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The Future
Six Drivers of Global Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the former vice president and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes An Inconvenient Truth for everything—a frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come.
Ours is a time of revolutionary change that...
The Only Game in Town
Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A roadmap to what lies ahead and the decisions we must make now to stave off the next global economic and financial crisis, from one of the world’s most influential economic thinkers and the author of When Markets Collide • With a new introduction by the author
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by Gordon G. Chang
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2001
China is hot. The world sees a glorious future for this sleeping giant, three times larger than the United States, predicting it will blossom into the world's biggest economy by 2010. According to Chang, however, a Chinese-American lawyer and China specialist, the People's Republic is a paper dragon....
The Predictioneer's Game
Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest. Bueno de Mesquita uses game theory and its insights into human behavior to predict and even engineer political, financial,...
Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
Oil and the End of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
An internationally renowned energy expert has written a book essential for every American–a galvanizing account of how the rising price and diminishing availability of oil are going to radically change our lives. Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is a powerful and provocative book...
Dear Undercover Economist
Priceless Advice on Money, Work, Sex, Kids, and Life's Other Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Throughout history, great philosophers have been answering profound questions about life. But do they know why your socks keep disappearing from the dryer, or how to choose the quickest line at the supermarket? Probably not, but Tim Harford does. . . .
In Dear Undercover Economist, the first...
Ponzi's Scheme
The True Story of a Financial Legend
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2005
You’ve heard of the scheme. Now comes the man behind it. In Mitchell Zuckoff's exhilarating book, the first nonfiction account of Charles Ponzi, we meet the charismatic rogue who launched the most famous and extraordinary scam in the annals of American finance.
It was a time when anything...
Virtual Vintage
The Insider's Guide to Buying and Selling Fashion Online
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2002
Vintage clothing has never been more chic, with everyone from celebrity trendsetters to style-conscious professionals searching for wearable treasures from the past. Virtual Vintage is the first and only guide that helps both the novice and the fashion connoisseur evaluate and confidently participate...
Adventure Capitalist
The Ultimate Road Trip
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2003
Drive . . . and grow rich!
The bestselling author of Investment Biker is back from the ultimate road trip: a three-year drive around the world that would ultimately set the Guinness record for the longest continuous car journey. In Adventure Capitalist, legendary investor Jim Rogers, dubbed...
Investment Biker
Around the World with Jim Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
Legendary investor Jim Rogers gives us his view of the world on a twenty-two-month, fifty-two-country motorcycle odyssey in his bestselling business/adventure book, Investment Biker, which has already sold more than 200,000 copies.
Before you invest another dollar anywhere in the world (including...
Managing at the Speed of Change
How Resilient Managers Succeed and Prosper Where Others Fail
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006
This classic, newly updated, is an indispensable source for anyone–from mid-level managers to CEOs–who must execute key business initiatives quickly and effectively. Once groundbreaking and now time-honored, Managing at the Speed of Change has helped countless business leaders learn how to orchestrate...
Hedge Hogs
The Cowboy Traders Behind Wall Street's Largest Hedge Fund Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
For readers of The Smartest Guys in the Room and When Genius Failed, the definitive take on Brian Hunter, John Arnold, Amaranth Advisors, and the largest hedge fund collapse in history
At its peak, hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC had more than $9 billion in assets. A few weeks later, it completely...
A Man for All Markets
From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street.
A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card...
The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath
The Past and Future of American Affluence
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
The Great Inflation in the 1960s and 1970s, notes award-winning columnist Robert J. Samuelson, played a crucial role in transforming American politics, economy, and everyday life. The direct consequences included stagnation in living standards, a growing belief—both in America and abroad—that...