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“21 Lessons for the 21st Century” is a defective book and probably the weakest of Harari’s oeuvre. Yet, it is a testament to his brilliance that this book has much to engage the curious mind.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

By Yuval Noah Harari

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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, From the Freemasons to Facebook

By Niall Ferguson

Penguin Press. 563 pp. $30

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Secrecy World: Inside the Panama Papers Investigation of Illicit Money Networks and the Global Elite

By Jake Bernstein

Henry Holt. 335 pp. $30