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Dive into the dynamic world of economics with our wide array of books in the Economics collection. From global financial systems to local economic policies, our selection offers insights by leading economists and scholars.
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Noam Chomsky
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Hamish
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Global Discontents - Conversations On The Rising Threats To Democracy
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This book could be a good read for those looking for an intellectual exploration of the current state of world affairs. Noam Chomsky provides a stark analysis of global challenges, discussing topics such as climate change, surveillance, and nuclear war, while highlighting the need for systemic change. The personal reflections of his intellectual journey provide context to his ideas. This book is recommended for those interested in politics, policy, and international relations.
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Peter D. Schiff
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Wiley
How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
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How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes uses illustration, humor, and accessible storytelling to explain complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems. In it, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof, Peter Schiff teams up with his brother Andrew to apply their signature "take no prisoners" logic to expose the glaring fallacies that have become so ingrained in our country’s economic conversation.Inspired by How an Economy Grows and Why It Doesn’t—a previously published book by the Schiffs’ father Irwin, a widely published economist and activist—How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes incorporates the spirit of the original while tackling the latest economic issues.With wit and humor, the Schiffs explain the roots of economic growth, the uses of capital, the destructive nature of consumer credit, the source of inflation, the importance of trade, savings, and risk, and many other topical principles of economics.The tales told here may appear simple of the surface, but they will leave you with a powerful understanding of How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes.
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Roopa Purushothaman, N. Chandrasekaran |
Penguin
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Bridgital Nation : Solving Technology's People Problem
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It is 2030. India is among the world's top three economies. All Indians use the cloud, artificial intelligence and automated learning to either do their job or get their job done. All Indians have access to quality jobs, better healthcare and skill-based education. Technology and human beings coexist in a mutually beneficial ecosystem. This reality is possible. It is within reach. With Bridgital. In this groundbreaking book, the chairman of Tata Sons, N. Chandrasekaran presents a powerful vision for the future. To the coming disruption of artificial intelligence, he proposes an ingenious solution, where India is perfectly positioned to pave a unique path from the rest of the world. Instead of accepting AI as an inevitable replacement for human labour, India can use it as an aid; instead of taking them away, AI can generate jobs. Chandrasekaran and his co-author, Roopa Purushothaman, survey the country for inspirational stories of resilience and determination, and seek the ideal way to bring Indians closer to their dreams. Through on-ground application of the dynamic technology called 'Bridgital', they show how Indians can be connected across the country, creating a network of services to be delivered where they are most required. This brilliant, cutting-edge solution will address India's biggest challenges by bridging the huge chasm between rural and urban communities, the different levels of education and medical access, and between aspirations and achievement. From healthcare to education to business, the model can be applied in various sectors, and, by a conservative estimate, it can create and impact 30 million jobs by 2025. One of the country's foremost industry leaders and pioneers, N. Chandrasekaran brings his expertise of over thirty years with the Tata Group to offer a blueprint for building a prosperous India, where everyone is included in the growth story.
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Diana B. Henriques
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Henry
Holt
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A First-Class Catastrophe - The Road To Black Monday, The Worst Day In Wall Street History
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- This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the historical events that led to one of the worst days in Wall Street history. Diana B. Henriques provides a gripping and meticulously researched account of the 1987 crash, revealing the ignored warnings, market delusions, and destructive decisions that threatened the entire US financial system. Through vivid storytelling, Henriques brings to life the central characters and their struggle to avoid a national panic. A First-Class Catastrophe serves as a cautionary tale and offers valuable insights into the financial future.
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Yuval Levin
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Basic
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The Fractured Republic - Renewing AmericaÕs Social Contract in the Age of Individualism
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The Fractured Republic offers an insightful critique of the current political climate in America and argues for a return to a more decentralized society where families, communities, and local institutions play a more prominent role in shaping our lives. Yuval Levin challenges both the left and the right's nostalgia for past eras, arguing that we need to forge a new path forward that embraces diversity, dynamism, and individualism while also supporting local institutions to promote social order and unity. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in revitalizing American democracy and finding new solutions to our greatest challenges.
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Martin Lindstrom
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Business
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Buy Ology - How Everything We Believe About Why We Buy Is Wrong
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Most anti-smoking campaigns inadvertently encourage people to smoke. The scent of melons helps sell electronic products. Subliminal advertising may have been banned, but it's being used all the time. Product placement in films rarely works. Many multi-million pound advertising campaigns are a complete waste of time. These are just a few of the findings of Martin Lindstrom's groundbreaking study of what really makes consumers tick. Convinced that there is a gulf between what we believe influences us and what actually does, he set up a highly ambitious research project that employed the very latest in brain-scanning technology and called on the services of some 2000 volunteers. Buyology shares the fruits of this research, revealing for the first time what actually goes on inside our heads when we see an advertisement, hear a marketing slogan, taste two rival brands of drink, or watch a programme sponsored by a major company. The conclusions are both startling and groundbreaking, showing the extent to which we deceive ourselves when we think we are making considered decisions, and revealing factors as varied as childhood memories and religious belief that come together to influence our decisions and shape our tastes.
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James C. Collins, Jerry I. Porras |
Harperbus
Built to Last : Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
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"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor even is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies. " So write James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras in this groundbreaking book that shatters myths, provides new insights, and gives practical guidance to those who would like to build landmark companies that stand the test of time. Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Collins and Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies -- they have an average age of nearly one hundred years and have outperformed the general stock market by a factor of fifteen since 1926 -- and studied each company in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day -- as start-ups, as midsize companies, and as large corporations. Throughout, the authors asked: "What makes the truly exceptional companies different from other companies?" What separates General Electric, 3M, Merck, Wal-Mart, Hewlett-Packard, Walt Disney, and Philip Morris from their rivals? How, for example, did Procter & Gamble, which began life substantially behind rival Colgate, eventually prevail as the premier institution in its industry? How was Motorola able to move from a humble battery repair business into integrated circuits and cellular communications, while Zenith never became dominant in anything other than TVs? How did Boeing unseat McDonnell-Douglas as the world's best commercial aircraft company -- what did Boeing have that McDonnell-Douglas lacked? By answering such questions, Collins and Porras go beyond the incessant barrage of management buzzwords and fads of the day to discover timeless qualities that have consistently distinguished outstanding companies. They also provide inspiration to all executives and entrepreneurs by destroying the false but widely accepted idea that only charismatic visionary leaders can build visionary companies. Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will prosper long into the twenty-first century and beyond.
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Bruno Maçães
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Hurst
Belt and Road : A Chinese World Order
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China's Belt and Road strategy is acknowledged to be the most ambitious geopolitical initiative of the age. Covering almost seventy countries by land and sea, it will affect every element of global society, from shipping to agriculture, digital economy to tourism, politics to culture. Most importantly, it symbolizes a new phase in China's ambitions as a superpower: to remake the world economy and crown Beijing as the new center of capitalism and globalization.Bruno Maçães traces this extraordinary initiative's history, highlighting its achievements to date, and its staggering complexity. He asks whether Belt and Road is about more than power projection and profit. Might it herald a new set of universal political values, to rival those of the West? Is it, in fact, the story of the century?
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Don Tapscott
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Portfolio
Penguin
Blockchain Revolution : How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World
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The technology likely to have the greatest impact on the future of the world economy has arrived, and it s not self-driving cars, solar energy, or artificial intelligence. It s called the blockchain. The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information. The second generation powered by blockchain technology is bringing us the Internet of value: a new, distributed platform that can help us reshape the world of business and transform the old order of human affairs for the better. Blockchain is the ingeniously simple, revolutionary protocol that allows transactions to be simultaneously anonymous and secure by maintaining a tamperproof public ledger of value. Though it s the technology that drives bitcoin and other digital currencies, the underlying framework has the potential to go far beyond these and record virtually everything of value to humankind, from birth and death certificates to insurance claims and even votes. Why should you care? Maybe you re a music lover who wants artists to make a living off their art. Or a consumer who wants to know where that hamburger meat really came from. Perhaps you re an immigrant who s sick of paying big fees to send money home to loved ones. Or an entrepreneur looking for a new platform to build a business. And those examples are barely the tip of the iceberg. This technology is public, encrypted, and readily available for anyone to use. It s already seeing widespread adoption in a number of areas. For example, forty-two (and counting) of the world s biggest financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and Credit Suisse, have formed a consortium to investigate the blockchain for speedier and more secure transactions. As with major paradigm shifts that preceded it, the blockchain will create winners and losers. And while opportunities abound, the risks of disruption and dislocation must not be ignored. Don Tapscott, the bestselling author of "Wikinomics," and his son, blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, bring us a brilliantly researched, highly readable, and utterly foundational book about the future of the modern economy. "Blockchain Revolution "is the business leaders playbook for the next decade and beyond."
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Tony Wagner
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Basic
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The Global Achievement Gap : Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need and What We Can Do About It
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This book is an eye-opener to the outdated education system in even the best schools and how it does not teach the skillset that is required to thrive in the 21st century. Tony Wagner proposes new models for schools that enhance students' problem-solving and communication abilities. Highly recommended for educators and parents who want to ensure their children are prepared for the future.
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Naomi Klein
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Penguin
No Is Not Enough : Defeating the New Shock Politics
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No Is Not Enough is a timely and necessary examination of the political and social landscape, exploring the rise of extremism and shock tactics. Klein's analysis is both incisive and accessible, offering readers a toolkit for resistance and a path towards a better world. A must-read for those seeking practical hope in these surreal and challenging times.
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Paul Hawken
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Penguin
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Drawdown : The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Roll Back Global Warming
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This book provides a comprehensive and well-researched set of realistic solutions to climate change. It offers 100 techniques and practices to reduce carbon emissions and achieve drawdown. The solutions range from well-known clean energy approaches to lesser-known practices such as educating girls in lower-income countries and land use practices that pull carbon out of the air. The book promises cascading benefits to human health, security, prosperity, and well-being. It is the ideal environmental sciences textbook, but too interesting and inspiring to be called a textbook.
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Vinay Sitapati
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Penguin
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Half-Lion: How Narasimha Rao Transformed India
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When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited economic crisis, violent insurgencies and a nation adrift. Despite being unloved by his people, mistrusted by his party, a minority in Parliament and ruling under the shadow of 10 Janpath, Rao reinvented India, at home and abroad. Few world leaders have achieved so much with so little power.With exclusive access to Rao’s never-before-seen personal papers as well as over a hundred interviews, this definitive biography provides new revelations on the Indian economy, nuclear programme, foreign policy and the Babri Masjid. While tracing Rao’s life from a village in Telangana through his years in power and humiliation in retirement, the book never loses sight of the inner man, his difficult childhood, his corruptions and love affairs, his lingering loneliness.
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Tom Standage
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Profile
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Ltd
Seriously Curious : 109 facts and figures to turn your world upside down
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Some questions you never think to ask. Others, you didn't know you didn't know. And some facts are so surprising they cry out for answers.What can a president actually do? Why do cities sink into the ground? Why is Australia seemingly invulnerable to recessions? Why do people in couples do more housework than singletons?The brilliant minds of the Economist collect these questions. Individually, they might seem bite-sized and inconsequential, but taken together they can reveal a whole new world.
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Bill Gates
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Allen
Lane
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster : The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
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"How to Avoid a Climate Disaster" is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of the planet. Bill Gates provides a clear, concise, and practical plan for achieving net-zero emissions, drawing on his expertise and the latest research in a range of fields. His focus on the role of innovation and technology in achieving this goal is particularly inspiring, and he provides concrete steps that individuals, governments, and businesses can take to make a difference. This book is an urgent call to action that should be required reading for anyone who wants to help avoid a climate catastrophe.
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Sharon L. Lechter, Robert T. Kiyosaki |
Warner
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad : What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money
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"Rich Dad, Poor Dad" is a great read for anyone looking to learn how to build wealth. This book offers a unique perspective on personal finance, as it draws from the author's experience with two very different father figures. The book's practical advice and simple language make it accessible to readers of all ages and backgrounds. This book is highly recommended for anyone seeking to improve their financial literacy and build a strong foundation for their financial future.
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Elizabeth S. Anderson
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Princeton
University
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Private Government : How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It)
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This book explores how many workplaces function as authoritarian private governments, with employers possessing sweeping power over workers' lives. Anderson argues that this reality is often obscured by misconceptions about free markets and emphasizes the need to reconceptualize the workplace to ensure workers' freedom. A thought-provoking read for anyone interested in labor relations, political philosophy, or the nature of power in society.
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John A. Tracy
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Wiley
How To Read A Financial Report - Wringing Vital Signs Out Of The Numbers
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This book simplifies financial language to help investors, lenders, and managers understand financial statements and reports. It provides new information on private company reporting standards, auditor's report language, and requirements for XBRL tagging in reporting to the SEC. With over 50 years of combined experience in financial accounting, the authors offer a plain-English user's guide to financial reports, making it easy for readers to understand the profit, cash flow, and financial condition of any business.
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Charles Wheelan
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W.
W.
Norton
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Naked Statistics : Stripping the Dread from the Data
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The best-selling author of Naked Economics defies the odds with a book about statistics that you’ll welcome and enjoy. Once considered tedious, the field of statistics is rapidly evolving into a discipline Hal Varian, chief economist at Google, has actually called “sexy.” From batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics continues to grow by leaps and bounds. How can we catch schools that cheat on standardized tests? How does Netflix know which movies you’ll like? What is causing the rising incidence of autism? As best-selling author Charles Wheelan shows us in Naked Statistics , the right data and a few well-chosen statistical tools can help us answer these questions and more. For those who slept through Stats 101, this book is a lifesaver. Wheelan strips away the arcane and technical details and focuses on the underlying intuition that drives statistical analysis. He clarifies key concepts such as inference, correlation, and regression analysis, reveals how biased or careless parties can manipulate or misrepresent data, and shows us how brilliant and creative researchers are exploiting the valuable data from natural experiments to tackle thorny questions. And in Wheelan’s trademark style, there’s not a dull page in sight. You’ll encounter clever Schlitz Beer marketers leveraging basic probability, an International Sausage Festival illuminating the tenets of the central limit theorem, and a head-scratching choice from the famous game show Let’s Make a Deal ―and you’ll come away with insights each time. With the wit, accessibility, and sheer fun that turned Naked Economics into a bestseller, Wheelan defies the odds yet again by bringing another essential, formerly unglamorous discipline to life.
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Thomas L. Friedman
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Allen
Lane
Hot, Flat, and Crowded : Why The World Needs A Green Revolution - and How We Can Renew Our Global Future
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman proposes a compelling vision for a sustainable future by emphasizing the importance of harnessing clean technology to combat climate change. The book, with its detailed analysis of the energy-climate era and governmental policies, is highly recommended for individuals looking for practical solutions to the greatest challenges facing humanity. The author's insightful perspective and forward-thinking mindset make it a fascinating read.
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Steven D. Levitt
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Allen
Lane
Superfreakonomics : Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
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This book is a captivating sequel to the international bestseller, Freakonomics. With their unique style and wit, the authors delve into controversial subjects like terrorism, charity, and prostitution. Prepare to be amazed as Superfreakonomics uncovers hidden truths and transforms the way you see the world. It's a thought-provoking read that will challenge your perspectives and leave you wanting more.
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Thomas J. Stanley
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November
16,
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The Millionaire Next Door : The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy
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This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the true path to financial success. Through extensive research and real-life examples, The Millionaire Next Door reveals the surprising and often overlooked habits of America's wealthy. This book challenges conventional notions of wealth and shows that true millionaires are not always the ones living in luxury. It provides invaluable insights and practical lessons on how to build wealth, regardless of your income level. If you're ready to embrace a mindset shift and learn the secrets of America's hidden millionaires, this book is for you.
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Peter Zeihan
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Harper
Business
Disunited Nations : The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World
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This non-fiction book sheds light on how the world is moving away from the international system, causing shifts in power structures around the world. The author gives predictions of the rise and fall of different countries, and argues that smaller, competing powers and economic systems will become the norm. This book is recommended for those interested in geopolitics, global affairs, and international relations. Readers can expect controversial insights and counterintuitive arguments that challenge the status quo.
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Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Ola Rosling, Hans Rosling |
Sceptre
Factfulness : Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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Factfulness provides a much-needed perspective on the state of the world today, challenging readers to rethink their preconceptions and biases. Through clear and accessible writing, Rosling highlights 10 key instincts that can distort our understanding of global trends, ultimately offering a hopeful and inspiring message about the potential for human progress. This book is perfect for anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of the world and our place in it.
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John Rawls
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A Theory of Justice
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Since it appeared in 1971, John Rawls's A Theory of Justice has become a classic. The author has now revised the original edition to clear up a number of difficulties he and others have found in the original book.Rawls aims to express an essential part of the common core of the democratic tradition - justice as fairness - and to provide an alternative to utilitarianism, which had dominated the Anglo-Saxon tradition of political thought since the nineteenth century. Rawls substitutes the ideal of the social contract as a more satisfactory account of the basic rights and liberties of citizens as free and equal persons. "Each person," writes Rawls, "possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override." Advancing the ideas of Rousseau, Kant, Emerson, and Lincoln, Rawls's theory is as powerful today as it was when first published.
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Gary S. Becker, Guity Nashat Becker |
Mcgraw
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The Economics Of Life: From Baseball To Affirmative Action To Immigration, How Real-World Issues Affect Our Everyday Life
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From economics Nobel Laureate Gary Becker and historian Guity Nashat Becker comes this collection of the economist's popular BusinessWeek columns. These 138 essays have fueled numerous debates, touching on hot-button issues from crime to organization of sports. The Beckers' surprising--and uncompromising--positions on drugs ("legalize them"), immigration ("auction off immigration slots"), welfare ("curtail it sharply"), and other topics provide a provocative commentary on our times.
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Clayton M. Christensen
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Harvard
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The Innovator's Dilemma : When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
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This book would be a great read for entrepreneurs, business owners and anyone interested in innovation. It highlights the challenges that come with innovation, even in established companies. It also provides insights on how to handle the dilemmas encountered when managing innovation in organizations. The book's unique and distinctive feature is its ability to provide strategies for dealing with innovation-related challenges.
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Shing Huei Peh
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Straits
Times
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Neither Civil Nor Servant
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This book would be a good read for someone who is intrigued by the unconventional and wants to learn about the accomplishments and mindset of a rule-breaking civil servant. Peh Shing Huei’s engaging and enthralling writing uncovers the behind-the-scenes stories of some of Singapore’s biggest post-independence military, economic, and political adventures. Through the authorized biography of Philip Yeo, readers will gain fascinating insights into the unconventional approaches of a pioneer civil servant who preferred action over talk, challenged the status quo, and was not afraid to offend.
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Hans Greimel, William Sposato |
Harvard
Business
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Press
Collision Course : Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire
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In Japan it's called the "Ghosn Shock"—the stunning arrest of Carlos Ghosn, the jet-setting CEO who saved Nissan and made it part of a global automotive empire.Even more shocking was his daring escape from Japan, packed into a box and put on a private jet to Lebanon after months spent in a Japanese detention center, subsisting on rice gruel.This is the saga of what led to the Ghosn Shock and what was left in its wake. Ghosn spent two decades building a colossal partnership between Nissan and Renault that looked like a new model for a global business, but the alliance's shiny image fronted an unsteady, tense operation. Culture clashes, infighting among executives and engineers, dueling corporate traditions, and government maneuvering constantly threatened the venture.Journalists Hans Greimel and William Sposato have followed the story up close, with access to key players, including Ghosn himself. Veteran Tokyo-based reporters, they have witnessed the end of Japan's bubble economy and attempts at opening Japan Inc. to the world. They've seen the fraying of keiretsu, Japan's traditional skein of business relationships, and covered numerous corporate scandals, of which the Ghosn Shock and Ghosn's subsequent escape stand above all.Expertly reported, Collision Course explores the complex suspicions around what and who was really responsible for Ghosn's ouster and why one of the top executives in the world would risk everything to escape the country. It explains how economics, history, national interests, cultural politics, and hubris collided, crumpling the legacy of arguably the most important foreign businessman ever to set foot in Japan.This gripping, unforgettable narrative, full of fascinating characters, serves as part cautionary tale, part object lesson, and part forewarning of the increasing complexity of doing global business in a nationalistic world
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Oliver James
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Vermilion
Office Politics : How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks
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The modern working world is a dangerous place, where game-playing, duplicity and sheer malevolence are rife. Do talent and hard work count for nothing? Is politics everything?In this fascinating exposé, Oliver James reveals the murky underside of modern office life. With cutting-edge research and eye-opening interviews, he highlights the nasty practices that propel people to the top and shows how industries and cultures are fostering this behaviour.He then divulges strategies and techniques for not only surviving but thriving in these difficult environments. With the right mindset, you can distinguish and deal with toxic and overpromoted colleagues, charm your way through interviews and use office politics to your advantage.Office Politics will overthrow your perceptions of office life and set you on a new path to success.
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Roger Lowenstein
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Buffett : The Making of an American Capitalist
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Recommendation: This book is the perfect read for those who want to know about Warren Buffet's investment strategies and how he became a billionaire through it. The author gives an inside look into Buffett's life and career with interviews from family, friends, and colleagues. The book delves into Buffett's investment philosophy of long-term, undervalued companies and how it reflects his personality. It's a great read for those interested in investing and learning from the best.
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A Random Walk Down Wall Street : The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing
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Using the dot-com crash as an object lesson in how not to manage your portfolio, here is the best-selling, gimmick-free, irreverent, vastly informative guide to navigating the turbulence of the market and managing investments with confidence.A Random Walk Down Wall Street is well established as a staple of the business shelf, the first book any investor should read before taking the plunge and starting a portfolio. With its life-cycle guide to investing, it matches the needs of investors at any age bracket. Burton G. Malkiel shows how to analyze the potential returns, not only for stocks and bonds but also for the full range of investment opportunities, from money market accounts and real estate investment trusts to insurance, home ownership, and tangible assets like gold and collectibles.Whether you want to verse yourself in the ways of the market before talking to a broker or follow Malkiel's easy steps to managing your own portfolio, this book remains the best investing guide money can buy.
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Francis Fukuyama
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The Origins of Political Order : From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
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Recommended for history enthusiasts seeking political insight. Provides a broad overview of the development of political institutions from tribal societies to modern states. The book compares the development of political institutions in different parts of the world and provides insight into the challenges faced by developing countries. It also raises questions about the nature of politics and democracy.
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Ben Mezrich
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Bitcoin Billionaires : A True Story of Genius, Betrayal and Redemption
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Recommended for readers interested in the Winklevosses' journey of redemption and crypto's rise to prominence. Mezrich's fast-paced writing style and insider access make for an engaging read.
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David Harvey
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"What I am seeking here is a better understanding of the contradictions of capital, not of capitalism. I want to know how the economic engine of capitalism works the way it does, and why it might stutter and stall and sometimes appear to be on the verge of collapse. I also want to show whythis economic engine should be replaced, and with what." --from the Introduction To modern Western society, capitalism is the air we breathe, and most people rarely think to question it, for good or for ill. But knowing what makes capitalism work--and what makes it fail--is crucial to understanding its long-term health, and the vast implications for the global economy that go along with it. In Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism, the eminent scholar David Harvey, author of A Brief History of Neoliberalism, examines the internal contradictions within the flow of capital that have precipitated recent crises. He contends that while the contradictions have made capitalism flexible and resilient, they also contain the seeds of systemic catastrophe. Many of the contradictions are manageable, but some are fatal: the stress on endless compound growth, the necessity to exploit nature to its limits, and tendency toward universal alienation. Capitalism has always managed to extend the outer limits through "spatial fixes," expanding the geography of the system to cover nations and people formerly outside of its range. Whether it can continue to expand is an open question, but Harvey thinks it unlikely in the medium term future: the limits cannot extend much further, and the recent financial crisis is a harbinger of this. David Harvey has long been recognized as one of the world's most acute critical analysts of the global capitalist system and the injustices that flow from it. In this book, he returns to the foundations of all of his work, dissecting and interrogating the fundamental illogic of our economic system, as well as giving us a look at how human societies are likely to evolve in a post-capitalist world.
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Alain de Botton
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The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work is recommended for individuals seeking a philosophical and insightful take on the impact of work on our lives. Alain de Botton's exploration of different workplaces helps readers to understand their own struggles with work and provides them with tools to make the most of their working lives. The author weaves in humor and wisdom from various artists and thinkers, making it a charming and engaging read.
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Jaron Lanier
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Who Owns the Future?
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The “brilliant” and “daringly original” (The New York Times) critique of digital networks from the “David Foster Wallace of tech” (London Evening Standard)—asserting that to fix our economy, we must fix our information economy.Jaron Lanier is the father of virtual reality and one of the world’s most brilliant thinkers. Who Owns the Future? is his visionary reckoning with the most urgent economic and social trend of our age: the poisonous concentration of money and power in our digital networks.Lanier has predicted how technology will transform our humanity for decades, and his insight has never been more urgently needed. He shows how Siren Servers, which exploit big data and the free sharing of information, led our economy into recession, imperiled personal privacy, and hollowed out the middle class. The networks that define our world—including social media, financial institutions, and intelligence agencies—now threaten to destroy it.But there is an alternative. In this provocative, poetic, and deeply humane book, Lanier charts a path toward a brighter future: an information economy that rewards ordinary people for what they do and share on the web.
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The Second Machine Age : Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies
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A revolution is under way. In recent years, Google's autonomous cars have logged thousands of miles on American highways and IBM's Watson trounced the best human Jeopardy! players. Digital technologies with hardware, software, and networks at their core will in the near future diagnose diseases more accurately than doctors can, apply enormous data sets to transform retailing, and accomplish many tasks once considered uniquely human. In The Second Machine Age MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee—two thinkers at the forefront of their field—reveal the forces driving the reinvention of our lives and our economy. As the full impact of digital technologies is felt, we will realize immense bounty in the form of dazzling personal technology, advanced infrastructure, and near-boundless access to the cultural items that enrich our lives.Amid this bounty will also be wrenching change. Professions of all kinds—from lawyers to truck drivers—will be forever upended. Companies will be forced to transform or die. Recent economic indicators reflect this shift: fewer people are working, and wages are falling even as productivity and profits soar.Drawing on years of research and up-to-the-minute trends, Brynjolfsson and McAfee identify the best strategies for survival and offer a new path to prosperity. These include revamping education so that it prepares people for the next economy instead of the last one, designing new collaborations that pair brute processing power with human ingenuity, and embracing policies that make sense in a radically transformed landscape.A fundamentally optimistic book, The Second Machine Age will alter how we think about issues of technological, societal, and economic progress.
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Thomas L. Friedman
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The World Is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
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The World Is Flat is a great read for anyone interested in understanding how globalization has transformed our world. Friedman explains complex economic and foreign policy issues in an easy-to-understand manner, making it accessible to all readers. His unique perspective on how the flattening of the world has affected countries, companies, communities, and individuals is truly enlightening. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to make sense of our increasingly connected world.
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Jeevan Vasagar
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Lion City : Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
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Lion City could be a good read for those interested in the history and growth of Singapore, and how a small island with diverse ethnic groups managed to become one of the most successful city states in the world. The book highlights the extraordinary leadership of Lee Kuan Yew, and explores the different aspects of Singaporean life, including education, health, art, politics, and demographic challenges. It also delves into the darker side of Singapore's success, such as authoritarian control. Overall, Lion City is a personal, insightful, and essential guide to Singapore's past, present, and future, and how it is shaping East Asia and the world.
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David Kirkpatrick
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The Facebook Effect : The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World
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The inside story of Facebook, told with the full, exclusive cooperation of founder Mark Zuckerberg and the company's other leaders.In little more than half a decade, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing companies in history, an essential part of the social life not only of teenagers but hundreds of millions of adults worldwide. As Facebook spreads around the globe, it creates surprising effects—even becoming instrumental in political protests from Colombia to Iran.Veteran technology reporter David Kirkpatrick had the full cooperation of Facebook’s key executives in researching this fascinating history of the company and its impact on our lives. Kirkpatrick tells us how Facebook was created, why it has flourished, and where it is going next. He chronicles its successes and missteps, and gives readers the most complete assessment anywhere of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the central figure in the company’s remarkable ascent. This is the Facebook story that can be found nowhere else.How did a nineteen-year-old Harvard student create a company that has transformed the Internet and how did he grow it to its current enormous size? Kirkpatrick shows how Zuckerberg steadfastly refused to compromise his vision, insistently focusing on growth over profits and preaching that Facebook must dominate (his word) communication on the Internet. In the process, he and a small group of key executives have created a company that has changed social life in the United States and elsewhere, a company that has become a ubiquitous presence in marketing, altering politics, business, and even our sense of our own identity. This is the Facebook Effect.
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Michael Lewis
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The Big Short : Inside the Doomsday Machine
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From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, The Big Short, Michael Lewis's No.1 bestseller, tells the outrageous story of the misfits, renegades and visionaries who saw that the biggest credit bubble of all time was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a killing.'In the hands of Michael Lewis, anything is possible ... if you want to know how a nation lost its financial mind - and have a good laugh finding out - this is the book to read' Sunday Times 'Magnificent ... a perfect storm of brilliant writer meeting big subject' Guardian 'A triumph ... riveting ... The Big Short reads like a thriller' The Times'A terrifying story, superbly well told' Daily Telegraph'A rollicking good yarn' Financial Times 'Probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written' Reuters
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Amy Webb
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The Big Nine : How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity
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A call-to-arms about the broken nature of artificial intelligence, and the powerful corporations that are turning the human-machine relationship on its head.We like to think that we are in control of the future of "artificial" intelligence. The reality, though, is that we -- the everyday people whose data powers AI -- aren't actually in control of anything. When, for example, we speak with Alexa, we contribute that data to a system we can't see and have no input into -- one largely free from regulation or oversight. The big nine corporations -- Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Microsoft, IBM and Apple--are the new gods of AI and are short-changing our futures to reap immediate financial gain.In this book, Amy Webb reveals the pervasive, invisible ways in which the foundations of AI -- the people working on the system, their motivations, the technology itself -- is broken. Within our lifetimes, AI will, by design, begin to behave unpredictably, thinking and acting in ways which defy human logic. The big nine corporations may be inadvertently building and enabling vast arrays of intelligent systems that don't share our motivations, desires, or hopes for the future of humanity.Much more than a passionate, human-centered call-to-arms, this book delivers a strategy for changing course, and provides a path for liberating us from algorithmic decision-makers and powerful corporations.
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Shoshana Zuboff
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism : The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: Barack Obama's Books of 2019
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff dives deep into the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism" and how corporations are using it to control us. Zuboff explores the impact of this new form of capitalism on society, politics, business, and technology, and how it can deepen inequality and stoke divisions while enriching the few and impoverishing the many. This book can be a great read for those interested in understanding and protecting themselves from surveillance capitalism.
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Gregory Zuckerman
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The Man Who Solved the Market : How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019
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This book is a captivating and eye-opening journey into the mind of Jim Simons, the man who transformed the financial world with his unprecedented approach to investing. Through Gregory Zuckerman's meticulous research and interviews, readers get an exclusive look into Simons' data-driven, algorithmic strategies that consistently yielded astonishing returns. But it's more than just a financial tale - it delves into the repercussions of Simons' success on the global stage, shedding light on his influence in scientific research, politics, and beyond. If you're fascinated by the power of mathematics and want to understand how one individual revolutionized an entire industry, this book is an absolute must-read.
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Slavoj Žižek
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Like A Thief In Broad Daylight : Power in the Era of Post-Humanity
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Like A Thief In Broad Daylight is a thought-provoking book that appeals to those interested in technology and society. Zizek's insightful analysis of the implications of technological advancement on our society will keep the reader captivated. With a deep understanding of philosophy and technology, Zizek provides a unique perspective on how these two domains intersect in our daily lives. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the impact of technology on humanity.
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This book is a must-read for business owners and managers who want to take their company's strategy to the next level. Packed with insights from top experts, it will help you differentiate your company from competitors, create a vision for the future, and execute strategies effectively. With practical tips and real-life examples, it offers a comprehensive guide to strategic thinking and decision making. Don't miss out on the wisdom of Michael E. Porter and other renowned authors in this collection of essential readings on strategy.
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Poor Economics : The Surprising Truth about Life on Less Than $1 a Day
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This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to challenge their assumptions about poverty and understand the complex decisions made by those living in extreme poverty. Through compelling real-life examples, Banerjee and Duflo shed light on the unexpected choices and behaviors of individuals living on very little. From unraveling the paradoxes of borrowing to save and the impact of incentives, to exploring the entrepreneurial spirit of the poor, Poor Economics offers a fresh and illuminating perspective on poverty and the global economy.
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Kai-Fu Lee
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Ai Superpowers : China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
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1. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the impact of AI on the global landscape. Kai-Fu Lee's expertise and insights provide a comprehensive analysis of the AI race between China and Silicon Valley. Through his unique perspective as an AI expert, he explores the profound changes that AI will bring to both blue-collar and white-collar jobs, and offers potential solutions for the future.
2. For those seeking to grasp the scope and implications of AI technology, this book offers a detailed examination of how AI will shape the job market. Lee's in-depth knowledge and clear explanations make this complex topic accessible to all readers. With its thought-provoking analysis, AI Superpowers will leave you with a fresh understanding of the forthcoming AI revolution and the importance of international cooperation in addressing its challenges.
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Michael Lewis
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Boomerang : Travels in the New Third World
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The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge.Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish.Michael Lewis's investigation of bubbles beyond our shores is so brilliantly, sadly hilarious that it leads the American reader to a comfortable complacency: oh, those foolish foreigners. But when he turns a merciless eye on California and Washington, DC, we see that the narrative is a trap baited with humor, and we understand the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.
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