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The Wealth of a Nation: A History of Trade Politics in America
Don Johnson · Oxford University Press
Pages: 664
Format: Hardcover
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The United States is entering a period of profound uncertainty in the world political economy--an uncertainty which is threatening the liberal economic order that its own statesmen created at the end of the Second World War. The storm surrounding this threat has been ignited by an issue... |
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The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles
GARY KRIST · Crown
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid account of the creation of modern Los Angeles, a city born from the fantasies of strong-willed visionaries, from bestselling author and masterful storyteller Gary Krist. Now in paperback.Little more than a century ago, the southern coast of California was sleepy semi-desert farmland.... |
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Kicks: The Great American Story of Sneakers
Nicholas Smith · Crown
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A cultural history of sneakers, tracing the footprint of one of our most iconic fashions across sports, business, pop culture, and American identityWhen the athletic shoe graduated from the beaches and croquet courts of the wealthy elite to streetwear ubiquity, its journey through the heart... |
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Cousins Maine Lobster: How One Food Truck Became a Multimillion-Dollar Business
Jim Tselikis · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From the co-founders of the smash hit Cousins Maine Lobster food trucks comes a business book revealing to new entrepreneurs how the authors built their brand through integrity and authenticity.In early 2012, Jim Tselikis visited L.A. and met up with his cousin Sabin Lomac. Over a few drinks... |
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The Efficiency Paradox: What Big Data Can't Do
Edward Tenner · Knopf
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A bold challenge to our obsession with efficiency--and a new understanding of how to benefit from the powerful potential of serendipityAlgorithms, multitasking, sharing economy, life hacks: our culture can't get enough of efficiency. One of the great promises of the Internet and big data... |
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Political Risk: How Businesses and Organizations Can Anticipate Global Insecurity
Condoleezza Rice · Twelve
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Political risk -- the chance that political action could impact a company's business -- is changing fast. Here are the essential lessons, corrective measures, and counterintuitive insights for executives, entrepreneurs and investors to navigate an uncertain, volatile world.From New York... |
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
DAVID GRAEBER · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences.Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled... |
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Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged the World
Nomi Prins · Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio
Pages: 1
Format: Audiobook
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A searing exposé of the collusion between central bankers as they control global markets and dictate economic policy.The 2008 financial crisis unleashed a chain reaction that turbo-boosted the influence of central bankers and triggered a massive shift in the world order. Central banks... |
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