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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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Pyotr Kropotkin
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Penguin
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Anarchist Communism
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The humane yet devastating critique of how modern society is organized with the brutal few clinging onto their wealth and privileges at the expense of the manyPeter Kropotkin's anarchist texts had a fundamental impact on 19th and 20th century radicals of all kinds. These essays from T he Conquest of Bread are bravura examples of his optimistic and angry vision of a world in which the just actions of the many can destroy the grip of the few.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives--and upended them. Now Penguin brings you a new set of the acclaimed Great Ideas, a curated library of selections from the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
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Laura Ross, Thomas Paine |
Union
Square
&
Co.
Common Sense - And Rights of Man : Bold-faced Thoughts on Revolution, Reason, and Personal Freedom
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The newest entry in our popular “Bold-faced” series offers an innovative reading of Thomas Paine's two most influential essays. Readers will find inspiration in this unique edition, which features the authoritative text of Paine's works, highlighted important passages, an introduction that examines his concepts from today's perspective, and writing exercises with lined pages.
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Dan Ariely
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Harper
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
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This book dives deep into why we sometimes skirt the edges of truth, explaining that the causes of dishonesty are often more complex than simple immorality. It's an insightful read for anyone fascinated by psychology and human behavior, offering a scientific yet accessible understanding of why we lie. By understanding our weaknesses, the book implicitly suggests ways to foster honesty in ourselves and our society.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki
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Business
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Rich Dad's Increase Your Financial IQ : It's Time to Get Smarter with Your Money
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This book can be a good read for those who want to take control of their finances and learn how to use their money to work for them. Kiyosaki breaks down complex financial concepts into easy-to-understand language and offers practical advice on how to increase your financial IQ. The book also emphasizes the importance of budgeting and protecting your assets through tax planning. Overall, readers will gain valuable insights on building wealth and achieving financial freedom.
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Eric Ries
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Vikin
The Lean Startup : How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION' The Lean Startup changes everything.' - Harvard Business Review----------Most new businesses fail. But most of those failures are preventable.The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that's being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.Essential reading for any ambitious entrepreneur, The Lean Startup will teach you to identify what your customers really want. You'll learn how to test your vision continuously, adapting and adjusting before it's too late.With over a million copies sold across the globe, now is your time to think Lean.
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Mervyn A. King
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W.
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Norton
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Company
The End of Alchemy : Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy
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"The End of Alchemy" could be a good read for those interested in understanding the history and future of money and banking. Mervyn King's unique experience at the Bank of England provides fresh interpretations of economic forces and offers bold solutions to move towards durable prosperity. The book's most distinctive feature is its clear path towards a more stable financial system by cutting through complex legislation.
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Irene Yuan Sun
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Harvard
Business
Review
Press
The Next Factory Of The World - How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa
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Recommendation: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how Chinese investments are transforming the African continent. It offers a unique perspective on the realities of factories, cloth and clothing industry, steel production, governance, and the potential for growth. If you are interested in understanding the impact of Chinese investment in Africa, this book is a must-read.
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C. Wright Mills, Max Weber, Hans H. Gerth |
Oxford
University
Press
(galaxy
Imprint)
From Max Weber : Essays in Sociology
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An introduction to the work of the greatest German sociologist and a key figure in the development of present-day sociological thought.
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Kishore Mahbubani
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Penguin
Uk
Has the West Lost It? : A Provocation
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"Has the West Lost It?" is a thought-provoking read that examines the downfall of the West in the current global order. The author argues that the West can no longer impose its ideology on the world and must recognize its changing status to continue playing a role in geopolitics. Maintaining democracy and reason through diplomacy rather than force is critical to world peace, and the West must promote it via multilateral institutions of global governance such as the UN. This book is for those interested in international relations and the future of the West in current times.
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Ruchir Sharma
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W.
W.
Norton
&
Company
Breakout Nations : In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
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Breakout Nations is a must-read for anyone interested in global economics and emerging markets. Sharma's insights and rules provide a unique perspective on how to identify the countries that will become the next economic powerhouses. Readers will learn surprising facts about developing countries and how they are redefining what manufacturing can do for a modern economy. The book is full of captivating narratives and will keep readers engaged while providing a clear picture of the current global economic landscape.
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Thomas L. Friedman
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Penguin
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded : Why The World Needs A Green Revolution - and How We Can Renew Our Global Future
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Thomas Friedman's phenomenal "The World is Flat" helped millions of people see globalization in a new way. Now he takes a fresh, provocative look at the biggest challenge facing us today - our hot, flat and crowded world. Climate change and rapid population growth mean that it's no longer possible for businesses, or the rest of us, to keep doing things the same old way. Things are going to have to change - and fast. Here Friedman provides a bold strategy for clean fuel, energy efficiency and conservation that he calls 'Code Green'. It will change everything, from what we put into our cars and see on our electricity bills to how we live our lives. "Hot, Flat and Crowded" is fearless, forward-looking and rich in common sense about the challenge - and the promise - of the future.
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Tim Harford
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Abacus
Software
Adapt : Why Success Always Starts with Failure
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Penguin
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Skin in the Game : Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of our time redefines what it means to understand the world, succeed in a profession, contribute to a fair and just society, detect nonsense, and influence others. Citing examples ranging from Hammurabi to Seneca, Antaeus the Giant to Donald Trump, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shows how the willingness to accept one’s own risks is an essential attribute of heroes, saints, and flourishing people in all walks of life. As always both accessible and iconoclastic, Taleb challenges long-held beliefs about the values of those who spearhead military interventions, make financial investments, and propagate religious faiths. Among his insights: • For social justice, focus on symmetry and risk sharing. You cannot make profits and transfer the risks to others, as bankers and large corporations do. You cannot get rich without owning your own risk and paying for your own losses. Forcing skin in the game corrects this asymmetry better than thousands of laws and regulations. • Ethical rules aren’t universal. You’re part of a group larger than you, but it’s still smaller than humanity in general. • Minorities, not majorities, run the world. The world is not run by consensus but by stubborn minorities imposing their tastes and ethics on others. • You can be an intellectual yet still be an idiot. “Educated philistines” have been wrong on everything from Stalinism to Iraq to low-carb diets. • Beware of complicated solutions (that someone was paid to find). A simple barbell can build muscle better than expensive new machines. • True religion is commitment, not just faith. How much you believe in something is manifested only by what you’re willing to risk for it.The phrase “skin in the game” is one we have often heard but rarely stopped to truly dissect. It is the backbone of risk management, but it’s also an astonishingly rich worldview that, as Taleb shows in this book, applies to all aspects of our lives. As Taleb says, “The symmetry of skin in the game is a simple rule that’s necessary for fairness and justice, and the ultimate BS-buster,” and “Never trust anyone who doesn’t have skin in the game. Without it, fools and crooks will benefit, and their mistakes will never come back to haunt them.”
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Klaus Schwab
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Currency
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
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"The Fourth Industrial Revolution" is a must-read for those interested in understanding the profound impacts of emerging technologies. Klaus Schwab deftly outlines the groundbreaking technological advancements that will shape the future, ranging from supercomputers to biosynthetic materials, and how they will affect industries, economies, and societies. With bold ideas on how to harness these changes, Schwab offers a unique perspective on how we can strive towards a more ethical and better future.
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In one of the most influential philosophical works ever writer, John Stuart Mill explores the risks and responsibilities of liberty. Examining the tyranny that can come both from government and from the herd-like opinion of the majority, Mill proposes a freedom to think, unite, and pursue our pleasures as the most important freedoms, as long as we cause no harm to others. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
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Carolyn Steel
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Vintage
Sitopia : How Food Can Save the World
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Sitopia by Carolyn Steel is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of food, sustainability, and culture. Through her unique lens, she invites readers to reimagine our food system as a means for healing both our bodies and the planet. With engaging storytelling and a wealth of research, Steel provides a clear and compelling case for why quality food should be at the forefront of our collective consciousness. Readers will come away from this book with a deeper appreciation for the power of food to transform our world. Highly recommend for foodies, environmentalists, and anyone searching for a path towards a healthier and more just future.
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George Friedman
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Doubleday
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Co
Inc.
Flashpoints
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Recommendation: If you are interested in understanding the complex geopolitical landscape and want to gain insights into the future conflicts that may shape our world, "Flashpoints" is the book for you. George Friedman, a renowned geopolitical forecaster, combines history and cultural analysis to explain the fault lines that have led to past conflicts and examines the simmering tensions that are still present today. This book provides a riveting and informative account of how events in Europe will impact the rest of the world, offering both a cautionary tale and a glimpse into future opportunities.
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Vaclav Smil
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The
Mit
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Growth : From Microorganisms to Megacities
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This book offers a comprehensive investigation into growth, from microorganisms to megacities. It presents a unique take on our collective striving for growth and its impact on society. It is an insightful read for those interested in the dynamics of the global economy and the challenges posed by our obsession with growth.
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Karl Popper
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Routledge
(routledge
Classics)
The Open Society and Its Enemies: The Spell of Plato
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If you're intrigued by political philosophy and cherish democratic principles, Popper's "The Open Society and Its Enemies" will resonate deeply. Against the backdrop of WWII, it's a thought-provoking exploration of how societal structures can impact our freedoms. Popper critiques historical philosophers while fearlessly defending democratic ideals—a crucial read for anyone invested in the underpinnings of free societies.
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Peter Weill, Stephanie Woerner |
Harvard
Business
Review
Press
What's Your Digital Business Model? : Six Questions to Help You Build the Next-Generation Enterprise
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Digital transformation is not about technology--it's about change. In the rapidly changing digital economy, you can't succeed by merely tweaking management practices that led to past success. And yet, while many leaders and managers recognize the threat from digital--and the potential opportunity--they lack a common language and compelling framework to help them assess it and guide them in responding. They don't know how to think about their digital business model. In this concise, practical book, MIT digital research leaders Peter Weill and Stephanie Woerner provide a powerful yet straightforward framework that has been field-tested globally with dozens of senior management teams. Based on years of study at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), the authors find that digitization is moving companies' business models on two from value chains to digital ecosystems, and from a fuzzy understanding of the needs of end customers to a sharper one. Looking at these dimensions in combination results in four distinct business models, each with different capabilities. The book then sets out six driving questions, in separate chapters, that help managers and executives clarify where they are currently in an increasingly digital business landscape and highlight what's needed to move toward a higher-value digital business model. Filled with straightforward self-assessments, motivating examples, and sharp financial analyses of where profits are made, this smart book will help you tackle the threats, leverage the opportunities, and create winning digital strategies.
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Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Robert C. Tucker |
W.
W.
Norton
&
Company
The Marx-Engels Reader
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The Marx-Engels Reader could be a good read for those interested in Marxist philosophy and ideology. This comprehensive anthology offers a range of works by Marx and Engels, providing insight into their key ideas and principles. Readers will appreciate the clarity and accessibility of the writing, making it a useful introduction for anyone interested in Marxist theory.
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Blake J. Harris
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Dey
Street
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Console Wars : Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation
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Console Wars would be a great read for video game enthusiasts interested in the history and business aspect of the industry. The book provides an in-depth look at how Sega challenged Nintendo's video game monopoly, the unconventional tactics used by Tom Kalinske and his team to transform Sega, and the corporate war that followed. It is unique in its focus on the business side of the video game industry and provides insights into the strategies of market leaders.
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John LeFevre
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Grove
Press
Straight to Hell : True Tales of Deviance, Debauchery, and Billion-Dollar Deals
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“Some chick asked me what I would do with 10 million bucks. I told her I’d wonder where the rest of my money went.”—@GSElevatorDarkly funny, remarkably revealing, and utterly unapologetic, Straight to Hell is John LeFevre’s own account of his adventures as a globe-conquering investment banker whose career spanned New York, London, and Hong Kong. Sitting above the “Chinese Wall” separating investment banking and sales and trading, in a senior position with a unique vantage point, LeFevre did billion-dollar deals with sovereign borrowers, prestigious multinational corporations, and every bank on Wall Street, not to mention Chinese tycoons and Indonesian thugs, and shot up the ranks to be one of the most prolific bond syndicate managers in Asia. He also got banned from the Four Seasons, where he was living at the time, totaled his brand-new Maserati, and indulged in riotous debauchery on and off the trading floor.Hundreds of thousands follow LeFevre’s @GSElevator Twitter account; Goldman Sachs launched an internal investigation into his tweets, and when his true identity was revealed, it created a national media firestorm—but that was only part of the story. Straight to Hell delves deep inside an industry that is both envied and reviled, taking you from the training programs, trading floors, and roadshows to private planes, shady deals, and after-hours overindulgence. This is not a moralistic tale of redemption. Full of shocking rule-breaking, frat-boyish antics, and win-at-all-cost schemes, Straight to Hell brazenly pulls back the curtain on the deviant and absolutely excessive world of finance. Also included are some of the best lines from @GSElevator, created and curated by LeFevre.Prepare yourself and buckle up, because this is one of the most entertaining and eye-opening books ever written about the world of finance.
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Blake Mycoskie
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Spiegel
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Grau
Start Something That Matters
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In 2006, while travelling in Argentina, young entrepreneur Blake Mycoskie encountered children too poor to afford shoes, who developed injuries on their feet that often led to serious health problems. Blake knew he wanted to help, but rather than start a charity, he went against conventional wisdom and created a for profit business to help the children who he met. With the help of a local shoemaker, Blake struck out to merge activism and fashion in the form of a local canvas shoe worn by farmers and gauchos alike, called the alpargata. Blake called his creation TOMS Shoes (which stands for "Tomorrow's Shoes") and promised to give a pair of new shoes to a child in need for every pair that he sold. Starting with only two hundred pairs of handmade shoes, optimism, and entrepreneurial charisma, Blake successfully launched TOMS into the high fashion world. They can now be seen adorning the feet of celebrities such as Keira Knightley, Scarlett Johansson, and Tobey Maguire.Blake's mission is to prove that you can achieve financial success and make the world a better place at the same time. In this book, he shares the six counterintuitive principles that have guided the growth of TOMS for the past threeMake business personalBe resourceful without resourcesReverse retirementKeep it simpleStay humbleGive more, advertise lessThe result is an inspiring account of a young man whose entrepreneurial spirit was able to affect change in the world, and a call to others to be inspired to do the same.As part of the One for One initiative, Random House will provide a new book to a child in need with every copy of Start Something That Matters purchased.
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Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson |
Crown
Currency
Why Nations Fail : The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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WHY ARE SOME NATIONS RICH AND OTHERS POOR, DIVIDED BY WEALTH AND POVERTY, HEALTH AND SICKNESS, FOOD AND FAMINE? Is it culture, the weather, geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Drawing on fifteen years of original research, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take one example, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created those two different institutional trajectories. Acemoglu and Robinson marshal extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, among them: - Will China's economy continue to grow at such a high speed and ultimately overwhelm the West? - Are America’s best days behind it? Are we creating a vicious cycle that enriches and empowers a a small minority?
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Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms |
Macmillan
New Power
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If you're curious about how power dynamics are changing in our chaotic, connected age, "New Power" is the book for you. This book explores how traditional power structures are being challenged by "new power", which is open, participatory, and peer-driven. You'll gain insights into the rise of mega-platforms like Facebook and movements like #MeToo, and learn how to harness new power in your own life. This groundbreaking book will change the way you understand the world and your place in it.
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Dan Ariely
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Harper
The Honest Truth about Dishonesty : How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves
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Dan Ariely, behavioral economist and the New York Times bestselling author of The Upside of Irrationality and Predictably Irrational, examines the contradictory forces that drive us to cheat and keep us honest, in this groundbreaking look at the way we behave: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty.From ticket-fixing in our police departments to test-score scandals in our schools, from our elected leaders’ extra-marital affairs to the Ponzi schemes undermining our economy, cheating and dishonesty are ubiquitous parts of our national news cycle—and inescapable parts of the human condition.Drawing on original experiments and research, in the vein of Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, and Survival of the Sickest, Ariely reveals—honestly—what motivates these irrational, but entirely human, behaviors.
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Dana Mackenzie, Judea Pearl |
Basic
Books
The Book of Why : The New Science of Cause and Effect
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The Book of Why is an exceptional read for anyone interested in the study of causality and how it shapes our understanding of the world. With Judea Pearl's expert guidance, readers can delve into the intricacies of complex systems and explore the underlying mechanisms that drive cause and effect. By blending cutting-edge science with easy-to-understand explanations, Pearl's work helps readers gain a fresh perspective on how we comprehend the world around us and how we can leverage that understanding to build a better future.
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Lynda Gratton, Andrew J. Scott |
Bloomsbury
Publishing
The 100-Year Life : Living and Working in an Age of Longevity
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The 100-Year Life could be a good read for users who are seeking guidance on how to navigate the changing landscape of work and retirement. This book offers practical solutions for rethinking their finances, career, education, and relationships in a world where people are living longer and facing multiple careers. The most unique and distinctive feature is its focus on experimenting with new ways of living, working, and learning to create a shifting balance between work and leisure. This book is a wake-up call that describes what to expect and considers the choices and options that users will face, offering a hopeful and inspiring message for individuals, businesses, and governments alike.
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Gillian Tett
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Random
House
Business
Anthro-Vision - How Anthropology Can Explain Business And Life
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This book could be a good read for anyone curious about the unseen influences that shape our behavior in the corporate world and beyond. Gillian Tett, through the lens of anthropology, exposes the hidden webs of meaning behind our consumer choices and explores the cultural shifts driving sustainable business practices. By weaving anthropology into our lives, this book empowers us to make informed decisions and navigate uncertainty with a fresh perspective.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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Random
House
Trade
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Fooled by Randomness : The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
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Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile,and The Bed of Procrustes.
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Thomas Frank
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Picador
Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?
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From the bestselling author of What's the Matter With Kansas, a scathing look at the standard-bearers of liberal politics -- a book that asks: what's the matter with Democrats?
It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course. But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming. With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank's Listen, Liberal lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party's philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party's old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favored groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals-the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America.
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Michael J. Mauboussin
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Columbia
University
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More Than You Know : Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places
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One of Wall Street's most creative and influential minds offers provocative new ways of thinking about the stock market, investing, and how we make decisions.
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Natalie Berg, Miya Knights |
Kogan
Page
Amazon : How the World's Most Relentless Retailer will Continue to Revolutionize Commerce
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"Amazon" by Natalie Berg is an insightful analysis of the rise of the ecommerce behemoth. The book delves into the disruptive retail strategies of Amazon, providing valuable lessons for any business in the ecommerce sector. Berg analyzes Amazon's cutting-edge innovations, such as voice technology and checkout-free stores, and how they will fundamentally change the way consumers shop. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the future of retail and how Amazon's initiatives will impact the sector."
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Burton G. Malkiel
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W.
W.
Norton
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Company
A Random Walk Down Wall Street - The Time-Tested Strategy For Successful Investing
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The million-copy bestseller, revised and updated with new investment strategies for retirement and the insights of behavioral finance. Updated with a new chapter that draws on behavioral finance, the field that studies the psychology of investment decisions, here is the best-selling, authoritative, and gimmick-free guide to investing. Burton Malkiel evaluates the full range of investment opportunities, from stocks, bonds, and money markets to real estate investment trusts and insurance, home ownership, and tangible assets such as gold and collectibles. This edition includes new strategies for rearranging your portfolio for retirement, along with the book’s classic life-cycle guide to investing, which matches the needs of investors in any age bracket. A Random Walk Down Wall Street long ago established itself as a must-read, the first book to purchase before starting a portfolio. So whether you want to brief yourself on 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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Michael Lewis
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The Premonition - A Pandemic Story
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This book is a must-read for anyone who wants a comprehensive understanding of how the COVID-19 pandemic first began and how it spread around the world. Michael Lewis delivers a gripping chronicle of the early days of COVID-19, and how the US fumbled its response. With powerful storytelling, the book highlights the bravery of people on the front lines and showcases how much we have yet to learn about how to handle pandemics. Highly recommended for anyone interested in public health and healthcare policy.
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Roger Lowenstein
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Random
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When Genius Failed : The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
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Recommendation: This book is a roller-coaster ride that delves into the captivating world of finance and the hubris and failure that comes with it. It uncovers the secrets behind Long-Term Capital Management's incredible success and catastrophic downfall, pointing out the arrogance and certainties of its partners. It serves as a wake-up call for both Wall Street and the government to the dangers of unchecked greed and the potential for market meltdowns. If you're intrigued by the captivating world of finance and want to learn from history's mistakes, this is a must-read.
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Frederik Obermaier, Simon Pare |
Oneworld
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The Panama Papers : Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money
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Late one evening, investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data. Through encrypted channels, he then receives documents revealing how the president of Argentina has sequestered millions of dollars of state money for private use. This is just the beginning. Obermayer and fellow Suddeutsche journalist Frederik Obermaier find themselves immersed in the secret world where complex networks of letterbox companies help the super-rich to hide their money. Faced with the contents of the largest data leak in history, they activate an international network of journalists to follow every possible line of inquiry. Operating in the strictest secrecy for over a year, they uncover cases involving European prime ministers and international dictators, emirs and kings, celebrities and aristocrats. The real-life thriller behind the story of the century, The Panama Papers is an intense, unputdownable account that proves, once and for all, that there exists a small elite living by a different set of rules and blows their secret world wide open.
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Tim Wu
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Knopf
The Attention Merchants - The Epic Scramble To Get Inside Our Heads
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The Attention Merchants is a unique and insightful take on the history of advertising and its effects on society. Tim Wu provides a compelling argument for the importance of paying attention to the attention economy and how it impacts not only our daily lives, but our culture as a whole. This book is definitely a must-read for anyone interested in media, advertising or the internet.
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Malcolm Gladwell
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Little
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Outliers : The Story of Success
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Learn what sets high achievers apart -- from Bill Gates to the Beatles -- in this #1 bestseller from "a singular talent" (New York Times Book Review).In this stunning book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different?His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: that is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing. Along the way he explains the secrets of software billionaires, what it takes to be a great soccer player, why Asians are good at math, and what made the Beatles the greatest rock band.Brilliant and entertaining, Outliers is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
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Dana Mackenzie, Judea Pearl |
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The Book of Why : The New Science of Cause and Effect
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A Turing Award-winning computer scientist and statistician shows how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence"Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and established causality -- the study of cause and effect -- on a firm scientific basis. His work explains how we can know easy things, like whether it was rain or a sprinkler that made a sidewalk wet; and how to answer hard questions, like whether a drug cured an illness. Pearl's work enables us to know not just whether one thing causes another: it lets us explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It shows us the essence of human thought and key to artificial intelligence. Anyone who wants to understand either needs The Book of Why .
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Stuart Jeffries
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Verso
Grand Hotel Abyss : The Lives of the Frankfurt School
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“Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.” — Guardian“An engaging and accessible history.” — New York Review of BooksThis group biography is “an exhilarating page-turner” and “outstanding critical introduction” to the work and legacy of the Frankfurt School, and the great 20th-century thinkers who created it ( Washington Post ).In 1923, a group of young radical German thinkers and intellectuals came together to at Victoria Alle 7, Frankfurt, determined to explain the workings of the modern world. Among the most prominent members of what became the Frankfurt School were the philosophers Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, and Herbert Marcuse. Not only would they change the way we think, but also the subjects we deem worthy of intellectual investigation. Their lives, like their ideas, profoundly, sometimes tragically, reflected and shaped the shattering events of the twentieth century.Grand Hotel Abyss combines biography, philosophy, and storytelling to reveal how the Frankfurt thinkers gathered in hopes of understanding the politics of culture during the rise of fascism. Some of them, forced to escape the horrors of Nazi Germany, later found exile in the United States. Benjamin, with his last great work—the incomplete Arcades Project —in his suitcase, was arrested in Spain and committed suicide when threatened with deportation to Nazi-occupied France. On the other side of the Atlantic, Adorno failed in his bid to become a Hollywood screenwriter, denounced jazz, and even met Charlie Chaplin in Malibu.After the war, there was a resurgence of interest in the School. From the relative comfort of sun-drenched California, Herbert Marcuse wrote the classic One Dimensional Man , which influenced the 1960s counterculture and thinkers such as Angela Davis; while in a tragic coda, Adorno died from a heart attack following confrontations with student radicals in Berlin.By taking popular culture seriously as an object of study—whether it was film, music, ideas, or consumerism—the Frankfurt School elaborated upon the nature and crisis of our mass-produced, mechanized society. Grand Hotel Abyss shows how much these ideas still tell us about our age of social media and runaway consumption.
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Parag Khanna
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W&n
The Future Is Asian : Global Order in the Twenty-first Century
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The book offers a unique perspective of Asia by examining its diverse demographic, geographic, and economic landscape. It delves into the region's technological improvement and showcases how it is reshaping the world. Readers interested in a comprehensive understanding of the future of globalization and Asia's role in it will find this book illuminating.
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Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt |
Viking
How Democracies Die : The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future
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How does a democracy die?What can we do to save our own?What lessons does history teach us?In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before. Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how leaders like Trump subvert them today and what each of us can do to protect our democratic rights. (An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.)
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Anthony Robbins
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Money Master the Game : 7 Steps to Financial Freedom
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This book could be a good read for anyone looking to take control of their finances and achieve financial freedom. Anthony Robbins provides 7 practical steps to break down complex financial concepts and strategies, making them easy to understand and implement. The most unique and distinctive feature of this book is the insights from interviews with some of the most successful investors in the world, providing readers with valuable first-hand advice. Overall, this book provides a comprehensive guide for readers to achieve financial success and security.
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Robert T. Kiyosaki
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Running
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! : Mini edition
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This book is a game-changer for anyone who is tired of living paycheck to paycheck and wants to break free from the shackles of debt. With straightforward advice and captivating storytelling, Robert Kiyosaki teaches you the fundamental principles of building wealth and creating financial freedom. By challenging conventional thinking and offering practical strategies, "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" will inspire you to change your mindset and take control of your financial future. Get ready to learn from a rich dad and let your money work for you!
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Duff McDonald
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The Firm - The Inside Story Of McKinsey, The World's Most Controversial Management Consultancy
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The Firm is an eye-opening read for anyone interested in the inner workings of the world's top management consultancy. Duff McDonald's extensive research uncovers both the positive and negative aspects of McKinsey's influence on businesses and governments. Readers will be intrigued by the previously undocumented workings of McKinsey and its impact on the corporate world.
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded : Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America
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In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the expansion of the world’s middle class through globalization have produced a dangerously unstable planet--one that is "hot, flat, and crowded." In this Release 2.0 edition, he also shows how the very habits that led us to ravage the natural world led to the meltdown of the financial markets and the Great Recession. The challenge of a sustainable way of life presents the United States with an opportunity not only to rebuild its economy, but to lead the world in radically innovating toward cleaner energy. And it could inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by summoning the intelligence, creativity, and concern for the common good that are our greatest national resources. Hot, Flat, and Crowded is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge--and the promise--of the future.
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John Carreyrou
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Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
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The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers.In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work.For years, Holmes had been misleading investors, FDA officials, and her own employees. When Carreyrou, working at The Wall Street Journal, got a tip from a former Theranos employee and started asking questions, both Carreyrou and the Journal were threatened with lawsuits. Undaunted, the newspaper ran the first of dozens of Theranos articles in late 2015. By early 2017, the company's value was zero and Holmes faced potential legal action from the government and her investors. Here is the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a disturbing cautionary tale set amid the bold promises and gold-rush frenzy of Silicon Valley.
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Paul Dolan, Daniel Kahneman |
Plume
Happiness by Design : Change What You Do, Not How You Think
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“Bold and original.” —Daniel Kahneman, PhD, bestselling author of Thinking Fast and Slow There are a slew of books on the market dictating programs for achieving happiness, but Happiness by Design is the first to explain that happiness ultimately depends upon our experience of pleasure and purpose over time—and everyone has their own optimal balance. Combining the latest insights from economics and psychology, renowned behavior expert Paul Dolan, PhD, shows readers how to integrate his ground–breaking paradigm into a practical plan for deciding, designing, and doing the things that bring them true happiness.
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