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  • HOW COUNTRIES GO BROKE
    HOW COUNTRIES GO BROKE
    RAY DALIO
    An urgent warning about the American economy from Ray Dalio, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles. Do big government debts threaten our collective well-being? Are there limits to debt growth? Can a big, important reserve currency country like the United States really go broke—and what would that look like? For decades, politicians, policymakers, and investors ...
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  • EMPTY VESSEL
    EMPTY VESSEL
    IAN KUMEKAWA
    The rise of globalization and financialization as seen from a barge—one Swedish barge, to be exact, built in 1979What do a barracks for British troops in the Falklands War, a floating jail off the Bronx, and temporary housing for VW factory workers in Germany have in common? The Balder Scapa: a single barge that served all three roles. Though the name would eventually change to...
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  • HUBRIS MAXIMUS
    HUBRIS MAXIMUS
    FAIZ SIDDIQUI
    The rise, fall, and revival of the Caesar of Silicon Valley. Elon Musk has cast himself as the savior of humanity, an altruistic force whose fortune is tied to noble pursuits from halting our dependence on fossil fuels to colonizing Mars. Once frequently heralded as a modern-day Edison, Musk has taken up a new place in the public consciousness with his growing desire to disrupt...
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  • AI VALLEY
    AI VALLEY
    GARY RIVLIN
    A veteran Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist shadows the top thinkers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, introducing the breakthroughs and developments that will change the way we live and work. Artificial Intelligence has been "just around the corner" for decades, continually disappointing those who long believed in its potential. But now, with the emergence and growing u...
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  • WELCOME TO THE METAVERSE
    WELCOME TO THE METAVERSE
    DAVID L. SHRIER
    A clear-eyed guide to the metaverse and how this powerful technology--along with advances in spatial computing, VR, and AR--will impact our economy, our lives, and our world. The metaverse. That term elicits a wide range of ideas and opinions. For many, it represents the next evolutionary phase of the internet--a fully immersive, digital universe where people can interact, work...
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  • BOOM
    BOOM
    ART BYRNE / TOBIAS HUBER
    A timely investigation of the causes of technological and scientific stagnation, and a radical blueprint for accelerating innovation. "Read this book for the alternative history of our age." --Peter Thiel, investor and author of Zero to One "A must-read for those who seek to build the future." --Marc Andreessen, cofounder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz From the Moon la...
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  • MONEYGPT
    MONEYGPT
    RICKARDS, JAMES
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The New Great Depression and Currency Wars, a telling prediction for how AI will endanger global economic markets and securityIn November 2022, OpenAI released GPT-4 in a chatbot form to the public. In just two months, it claimed 100 million users—the fastest app to ever reach this benchmark. Since then, AI has become an all-consumi...
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  • THE HIDDEN GLOBE
    THE HIDDEN GLOBE
    ABRAHAMIAN, ATOSSA ARAXIA
    NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 5 BOOKS OF 2024 ON CBS SUNDAY MORNINGONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2024A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "Vivid, revelatory, and politically unpredictable...What bothers Abrahamian, in the end, isn't the anarchic but the unfair; if capital is free, people deserve the same respect." —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker"A season of unrest looms ahea...
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  • THE NAKED TRADER - 6TH EDITION
    THE NAKED TRADER - 6TH EDITION
    ROBBIE BURNS
    This is the most revealing (and fun) guide to making money in the stock market you will ever read.Robbie Burns, aka the Naked Trader, is an ordinary bloke who quit his day job and traded his way to over £3 million buying and selling shares - tax-free. No gimmicks. No multiple screens. No lucky bubbles. Just common-sense trading techniques, tea, toast and afternoon naps. And a l...
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  • NATURE, CULTURE, AND INEQUALITY
    NATURE, CULTURE, AND INEQUALITY
    THOMAS PIKETTY
    "The most important economics book of the year-and maybe of the decade." —Paul Krugman, New York Times, on Capital in the Twenty-First Century A bestselling economist's history of inequality and guide to a more just, sustainable world, distilled into an engaging and accessible pocket-sized text.In this unique work, Thomas Piketty presents a synthesis of his historical and compa...
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  • HOW TO THINK LIKE AN ECONOMIST
    HOW TO THINK LIKE AN ECONOMIST
    ROBBIE MOCHRIE
    Capturing the essence of history's most influential economists in enjoyable and illuminating biographical sketches, this book shows how the great economic thinkers are still relevant today.We live in the economy - and we are part of it. Living through a pandemic, governments had to work out how to put economies into a deep freeze without destroying them. Avoiding climate catast...
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  • WHO OWNS THE MOON?
    WHO OWNS THE MOON?
    A. C. GRAYLING
    As the world's superpowers and corporations jostle for control in space, A. C. Grayling asks: who really owns our planet?'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects.' STEVEN PINKERSilicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles.The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise ...
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  • THE ALGEBRA OF WEALTH
    THE ALGEBRA OF WEALTH
    GALLOWAY, SCOTT
    Today's workers have more opportunities and mobility than any generation before. They also face unprecedented challenges, including inflation, labor and housing shortages, and climate volatility. Even the notion of retirement is undergoing a profound rethink, as our lifespans extend and our relationship with work evolves. In this environment, the tried-and-true financial advice...
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  • PAPER SOLDIERS
    PAPER SOLDIERS
    SALEHA MOHSIN
    "Incisive debut treatise... Mohsin brings to the proceedings a reporter's eye for story" — Publisher's WeeklyFrom Bloomberg News reporter Saleha Mohsin, the untold story of how one of America's most invincible institutions—the Treasury—has used the U.S. dollar to define America's role in the world, and our economic future.In 1995, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin re-defined the ...
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  • THE WAR BELOW
    THE WAR BELOW
    ERNEST SCHEYDER
    Tough choices loom if the world wants to go green. The United States and other countries must decide where and how to procure the materials that make our renewable energy economy possible. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of other devices means the world must dig more mines to extract lithium, copper, cobalt, rare earths, and nickel. But mines...
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  • THE ALTERNATIVE
    THE ALTERNATIVE
    NICK ROMEO
    Winners Take All meets Nickel and Dimed in this provocative debunking of accepted wisdom, providing the pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy. Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world - many economists and business leaders still ...
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  • NUMBER GO UP
    NUMBER GO UP
    ZEKE FAUX
    The "endlessly entertaining" (Matt Levine) and "ludicrously compelling" (Evan Osnos) account of the crypto delusion, and how Sam Bankman-Fried and a cast of fellow nerds and hustlers turned useless virtual coins into trillions of dollars"One of the greatest business stories of all time."—A.J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The PuzzlerIn 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant...
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  • AMERICAN RASCAL
    AMERICAN RASCAL
    STEINMETZ, GREG
    In Seeking the Imperishable Treasure, Johnson tracks the use of a single saying of Jesus over time and among theologically divergent authors and communities. He identifies six different versions of the saying in the canonical gospels and epistles (Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, James, and Colossians), as well as the Gospel of Thomas and Q. After tracing the tradition and redaction ...
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  • THE PHOENIX ECONOMY
    THE PHOENIX ECONOMY
    FELIX SALMON
    An award-winning journalist presents a tour-de-force analysis—drawing from history, economics, sociology, and popular culture—of the profound and transformative years of the early 2020s, both for individuals and for the global economy.We are living in a strange world—Salmon calls it "the New Not Normal." The Phoenix Economy explores the ramifications of the pandemic years, many...
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  • THE WAKE UP
    THE WAKE UP
    KIM, MICHELLE MIJUNG
    This informative guide helps allies who want to go beyond rigid Diversity and Inclusion best practices, with real tools to go from good intentions to making meaningful change in any situation or venue.2022 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER2022 NATIONAL ANTIRACIST BOOK FESTIVAL SELECTION2021 PORCHLIGHT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN BEHAVIOR BOOK OF THE YEAR As we become more awar...
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  • CLOSING THE EQUITY GAP
    CLOSING THE EQUITY GAP
    KAPOR, FREADA KLEIN / KAPOR, MITCHELL
    A social activist and an entrepreneur remake the future of investing and business, offering a win-win road map for creating wealth and addressing inequalities by investing in groundbreaking tech companies that defy assumptions from Silicon Valley to Wall Street.Companies backed by venture capital drive the U.S. economy, accounting for hundreds of billions of dollars in sales an...
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  • THE ALTERNATIVE
    THE ALTERNATIVE
    NICK ROMEO
    "Confronted by the terrifying trends of the early twenty-first century -- widening inequality, environmental destruction, and the immiseration of millions of workers around the world -- many economists and business leaders still preach dogmas that lack evidence and create political catastrophe: Private markets are always more efficient than public ones; investment capital flows...
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  • BEST LOSER WINS
    BEST LOSER WINS
    TOM HOUGAARD
    Best Loser Wins is an intimate insight into one of the most prolific high-stake retail traders in the world. Tom Hougaard is the winner of multiple trading competitions and on one occasion traded £25,000 into more than £1 million over the course of a year.While the average retail trader risks £10 per point in the underlying asset, Tom Hougaard frequently risks up to £3,500 per ...
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  • CLOUDMONEY
    CLOUDMONEY
    BRETT SCOTT
    "The reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater; many of us rarely use cash these days. But what we're told is a natural and inevitable move is the work of powerful interests. And the great battle of our time is the battle for ownership of the digital footprints that make up our lives. Here, Brett Scott tells an urgent and revelatory story ab...
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  • 21ST CENTURY MONETARY POLICY
    21ST CENTURY MONETARY POLICY
    BEN BERNANKE
    In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve deployed an extraordinary range of policy tools that helped prevent the collapse of the financial system and the U.S. economy. Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues lent directly to U.S. businesses, purchased trillions of dollars of government securities, pumped dollars into the international financial system, and craft...
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  • THE END OF THE WORLD IS JUST THE BEGINNING
    THE END OF THE WORLD IS JUST THE BEGINNING
    PETER ZEIHAN
    2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it. America made that happen, but now America has lost interest in keeping it going. Globe-spannin...
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  • THE DIGITAL SILK ROAD
    THE DIGITAL SILK ROAD
    JONATHAN E. HILLMAN
    From the ocean floor to outer space, China's Digital Silk Road aims to wire the world and rewrite the global order. Taking readers on a journey inside China's surveillance state, rural America, and Africa's megacities, Jonathan Hillman reveals what China's expanding digital footprint looks like on the ground and explores the economic and strategic consequences of a future in wh...
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  • PRINCIPLES FOR DEALING WITH THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER
    PRINCIPLES FOR DEALING WITH THE CHANGING WORLD ORDER
    RAY DALIO
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD "A provocative read...There are few tomes that coherently map such broad economic histories as well as Mr. Dalio's. Perhaps more unusually, Mr. Dalio has managed to identify metrics from that history that can be applied to understand today." —Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times From legendary investor Ray Dalio,...
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  • SHUTDOWN
    SHUTDOWN
    TOOZE, ADAM
    "This book's great service is that it challenges us to consider the ways in which our institutions and systems, and the assumptions, positions and divisions that undergird them, leave us ill prepared for the next crisis."-Robert Rubin, The New York Times Book Review"Full of valuable insight and telling details, this may well be the best thing to read if you want to know what ha...
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  • GOOD ECONOMICS FOR HARD TIMES
    GOOD ECONOMICS FOR HARD TIMES
    ABHIJIT BANERJEE / ESTHER DUFLO
    The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day.Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of ...
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