A Fabulous DebtRobin Wigglesworth
- Genre: Economics
- Publish Date: September 29, 2026
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
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A Fabulous DebtRobin Wigglesworth
From veteran Financial Times journalist Robin Wigglesworth, an epic history of the debt that built the modern world. Long considered the "boring" corner of finance, bonds are anything but. They have funded everything from the Crusades to climate tech, Netflix series to AI data centers. They are now bigger than the stock market and rival even the global banking system in influence. They are also misunderstood—treated as mere debt, when in fact their form, function, and impact are radically different. In A Fabulous Debt , Robin Wigglesworth— The Financial Times ’ Global Finance Correspondent, and author of the acclaimed Trillions—offers a sweeping, affectionate history of the bond market. From the dyke-builders of 17th-century Holland to the trillion-dollar portfolios of BlackRock, this is a people’s history of finance: rich in drama, full of colorful characters, and bursting with insight. With clarity and wit, Wigglesworth takes readers from medieval Venice to modern Wall Street, tracing how bonds evolved from obscure financial instruments into the invisible architecture of the modern world. Along the way, we meet warlords and water boards, merchant princes and mathematicians, financiers and fraudsters—all of whom helped build the most powerful machine in global finance. This isn’t just a book about the past. It's a guide to the present and future of the financial system—and a love letter to the engine that keeps it running.
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1929Andrew Ross Sorkin
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It is one of the best narrative histories I’ve read.” — The Wall Street Journal A New York Times Notable Book of 2025 • One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2025 • Named a BEST BOOK OF 2025 by The Washington Post , TIME , The Economist , Air Mail , Bloomberg , Fast Company , Katie Couric Media, and History From the bestselling author of Too Big to Fail , “the definitive history of the 2008 banking crisis,” ( The Atlantic ) comes a riveting narrative of the most infamous stock market crash in history—one with ripple effects that still shape our society today. In 1929 , the world watched in shock as the unstoppable Wall Street bull market went into a freefall, wiping out fortunes and igniting a depression that would reshape a generation. But behind the flashing ticker tapes and panicked traders, another drama unfolded—one of visionaries and fraudsters, titans and dreamers, euphoria and ruin. With unparalleled access to historical records and newly uncovered documents, New York Times bestselling author Andrew Ross Sorkin takes readers inside the chaos of the crash, behind the scenes of a raging battle between Wall Street and Washington and the larger-than-life characters whose ambition and naïveté in an endless boom led to disaster. The dizzying highs and brutal lows of this era eerily mirror today’s world—where markets soar, political tensions mount, and the fight over financial influence plays out once again. This is not just a story about money. 1929 is a tale of power, psychology, and the seductive illusion that this time is different. It’s about disregarded alarm bells, financiers who fell from grace, and skeptics who saw the crash coming—only to be dismissed until it was too late. Hailed as a landmark book, Too Big to Fail reimagined how financial crises are told. Now, with 1929 , Sorkin delivers an immersive, electrifying account of the most pivotal market collapse of all time—with lessons that remain as urgent as ever. More than just a history, 1929 is a crucial blueprint for understanding the cycles of speculation, the forces that drive financial upheaval, and the warning signs we ignore at our peril.
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The Everywhere MillionaireOwen Zidar & Eric Zwick
From two leading economists comes a groundbreaking new portrait of the hidden fortunes of Main Street business owners—ordinary Americans who built extraordinary wealth and are quietly rewriting the rules of money and power. Most people think the path to great wealth runs through Wall Street or Silicon Valley. We’re told you must be a Zuckerberg, a Musk, or a Jamie Dimon to get rich. But this story is wrong. Drawing on unprecedented data from a decade of research and vivid real-life stories of entrepreneurs—from a self-made hot-dog stand billionaire to the heirs of an auto dealer—Zidar and Zwick reveal a surprising truth: prosperity is more attainable, more widely distributed, and closer to home than we imagine. A multitude of Americans have built staggering fortunes by running often unglamorous businesses far from the spotlight. A quiet revolution in the business world—the rise of “pass-through” firms like S-corporations and partnerships—supercharged this wealth, channeling vast income directly to business owners rather than traditional corporations. Part economic detective story, part roadmap to riches, this book reveals: —The Hidden 1%: They might be a local beer distributor, a dentist with a regional network of practices, a commercial HVAC contractor with trucks around town, or a restaurateur who keeps opening new locations. For every public company CEO, more than a thousand private business owners each have transformational wealth. — The Blueprint for Wealth: Zidar and Zwick describe where Main Street Millionaires come from, how they grew rich, and how much money they make. Their stories suggest the American Dream is not dead and many paths to prosperity remain open today. — Power Brokers: Armed with their fortunes, Main Street Millionaires wield power in city halls, statehouses, and Washington, often bending policy to protect what they’ve built. They are both growing the economic pie and grabbing bigger slices for themselves. The Everywhere Millionaire celebrates the stories of entrepreneurs who seized opportunities while asking hard questions about how concentrated wealth and power shape society. It is an essential guide to seeing the economy as it really is and recognizing the surprising paths to prosperity—and influence—everywhere.
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The Richest Man in BabylonGeorge S. Clason & GP Editors
'The Richest Man in Babylon' by George S. Clason is a timeless personal finance classic that presents practical lessons on wealth, saving, and financial discipline through engaging parables set in the ancient city of Babylon. Rather than offering complex financial theories, the book uses simple stories and memorable characters to demonstrate that the principles of building wealth remain the same across generations. At the heart of the book is Arkad, the richest man in Babylon, who shares the habits and wisdom that transformed him from an ordinary citizen into a wealthy and respected figure. Through his teachings, readers learn the importance of paying themselves first, living below their means, investing wisely, avoiding unnecessary debt, and seeking sound financial advice. Clason emphasizes that wealth is not created by luck or inheritance but through consistent saving, careful planning, and disciplined decision-making. Each chapter introduces valuable life lessons that extend beyond money. The stories encourage readers to cultivate patience, responsibility, perseverance, and a willingness to keep learning. The book reminds us that financial freedom is built gradually through small, sensible actions repeated over time, rather than through shortcuts or risky schemes. Written in a warm and accessible style, 'The Richest Man in Babylon' continues to inspire readers more than a century after its publication. Its enduring wisdom makes it an essential guide for anyone looking to develop healthy financial habits, achieve long-term prosperity, and build a secure future. Whether you are just beginning your financial journey or seeking to strengthen your money management skills, the book offers timeless advice that remains as relevant today as ever.
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The Big ShortMichael Lewis
The #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading."—Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking. Michael Lewis creates a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 bestseller Liar's Poker. Out of a handful of unlikely-really unlikely-heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our time.
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The New Golden AgeRavi Batra
The New York Times –bestselling author offers hope for a brighter economic future against the political and corporate corruption plaguing society. With a New Afterword by the Author In The New Golden Age , bestselling author and economist Ravi Batra identifies the roadblocks to economic prosperity—and what we need to do to overcome them. Bringing the same insight and expertise that made books like The Downfall of Capitalism and Communism international bestsellers, Batra takes on falling minimum wages, corporate scandals, rocketing oil prices, and many of the other crises facing the world economy. He also offers an expansive, optimistic vision of how the international community can address them and bring about something historically unprecedented: true global economic prosperity.
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Option Volatility and Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques, 2nd EditionSheldon Natenberg
WHAT EVERY OPTION TRADER NEEDS TO KNOW. THE ONE BOOK EVERY TRADER SHOULD OWN. The bestselling Option Volatility & Pricing has made Sheldon Natenberg a widely recognized authority in the option industry. At firms around the world, the text is often the first book that new professional traders aregiven to learn the trading strategies and risk management techniques required for success in option markets. Now, in this revised, updated, and expanded second edition, this thirty-year trading professional presents the most comprehensive guide to advanced trading strategies and techniques now in print. Covering a wide range of topics as diverse and exciting as the marketitself, this text enables both new and experiencedtraders to delve in detail into the many aspects of option markets, including: The foundations of option theory Dynamic hedging Volatility and directional trading strategies Risk analysis Position management Stock index futures and options Volatility contracts Clear, concise, and comprehensive, the second edition of Option Volatility & Pricing is sure to be an important addition to every option trader's library--as invaluable as Natenberg's acclaimed seminars at the world'slargest derivatives exchanges and trading firms. You'll learn how professional option traders approach the market, including the trading strategies and risk management techniques necessary for success. You'll gain afuller understanding of how theoretical pricing models work. And, best of all, you'll learn how to apply the principles of option evaluation to create strategies that, given a trader's assessment of market conditions and trends, have the greatest chance of success. Option trading is both a science and an art. This book shows how to apply both to maximum effect.
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Turning the FlywheelJim Collins
A companion guidebook to the number-one bestselling Good to Great, focused on implementation of the flywheel concept, one of Jim Collins’ most memorable ideas that has been used across industries and the social sectors, and with startups. The key to business success is not a single innovation or one plan. It is the act of turning the flywheel, slowly gaining momentum and eventually reaching a breakthrough. Building upon the flywheel concept introduced in his groundbreaking classic Good to Great, Jim Collins teaches readers how to create their own flywheel, how to accelerate the flywheel’s momentum, and how to stay on the flywheel in shifting markets and during times of turbulence. Combining research from his Good to Great labs and case studies from organizations like Amazon, Vanguard, and the Cleveland Clinic which have turned their flywheels with outstanding results, Collins demonstrates that successful organizations can disrupt the world around them—and reach unprecedented success—by employing the flywheel concept.
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Too Big to FailAndrew Ross Sorkin
NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER • The definitive account of the 2008 economic crisis, from the award-winning financial columnist and founder of DealBook, with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access to the key players on Wall Street and in Washington “ Too Big to Fail is too good to put down. . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in [over] 80 years, and it is told brilliantly.” — The Economist NOW AN HBO FILM One of the most gripping financial stories in decades, Too Big to Fail delivers a blow-by-blow account of the epochal economic crisis that brought the world to the brink. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, Andrew Ross Sorkin re-creates all the drama and turmoil of those turbulent days, revealing never-before-disclosed details and recounting how—motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self-preservation—the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy. This edition has been updated with a new afterword reflecting on the tenth anniversary of the crisis.
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On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary EditionWilliam Zinsser
"On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." —New York Times A beloved classic and the definitive volume on the art of writing nonfiction On Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts, or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you both fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner. With over a million copies in print, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valued resource for writers and would-be writers.
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FreakonomicsSteven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
The legendary bestseller that encouraged millions of readers to look at the hidden side of everything Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What do real estate agents and the KKK have in common? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven D. Levitt is not a typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who uses data analysis to study the riddles of everyday life—from cheating and crime to sports and child-rearing—and whose conclusions turn conventional wisdom on its head. Freakonomics Rev Ed is a groundbreaking collaboration between Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, an award-winning author and journalist. Some of these questions concern life-and-death issues; others have an admittedly freakish quality. Thus the new field of study contained in this book: freakonomics. Through forceful storytelling and wry insight, Levitt and Dubner show that pop economics is, at root, the study of incentives—how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. In Freakonomics Rev Ed , they explore the hidden side of everything. The inner workings of a crack gang. The myths of campaign finance. The telltale marks of a cheating schoolteacher. What unites all these stories is a belief in counterintuitive thinking: that the modern world, despite a great deal of complexity and downright deceit, is not impenetrable, is not unknowable, and—if the right questions are asked—is even more intriguing than we think. All it takes is a new way of looking. Freakonomics Rev Ed establishes this unconventional premise: If morality represents how we would like the world to work, then behavioral economics represents how it actually does work. It is true that readers of this book will be armed with enough riddles and stories to last a thousand cocktail parties. But Freakonomics can provide more than that. It will literally redefine the way we view the modern world. This revised and expanded edition of the book contains a smattering of bonus material, including selected Freakonomics columns from The New York Times Magazine ; a Q&A with Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner, and Angela Duckworth; and the New York Times Magazine profile Dubner wrote about Levitt that started it all. This exploration of the hidden side of everything reveals: Incentives Are Everywhere: Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? It all comes down to understanding how people—from criminals to teachers—respond to economic, social, and moral incentives. Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Discover what schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common, why real estate agents might not have your best interest at heart, and how common knowledge is often completely wrong. Case Studies in Economics: See how sifting through data reveals surprising truths about crime rates, parenting strategies, and more, showing that the modern world is more intriguing than we think. Real-World Economics: Learn which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool, and other riddles of everyday life that demonstrate how economics represents the way the world actually works.
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Why Nations FailDaron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don’t.”— The New York Times FINALIST: Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or 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 our man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or the lack of it). Korea, to take just one example, is a remarkably homogenous 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 small minority? “This book will change the way people think about the wealth and poverty of nations . . . as ambitious as Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel .”— BusinessWeek
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Good To Great And The Social SectorsJim Collins
Building upon the concepts introduced in Good to Great, Jim Collins answers the most commonly asked questions raised by his readers in the social sectors. Using information gathered from interviews with over 100 social sector leaders, Jim Collins shows that his "Level 5 Leader" and other good-to-great principles can help social sector organizations make the leap to greatness.
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Flash BoysMichael Lewis
#1 New York Times Bestseller — With a new Afterword "Guaranteed to make blood boil." —Janet Maslin, New York Times In Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together—some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries—to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits. If you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you.
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Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough & John Helyar
#1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a massive leveraged buyout from investment firm KKR. A book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that created a genre of its own, and a book that gets at the heart of 1980s Wall Street and the culture it helped define, Barbarians at the Gate is a modern classic—a masterpiece of investigative journalism and a rollicking true story of corporate derring-do and financial swordsmanship. The fight to control RJR Nabisco during October and November of 1988 was more than just the largest corporate takeover in Wall Street history. Marked by brazen displays of ego not seen in American business for decades, it became the high point of a new gilded age and its repercussions are still being felt. The tale remains the ultimate story of greed and glory—a real-life corporate drama and a cast of characters that determined the course of global business and redefined how deals would be done and fortunes made in the decades to come. Barbarians at the Gate is the gripping account of these two frenzied months, of powerful deal makers and publicity flaks, of an old-line industrial powerhouse (home of such familiar products as Oreos and Camels) that became the victim of the ruthless and rapacious style of high-stakes finance in the 1980s. As reporters for The Wall Street Journal , Burrough and Helyar had extensive access to all the characters in this M&A drama. They take the reader behind the scenes at strategy meetings and society dinners, into boardrooms and bedrooms, providing an unprecedentedly detailed look at how financial operations at the highest levels are conducted but also a richly textured social history of wealth at the twilight of the Reagan era. At the center of the huge power struggle is RJR Nabisco's president, the high-living Ross Johnson. It's his secret plan to buy out the company that sets the frenzy in motion, attracting the country's leading takeover players: Henry Kravis, the legendary leveraged-buyout king of investment firm KKR, whose entry into the fray sets off an acquisitive commotion; Peter Cohen, CEO of Shearson Lehman Hutton and Johnson's partner, who needs a victory to propel his company to an unchallenged leadership in the lucrative mergers and acquisitions field; the fiercely independent Ted Forstmann, motivated as much by honor as by his rage at the corruption he sees taking over the business he cherishes; Jim Maher and his ragtag team, struggling to regain credibility for the decimated ranks at First Boston; and an army of desperate bankers, lawyers, and accountants, all drawn inexorably to the greatest prize of their careers—and one of the greatest prizes in the history of corporate finance. Written with the bravado of a novel and researched with the diligence of a sweeping cultural history, Barbarians at the Gate is present at the front line of every battle of the campaign. Here is the unforgettable story of that corporate takeover in all its brutality. In a new afterword specially commissioned for the story's 20th anniversary, Burrough and Helyar return to visit the heroes and villains of this epic business saga, tracing the fallout of the deal, charting the subsequent success and failure of those involved, and addressing the incredible impact this story—and the book itself—made on the world.
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PlutocratsChrystia Freeland
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize There has always been some gap between rich and poor in this country, but recently what it means to be rich has changed dramatically. Forget the 1 percent— Plutocrats proves that it is the wealthiest 0.1 percent who are outpacing the rest of us at breakneck speed. Most of these new fortunes are not inherited, amassed instead by perceptive businesspeople who see themselves as deserving victors in a cutthroat international competition. With empathy and intelligence, Plutocrats reveals the consequences of concentrating the world’s wealth into fewer and fewer hands. Propelled by fascinating original interviews with the plutocrats themselves, Plutocrats is a tour de force of social and economic history, the definitive examination of inequality in our time.
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Why the West Rules—for NowIan Morris
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year: "remarkable . . . Anyone who does not believe there are lessons to be learned from history should start right here" ( The Economist ). Around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the energies of steam and coal, and the world was forever changed. The emergence of factories, railroads, and gunboats propelled the West's rise to power in the nineteenth century, and the development of computers and nuclear weapons in the twentieth century secured its global supremacy. Now in the twenty-first century, many worry that the emerging economic power of China and India spells the end of the West as a superpower. In order to understand this possibility, we need to look at history. Why has the West dominated the globe for the past two hundred years? Archaeologist and historian Ian Morris offers surprising new answers. It is not, he reveals, differences of race or culture, or even the strivings of great individuals, that explain Western dominance. It is the effects of geography on the everyday efforts of ordinary people as they deal with crises of resources, disease, migration, and climate. As geography and human ingenuity continue to interact, the world will change in astonishing ways, transforming Western rule in the process. Why the West Rules—for Now spans fifty thousand years of history, bringing together the latest findings across disciplines—from ancient history to neuroscience—not only to explain why the West came to rule the world but also to predict what the future will bring. "Morris is a lucid thinker and a fine writer." ―Orville Schell, The New York Times Book Review "An excellent and amusing survey." ―Jane Smiley, The Washington Post
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Naked MoneyCharles Wheelan
Charles Wheelan’s wonderfully whimsical, best-selling Naked series tackles the weird, surprisingly colorful world of money and banking. Consider the $20 bill. It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bill actually worth twenty dollars? In the third volume of his best-selling Naked series, Charles Wheelan uses this seemingly simple question to open the door to the surprisingly colorful world of money and banking. The search for an answer triggers countless other questions along the way: Why does paper money (“fiat currency” if you want to be fancy) even exist? And why do some nations, like Zimbabwe in the 1990s, print so much of it that it becomes more valuable as toilet paper than as currency? How do central banks use the power of money creation to stop financial crises? Why does most of Europe share a common currency, and why has that arrangement caused so much trouble? And will payment apps, bitcoin, or other new technologies render all of this moot? In Naked Money, Wheelan tackles all of the above and more, showing us how our banking and monetary systems should work in ideal situations and revealing the havoc and suffering caused in real situations by inflation, deflation, illiquidity, and other monetary effects. Throughout, Wheelan’s uniquely bright-eyed, whimsical style brings levity and clarity to a subject often devoid of both. With illuminating stories from Argentina, Zimbabwe, North Korea, America, China, and elsewhere around the globe, Wheelan demystifies the curious world behind the paper in our wallets and the digits in our bank accounts.
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The Anti-Capitalistic MentalityLudwig von Mises
In 1954, after a lifetime of serious theoretical work in economic science, Mises turned his attention to one of the great puzzles of all time: discovering why the intellectuals hate capitalism. The result is this socio-psycho-cultural analysis informed by economic theory. Mises explores answers from a wide variety of angles and discusses the nature of academic institutions, popular culture, and how vices like jealousy and envy affect theory. All play a role in preventing people from seeing the self-evident benefits of economic freedom relative to controls. His comments on the resentment of the intellectuals cut very deeply. Mises shrewdly teases the anticapitalist bias out of contemporary fiction and popular culture generally. In the course of his narrative, he explains aspects of the market that have generally eluded even its defenders. For example, is it true that markets dumb down the culture, exalting trashy novels and movies over higher-brow fare? Mises points out that the tastes of the masses will always and everywhere be lower than those of the educated and cultivated. But, he says, the glory of capitalism is that it brings to every sector what it wants and needs — and more of it than any other system. So, yes, there will be more trash, but also more great work as well. It is a matter of availability: Under socialism, nothing is available. Under capitalism, choice seems nearly infinite. It's remarkable how his narrative applies to our time, even more than when it was written. The style of this volume is more casual than you will find elsewhere. In some sense, it is more thrilling for it. The reader senses that Mises has unleashed a lifetime of frustration here, and shined a very bright light on some dark corners of opinion.
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The Worldly PhilosophersRobert L. Heilbroner
The bestselling classic that examines the history of economic thought from Adam Smith to Karl Marx—“all the economic lore most general readers conceivably could want to know, served up with a flourish” (The New York Times). The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly varied ideas—namely, the search to understand how a capitalist society works. It is a focus never more needed than in this age of confusing economic headlines. In a bold new concluding chapter entitled “The End of the Worldly Philosophy?” Heilbroner reminds us that the word “end” refers to both the purpose and limits of economics. This chapter conveys a concern that today’s increasingly “scientific” economics may overlook fundamental social and political issues that are central to economics. Thus, unlike its predecessors, this new edition provides not just an indispensable illumination of our past but a call to action for our future.
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A arte de gastar dinheiro: Escolhas simples para uma vida equilibrada – Do mesmo autor de "A psicologia financeira"Morgan Housel
Do mesmo autor do best-seller A psicologia financeira. Lições de como aproveitar o poder do dinheiro para viver uma vida mais feliz. O dinheiro pode comprar felicidade? Com certeza. No entanto, é comum confundirmos as expectativas sociais com o que realmente importa e esquecemos que o retorno sobre investimento mais valioso é a paz de espírito. Morgan Housel tem ajudado milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo a repensar a forma como ganham, poupam e investem o próprio dinheiro. Em A arte de gastar dinheiro, ele volta sua atenção para o outro lado da equação: como gastar aquilo que ganhamos. A partir de uma abordagem prática e revigorante, Housel investiga as complexidades que envolvem o dinheiro – inveja, aspirações sociais, identidade e insegurança –, aspectos cruciais que muitas vezes não são abordados nos livros de finanças tradicionais. Em vez de conselhos financeiros padronizados, ele fornece ferramentas psicológicas para você navegar em sua relação pessoal com o dinheiro e otimizar sua felicidade. Munido de novas percepções sobre dinheiro e riqueza, você aprenderá a evitar armadilhas comuns dos gastos, a investir com mais inteligência e a usar todo o potencial do dinheiro para aproveitar a vida com satisfação e significado.
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Bretton Woods: History of a monetary systemMarco Casella
This book provides a historical background of the monetary system of Bretton Woods, whose conference was held in 1944 in order to establish the rules of the commercial and financial relationships between the main industrialized countries of the world.
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CREA TU PROPIA RIQUEZAALEJANDRO C. HOUSEL
¿Y si construir riqueza tuviera menos que ver con la suerte y todo que ver con el conocimiento, la disciplina y la estrategia correcta? Crea Tu Propia Riqueza es una guía práctica e integral diseñada para ayudar a principiantes y a quienes aspiran a invertir a ingresar con confianza en el mundo del mercado de valores y la creación de riqueza a largo plazo. Ya sea que estés comenzando con una pequeña cantidad de dinero o buscando mejorar tu futuro financiero, este libro te proporciona el conocimiento esencial que necesitas para tomar decisiones de inversión informadas y desarrollar una mentalidad enfocada en una prosperidad duradera. En su interior, descubrirás cómo funciona realmente el mercado de valores, cómo identificar inversiones de calidad, gestionar el riesgo con inteligencia y evitar los errores costosos en los que caen muchos inversionistas nuevos. Más importante aún, aprenderás a desarrollar los hábitos, la disciplina y la forma de pensar financieramente que distinguen a los inversionistas exitosos de todos los demás. En lugar de perseguir ganancias rápidas o tendencias arriesgadas, este libro enseña principios comprobados de largo plazo utilizados por inversionistas disciplinados para hacer crecer su riqueza de manera constante con el paso del tiempo. ## Lo que aprenderás en este libro: * Cómo funciona el mercado de valores con un lenguaje sencillo y fácil de entender. * La diferencia entre invertir y especular. * Cómo elegir empresas de calidad y construir un portafolio diversificado. * El poder del interés compuesto y de la inversión a largo plazo. * Las métricas financieras esenciales que todo inversionista debe comprender. * Estrategias prácticas para reducir el riesgo y proteger tu capital. * Los errores más comunes al invertir y cómo evitarlos. * Cómo las emociones influyen en las decisiones financieras y cómo dominarlas. * La mentalidad y los hábitos diarios de las personas financieramente exitosas. * Una hoja de ruta paso a paso para construir riqueza con confianza. Ya sea que tu objetivo sea la libertad financiera, la jubilación anticipada, los ingresos pasivos o simplemente tomar el control de tu dinero, Crea Tu Propia Riqueza te brinda el conocimiento, las herramientas y la confianza para dar el primer paso hacia un futuro financiero más sólido. Tu camino hacia la independencia financiera no comienza con más dinero: comienza con mejores decisiones. Y el mejor momento para empezar a invertir en tu futuro es hoy.
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1873Liaquat Ahamed
A Financial Times Business Book of the Year finalist “The book to read right now [is 1873 ] . . . All of us are reading this.” —Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, The Times (UK) “Superb . . . Ahamed thrillingly brings back to life a boom not unlike today's . . . In the process, he illuminates new ways of thinking about finance.” —Patrick Foulis, Financial Times From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Lords of Finance , a magnificent and timely reckoning with the first truly global financial calamity and the famous banking family at the center of the whirlwind Over the course of the 1850s and 1860s, during the first era of globalization, the world experienced an unprecedented economic boom. Fueling this expansion was an explosion in the global bond market, at the hub of which stood one family—the Rothschilds, arguably the wealthiest banking family in history. While the giant sums of capital provided through the bond market built the railroads, the century’s most transformative investments, the money raised also unleashed a frenzy of speculation, massive overinvestment, and wasteful borrowing by governments. With excessive euphoria leading to disappointed expectations, in the early 1870s the bubble burst. Stock markets from Vienna to New York crashed, and dozens of railroads and many governments defaulted. Financial officials responded by blundering into a precipitous remaking of the global currency system—exacerbating the ensuing economic collapse and setting the stage for decades of a punitive deflation that sparked waves of anti-globalist populism. As Liaquat Ahamed shows us in this enthralling history, the crisis of 1873 was, among other things, a death blow to Reconstruction in the United States and the proximate cause of the Ottoman Empire’s slow death spiral. Ironically, though the Rothschilds had presciently kept a low profile during the bubble, when the deluge came, they were viciously scapegoated as part of a wider hatred directed at “Jewish finance,” a strain of antisemitism that would come to full evil flower during the twentieth century. 1873 is a bird’s-eye reckoning with the full dimension of the crisis, from its buildup to its long aftermath. The Rothschilds and a cast of other witnesses give us the human perspective. And we have a brilliant financial historian’s grasp of the larger forces at play, resulting in a global narrative with thrilling explanatory power.
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Shop DifferentRon Johnson & Zander Nethercutt
The store you know. The story you don’t. When Steve Jobs hired Ron Johnson to create the Apple Store in 2000, conventional wisdom said that the internet would put stores out of business. By the time he left Apple in 2011, Johnson and his team had created the most respected and profitable retail stores in the world. And even then, skeptics were still predicting the death of physical retail. In Shop Different , Johnson reveals how it happened: how he earned Jobs’s trust, how they developed a vision for a store that would win not by selling but by serving, and how he convinced Jobs that the store’s service philosophy should be rooted in something as intangible as love. Johnson then gives readers a new look at Apple’s ascent to the most valuable company in the world; offers an inspiring vision for a future in which retailers win on connection, service, and experience; and shares an honest look at what leads to success—and what can follow. Shop Different is not a traditional business book. It is an insider account of one of the most important retail successes of our time, a guide for anyone trying to lead through technological change, and, in the age of artificial intelligence, a profound reminder of what it means to be human.
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Basic EconomicsThomas Sowell
The bestselling citizen’s guide to economics “Thomas Sowell is the nation’s greatest living economist.” — American Spectator Basic Economics is a citizen’s guide to economics, written for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations. Bestselling economist Thomas Sowell explains the general principles underlying different economic systems: capitalist, socialist, feudal, and so on. In readable language, he shows how to critique economic policies in terms of the incentives they create, rather than the goals they proclaim. With clear explanations of the entire field, from rent control and the rise and fall of businesses to the international balance of payments, this is the first book for anyone who wishes to understand how the economy functions. Drawing on lively examples from around the world and from centuries of history, Sowell explains basic economic principles for the general public in plain English.
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GougedLindsay Owens
“A thrilling true crime story about how the largest corporate monopolies in America have hatched a scheme to pick our pockets. Gouged is the book corporate America does not want you to read.”—Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor A searing exposé of the new tools of corporate profiteering and a field guide to the deceptive tactics companies are using to cheat consumers out of their money—and how we can get ahead of them—from a leading voice in economic policy and executive director of a corporate watchdog think tank Everywhere you turn, Americans are getting ripped off: Online ticket sellers hide behind exorbitant extra fees. Landlords use software to band together and organize artificial rent hikes. Ride-sharing apps spike their fares when it rains. And car companies install software that reports your driving behavior to auto insurance companies so that they can hike your premiums. Surveillance pricing, algorithmic price fixing, and other high-tech forms of price gouging are the latest frontiers in corporate profiteering—and they’re gutting the American economy and your wallet. In Gouged , economic expert and veteran consumer advocate Lindsay Owens takes us inside the corporate boardrooms where pricing decisions are made, uncovering the tricks, traps, and grifts corporations use to jack up the price you pay at checkout. From data collection to drone surveillance, modern technology provides companies a staggering arsenal of sophisticated tools to squeeze as much money out of consumers as possible, resulting in record profits. Drawing on original reporting, shareholder meeting transcripts, and rigorous economic analysis, Owens takes aim at Big Tech behemoths, airlines, health insurance companies, and others to pull back the curtain on how price gouging is coming for almost every line item in your household budget, from doctor visits to rent, groceries to diapers, and even your summer vacation. Gouged arms us with the essential knowledge we need to first recognize, and then sidestep, the traps that corporations try to conceal from us. In a world where price gouging has become ubiquitous, Gouged is necessary reading for anyone looking to stay an informed consumer, save money rather than surrender it to greedy CEOs, and stand up for fair prices in America.
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When Money DiesAdam Fergusson
The classic history of the political and economic devastation wrought by runaway inflation in Weimar Germany—“ brilliant” ( Guardian ) In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless (the exchange rate in December of that year was one dollar to 4,200,000,000,000 marks), the German republic was all but reduced to a barter economy. Expensive cigars, artworks, and jewels were routinely exchanged for staples such as bread; a cinema ticket could be bought for a lump of coal; and a bottle of paraffin for a silk shirt. People watched helplessly as their life savings disappeared and their loved ones starved. Germany's finances descended into chaos, with severe social unrest in its wake. Money may no longer be physically printed and distributed in the voluminous quantities of 1923. However, "quantitative easing," that modern euphemism for surreptitious deficit financing in an electronic era, can no less become an assault on monetary discipline. Whatever the reason for a country's deficit— necessity or profligacy, unwillingness to tax or blindness to expenditure—it is beguiling to suppose that if the day of reckoning is postponed economic recovery will come in time to prevent higher unemployment or deeper recession. What if it does not? Germany in 1923 provides a vivid, compelling, sobering moral tale.
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What the Dog SawMalcolm Gladwell
Delve into this "delightful" ( Bloomberg News ) collection of Malcolm Gladwell's writings from The New Yorker, in which the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia focuses on "minor geniuses" and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience. What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century? In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: The Tipping Point ; Blink ; and Outliers. Now, in What the Dog Saw , he brings together, for the first time, the best of his writing from The New Yorker over the same period. Here is the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill, and the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar Millan, the "dog whisperer" who can calm savage animals with the touch of his hand. He explores intelligence tests and ethnic profiling and "hindsight bias" and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate. "Good writing," Gladwell says in his preface, "does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head." What the Dog Saw is yet another example of the buoyant spirit and unflagging curiosity that have made Malcolm Gladwell our most brilliant investigator of the hidden extraordinary.
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All the Devils Are HereBethany McLean & Joe Nocera
Hailed as "the best business book of 2010" ( Huffington Post ), this New York Times bestseller about the 2008 financial crisis brings the devastation of the Great Recession to life. As soon as the financial crisis erupted, the finger-pointing began. Should the blame fall on Wall Street, Main Street, or Pennsylvania Avenue? On greedy traders, misguided regulators, sleazy subprime companies, cowardly legislators, or clueless home buyers? According to Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, two of America's most acclaimed business journalists, many devils helped bring hell to the economy. All the Devils Are Here goes back several decades to weave the hidden history of the financial crisis in a way no previous book has done. It explores the motivations of everyone from famous CEOs, cabinet secretaries, and politicians to anonymous lenders, borrowers, analysts, and Wall Street traders. It delves into the powerful American mythology of homeownership. And it proves that the crisis ultimately wasn't about finance at all; it was about human nature. Just as McLean's The Smartest Guys in the Room was hailed as the best Enron book on a crowded shelf, so will All the Devils Are Here be remembered for finally making sense of the financial meltdown and its consequences.
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The Sovereign IndividualJames Dale Davidson
Now featuring a new preface by Peter Thiel Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoning bring to light both currents of disaster and the potential for prosperity and renewal in the face of radical changes in human history as we move into the next century. The Sovereign Individual details strategies necessary for adapting financially to the next phase of Western civilization. Few observers of the late twentieth century have their fingers so presciently on the pulse of the global political and economic realignment ushering in the new millennium as do James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. Their bold prediction of disaster on Wall Street in Blood in the Streets was borne out by Black Tuesday. In their ensuing bestseller, The Great Reckoning, published just weeks before the coup attempt against Gorbachev, they analyzed the pending collapse of the Soviet Union and foretold the civil war in Yugoslavia and other events that have proved to be among the most searing developments of the past few years. In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries—the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed "the fourth stage of human society," will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government. This outstanding book will replace false hopes and fictions with new understanding and clarified values.
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2029: The End of AmericaPorter Stansberry
The financial system is changing. Will you recognize the warning signs before the rules change around you? For decades, the United States dollar has powered global trade, supported American prosperity, and allowed governments, businesses, and households to borrow on an extraordinary scale. But rising debt, persistent inflation, weakening confidence, geopolitical rivalry, banking stress, and the worldwide movement away from complete dollar dependence are placing growing pressure on that system. The dollar still dominates global finance—but dominance does not last automatically. 2029: The End of America explains how the modern monetary system works, why its weaknesses are becoming harder to ignore, and what a global financial reset could mean for ordinary people. It separates realistic economic risks from dramatic collapse predictions, helping you understand the difference between the end of a financial era and the end of a nation. This is not a book about panic. It is a practical guide to understanding monetary change, protecting your purchasing power, reducing financial vulnerability, and preparing your household for inflation, recession, banking disruption, currency decline, or major policy reform. You will stop guessing about what terms such as debt monetization, financial repression, de-dollarization, quantitative easing, and monetary reset actually mean. You will learn how debt, interest rates, central-bank intervention, reserve currencies, gold, Bitcoin, and digital money are connected—and why those connections may shape your financial future. Inside, you’ll learn: • How paper money evolved and why every fiat system depends on public trust • How America built the dollar-centered global financial system • What changed when the dollar was separated from gold • Why federal debt and rising interest costs could become increasingly difficult to manage • How central-bank policies inflated stocks, bonds, property, and other financial assets • Why inflation weakens wages, savings, retirement income, and the middle class • How de-dollarization, BRICS cooperation, local-currency trade, and central-bank gold buying could reshape global finance • The strengths and weaknesses of gold, Bitcoin, stablecoins, and central-bank digital currencies • Why 2029 may represent an important financial risk horizon rather than a guaranteed collapse date • What a formal or gradual monetary reset could look like • How inflation, debt restructuring, capital controls, digital money, and financial repression may affect households • What could happen to salaries, savings, mortgages, pensions, stocks, bonds, and property during monetary change • How to assess your personal debt, banking, income, retirement, and investment vulnerabilities • How to build emergency liquidity without keeping too much wealth in cash • How to diversify across financial institutions, asset classes, currencies, and income sources • How to protect important accounts, documents, beneficiaries, and family finances • Which economic warning signs deserve attention—and which headlines should not cause panic • How to build a thirty-day action plan, a one-year protection plan, and a five-year wealth-resilience strategy This book also includes practical assessments, checklists, monitoring tools, financial-resilience exercises, an essential monetary glossary, and important questions to ask financial, legal, tax, insurance, and retirement professionals. The promise of this book is simple: you do not need to predict the exact date of the next crisis to become better prepared for it. You need a clearer understanding of risk. You need stronger financial foundations. You need enough liquidity, flexibility, knowledge, and productive capacity to preserve your choices when conditions change. America is changing, but its future is not yet written. The end of unquestioned dollar dominance would not necessarily mean the end of the country. It could become a period of pai
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Lights OutThomas Gryta & Ted Mann
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "If you’re in any kind of leadership role—whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else—there’s a lot you can learn here."—Bill Gates, Gates Notes How could General Electric—perhaps America’s most iconic corporation—suffer such a swift and sudden fall from grace? This is the definitive corporate history of General Electric’s epic decline, as told by the two Wall Street Journal reporters who covered its fall. Since its founding in 1892, GE has been more than just a corporation. For generations, it was job security, a solidly safe investment, and an elite business education for top managers. GE electrified America, powering everything from lightbulbs to turbines, and became fully integrated into the American societal mindset as few companies ever had. And after two decades of leadership under legendary CEO Jack Welch, GE entered the twenty-first century as America’s most valuable corporation. Yet, fewer than two decades later, the GE of old was gone. Lights Out examines the complexities of CEO succession as Welch’s handpicked successor, Jeff Immelt, tried to fix flaws in Welch’s profit machine, while stumbling headlong into mistakes of his own. In the end, GE’s traditional win-at-all-costs driven culture seemed to lose its direction, which ultimately caused the company’s decline on both a personal and organizational scale. Lights Out details how one of America’s all-time great companies has been reduced to a business cautionary tale for our times. This gripping work of investigative journalism details the pivotal moments and fatal decisions behind the fall: Leadership Failure: Go behind the scenes as Jack Welch’s handpicked successor, Jeff Immelt, confronts a flawed profit machine and makes a series of his own costly mistakes. A Corrosive Corporate Culture: Uncover how GE’s celebrated win-at-all-costs mentality ultimately eroded its direction and led to an organizational crisis. Financial Engineering Unmasked: Follow the Wall Street Journal reporters who first uncovered the accounting tricks that masked deep-seated problems for years. Decline of an American Icon: Witness the stunningly swift fall from grace of a company that once electrified America and was considered a bastion of job security and safe investment.
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Built to LastJim Collins & Jerry I. Porras
"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor 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 Jim Collins and Jerry 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 out-standing 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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The Next China Is Still ChinaJoe Ngai & Nick Leung
A revelatory, insight-filled playbook for doing business in China and a probing look at why the country, despite the challenges it faces, still possesses unrivaled prospects for growth and entrepreneurial opportunity—by two leaders who, over the course of decades, have taken turns helming McKinsey’s management consulting practice in China. In just forty years, China has transformed from a closed economy into a global powerhouse. Riding the tailwinds of its massive labor supply, aggressive infrastructure investment, and ingrained work ethic, the nation became a haven of opportunity. However, more recently, shifting demographics, less torrid growth, and an increasingly complex geopolitical environment have caused some to wonder: Where lies the next China? The authors of this book have a bold and unequivocal answer: the next China is still China. There is no substitute for the Chinese market. China accounts for a staggering 30% of global manufacturing and 18% of global GDP, surpassing the European Union and trailing only the United States. With nearly five million STEM graduates each year (more than the total number of US degree graduates across all fields!), China is well-positioned in an era of technological automation, artificial intelligence, and data-powered innovation. However, the strategies that once propelled businesses to success in China are no longer sufficient. A new playbook is needed. The Next China Is Still China will answer a range of provocative questions, including: -Will China with its aging population fall into a Japan-style stagnation, or can it maintain its superpower trajectory? -What is exciting about the country’s vaunted “China speed,” and how can multinationals continue leveraging it for outsized profits? -What is the key to pleasing China’s “hyper-switching” consumers who have little brand loyalty? -Amid rising nationalism and geopolitical risk, should global firms rethink their China presence or, instead, double down? -As America’s tech giants make massive investment in AI, can China’s fast-adapting innovation ecosystem keep up? The Next China Is Still China upends conventional wisdom, providing fresh actionable strategies for winning in the years ahead.
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Anatomy of the StateMurray Rothbard
Murray Rothbard was known as the state's greatest living enemy, and this book is his most succinct and powerful statement on the topic. He explains what a state is and what it is not. He shows how it is an institution that violates all that we hold as honest and moral, and how it operates under a false cover. He shows how the state wrecks freedom, destroys civilization, and threatens all lives and property and social well being, all under the veneer of "good intentions."
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Louder Than Words (Enhanced Edition) (Enhanced Edition)Joe Navarro & Toni Sciarra Poynter
“ Louder Than Words takes us from an understanding of nonverbal behavior to an understanding of something far more valuable for success—nonverbal intelligence.” — Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence: Science and Practice “Joe Navarro brings together the art and science of nonverbal communications for the business sector with the edge of a former FBI agent and the insight of a world-class observer.” — Jack Canfield, co-author of The Success Principles Joe Navarro, bestselling author of What Every Body Is Saying and Phil Hellmuth Presents Read ‘Em and Reap and former FBI agent specializing in behavioral analysis, helps you successfully navigate the business world by training your brain to see what others are feeling, thinking, or intending, giving you a critical edge in your communication skills and leadership potential. Job hunters and professionals of every ilk—as well as fans of the hit FOX television series Lie to Me —will find many helpful and effective tips to reading body language and microexpressions in Louder than Words . Unlock the same observation skills used by the FBI to gain a superlative edge in your career: Nonverbal Intelligence: Go beyond simple body language to master the subtle cues that reveal what clients, colleagues, and competitors are truly thinking. The Comfort/Discomfort Paradigm: Learn the former FBI agent’s foundational technique for instantly assessing any situation and gauging a person’s true feelings and intentions. Master Your First Impression: Discover how to manage your own nonverbals—from your handshake to your digital presence—to convey confidence, authority, and empathy. Reading People Accurately: Decode microexpressions and other tells to identify points of concern, build trust, and gain a powerful advantage in any negotiation or interaction.
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Bien comúnMariana Mazzucato
Un cambio radical en la concepción del bien común. Uno de los libros más ambiciosos y apremiantes de la economista Mariana Mazzucato. «Mazzucato aporta la visión,la ambición y la imaginación que de forma tan desesperada les hace falta hoy a los gobiernos.» The Guardian «Esta economista tiene un plan para arreglar el capitalismo. Ha llegado la hora de escucharla.» Wired Nuestro sistema económico está roto. La crisis climática se acelera. La desigualdad se agrava. La confianza en las instituciones se desmorona. La riqueza se concentra cada vez en menos manos mientras los gobiernos intentan reparar aquello que los mercados no pueden resolver, en lugar de darles forma desde el principio. Durante demasiado tiempo, la economía ha concebido el «bien» —ya sean los bienes públicos o comunes— como un mero mecanismo para corregir los fallos del mercado o del Estado. Esta visión nos condena a un ciclo interminable de reacción: parcheamos problemas en vez de construir deliberadamente la economía que necesitamos. En Bien común , Mariana Mazzucato desarrolla las ideas que la han hecho célebre —el Estado emprendedor y las políticas orientadas a misiones concretas— para formular una nueva teoría del bien común: un modelo que permita a gobiernos y empresas establecer relaciones económicas con propósito, generar valor y crear espacios donde las personas puedan prosperar. Repleto de ejemplos reveladores procedentes del mundo real —desde la gestión del agua hasta la transformación de la contratación pública y las finanzas—, este libro ofrece una práctica «brújula del bien común» para reinventar la economía y un manifiesto para ponerla al servicio de las personas y del planeta. Una propuesta más necesaria que nunca. La crítica ha dicho: «Un gran libro sobre cómo reconstruir la economía y nuestra sociedad situando el bien común en el centro. Una lectura imprescindible.» Thomas Piketty «Una lectura obligada para cualquiera que luche por un futuro mejor.» Isabella Weber «[Mazzucato] ofrece algo que la política de centroizquierda contemporánea necesita desesperadamente: no solo políticas, sino un relato sobre cuál debe ser el propósito de los gobiernos.» New Statesman «Ambicioso. Un alegato a favor de una reconstrucción radical de nuestras economías de acuerdo con el bien común.» Financial Times , Los mejores libros del verano de 2026 «Mazzucato sostiene que las personas pueden participar activamente en la configuración de las decisiones económicas, en lugar de limitarse a soportar sus consecuencias.» Nature «En un mundo cada vez más marcado por el pesimismo y el miedo, este libro ofrece una perspectiva positiva muy necesaria sobre cómo orientar las economías hacia el bien común.» Jayati Ghosh «Pocos pensadores económicos han expuesto con tanta claridad las deficiencias del pensamiento económico convencional, ni han propuesto una visión tan ambiciosa y aplicable para avanzar juntos.» Heather Boushey Sobre Mariana Mazzucato: «Creo que [su visión] puede ayudarnos a pensar el futuro.» Papa Francisco «Mariana Mazzucato quiere que los progresistas hablen menos de redistribuir la riqueza y más de cómo crearla. Y los políticos de todo el mundo la están escuchando.» The New York Times «Es el tipo de voz crítica y constructiva que el capitalismo necesita.» Philip Collins, The Times
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How Money WorksDK
It makes the world go round, but money can truly be an enigma. DK's visual approach breaks new ground. In graphics, charts, and diagrams, How Money Works demystifies processes and answers the hundreds of financial questions we all have. Money facilitates the billions of transactions that take place every day across the globe. Using 'need to know' boxes, step-by-step diagrams, and other eye-catching visuals, How Money Works shows you how this is possible. It explains economic theories, how governments raise and control money, what goes on in the stock exchange, how analysts predict where shares are heading, and many other issues. It busts jargon, explaining terms such as quantitative easing, cash flow, bonds, superannuation, and the open market. Our forefathers may have used simple bartering to exchange goods and services, but today we depend on complicated financial instruments for pensions, life assurance, mortgages, and more. How Money Works explains how these work, as well as how to avoid on-line fraud and where to invest. With information on the latest forms of funding and currencies such as Bitcoin, this comprehensive book will fast track you to financial literacy and getting the most from your hard-won cash.
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Development as FreedomAmartya Sen
By the winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Economics, an essential and paradigm-altering framework for understanding economic development--for both rich and poor--in the twenty-first century. Freedom, Sen argues, is both the end and most efficient means of sustaining economic life and the key to securing the general welfare of the world's entire population. Releasing the idea of individual freedom from association with any particular historical, intellectual, political, or religious tradition, Sen clearly demonstrates its current applicability and possibilities. In the new global economy, where, despite unprecedented increases in overall opulence, the contemporary world denies elementary freedoms to vast numbers--perhaps even the majority of people--he concludes, it is still possible to practically and optimistically restain a sense of social accountability. Development as Freedom is essential reading.
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Dollars and SexMarina Adshade
Like Freakonomics, Dollars and Sex takes economics and converts it into a sexy science by applying the principles of supply and demand, and other market forces, to matters of love, courtship, sex, and marriage. As she does in her hugely popular blog, author Marina Adshade explores the marketplace for sex and love using research, economic analysis, and humor to reveal just how central the interplay of libido, gender, love, power, and economic forces is to the most important choices we make in our lives. Call it "Sexonomics."
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NeuroSellingJeff Bloomfield
Your business lives and dies by your customer conversations. Shouldn’t you have those down to a science? If you’re tired of having to justify your price...of offering discounts to close the deal...of long sales cycles...of customers who can’t seem to make a decision, then you need NeuroSelling®, the only customer conversation tool grounded in neuroscience and behavioral psychology. But NeuroSelling® is more than just theory—it’s a step-by-step, practical communication methodology honed by years of field experience, resulting in millions in new revenue in industries as diverse as biotech, financial services, manufacturing, and engineering. Start communicating in a way that: -Builds personal and professional trust faster -Naturally drives urgency to buy -Creates an automatic commitment to change In this book, you’ll also read the stories of a sales rep who went from the bottom half of his sales organization to becoming rep of the year, as well as the dark-horse executive candidate who became CEO, chosen over three more experienced leaders. No matter your situation, successful selling begins and ends with the customer conversation.
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Ninja FutureGary Shapiro
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Ninja Future is an essential read for businesses and individuals striving to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving world: Gary Shapiro, a leading voice in business leadership and the president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, casts his eye toward the future, charting how the innovative technologies of today will transform not only the way business is done but society itself. During his more than three decades at the head of the Consumer Technology Association, Gary Shapiro has witnessed, and been a part of, one of the most extraordinary periods of technological change and business disruption in human history. Today’s world is almost unrecognizable from that of just a decade or two before: in just a few short years, the internet has already transformed how we access information, purchase goods, get from place to place, and do our jobs. And even greater changes are on the horizon. In Ninja Future , Shapiro explains the evolving technological landscape, the future of business, and breakthroughs underway now and those we can only envision. New innovations such as self-driving vehicles, blockchain, 5G, the Internet of Things, and countless others will forever change the economy as we know it. Shapiro uses case studies to identify companies and countries addressing today’s challenges particularly well—and relates lessons from those that have stumbled. Drawing on the insights he has gleaned as a martial arts black belt, he shows how businesses can move to succeed in today’s turbulent environment by adopting the mindset of “ninjas”—adapting to technological change to capitalize on opportunities at lightning speed. How can you and your business adapt and thrive in an age of unprecedented disruption? Innovation Strategy: Learn to adopt the mindset of a “ninja”—adapting to change and capitalizing on opportunities with the insights gleaned from a martial arts black belt. Disruptive Technology: An insider’s look at the innovations that will define the next decade, from self-driving vehicles and the Internet of Things to AI, blockchain, and 5G. Global Economy: Explore case studies of the companies and countries that are successfully preparing for the future—and the essential lessons from those that have failed. Business Resilience: Actionable principles for individuals and businesses striving to remain competitive in a turbulent and rapidly evolving world, from the head of the Consumer Technology Association.
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EconomicsKnowledge flow
★★★★★LEARNING STARTS WITH VIEWING THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY. ★★★★★ Knowledge flow — A mobile learning platform provides Apps and Books. Knowledge flow provides learning book of Economics . This book is for all art, commerce and management students, teachers and professional across the world. This economics book covers the types of market and economics, elasticity of demand and supply and other key concepts of economics in a very efficient way. Contents: Introduction of Economics, Types of Economics, Types of market, Price discrimination, Giffen's good, Surplus, Supply and Demand, Elasticity of Demand, Equilibrium, GDP. To find more education books, visit here http://knowledgeflow.in/books.
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Economics For DummiesSean Masaki Flynn
Learn the basics of economics and keep up to date on our ever-changing economy Whether you’re studying economics in high school or college, or you’re just interested in taking a peek into the complexities of how money moves, Economics For Dummies is the go-to reference that transforms complex economic concepts into easy-to-understand reading. With the simple explanations in this book, you’ll master key topics like supply and demand, consumer behavior, and how governments and central banks attempt to avoid—or at least ameliorate—business downturns and recessions. Plus, you’ll learn what’s going on these days with inflation, interest rates, labor shortages, and the Federal Reserve. Studying for an exam? This Dummies guide has your back, with online practice and chapter quizzes to help you get the score you need. It’s time to recon econ, the Dummies way. Get a grasp on the unchanging fundamentals of economics Dive into behavioral economics and consumer decision making Learn what drives economic growth and inequality Solidify your knowledge with practice questions and quizzes Economics For Dummies is an approachable reference book for students, as well as an informative guide for anyone interested in learning more about today’s economy.
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The Federal ReserveStephen H. Axilrod
The Federal Reserve System--the central bank of the United States, better known as The Fed--has never been more controversial. Criticism has reached such levels that Congressman Ron Paul, contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, published End the Fed, with blurbs from musician Arlo Guthrie and actor Vince Vaughn. And yet, amid a slow economy and partisan gridlock, the Fed has never been more important. Stephen H. Axilrod explains this influential agency-its powers, operations, how it sets policy-in The Federal Reserve, a timely addition to Oxford's acclaimed series, What Everyone Needs to Know®. Of the two major governmental tools for shaping the economy, Congress controls fiscal policy-taxation and spending-and the Fed makes monetary policy-influencing how much money circulates in the economy, and how quickly. Traditionally the Fed has relied on three instruments: open-market operations (buying and selling U.S. bonds), lending to banks, and setting reserve requirements on bank deposits. It also helps to regulate the financial system. Drawing on years of experience inside the Federal Reserve System, Axilrod shows how these tools actually work, and answers a series of increasingly detailed questions in the series format. He asks, for instance, if the system of regional Fed banks needs modification for today's technological landscape; if there is corruption in the Fed's governance; what happens to profits from its operations; the impact of political pressure; the extent of Congressional oversight; and just how independent it truly is. Whether discussing the Fed's balance sheet through the financial crisis of 2008 and beyond, the federal funds rate, or the international context, Axilrod displays a mastery of his subject. Coming in time for the Fed's 100th anniversary in 2013, this book deftly explains an institution that every American needs to understand. What Everyone Needs to Know® is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press.
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Good as GoldJudy Shelton
From financial crises, to pandemic price-spikes, to recurring cycles of inflation, everyone agrees: the economy has seen better days. But as soon as pundits and politicians start discussing economics, things get murky. Most books ask more questions than they answer. Most books...but not this one. Judy Shelton —Senior Fellow at Independent Institute, former Chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy, and critically acclaimed monetary economist—has written a book with answers. And not a moment too soon. With clarity and moral courage, Shelton charts the course to a brighter future. She’s one of the few economists bold enough to challenge the inflationary policies of the Federal Reserve, emphasizing how today’s policies enrich elites at the expense of—you guessed it—poor and middle-class Americans. This, Shelton insists, must end. And it can end—easily. But Shelton doesn’t stop there. Her vision is for not only America but also for people around the world. Global, economic upliftment, she insists, need not come at the expense of domestic prosperity. We can have both—but not without a sound and stable U.S. currency. And history is very clear on this point. When the U.S. dollar is backed by gold, America prospers, and so does the rest of the world. In this book, Shelton casts a powerful vision that is as revolutionary as it is time-tested...a vision that shows how the future American dollar can perform as good as gold... ...or even better. But this is no curmudgeonly demand to return to the gold standard of yore. Neither is it a demand to return to the Bretton Woods era. Instead, Shelton offers something new: an explanation of how we can use gold for a new international monetary order. Step by step, she lays out how gold can provide a universal measure of value across borders, create new financial opportunities, and dramatically increase prosperity around the world. If you care about the poor, rich, and everyone in between, you have to read this book ... and discover: · how price stability functions as the foundation for productive economic growth; · how political freedom and economic freedom are fundamentally linked ... and how one cannot exist without the other; · how to reconcile the stability of America’s domestic currency in a global context; · the proper role of government in the economy; · and much, much more ... Writing with a sober but hopeful voice, Shelton is no ordinary economist. With grace, intellectual rigor, and unmatched passion, this book is a must-read for anyone invested in the future of the American—and global—economy. You'll walk away with more answers than questions—a rare experience for anyone who reads about monetary policy.
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Багатий тато, бідний татоMyriam M'Barki
У книзі "Багатий тато - бідний тато" американський бізнесмен Роберт Кіосакі підкреслює, що багатство ґрунтується на кількох базових принципах, якими часто нехтують на користь гарної освіти та наполегливої праці, а це означає, що більшість людей ніколи не вирвуться з щурячих перегонів. Цей чіткий і детальний виклад та аналіз є цінним ресурсом для всіх, хто хоче зрозуміти революційну книгу Кійосакі: він містить ретельне пояснення його філософії бізнесу, основних концепцій, що лежать в основі його роботи, таких як його погляд на грошові потоки і його наполягання на необхідності діяти, а також контекстуальне тло його роботи, в тому числі прихід нового тисячоліття. Вона також містить вступ до ключових концепцій, які він пропонує для того, щоб вирватися зі щурячих перегонів, основні критичні зауваження до його роботи та потенційне розширення його підходу, даючи вам все необхідне, щоб зрозуміти цю безцінну книгу всього за 50 хвилин. Про книгу "Багатий тато - бідний тато": Книга "Багатий тато - бідний тато" виникла з бажання Кійосакі заробляти гроші і його взаємодії з двома основними батьками в його житті: біологічним, або бідним, батьком і батьком-фігурою, або багатим, батьком. Хоча спочатку автор був змушений сам видати "Багатий тато - бідний тато", книга мала приголомшливий успіх, продавшись накладом понад 26 мільйонів примірників і була схвалена низкою знаменитостей, в тому числі медіа-магнатом Опрою Вінфрі і президентом Дональдом Трампом. Про Роберта Кіосакі: Роберт Кійосакі народився на Гаваях у 1947 році в сім'ї японсько-американських батьків. Він усвідомив нерівність у майновому становищі з юних років, із заздрістю дивлячись на багатьох своїх однокласників, які явно мали рівень життя, набагато вищий за його власний. Він і його друг Майк вирішили, що не дозволять своєму скромному походженню стримувати їх у житті, вирішивши бути якомога успішнішими. Згодом Майк успадкував бізнес свого батька, а Роберт став мультимільйонером і шанованим бізнесменом
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The Israeli EconomyJoseph Zeira
An authoritative economic history of Israel from its founding to the present In 1922, there were ninety thousand Jews in Palestine, a small country in a poor and volatile region. Today, Israel has a population of nine million and is one of the richest countries in the world. The Israeli Economy tells the story of this remarkable transformation, shedding critical new light on Israel's rapid economic growth. Joseph Zeira takes readers from those early days to today, describing how Israel's economic development occurred amid intense fighting with the Palestinians and neighboring Arab countries. He reveals how the new state's astonishing growth continued into the early 1970s, and traces this growth to public investment in education and to large foreign transfers. Zeira analyzes the costs of the Arab-Israeli conflict, demonstrating how economic output could be vastly greater with a comprehensive peace. He discusses how Israel went through intensive neoliberal economic policies in recent decades, and shows how these policies not only failed to enhance economic performance, but led to significant social inequality. Based on more than two decades of groundbreaking research, The Israeli Economy is an in-depth survey of a modern economy that has experienced rapid growth, wars, immigration waves, and other significant shocks. It thus offers important lessons for nations around the world.
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The Classic Collection of William Stanley Jevons. IllustratedWilliam Stanley Jevons
The Classic Collection of William Stanley Jevons brings together several of the most influential works by William Stanley Jevons, one of the pioneers of modern economic theory and scientific methodology. This illustrated edition includes important writings such as The Coal Question, The Principles of Science, The Theory of Political Economy, and Money and the Mechanism of Exchange, along with other notable essays and studies. Jevons played a crucial role in shaping the development of modern economics, particularly through his work on marginal utility and economic value. In The Theory of Political Economy, he presents groundbreaking ideas that helped transform economics into a more analytical and mathematical discipline. In Money and the Mechanism of Exchange, he explains the nature and functions of money in a clear and accessible way, while The Coal Question examines the relationship between energy resources, industrial growth, and the long-term sustainability of economic development. Beyond economics, Jevons also made significant contributions to logic and scientific reasoning, which are explored in The Principles of Science. Together, these works offer a fascinating insight into the intellectual legacy of a thinker whose ideas continue to influence economics, finance, and the philosophy of science. Contents: -The Coal Question -The Principles of Science -Political economy -Money and the Mechanism of Exchange