“THE BOOK CHINA DOESN’T WANT YOU TO READ.” —CNN SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by THE ECONOMIST and FINANCIAL TIMES This “powerful and disturbing” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice ) New York Times bestseller is narrated by a man who, with his wife, Whitney Duan, rose to the top levels of power and wealth—and then fell out of favor. Whitney had been disappeared four years before, but this book led to her dramatic reemergence. As Desmond Shum was growing up impoverished in...
Releasedatum: 2021-09-07 169,00 kr
'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world' BILL GATES 'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMA The international bestseller, inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world, and make you realise things are better than you thought. *#1 S...
Releasedatum: 2018-04-03 35,00 kr
Varför beter sig börsen som en galning? Hur kommer det sig att direktörerna tjänar mer och mer och varför kan banker fortsätta spela hasard med skattebetalarnas pengar? Och varför fortsätter skuldkrisen att plåga Europa trots alla räddningspaket? Andreas Cervenka, hyllad och prisbelönt ekonomikrönikör i Svenska Dagbladet, förklarar hur allt hänger ihop i vår allt mer komplicerade och snabbrörliga världsekonomi. Pedagogiskt och rakt på sak behandlas de stora frågor som dominer...
Releasedatum: 2013-12-09 69,00 kr
Den franske ekonomen Thomas Pikettys 970-sidiga Le capital au XXIe siècle (Capital in the Tweny-First Century) har på kort tid fått ett sällan skådat genomslag i samhällsdebatten världen över. Den tidigare Ekonomipristagaren Paul Krugman har sagt att det förmodligen är den viktigaste boken om ekonomi detta decennium och Katrine Kielos fastslog i DN att alla som är intresserade av de stora krafter som formar samhällen kommer att behöva relatera till Thomas Piketty de närmaste åren....
Releasedatum: 2014-06-19 19,00 kr
Bostadspriser som rusar mest i västvärlden. Hundratusentals svenskar som kastar sig in på börsen. En före detta socialdemokratisk statsminister som blir god för 100 miljoner kronor efter politiken. Ett tidigare kommunalråd som tjänar åtta miljarder på fem år. Över 330 nya miljardärer inom loppet av 24 månader. Sverige var länge känt som ett av världens mest jämlika länder. Men de senaste decennierna har något skett. Klyftan mellan de superförmögna och resten av befolkningen...
Releasedatum: 2022-04-01 129,00 kr
This edition of The Art of Public Speaking comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each chapter, and motivational public speaking imagery. This book is a fantastic introduction to public speaking by the master of the art, Dale Carnegie. Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners. It is closely allied to "presenting", although the latter has more of a ...
Releasedatum: 2018-11-18 9,00 kr
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other Afr...
Releasedatum: 2012-03-20 139,00 kr
'A business classic. You're pretty much guaranteed to get your money's worth - if not much, much more' Jason Hesse, Real Business This revised and expanded edition of the bestselling book, The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman, gives you everything you need to transform your business, your career or your working life forever. An MBA at a top school is an enormous investment in time, effort and cold, hard cash. And if you don't want to work for a consulting firm or an investment bank, the chances are ...
Releasedatum: 2011-02-03 Genre:Näringsliv och privatekonomi 129,00 kr
The completely updated, final edition of the global bestseller - one of the most influential books of the 21st century 'Few books can be said to have changed the world, but Nudge did. The Final Edition is marvellous: funny, useful, and wise' Daniel Kahneman Nudge has transformed the way individuals, companies and governments look at the world - and in the process has become one of the most important books of the twenty-first century. This completely updated edition offers a wealth of new insight...
Releasedatum: 2012-10-04 115,00 kr
THE NEW QUESTION Ten years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great , Jim Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research, buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused with engaging stories, Collins and his colleague, Morten Hansen, enumerate the principles for building a truly great enterprise in unpredictable, tumultuous, and fast-moving times. THE NEW STUDY Great ...
Releasedatum: 2011-10-13 Genre:Näringsliv och privatekonomi 209,00 kr
'One of the smartest books of all time' Fortune 'The hottest thinker in the world' Sunday Times Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable? This book is the bestselling sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. It is all about luck: more precisely, how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Nowhere is t...
Releasedatum: 2007-05-03 115,00 kr
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BIG SHORT AND FLASH BOYS 'A gripping account of how two psychologists reshaped the way we think ... What a story it is' Sunday Times 'You'll love it ... full of surprises and no small degree of tragedy' Tim Harford In 1969 two men met on a university campus. Their names were Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. They were different in every way. But they were both obsessed with the human mind - and both happened to be geniuses. Together, they w...
Releasedatum: 2016-12-06 115,00 kr
From the bestselling author of The Black Swan , a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility 'Skin in the game means that you do not pay attention to what people say, only to what they do, and how much of their neck they are putting on the line' Citizens, artisans, police, fishermen, political activists and entrepreneurs all have skin in the game. Policy wonks, corporate executives, many academics, ban...
Releasedatum: 2018-02-20 115,00 kr
* Featuring Dynamic Chapter Navigation & Pro Formatting for a Premium Reading Experience. Think and Grow Rich (1937) is a motivational personal development book written by Napoleon Hill inspired by a suggestion from tycoon businessman Andrew Carnegie. While the title implies that the book deals only with how to achieve monetary wealth, the author explains that the philosophy can be used to help individuals succeed in all lines of work & achieve anything. Think and Grow Rich was cre...
Releasedatum: 2014-08-26 Genre:Näringsliv och privatekonomi 15,00 kr
The definitive playbook by the pioneers of Growth Hacking, one of the hottest business methodologies in Silicon Valley and beyond. It seems hard to believe today, but there was a time when Airbnb was the best-kept secret of travel hackers and couch surfers, Pinterest was a niche web site frequented only by bakers and crafters, LinkedIn was an exclusive network for C-suite executives and top-level recruiters, Facebook was MySpace’s sorry step-brother, and Uber was a scrappy upstart that didn’...
Releasedatum: 2017-04-25 45,00 kr
**Winner of the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award** 'Brad Stone's definitive book on Amazon and Bezos' The Guardian 'A masterclass in deeply researched investigative financial journalism . . . riveting' The Times The definitive story of the largest and most influential company in the world and the man whose drive and determination changed business forever. Though Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail, its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, was never...
Releasedatum: 2013-10-17 115,00 kr
Assume nothing, question everything. This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics , Levitt and Dubner's rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby names that turned everyone's view of the world upside-down and became an international multi-million-copy-selling phenomenon. 'Prepare to be dazzled' Malcolm Gladwell 'A sensation ... you'll be stimulated, provoked and entertained. Of how many books can that be said?' Sunday Telegraph 'Has you chucklin...
Releasedatum: 2006-10-05 115,00 kr
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year 'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry 'You should read Humankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race' Tim Harford 'The book we need right now' Daily Telegraph 'Made me see humanity from a fresh perspective' Yuval Noah Harari It's a belief that unites the left ...
Releasedatum: 2020-05-19 105,00 kr
The New York Times bestseller 'Silicon Valley needed a history lesson and Ferguson has provided it' Eric Schmidt What if everything we thought we knew about history was wrong? From Niall Ferguson, the global bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money and Civilization , this is a whole new way of imagining the world. Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing ...
Releasedatum: 2017-10-05 115,00 kr
"This is not a book about charismatic visionary leaders. It is not about visionary product concepts or visionary products or visionary market insights. Nor is it about just having a corporate vision. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial. This is a book about visionary companies." So write Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in this groundbreaking book that shatters myths, provides new insights, and gives practical guidance to those who would like to build landmar...
Releasedatum: 2011-08-30 Genre:Näringsliv och privatekonomi 129,00 kr
This book is a very special piece of art. It not only has survived since 1928, it still lives on in many popular modern texts. The Secret was an example of a popular modern text, which has brought the age-old wisdom of this text back to the mainstream reader. With value and hard-work by the publisher, you will have a high quality unabridged text, with a few minor pictures added, two audio clips, and a little introduction, true to the author’s vision is what you will find in t...
Releasedatum: 2012-03-02 15,00 kr
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1. Full to the brim! - This is among the first self-help books, and came about years before the more well known Napoleon Hill book "Think and Grow Rich". That book is great but this book is even better with so much knowledge and traits perfectly explained. Everyone should read this book, especially when a version as good as this is free!
2017-07-10
Beloved by millions, this timeless classic holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. This is the book that reveals the secret to personal wealth. Countless readers have been helped by the famous “Babylonian parables,” hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and...
Releasedatum: 2023-03-27 9,00 kr
The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a new edition, now including an exclusive discussion between the authors and bestselling professor of psychology Angela Duckworth. Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? Which should be feared more: snakes or french fries? Why do sumo wrestlers cheat? In this groundbreaking book, leading economist Steven Levitt—Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and winner of the A...
Releasedatum: 2011-09-20 115,00 kr
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2010 They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. Yet they would bring the world to its knees. Andrew Ross Sorkin, the news-breaking New York Times journalist, delivers the first true in-the-room account of the most powerful men and women at the eye of the financial storm - from reviled Lehman Brothers CEO Dick 'the gorilla' Fuld, to banking whiz Jamie Dimon, from b...
Releasedatum: 2010-07-01 129,00 kr
Recepten för en stabil ekonomisk utveckling är varken hemliga eller okända, men de är svåra att genomföra i ett demokratiskt samhällssystem. För att citera EU-ordförande Jean-Claude Juncker: "Vi vet alla vad vi måste göra, vi vet bara inte hur vi ska kunna bli återvalda efter att vi gjort det". De etablerade ekonomiska teorierna står idag inför en omprövning. Björn Wahlroos har valt tio teorier, eller antaganden, alla grundläggande för den forskning som kritiserar den ekonomisk...
Releasedatum: 2015-05-19 79,00 kr
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. In short, either we embrace radical change ourselves or radical changes will be visited upon our physical world. The status quo is no longer an option. In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate cha...
Releasedatum: 2014-09-16 179,00 kr
Ekonomi ses ofta som något krångligt och svårt, men den här boken lär dig att ta kontrollen över din ekonomi och att oavsett utgångsläget göra mer av det du har. "Vi möter dagligen människor som tillämpar strutsprincipen när det kommer till ekonomi. Det vill säga, man stoppar huvudet i sanden och har inte koll på hur många kronor som lämnar kontot - eller kommer in, för den delen. Men! Nyckeln till att förbättra din ekonomi är att veta hur den ser ut idag - och varför du sp...
Releasedatum: 2014-08-15 59,00 kr
Nollnolltalet startade och slutade i en bubbla. Däremellan festade vi som aldrig förr. Vi shoppade aktier, fonder och lägenheter med nya, gamla och lånade pengar. Och absolut ingenting lärde vi oss. (Ett kapitel ur antologin Noll Noll.)
Releasedatum: 2012-02-06 15,00 kr
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEAR A THE ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Brilliantly conceived and enlightening at every turn' Lawrence Wright We have long been suspicious of corporations recklessly pursuing profit and amassing wealth and power. But the story of the corporation didn't have to be like this. For most of history, they were not amoral entities, but public institutions designed to promote the societies that granted them charter. Magnuson reveals how the corporation has evo...
Releasedatum: 2022-11-10 79,00 kr
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “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, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles , who has spent half a century studying global economies and markets, Principles for Dealing wi...
Releasedatum: 2021-11-30 209,00 kr
Allt du behöver veta om nudge och beteendeekonomi! Hur kan små och enkla medel få människor att göra bättre val? Hur kan smarta knep få oss att bli mer miljövänliga eller öka säkerheten i trafiken? Och hur kan du undvika att förköpa dig på rean? Nobelpristagaren Richard Thaler lanserade begreppet nudge, som under tio år fått allt större relevans och spridning. I denna bok ger ekonomijournalisten Alexander Norén en introduktion till nudge och beteendeekonomin området i gränsla...
Releasedatum: 2018-05-30 99,00 kr
The book that redefines economics for a world in crisis. Relentless financial crises. Extreme inequalities in wealth. Remorseless pressure on the environment. Anyone can see that our economic system is broken. But can it be fixed? In Doughnut Economics , Oxford academic Kate Raworth identifies the seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray - from selling us the myth of 'rational economic man' to obsessing over growth at all costs - and offers instead an alternative roadm...
Releasedatum: 2017-04-06 115,00 kr
How can you win when the only certainty is change? Highly accessible, lively and inspiring, Velocity draws upon the authors’ unique perspectives and experiences to present seven timeless new laws for businesses and individuals in a world that is dominated by rapid change and digital technology. Written as a fascinating and enjoyable conversation between the authors – Stefan Olander, Vice President of Digital Sport from Nike and Ajaz Ahmed founder and Chairman AKQA – Velocity 's up-to-date ...
Releasedatum: 2012-05-03 159,00 kr
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A marvel of insight and practicality' Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit ____________________________ How do you build and sustain a great team? The Culture Code reveals the secrets of some of the best teams in the world - from Pixar to Google to US Navy SEALs - explaining the three skills such groups have mastered in order to generate trust and a willingness to collaborate. Combining cutting-edge science, on-the-ground insight and practical ideas for act...
Releasedatum: 2018-02-01 Genre:Näringsliv och privatekonomi 115,00 kr
Det orangea kuvertet har blivit ett begrepp hos de svenska hushållen. Vid sidan av deklarationen och Ikeakatalogen finns få tryckta alster med sådan spridning i vårt land. Som kuriosa kan nämnas att färgen orange i kristendomen symboliserar frosseri, en ironi med tanke på den magra allmänna pension åtskilliga av oss måste räkna med. Vadå ”mager”? Det var väl en reform? Ska det då bli sämre för någon? Jodå, systemet är nämligen underfinansierat redan idag, och värre blir ...
Releasedatum: 2013-03-25 29,00 kr
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary and historical examples, from ancient Rome through the Tudors to modern-day China, leading academics Daron Acemoglu and Jam...
Releasedatum: 2012-03-08 69,00 kr
'A highly enjoyable exercise in financial disaster tourism... politically incorrect, often very funny, and shot through with genuine insight' Robert Harris, The Times In this hilarious, fascinating, timely must-read, Michael Lewis reveals the true natures of the countries caught up in - and exacerbating - our boomerang economies, showing how the financial meltdown hit us all in the face. Right now, Europe is in serious financial chaos. In Greece, infrastructure costs mean it would be cheaper to ...
Releasedatum: 2011-10-06 115,00 kr
** The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller** 'One of the greatest political memoirs of all time' Guardian What happens when you take on the European establishment? Read as world-famous, provocative economist, and former Greece finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, blows the lid on his battle with EU officials over the Greek debt crisis. Varoufakis sparked one of the most spectacular and controversial battles in recent political history with his attempt to renegotiate Greece’s relationship with the Europe...
Releasedatum: 2017-05-04 115,00 kr
We live in an extraordinary time. Technological advances are happening at a rate faster than our ability to understand them, and in a world that moves faster than we can imagine, we cannot afford to stand still. These advances bring efficiency and abundance—and they are profoundly deflationary.Our economic systems were built for a pre-technology era when labour and capital were inextricably linked, an era that counted on growth and inflation, an era where we made money from inefficiency. That ...
Releasedatum: 2020-01-14 99,00 kr
A very clear, reliable and readable history of economic thought from the ancient world to the present day. From Homer to Marx to John Stuart Mill, Backhouse shows how to keep your Keynsians from your post-Keynsians and New Keynsians. A core book.
Releasedatum: 2002-01-31 115,00 kr
A New York Times Bestseller! 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-spanning supply chains are only possible with the protection of the U.S. Navy. The Ameri...
Releasedatum: 2022-06-14 299,00 kr
The bestselling citizen's guide to economics Basic Economics is a citizen's guide to economics, written for those who want to understand how the economy works but have no interest in jargon or equations. Bestselling economist Thomas Sowell explains the general principles underlying different economic systems: capitalist, socialist, feudal, and so on. In readable language, he shows how to critique economic policies in terms of the incentives they create, rather than the goals they proclaim. With ...
Releasedatum: 2014-12-02 259,00 kr
Pengar är ett kusligt starkt verktyg, som vi människor hittat på. Bara åsynen av dem väcker idéer, avsky och avund. Samtidigt har vi aldrig haft så mycket och så snabba pengar i omlopp och ändå växer gruppen maktlösa. Istället dömer vi ut nyrika, sparar i dåliga räntor, viker oss för stormakter, hyllar lottovinnare och missar vår egen korruption. För vi hinner sällan klä pengar i nödvändiga tankar, vägval och sammanhang. Istället blir pengar lätt den andres vapen i deba...
Releasedatum: 2013-03-27 55,00 kr
In his long-awaited and provocative book, George Friedman turns his eye on the future-offering a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt (and how they will be fought), which nations will gain and lose economic and political power, and how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century. The Next 100 Years draws on a fascinating exploration of ...
Releasedatum: 2010-01-18 Genre:Näringsliv och privatekonomi 75,00 kr
'Part of a veritable golden age for smart books on the current state of the global economy' Politico 'A fast-paced and apocalyptic look at the financial future' Financial Times Financial expert, investment advisor and New York Times bestselling author James Rickards explores how the international monetary system has collapsed three times in the past and warns that another collapse is rapidly approaching and why, this time, nothing less than the institution of money itself is at risk. -----------...
Releasedatum: 2014-04-03 115,00 kr
'Doing good can help improve your prospects, your profits, and your business; and it can change the world. We must change the way we do business' - Richard Branson Can we bring more meaning to our lives and help change the world at the same time? In Screw Business as Usual , Richard Branson at his brilliant and motivating best, shares some fascinating and inspiring stories about the people who are already leading the way in transforming business into a force for good, for people and for the plan...
Releasedatum: 2011-11-17 Genre:Näringsliv och privatekonomi 149,00 kr
The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a new edition, now including an exclusive discussion between the authors and bestselling professor of psychology Angela Duckworth. Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? Which should be feared more: snakes or french fries? Why do sumo wrestlers cheat? In this groundbreaking book, leading economist Steven Levitt—Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and winner of the A...
Releasedatum: 2010-02-17 55,00 kr
In The Zero Marginal Cost Society, New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the eclipse of capitalism. Rifkin uncovers a paradox at the heart of capitalism that has propelled it to greatness but is now taking it to its death—the inherent entrepreneurial dynamism of competitive markets that drives productivity up a...
Releasedatum: 2014-04-01 115,00 kr
INTRODUCTION FEW TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS are as impressive as the ability to see our own planet from outer space. The beautiful sphere suspended against the black void of space makes plain the bond that the billions of us on Earth have in common. This global consciousness inspires space travellers who then provide emotional and spiritual observations. Their views from outer space awaken them to a grand realization that all who share our planet make up a single community. They think this viewp...
Releasedatum: 2012-01-03 129,00 kr
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1. Fantastisk bok! - Grymt läsvärd bok! Venusprojektet tar upp hur snedvriden världen är idag och presenterar ett alternativt samhällssystem där alla beslut bygger på att planeten tas omhand och samtidigt ger ALLA människor en chans att nå sitt högsta potential, allt utifrån teknologi och kunskap som vi har idag. Jag tror på Venusprojektet.
2015-12-01
THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. The current financial crisis has only one parallel: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s, which crippled the future of an entire generation and set the stage for the horrors of the Second World War. Yet the economic meltdown could have been avoided, had it not been for the decisions taken by a small number of central bankers. In Lords of Finance , we meet these men, the four bankers who truly broke the world: the enigmatic Norman Mo...
Releasedatum: 2011-09-30 115,00 kr