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The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook to Finding the Perfect Career Path, Landing the Right Job, and Waking Up Excited for Work Every Day

Kathryn Minshew · Crown
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The world of work has changed. Remember the days when, for the vast majority of people, a job was (at best) a means to a paycheck and (at worst) total drudgery? When you had blindly to scour the web for generic job postings? When picking a major meant picking a life-long career path?...
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The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream

Tyler Cowen · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a signature American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change have produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation from Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs.The problem, according to legendary blogger,...
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One Nation Under Gold: How One Precious Metal Has Dominated the American Imagination for Four Centuries

James Ledbetter · Liveright
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

One Nation Under Gold examines the countervailing forces that have long since divided America -- whether gold should be a repository of hope, or a damaging delusion that has long since derailed the rational investor.Worshipped by Tea Party politicians but loathed by sane economists, gold...
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The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age

David Callahan · Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists--and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad. While media attention focuses on famous philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Charles Koch, thousands of donors are at work...
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Upside: Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead

Kenneth W. Gronbach · AMACOM
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Get ready to ride the next generational wave. Demographics not only define who we are, where we live, and how our numbers change, but--for those who can read beyond the raw figures--they open up hidden business opportunities that lie ahead. What will happen when retiring Boomers free...
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