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Andy
Andy Westport, CT, United States Member Since 2002
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  • When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

    "falling off a cliff"

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    Listening to this book provides a great insight into how invincible a small group of people thought they were. Just when you think you have mastered the universe, it begins to unravel right in front of your eyes. Beyond that, you are a witness to how the US government will step in to "protect" the markets when things begin to melt down.

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    When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

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    When Genius Failed is the cautionary financial tale of our time, the gripping saga of what happened when an elite group of investors believed they could actually deconstruct risk and use virtually limitless leverage to create limitless wealth. In Roger Lowenstein's hands, it is a brilliant tale peppered with fast money, vivid characters, and high drama.

    Pankaj says: "Informative and interesting, full of suspense"
  • Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired - and Secretive - Company Really Works

    "the magic of execution"

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    Terrific inside look at how Apple gets it done. Beyond the awesome products, its process of building and launching these gems is very unlike the other tech giants. Adam Lashinsky does a great job telling the story in very understandable terms. He has pretty good narrator chops too.

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    If Apple is Silicon Valley's answer to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, then author Adam Lashinsky provides listeners with a golden ticket to step inside. This primer on leadership and innovation, offers exclusive new information about how Apple innovates. It should appeal to anyone hoping to bring some of that Apple magic to their own company, career, or creative endeavor.

    Andy says: "the magic of execution"
  • Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America

    "not a straight line"

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    Julia Angwel wrote a solid book. What I really liked about it was how well she laid out the twists and turns of the journey of myriad activities that ended up being My Space, and then the story of how NewsCorp scored the acquisition. Narration was solid.

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    Barely funded, technologically inept, conceptually derivative, and driven by rivalries, the company that was to morph into the biggest Internet site in the world had an unlikely beginning. This is the fascinating and surprising story that includes all the elements of a great business narrative: obsessive characters from co-founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe to Rupert Murdock, relentless and unlikely innovation, and dizzying back room deal-making; all centered around an epic battle for control.

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  • The Facebook Effect (excerpt)
    The Facebook Effect (excerpt)

    "Bloatware"

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    What would have made The Facebook Effect (excerpt) better?

    Not being preinstalled on my app. Not having anything to do with face book. A way to delete it from my list would be nice.


    What was most disappointing about David Kirkpatrick’s story?

    That it is bloatware.


morton
morton Rego Park, NY, United States 10-29-08 Member Since 2007
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  • The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets: How to Keep Your Portfolio Up

    "Excellent and Timely"

    19 of 19 helpful votes

    Schiff explains the financial situation facing all of us today and how best to deal with it. He takes into account, people at various stages of life: students contemplating education and career choices, mid-career people looking for shelter from the storm, and retirees who want the best possible lifestyle on fixed funds. It is an audio that could not be more relevant for today's global crisis.

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    In the wake of falling stock and real estate prices, the American economy is poised for a decade-long bear market, so says Peter Schiff. After he accurately predicted the current market turmoil, savvy investors should pay attention - and start protecting their assets now, before the markets take their toll. The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets shows investors how to stay safe and stay liquid during economic downturns.

    morton says: "Excellent and Timely"

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    High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service: Inspire Timeless Loyalty in the Demanding New World of Social Commerce
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    High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service: Inspire Timeless Loyalty in the Demanding New World of Social Commerce

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    In an age of Twitter, smartphones, and self-service kiosks, high-tech but still high-touch customer service is the answer. Today’s customers are a hard bunch to crack. Time-strapped, screen-addicted, value-savvy, and socially engaged, their expectations are tougher than ever for a business to keep up with. They are empowered like never before and expect businesses to respect that sense of empowerment - lashing out at those that don’t. Take heart: Old-fashioned customer service, fully retooled for today’s blistering pace and digitally connected reality, is what you need to build the kind of loyal customer base that allows you to survive - and thrive.

    Nick Morgan says: "This is the book that cracks the code!"
  • 4.5 (3662 ratings)
    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

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    Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real-estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his number-one best-selling Liar’s Poker.

    Jay says: "Informative and Engaging"
  • 4.3 (2050 ratings)
    In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
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    • Steven Levy

    In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

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    Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes listeners inside Google headquarters - the Googleplex - to explain how Google works.

    Lynn says: "A Rip Snorting Story"
  • 4.3 (500 ratings)
    When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
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    • Roger Lowenstein

    When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

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    When Genius Failed is the cautionary financial tale of our time, the gripping saga of what happened when an elite group of investors believed they could actually deconstruct risk and use virtually limitless leverage to create limitless wealth. In Roger Lowenstein's hands, it is a brilliant tale peppered with fast money, vivid characters, and high drama.

    Pankaj says: "Informative and interesting, full of suspense"
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  • 4.3 (388 ratings)
    Basic Economics, Fourth Edition: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
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    Basic Economics, Fourth Edition: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

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    The fourth edition of Basic Economics is both expanded and updated. A new chapter on the history of economics itself has been added, and the implications of that history examined. Among other additions throughout the book, a new section on the special role of corporations in the economy has been added to the chapter on government and big business.

    kevin says: "Myth Buster"
  • 4.3 (327 ratings)
    Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
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    • Dan Senor , Saul Singer

    Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle

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    Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel - a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources - produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK?

    morton says: "A Remarkable Audio!"
  • 4.3 (293 ratings)
    How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
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    How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities

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    Behind the alarming headlines about job losses, bank bailouts, and corporate greed, there is a little-known story of bad ideas. For 50 years or more, economists have been busy developing elegant theories of how markets work - how they facilitate innovation, wealth creation, and an efficient allocation of society's resources. But what about when markets don't work?

    Ben says: "Way more than I expected"
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    Your Mac Life, 1-Month Subscription
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    Your Mac Life, hosted by Shawn King, is one of the most popular Mac broadcasts in the world. Download and listen to this weekly, Web-based "radio show" about and for Apple and Mac users. Stay on top of the what's new in the world of Macs, listen to interviews with Mac-related newsmakers, and pick up technical tips to help you make the most of your Mac.

    James says: "Fun to listen, and sometimes I learn stuff"
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    The Housing Boom and Bust
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    The Housing Boom and Bust

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    There was no single, dramatic event that set the current financial crisis off. A whole series of very questionable decisions by many people, in many places, over a period of years, built up the pressures that led to a sudden collapse of the housing market and of financial institutions that began to fall like dominoes as a result of investing in securities based on housing prices. This book is designed to unravel the tangled threads of that story.

    Adolphe says: "Inciteful Non partisan blame"
  • 4.3 (128 ratings)
    Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One: Second Edition
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    Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One: Second Edition

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    Applied Economics is an accessible guide to how our economic decisions develop. It explains the application of economics to major world problems, including housing, medical care, discrimination, and the economic development of nations. The book is based on an international view of economics, includes examples from around the world, and shows how certain incentives and constraints produce similar outcomes among disparate peoples and cultures.

    Eunice says: "Look at the long term...it's important!"
  • 4.3 (88 ratings)
    Dark Pools: High-Speed Traders, A.I. Bandits, and the Threat to the Global Financial System
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    In the beginning was Josh Levine, an idealistic programming genius who dreamed of wresting control of the market from the big exchanges that, again and again, gave the giant institutions an advantage over the little guy. Levine created a computerized trading hub named "Island" where small traders swapped stocks, and over time his invention morphed into a global electronic stock market that sent trillions in capital through a vast jungle of fiber-optic cables.

    Gary says: "Definitive history on Electronic Trading"
  • 4.4 (82 ratings)
    Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer
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    Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer

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    The engrossing, often scandalous saga of one of the wealthiest, longest-lasting, and most colorful family dynasties in the history of American commerce—a cautionary tale about prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the blessings and dark consequences of success. This engrossing, vivid narrative captures the Busch saga through five generations. At the same time, it weaves a broader story of American progress and decline over the past 150 years. It's a cautionary tale of prosperity, hubris, and loss.

    Jeremy McGough says: "Couldn't stop listening..."

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  • In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
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    • Steven Levy

    In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

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    Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes listeners inside Google headquarters - the Googleplex - to explain how Google works.

    Lynn says: "A Rip Snorting Story"
  • The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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    • Michael Lewis

    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

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    Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real-estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his number-one best-selling Liar’s Poker.

    Jay says: "Informative and Engaging"
  • Made to Stick
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    Made to Stick

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    Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas (business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others) struggle to make their ideas "stick". In this indispensable guide, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds draw their power from the same six traits.

    Jeremy says: "Even Better The Second Time"
  • Ctrl Alt Delete: Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. Your Future Depends on It.
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    • Mitch Joel

    Ctrl Alt Delete: Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. Your Future Depends on It.

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    The DNA of business has changed. Forever. You can blame technology, smartphones, social media, online shopping and everything else, but nothingchanges this reality: we are in a moment of business purgatory. So, what are you going to do about it? Mitch Joel, one of the world's leading experts in new media, warns that the time has come to CTRL ALT DELETE. To reboot and to start re-building your business model.

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  • Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game
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    Poorly Made in China: An Insider's Account of the Tactics Behind China's Production Game

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    It was a world gone wrong, one in which manufacturers thought little of manipulating product quality levels in order to save the smallest amounts, where savvy foreign business leaders were made to feel in control while they were taken for a ride by their partners, where entire manufacturing facilities sometimes vanished right into thin air... Welcome to Poorly Made in China!

    John says: "Hours of jaw dropping amazment"
  • The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
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    The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

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    Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress.

    Ethan M. says: "A mostly successful and interesting history"
  • Basic Economics, Fourth Edition: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
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    Basic Economics, Fourth Edition: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

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    The fourth edition of Basic Economics is both expanded and updated. A new chapter on the history of economics itself has been added, and the implications of that history examined. Among other additions throughout the book, a new section on the special role of corporations in the economy has been added to the chapter on government and big business.

    kevin says: "Myth Buster"
  • How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour
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    How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour

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    This book gives you the answers in a twelve-step guide to accumulating vast riches the way hedge fund managers do - by playing trillion-dollar poker with a marked deck. Through each easy step, you'll learn the sleight of hand and disregard for basic morality you'll need to move from making tens of dollars an hour to millions an hour!

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  • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
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    Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

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    Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo have pioneered the use of randomized control trials in development economics. Work based on these principles, supervised by the Poverty Action Lab, is being carried out in dozens of countries. Drawing on this and their 15 years of research from Chile to India, Kenya to Indonesia, they have identified wholly new aspects of the behavior of poor people, their needs, and the way that aid or financial investment can affect their lives. Their work defies certain presumptions: that microfinance is a cure-all, that schooling equals learning....

    Dan says: "Excellent for non-economists"
  • High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service: Inspire Timeless Loyalty in the Demanding New World of Social Commerce
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    High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service: Inspire Timeless Loyalty in the Demanding New World of Social Commerce

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    In an age of Twitter, smartphones, and self-service kiosks, high-tech but still high-touch customer service is the answer. Today’s customers are a hard bunch to crack. Time-strapped, screen-addicted, value-savvy, and socially engaged, their expectations are tougher than ever for a business to keep up with. They are empowered like never before and expect businesses to respect that sense of empowerment - lashing out at those that don’t. Take heart: Old-fashioned customer service, fully retooled for today’s blistering pace and digitally connected reality, is what you need to build the kind of loyal customer base that allows you to survive - and thrive.

    Nick Morgan says: "This is the book that cracks the code!"
  • Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time (Harvard Business Review)
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    • Tony Schwartz

    Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time (Harvard Business Review)

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    Increasing your energy capacity is the best way to get more work done faster and better. From the October 2007 issue of Harvard Business Review.

    Carolyn Stein says: "Everyone Should Read This!"
  • The Alchemists: Three Central Bankers and a World on Fire
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    Neil Irwin’s The Alchemists is a gripping account of the most intense exercise in economic crisis management we’ve ever seen, a poker game in which the stakes have run into the trillions of dollars. The book begins in, of all places, Stockholm, Sweden, in the 17th century, where central banking had its rocky birth, and then progresses through a brisk but dazzling tutorial on how the central banker came to exert such vast influence over our world, from its troubled beginnings to the age of Greenspan, bringing the listener into the present with a marvelous handle on how these figures and institutions became what they are.

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  • How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour
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    How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour

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    This book gives you the answers in a twelve-step guide to accumulating vast riches the way hedge fund managers do - by playing trillion-dollar poker with a marked deck. Through each easy step, you'll learn the sleight of hand and disregard for basic morality you'll need to move from making tens of dollars an hour to millions an hour!

  • Forbes, May 13, 2013
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    Welcome to Forbes for May 13th, 2013 from Audible. This edition contains seven feature articles. In the cover story, we'll tell you about, “John Doerr's Plan to Reclaim the Venture Capital Throne” – the man whose name is synonymous with venture capital talks about what's gone wrong with his legendary firm Kleiner Perkins, and how he’s righting the ship.

  • Nature's Fortune : How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature
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    Nature's Fortune : How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature

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    In Nature’s Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer Jonathan Adams argue that nature is not only the foundation of human well-being, but also the smartest commercial investment any business or government can make. The forests, floodplains, and oyster reefs often seen simply as raw materials or as obstacles to be cleared in the name of progress are, in fact as important to our future prosperity as technology or law or business innovation.

  • Juggernaut: Why the System Crushes the Only People Who Can Save It
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    Juggernaut: Why the System Crushes the Only People Who Can Save It

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    In this stunning new story of political economy, author Eric Robert Morse examines why the modern system has become so unwieldy and explains what must be done to correct it. His astute analysis and fascinating storytelling take readers on an epic journey, from the dawn of free-market capitalism during the age of exploration, through the industrial revolution and Adam Smith, to the rise of Keynesianism and the dominance of the welfare state....

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  • The Locust and the Bee: Predators and Creators in Capitalism's Future
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    The Locust and the Bee: Predators and Creators in Capitalism's Future

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    The recent economic crisis was a dramatic reminder that capitalism can both produce and destroy. It's a system that by its very nature encourages predators and creators, locusts and bees. But, as Geoff Mulgan argues in this compelling, imaginative, and important book, the economic crisis also presents a historic opportunity to choose a radically different future for capitalism, one that maximizes its creative power and minimizes its destructive force.

  • Harvard Business Review, May 2013
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    What Would Ashton Do–and Does It Matter?" by Sinan Aral; "The Performance Frontier: Innovating for a Sustainable Strategy" by Robert C. Eccles and George Serafeim; "Creating the Best Workplace" by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones; and "Health Care’s Service Fanatics" by James I. Merlino and Ananth Raman.

  • The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy
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    The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy

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    China's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depression? Not quite. Noted economist and China expert Michael Pettis argues instead that we are undergoing a critical rebalancing of the world economies.

  • The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis
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    The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis

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    In The Lawyer Bubble, Steven J. Harper reveals how a culture of short-term thinking has blinded some of the nation’s finest minds to the long-run implications of their actions. Law school deans have ceded independent judgment in the quest to maximize immediate results. Senior partners in the nation’s large law firms have focused on current profits and individual wealth at great cost to their institutions. Yet, wiser decisions can take the profession to a better place.

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  • Audible Fast Company, May 2013
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    "How J. Crew Stays White Hot": How Jenna Lyons transformed the specialty retailer into a cult brand. "How a Young Community of Entrepreneurs is Rebuilding Detroit": Young entrepreneurs are trying to save Detroit. "Andrew Mason on how to Deal: From Founder to Ex-Groupon CEO": Groupon’s precipitous fall--and its audacious bid for redemption. "Meet the Tech Duo That’s Revitalizing the Medical Device Industry": The surgeries of old can be rebooted.

  • End of the Good Life: How the Financial Crisis Threatens a Lost Generation - and What We Can Do About It
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    Generation Y faces the bleakest economic landscape in modern history. The recent spikes in unemployment and debt, alongside a drop in marriage, home-buying, and childbearing rates, will have long-term consequences for a group that had no hand in creating the financial crisis. For these young adults, the American Dream is moving farther out of reach. Worse still, leaders aren't doing anything about it.

  • Forbes, April 22, 2013
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    Welcome to Forbes for April 22, 2013 from Audible. This edition contains seven feature articles. In the cover story, we'll tell you. . . “How Volkswagen Will Rule the World” -- Nothing will halt Volkswagen Chief Martin Winterkorn's audacious onslaught on the auto business. Not even Europe's collapsing economy.

  • How Money Walks: How $2 Trillion Moved Between the States, and Why it Matters
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    How Money Walks: How $2 Trillion Moved Between the States, and Why it Matters

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    Between 1995 and 2010, millions of Americans moved between the states, taking with them over $2 trillion in adjusted gross incomes. Two trillion dollars is equivalent to the GDP of California, the ninth largest in the world. It's a lot of money. Some states, like Florida, saw tremendous gains ($86.4 billion), while others, like New York, experienced massive losses ($58.6 billion). People moved, and they took their working wealth with them. The question is, why?

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