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Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

ADAM TOOZE · Viking
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover

From a prizewinning economic historian, an eye-opening reinterpretation of the 2008 economic crisis (and its ten-year aftermath) as a global event that directly led to the shockwaves being felt around the world today.In September 2008 President George Bush could still describe the financial...
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Capitalism in America: A History

Alan Greenspan · Penguin Press
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen.From even the start of his fabled...
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Man Out: Men on the Sidelines of American Life

Andrew L. Yarrow · Brookings Institution Press
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

The story of men who are hurting -- and hurting America by their absenceMan Out describes the millions of men on the sidelines of life in the United States. Many of them have been pushed out of the mainstream because of an economy and society where the odds are stacked against them; others...
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

Jason Fried · HarperBusiness
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In this timely manifesto, the authors of the New York Times bestseller Rework broadly reject the prevailing notion that long hours, aggressive hustle, and "whatever it takes" are required to run a successful business today.In Rework, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson introduced...
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The Fifth Risk

Michael Lewis · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works?"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments,...
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Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side

Howard S Marks · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

One of the most successful Wall Street investors of all time provides practical insight and keen analysis on how to track, and react to, the ups and downs of the stock market. Marks reveals the hidden logic in carefully pinpointing market trends so that every investor can profit."When...
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Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

Jake Knapp · Currency
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"A charming manifesto - as well as an intrepid do-it-yourself guide to building smart habits that stick. If you want to achieve more (without going nuts) , read this book." - Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better From the New York...
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AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

Kai-Fu Lee · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Here are two well-known facts: Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the world as we know it. The United States has long been, and remains, the global leader in AI. That first fact is correct. But in his provocative new book, Dr. Kai-Fu Lee - one of the world's most respected...
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Fins: Harley Earl, the Rise of General Motors, and the Glory Days of Detroit

William Knoedelseder · HarperBusiness
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile...
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Imperfect Courage: Live a Life of Purpose by Leaving Comfort and Going Scared

Jessica Honegger · WaterBrook
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The founder of the popular fair trade jewelry brand Noonday Collection shares her story of starting the rapid-growing business that impacts over 4,400 artisans in vulnerable communities across the globe and invites readers on a journey of transformation, challenging them to trade their...
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