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Outrageous Fortunes

The Twelve Surprising Trends That Will Reshape the Global Economy

Daniel Altman Times Books

"Bold . . . Interesting."—The Economist

"Informative and accessible, penetrating and provocative, his book is a first-rate guide to global trends . . . Readers of Outrageous Fortunes are likely to conclude that they have learned some important things about a global economy that will have an ever-more profound impact on their lives."—NPR.org

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How Markets Fail

The Logic of Economic Calamities

John Cassidy Picador

“Cassidy clearly knows a great deal of economics, and he tells the story extremely well . . . Many of his chapters—on the development of general equilibrium theory (how everything in the economy systematically depends on everything else), for example, or marginalism (why prices are determined by what we’re prepared to pay for the very last item of something we buy, rather than the whole amount is worth to us)—would make useful supplementary reading in an undergraduate economics course."—Benjamin Friedman, The New York Times Book Review

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Hardcover : $25.00 Buy	23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ha-Joon Chang Bloomsbury Press “Chang, befitting his position as an economics professor at Cambridge University, is engagingly thoughtful and opinionated at a much lower decibel level. ‘The “truths” peddled by free-market ideologues are based on lazy assumptions and blinkered visions,’ he charges.”—Time

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The Checklist Manifesto

How to Get Things Right

Atul Gawande Picador

“Few medical writers working today can transmit the gore-drenched terror of an operation that suddenly goes wrong—a terror that has a special resonance when it is Dr. Gawande himself who makes the initial horrifying mistake. And few can make it as clear as he can what exactly is at stake in the effort to minimize calamities.”—The New York Times

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Common Sense Economics

What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity

James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Dwight R. Lee and Tawni H. Ferrarini St. Martin's Press

“Common Sense Economics makes economic principles as obvious and simple as they can be. By weaving careful reasoning with memorable examples and clear writing, the authors explain how economies grow (or don’t grow); how prices coordinate economic activity; and how governments promote or deter economic progress. This is an extraordinary contribution to economic education.”—Kenneth G. Elzinga, Robert C. Taylor Professor of Economics, University of Virginia

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The Wizard of Lies

Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust

Diana B. Henriques Times Books

"Riveting reading . . . [Henriques] probably knows more than anyone outside the FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission about the mechanics of the fraud. As a consequence, in The Wizard of Lies she is able to add significant detail to the story . . . In the end the story holds us not because of the engrossing details of the scam, but because of the human dimension."—Liaquat Ahamed, The New York Times Book Review

"In The Wizard of Lies, Diana Henriques, who covered the Madoff scandal for the New York Times, offers a riveting history of Mr. Madoff’s shady dealings and the shattering consequences of his theft . . . She offers a raw and surprisingly moving portrait about the toll that Mr. Madoff’s deceit took on his family."—The Economist

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Climate Capitalism

Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change

L. Hunter Lovins and Boyd Cohen Hill and Wang

“Well supported with examples of real business practice.”—Ed Crooks, Financial Times

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Reckless Endangerment

How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon

Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner Times Books

"In a series of clearly written narratives with many names, dates and figures, [Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner] show that government officials took actions that benefited well-connected individuals, who in turn helped the government officials. This mutual support system thwarted good economic policies and encouraged reckless ones . . . Morgenson and Rosner use their investigative skills to dig down and explain why [government] actions were taken. To avoid reckless policies in the future, we need to understand their causes, and the authors’ identification of government-industry links deserves careful consideration by anyone interested in improving the economy."—John B. Taylor, professor of economics at Stanford University and senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, The Washington Post

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The Intelligent Entrepreneur

How Three Harvard Business School Graduates Learned the 10 Rules of Successful Entrepreneurship

Bill Murphy Jr. Henry Holt and Co.

“Bill Murphy’s book captures the reality of entrepreneurial endeavors by detailing how three graduates of HBS found opportunity, acquired the resources they needed, and committed heart and soul to their venture. Entrepreneurship is messy, an emotional and financial roller coaster. This book serves as an invaluable guide to those who might follow in the footsteps of these remarkable young entrepreneurs.”—William Sahlman, Professor, Harvard Business School

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The Value of Nothing

How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy

Raj Patel Picador

“With great lucidity and confidence in a dazzling array of fields, Patel reveals how we inflate the cost of things we can (and often should) live without, while assigning absolutely no value to the resources we all need to survive. This is a deeply thought-provoking book about the dramatic changes we must make to save the planet from financial madness—argued with so much humor and humanity that the enormous tasks ahead feel both doable and desirable. This is Raj Patel's great gift: he makes even the most radical ideas seem not only reasonable, but inevitable. A brilliant book.”—Naomi Klein, author The Shock Doctrine

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Priceless

The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)

William Poundstone Hill and Wang

“Priceless is an instructive and entertaining romp through the hits of recent research on decision making, which will leave you amused, smarter, and wondering about what money and prices really mean.”—Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus, Princeton University, and winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics

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Onward

How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon Rodale Books

“Through the lens of his personal leadership journey, with all of its dizzying ups and agonizing downs, Howard Schultz has written, with aching honesty and passion, the single most important book on leadership and change for our time and for every generation of leaders. This book is not just required reading, it's mandatory.”—Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California and author of Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership

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The Next Convergence

The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World

Michael Spence Farrar, Straus and Giroux

“Michael Spence has long been pointing out the frictions that interfere with efficient markets . . . [He]

has much to offer from a rich career in research, academia and global policymaking.”—The Economist

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Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got

21 Ways You Can Out-Think, Out-Perform, and Out-Earn the Competition

Jay Abraham St. Martin's Griffin

A trusted advisor to America's top corporations and recognized as one of today's preeminent marketing experts, Jay Abraham has created a program of proven...

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Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist

Ray C. Anderson with Robin White St. Martin's Griffin

"Ray Anderson is a personal inspiration for me and for anyone trying to find their way in this new world of green business. He may be ‘radical’ but he’s also a profit-seeking businessman. Confessions tells an amazing first-hand story of a personal and business transformation, a journey from being a cold-eyed capitalist to being . . . a cold-eyed capitalist, but just with a much larger perspective on what profitable really means. Ray has found a new path that’s good for the planet and great for his business. He’s showing the world how it’s done yet again."—Andrew Winston, environmental strategist, author of Green Recovery and co-author of Green to Gold

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Making Your Point

Communicating Effectively with Audiences of One to One Million

David Bartlett St. Martin's Press

MAKE EVERY WORD COUNT We all need to speak, write and communicate more effectively. Dave Bartlett shares his decades of experience as a communications...

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Trade Paperback : $18.00 Buy	Philanthrocapitalism How Giving Can Save the World Matthew Bishop and Michael Green Bloomsbury Press From Buffett to Bono, how today’s leading philanthropists are revolutionizing the field, using new methods to have a vastly greater impact on the world. For...

Trade Paperback : $24.95 Buy	Coaching Essentials Practical, Proven Techniques for World-class Executive Coaching Patricia Bossons, Denis Sartain, and Jeremy Kourdi A&C Black Executive coaching is one of the fastest-growing sections of the self-help market with senior manager and chief executives of Fortune 500 companies looking for...

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Offshore

The Dark Side of the Global Economy

William Brittain-Catlin Picador

"Offshore succeeds brilliantly at confronting what it terms 'the complexity . . . the death's-head mask of capital's technical control.' It also works on another ambitious level. Citing thinkers from Ptolemy through Kant and Rousseau, Marx and Freud, the author situates the new phenomenon of global offshore finance within the broad stream of Western philosophy and social development."—Kai Maristed, Los Angeles Times Book Review

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Welcome to the Urban Revolution

How Cities Are Changing the World

Jeb Brugmann Bloomsbury Press

“Brugmann provides compelling evidence of an often invisible connection between globalization and urbanization. In the process he shines a new light on large cities and urban slums. He shows that slums are dynamic and well functioning economic hubs. Drawing on an exhaustive supply of first hand knowledge, he is about to change the conversation about globalization, economic development, city planning and poverty. If you are interested in challenges of the 21st century, this book is for you.”—C.K. Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor, Ross School of Business, the University of Michigan, author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits

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The Corner Office

Indispensable and Unexpected Lessons from CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed

Adam Bryant Times Books

Dozens of top CEOs reveal their candid insights on the keys to effective leadership and the qualities that set high performers apart What does it take to...

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Hardcover : $24.95 Buy	The Social Atom Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You Mark Buchanan Bloomsbury USA The idiosyncrasies of human decision-making have confounded economists and social theorists for years. If each person makes choices for personal (and often...

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Competition

The Birth of a New Science

James Case Hill and Wang

"James Case strikes at the heart of modern neoclassical analysis with this penetrating exploration of the reigning orthodoxy and the alternatives we need to consider. The implications for economic thought are startling. The implications for economic policy are stunning."—Louis Galambos, professor of history, Johns Hopkins University

Trade Paperback : $17.00 Buy	Bad Samaritans The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism Ha-Joon Chang Bloomsbury Press "A well-researched and readable case against free-trade orthodoxy."—*Business Week*