize finalist John Fabian Witt comes the captivating secret history of an epic experiment to remake American democracy. …
hunterowens finished reading Why nations fail by Daron Acemoglu
Given my pro pro-democratic institutions bias, this was good. the title's a bit misleading but a very compelling book and avoid a lot of traps that similar books fall into
Given my pro pro-democratic institutions bias, this was good. the title's a bit misleading but a very compelling book and avoid a lot of traps that similar books fall into
hunterowens reviewed I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally
bad person, good memior
3 stars
I felt bad reading this but it was tremondous content, although he's clearly been awful to so many people he's close to (the book does not hide it). portrait of a changing NYC, but his Instagram account remains best. For stroke-literature, Property of Thirst better
I felt bad reading this but it was tremondous content, although he's clearly been awful to so many people he's close to (the book does not hide it). portrait of a changing NYC, but his Instagram account remains best. For stroke-literature, Property of Thirst better
hunterowens finished reading I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally
hunterowens set a goal to read 85 books in 2026

Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness by Andrew Scull
Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness by sociologist Andrew Scull is a critical history of two hundred …
hunterowens finished reading America by Jean Baudrillard
hunterowens finished reading The Origins of Efficiency by Brian Potter
hunterowens finished reading The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi

The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi
Karl Polanyi's landmark 1944 work is one of the earliest and most powerful critiques of unregulated markets. Tracing the history …
hunterowens finished reading The Chinatown war by Scott Zesch
hunterowens finished reading The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson

The Expert of Subtle Revisions by Kirsten Menger-Anderson
Menger-Anderson debuts with an eloquent story of time travel and family secrets. It begins with a 21-year-old woman named Hase, …








