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• Capitalism in America

  a History

  Greenspan, Alan, 1926-

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  From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Crashed

  How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

  Tooze, Adam, 1967-

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  An intelligent explanation of the mechanisms that produced the crisis and the response to it...One of the great strengths of Tooze's book is to demonstrate the deeply intertwined nature of the European and American financial systems.

• The Bank That Lived a Little

  Barclays in the Age of the Very Free Market

  Augar, Philip,

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  The book describes three decades of boardroom intrigue at one of Britain's biggest financial institutions. In a tale of feuds, grandiose dreams and a struggle for supremacy between rival strategies and their adherents, Philip Augar gives a riveting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Damaged Goods

  the Inside Story of Sir Philip Green, the Collapse of BHS and the Death of the High Street

  Shah, Oliver,

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  This real-life tale of hubris has all the elements of a Greek tragedy' City AM 'Entertaining stuff, pacily written and filled with colourful characters.

• Bad Blood

  Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

  Carreyrou, John,

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  The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Billion Dollar Whale

  the Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World

  Wright, Tom (Wall Street Journal reporter),

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  The definitive inside account of the 1MDB scandal, "a true life thriller" (Ben Mezrich) about a "modern Gatsby" who managed to swindle over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs and others--a "must read" (Booklist) "epic tale" (Publishers Weekly,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Factfulness

  Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

  Rosling, Hans,

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  In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Value of Everything

  Making and Taking in the Global Economy

  Mazzucato, Mariana, 1968-

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  The author of the controversial work The Entrepreneurial State argues that American companies have far too long been valued according to the amount of wealth they capture for themselves rather than for the value they create for the economy. 30,000…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Give People Money

  How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World

  Lowrey, Annie,

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  In this sparkling and provocative book, economics writer Annie Lowrey examines the UBI movement from many angles. Lowrey explores the potential of such a sweeping policy and the challenges the movement faces, among them contradictory aims,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• New Power

  How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World--and How to Make It Work for You

  Heimans, Jeremy,

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  "New power" is power made by many; it is open, participatory, and peer-driven. Like water or electricity, it is most forceful when it surges. The challenge with new power is not to hoard it but to channel it. New power is what fuels the rise of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The King of Content

  Sumner Redstone's Battle for Viacom, CBS, and Everlasting Control of His Media Empire

  Hagey, Keach,

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  "Keach Hagey, media reporter for the Wall Street Journal, reveals the fascinating and shocking life story of Sumner Redstone, and his now-crumbling media empire, from his early rise in Boston to the estate battle that has already begun"-- Provided…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kicks

  the Great American Story of Sneakers

  Smith, Nicholas (Nicholas K.),

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  In this rollicking narrative, Nicholas K. Smith carries us through the long twentieth century as sneakers became the totem of subcultures from California skateboarders to New York rappers, the cause of gang violence and riots, the heart of a global…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• AI Superpowers

  China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order

  Lee, Kai-Fu,

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  The United States has long been the leader in Artificial Intelligence. But Dr. Kai-Fu Lee—one of the world’s most respected experts on AI—reveals that China has caught up to the US at an astonishingly rapid pace. As Sino-American competition in AI…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Connecting the Dots

  Lessons for Leadership in a Startup World

  Chambers, John, 1949-

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  Silicon Valley visionary John Chambers shares the lessons that transformed a dyslexic kid from West Virginia into one of the world's best business leaders and turned a simple router company into a global tech titan.

• Adam Smith

  Father of Economics

  Norman, Jesse,

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  In Adam Smith, political philosopher Jesse Norman dispels the myths and caricatures, and provides a far more complex portrait of the man. Offering a highly engaging account of Smith's life and times, Norman explores his work as a whole and traces…Read moreRead more of this annotation