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The Art of the Deal
- Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Art today is defined by its relationship to money as never before. Prices of living artists' works have been driven to unprecedented heights, conventional boundaries within the art world have collapsed, and artists now think ever more strategically about how to advance their careers. Artists no longer simply make art, but package, sell, and brand it.
Noah Horowitz exposes the inner workings of the contemporary art market, explaining how this unique economy came to be, how it works, and where it's headed. He takes a unique look at the globalization of the art world and the changing face of the business, offering the clearest analysis yet of how investors speculate in the market and how emerging art forms, such as video and installation, have been drawn into the commercial sphere. By carefully examining these developments against the backdrop of the deflation of the contemporary art bubble in 2008, Art of the Deal is a must-listen book that demystifies collecting and investing in today's art market.
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- David
- 03-06-11
unbearable
The book attempts to cover an interesting subject, studying the relation between art for the sake of aesthetics or as an investment. However it is written in such an unbearable thesis paper like fashion. Explaining everything down to detail like a instructional manual, like the difference between film and video. Disappointed.
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- 12-30-14
waste of time
What disappointed you about The Art of the Deal?
I have worked in the art world for 20 + years and this book hid the lack of information in obtuse jargon
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- Erin Pierro
- 08-01-14
It's like listening to a robot
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
The worst audible experience so far. Trying to get through this one but the narration is so poor that it's like listening to a robot. Can't even pay attention to him for more than 10 seconds.
Would you recommend The Art of the Deal to your friends? Why or why not?
No - get the book if you are interested.
Would you be willing to try another one of Ken Kliban’s performances?
NEVER!!!!!!!!
Was The Art of the Deal worth the listening time?
Not so far.
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- sanaz a.
- 04-08-19
Narrator sucks
Sounds like a robot talking and not clear at all. Didn’t like his voice at all
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- Rebecca
- 10-30-12
Good Book but would benefit from new narrator
Really interesting and full of facts but I can only listen in short bursts as the narrator bores and annoys me in equal measures - so irritating and ruins a good book.
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Other People's Money
- The Real Business of Finance
- By: John Kay
- Narrated by: Walter Dixon
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading. The finance sector devotes too little attention to the search for new investment opportunities and the stewardship of existing ones, and far too much to secondary-market dealing in existing assets. Regulation has contributed more to the problems than the solutions.
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Listened twice. Everyone must read this.
- By Tristan on 01-18-16
By: John Kay
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Cryptoassets Essentials 2 In 1 Value Collection: Cryptocurrency DeFI Guidebook + Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Investing Mastery
- Guide for Beginners to Experts, understand DeFi and proper NFT Investing
- By: Cameron Belford
- Narrated by: Jerry Wright, Cameron Belford
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
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Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Investing Mastery is a book primarily written to help you navigate your way through NFT investing. The book explores the basics of NFTs and how to make, buy, sell, trade, and invest in NFT crypto. Because of the complexity of crypto and qn NFT investment, this guide to Non-Fungible Token has been specifically designed to serve the investment needs of both beginners and pros. So, whichever category you fall into, you don’t have to sweat over it, as this book is well-simplified to lead you through your NFT investment journey.
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There are better options
- By Sandra Tucker on 05-01-22
By: Cameron Belford
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Pioneering Portfolio Management
- An Unconventional Approach to Institutional Investment, Fully Revised and Updated
- By: David F. Swensen
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 17 hrs and 47 mins
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An indispensable road map for creating a successful investment program from Yale’s chief investment officer, David F. Swensen. The original Pioneering Portfolio Management outlined a common-sense template for structuring a well-diversified equity-oriented portfolio. This new edition provides fund managers and students of the market an up-to-date guide for actively managed investment portfolios.
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incredibly insightful
- By Anonymous User on 02-11-20
By: David F. Swensen
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The Portable MBA
- By: Kenneth M. Eades, Timothy M. Laseter, Ian Skurnik, and others
- Narrated by: Adam Hanin
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
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A totally revised, new edition of the best-selling guide to business school basics.
The best-selling book that invented the "MBA in a book" category, The Portable MBA, Fifth Edition, is a reliable and information-packed guide to the business school curriculum and experience. For years, professionals who need MBA-level information and insight - but don't need the hassle of business school - have turned to the Portable MBA series for the very best, most up-to-date coverage of the business basics.
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Should be a PDF attachment
- By George Bonev on 12-09-12
By: Kenneth M. Eades, and others
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The Entrepreneurial State
- Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths
- By: Mariana Mazzucato
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In this sharp and controversial international best seller, an award-winning economist debunks the pervasive myth that the government is sluggish and inept, and at odds with a dynamic private sector. She reveals in detailed case studies that the opposite is true: The state is, and has been, our boldest and most valuable innovator. Denying this history is leading us down the wrong path. A select few get credit for what is an intensely collective effort, and the US government has started disinvesting from innovation.
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Grossly Propogandist
- By Anonymous User on 03-26-21
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The Ten-Day MBA 4th Ed.
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering the Skills Taught In America's Top Business Schools
- By: Steven Silbiger
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
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Revised and updated to answer the challenges of a rapidly changing business world, the 4th edition of The Ten-Day MBA includes the latest topics taught at America's top business schools, from corporate ethics and compliance to financial planning and real estate to leadership and negotiation. With more than 400,000 copies sold around the world, this internationally acclaimed guide distills the lessons of the most popular business school courses taught at Harvard, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, Northwestern, and the University of Virginia.
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No chapters!?!
- By Craig Z on 04-10-19
By: Steven Silbiger
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How Markets Fail
- The Logic of Economic Calamities
- By: John Cassidy
- Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
- Length: 13 hrs and 15 mins
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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?
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Three books in one.
- By Donald on 02-13-10
By: John Cassidy
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The Aspirational Investor
- Taming the Markets to Achieve Your Life's Goals
- By: Ashvin B. Chhabra
- Narrated by: Brett Barry
- Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins
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The chief investment officer of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management explains why goals, not markets, should be the primary focus of your investment strategy - and offers a practical, innovative framework for making smarter choices about aligning your goals to your investment strategy.
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Nothing about goal based investing
- By Steffen on 05-04-17
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Competition Demystified
- A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy
- By: Judd Kahn, Bruce C. Greenwald
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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Bruce Greenwald, one of the nation's leading business professors, presents a new and simplified approach to strategy that cuts through much of the fog that has surrounded the subject. Based on his hugely popular course at Columbia Business School, Greenwald and his co-author, Judd Kahn, offer an easy-to-follow method for understanding the competitive structure of your industry and developing an appropriate strategy for your specific position.
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Prof, we need the figures/graphs that’s in the the book
- By sid on 12-25-20
By: Judd Kahn, and others
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The Skyscraper Curse: And How Austrian Economists Predicted Every Major Economic Crisis of the Last Century
- By: Mark Thornton
- Narrated by: Graham Wright
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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The Skyscraper Curse is Dr. Mark Thornton's definitive work on booms and busts, and it explains why only Austrian economists really understand them. It makes business cycle theory accessible to a whole new 21st-century audience. And they need it, especially those under 40. Many of the brilliant quants working on Wall Street and at the Fed barely remember the Crash of 2008, much less understand it. But Mark Thornton does, and his book is a warning about overheated equity markets, overinflated housing prices, and clueless central bankers.
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Very good read
- By Mark Moncayo on 02-02-19
By: Mark Thornton
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Common Sense on Mutual Funds
- Fully Updated 10th Anniversary Edition
- By: John C Bogle
- Narrated by: Scott Peterson
- Length: 20 hrs and 49 mins
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John Bogle - founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund Group and creator of the first index mutual fund - is an industry pioneer. Over the years, he has single-handedly transformed the mutual fund business, and today, his vision continues to inspire investors .It has been over a decade since the original edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds was first published. While much has changed during this time, the importance of investing and the issues addressed in the original edition of this book have not.
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Way long to make the point
- By BW on 02-21-16
By: John C Bogle
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Private Equity: A Complete Guide to Working with Private Equity, Minority Investments and Buyouts
- By: Lewiss Invest
- Narrated by: Alison Wheaton
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Are wondering how to "get in" into the world of private equity, whether as an investor or a business seeking private equity financing? Do you want to uncover the veil of secrecy that has clouded private equity funds for years so that you too can go all in and benefit from it? This book will help you to achieve just that by covering the A-Z of private equity so that even if you are a complete beginner, you have expert level understanding of the inner workings of private equity funds so that you can use that to your advantage.
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Narration sounds like Siri
- By Jeepsue on 03-17-20
By: Lewiss Invest