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Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power
Noam Chomsky - Seven Stories Press
Format: Paperback
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NOAM CHOMSKY is widely regarded as the most influential thinker of our time, but never before has he devoted a major book to one topic, income inequality: "During the Great Depression, things were much worse than they are today, but there was an expectation that things were going to get better.... |
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Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care
Estate of Uwe Reinhardt - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive"and why it doesnt have to beUwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised... |
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The Activist Director: Lessons from the Boardroom and the Future of the Corporation
Ira Millstein - Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
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Some of the worst corporate meltdowns over the past sixty years can be traced to passive directors who favored operational shortcuts over quality growth strategies. Thinking primarily about placating institutional investors, selective stockholders, proxy advisors, and corporate management,... |
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The Perfect Resume: Resumes That Work in the New Economy
Dan Quillen - Cold Spring Press
Format: Print book
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HR Director and author of four job search books Dan Quillen shows readers how to craft an incredible resume that will get job-seekers in the door!Dan Quillen calls on his expertise as an HR professional (and as one who lost and found a job in the toughest economic environment since the Great... |
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Wine Economics
Stefano Castriota - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover
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Wine economics is a growing subfield that examines the economics of the production, distribution, and consumption of wine. In this book, Stefano Castriota takes a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to the study of wine economics, drawing on literature from industrial organization,... |
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Cents and Sensibility: What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities
Gary Saul Morson - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A provocative and inspiring case for a more humanistic economicsEconomists often act as if their methods explain all human behavior. But in Cents and Sensibility, an eminent literary critic and a leading economist make the case that the humanities, especially the study of literature, offer... |
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Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story
Alexandra Wolfe - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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In a riveting, hilarious account, reporter Alexandra Wolfe exposes a world that is not flat but bubbling - the men and women of Silicon Valley, whose hubris and ambition are changing the world.Each year, young people from around the world go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company,... |
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The 10 Pillars of Wealth: Mind-Sets of the World's Richest People
Alex Becker - Brown Books Pub Group
Format: Print book
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Think like a multimillionaire: leave the 9 to 5 behind. The world has led you to believe that financial freedom is not something you can willfully create in your life. You have been taught to view wealth as something that happens only to a lucky few who win a random business lottery or are blessed... |
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