The System Worked – Daniel W. Drezner
Paging Dr Pangloss.
Economics
Talking to my Daughter About the Economy, or How Capitalism Works – and How It Fails – Yanis Varoufakis
I don’t know if distilling economics gives you correct simplifications, but it does make good reading.
The War on Normal People – Andrew Yang
I’ve been concerned about the problem of automation for years, and considered a universal basic income a solution. This book is a much larger look at the issue.
Failures in Polymathy 