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A First-Class Catastrophe: The Road to Black Monday, the Worst Day in Wall Street History
DIANA B HENRIQUES · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive account of the crash of 1987, a cautionary tale of how the U.S. financial system nearly collapsed--from the bestselling author of The Wizard of LiesMonday, October 19, 1987, was by far the worst day in Wall Street history. The market fell 22.6 percent - almost twice as bad as the worst... |
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Nolo's Patents for Beginners: Quick & Legal
David Pressman · NOLO
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
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A brilliantly clear and up-to-date patent guide Patent law is changing, and this bestselling primer on patent law has up-to-date information on the America Invents Act, the most important change to American patent law in two centuries. Packed with detailed information, Nolo's Patents... |
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Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
ROBERT KUTTNER · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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One of our leading social critics recounts capitalism's finest hour, and shows us how we might achieve it once again.In the past few decades, the wages of most workers have stagnated, even as productivity increased. Social supports have been cut, while corporations have achieved record... |
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No More Work: Why Full Employment Is a Bad Idea
James Livingston · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
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For centuries we've believed that work was where you learned discipline, initiative, honesty, self-reliance--in a word, character. A job was also, and not incidentally, the source of your income: if you didn't work, you didn't eat, or else you were stealing from someone. If only you worked... |
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The Innovator's Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization
Nathan Furr · Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever come up with an idea for a new product or service but didn’t take any action because you thought it would be too risky? Or at work, have you had what you thought could be a big idea for your company—perhaps changing the way you develop or distribute a product, provide... |
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The Anatomy of Inequality: Its Social and Economic Origins- and Solutions
Per Molander · Melville House
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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From a country with one of the world's lowest rates of income and social inequality comes a clear-eyed and timeless account that recalls Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. In The Anatomy of Inequality, Swedish analyst Per Molander examines the development of social... |
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Double Bind: Women on Ambition
Robin Romm · Liveright
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Breaking the last feminist taboo--once and for all.Even as toweringly successful women from Gloria Steinem to Beyoncé embrace the word "feminism," the word "ambition," for many, remains loaded with ambivalence. Women who are naturally driven and goal-oriented shy away... |
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Trajectory: 7 Career Strategies to Take You from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
David L. Van Rooy Ph.D. · Amacom Books
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
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When the economy's difficult and jobs aren't secure, people tend to focus on the short term ...on survival. But what they don't grasp is how their current position could be a springboard to their next position - or even the one after that. Caught between a fear of failure and a desire... |
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