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Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture
Joel Waldfogel · Princeton University Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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How digital technology is upending the traditional creative industries -- and why that might be a good thingThe digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries -- music, publishing, television, and the movies. The ease with which digital files can be copied and distributed... |
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An Accident of Geography: Compassion, Innovation and the Fight Against Poverty
Richard Blum · Greenleaf Book Group Llc
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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Advances in global development have helped lift hundreds of millions of people from poverty in recent decades, but major challenges in fighting poverty remain. Billions of people continue to have little or no access to the basic necessities of life: clean water, food, shelter, education,... |
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The Sniper Mind: Eliminate Fear, Deal with Uncertainty, and Make Better Decisions
Dave Amerland · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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Snipers are exceptional. The trained sniper is a complex fusion of hard skills such as weapons knowledge, situational awareness, knowledge of ballistics and physics, and soft skills such as emotional stability, empathy, and a stoic acceptance of the hardships associated with a particular... |
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Every Nonprofit's Tax Guide: How to Keep Your Tax-Exempt Status & Avoid IRS Problems
Stephen Fishman · NOLO
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
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The essential tax reference book for every nonprofitNonprofits enjoy privileges not available to other organizations. But these privileges come at a price: Nonprofits must comply with special IRS rules and regulations to maintain their tax-exempt status.Practical, comprehensive, and easy... |
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Dead Companies Walking: How A Hedge Fund Manager Finds Opportunity in Unexpected Places
Scott Fearon · Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover
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Unlike most investors, who live in fear of failure, Scott Fearon actively seeks it out. He has earned millions of dollars for his hedge fund over the last thirty years shorting the stocks of businesses he believed were on their way to bankruptcy. In Dead Companies Walking, Fearon describes... |
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The Curse of Cash
Kenneth S Rogoff · Princeton University Press
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Is Different, "a fascinating and important book" (Ben Bernanke) about phasing out paper money to fight crime and tax evasion--and to battle financial crises by tapping the power of negative interest ratesThe world is drowning... |
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Trump's War: His Battle for America
MICHAEL SAVAGE · CENTER ST
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Arial; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The wall, taxes, tariffs, deportations, Obamacare, guns, military strength, schools, abortion, religion - what will the new president do? The "Godfather of Trumpmania,"... |
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The Capitalist Comeback: The Trump Boom and the Left's Plot to Stop It
ANDY PUZDER · Center Street
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Andy Puzder, the former CEO of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, says that "capitalism" is not a dirty word, and thankfully President Trump understands this; his pro-business policies will bring back economic growth and secure our future.As a successful CEO in the restaurant industry,... |
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Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism
Bartow J. Elmore · W W Norton
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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An absorbing history of how Coke's insatiable thirst for natural resources shaped the company and reshaped the globe. How did Coca-Cola build a global empire by selling a low-price concoction of mostly sugar, water, and caffeine? The easy answer is advertising, but the real formula... |
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8 Ways to Avoid Probate
MARY RANDOLPH · NOLO
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
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By taking some simple steps now, you can spare your family and beneficiaries a lot of time and money. How much? Probate court proceedings after a death can drag on for a year and cost tens of thousands of dollars--money that would otherwise have gone directly to your loved ones. 8 Ways... |
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The Age of Sustainable Development
Jeffrey D. Sachs · Columbia University Press
Format: Print book
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Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the worlds most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can use a holistic way forward to address the seemingly intractable worldwide problems of persistent... |
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