Business
DEBT, TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: THE FIRST 5,000 YEARS
Written by Graeber, David
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems--to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There's not a shred of evidence to support it.
WORK BETTER. LIVE SMARTER. BE HAPPIER.: START A BUSINESS AND BUILD A LIFE YOU LOVE
From London and Mexico City to Jakarta and Detroit, people are working and living like never before - quitting corporate jobs to start health food companies, build streetwear labels and launch ethical jewellery brands.
WALL STREET: A HISTORY (UPDATED)
Written by Geisst, Charles R
Wall Street is an unending source of legend--and nightmares. It is a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles R.
UGLY TRUTH: INSIDE FACEBOOK'S BATTLE FOR DOMINATION
Written by Kang, Cecilia
The book Facebook doesn't want you to read
COLLISION COURSE: CARLOS GHOSN AND THE CULTURE WARS THAT UPENDED AN AUTO EMPIRE
Written by Sposato, William
The officious agent did a double take at his papers. "We have a problem with your passport. Can we move please to another room to discuss something?" Ghosn never saw it coming.
POWER OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION: ECONOMIC UPHEAVAL AND THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
Written by Bunel, Simon
From one of the world's leading economists and his coauthors, a cutting-edge analysis of what drives economic growth and a blueprint for prosperity under capitalism. Crisis seems to follow crisis. Inequality is rising, growth is stagnant, the environment is suffering, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed every crack in the system.
REBELLION, RASCALS, AND REVENUE: TAX FOLLIES AND WISDOM THROUGH THE AGES
Written by Slemrod, Joel
An engaging and enlightening account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair.
MOMENT OF LIFT: HOW EMPOWERING WOMEN CHANGES THE WORLD
Written by Gates, Melinda
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings--and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift up humanity. For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live.
RELIGION AND THE RISE OF CAPITALISM
Written by Friedman, Benjamin M
From one of the nation's preeminent experts on economic policy, a major reassessment of the foundations of modern economic thinking that explores the profound influence of an until-now unrecognized force--religion. Critics of contemporary economics complain that belief in free markets--among economists as well as many ordinary citizens--is a form of religion.
CONVERSATION: HOW SEEKING AND SPEAKING THE TRUTH ABOUT RACISM CAN RADICALLY TRANSFORM INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
Written by Livingston, Robert
An essential tool for individuals, organizations, and communities of all sizes to jump-start dialogue on racism and bias and to transform well-intentioned statements on diversity into concrete actions--from a leading Harvard social psychologist. "Livingston has made the important and challenging task of addressing systemic racism within an organization approachable and achievable."--
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