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Sheryl Sandberg The statistics, although an improvement on previous decades, are certainly not in women's favour - of 197 heads of state, only twenty-two are women. Women hold just 20 percent of... | |
John Browne Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for good and bad. | Jaron Lanier Shows how the new power paradigm operates, how it is conceived and controlled, and why it is leading to a collapse in living standards. Arguing that the 'information economy' ruins... |
Michael Sandel Should we financially reward children for good marks? Is it ethical to pay people to donate organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons... | Ha-Joon Chang Turns received economic wisdom on its head to show you how the world really works. In this book, the author destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us... |
Niall Ferguson Reveals the 'killer applications' that did it: competition - How Europe's small, piratical states built modern capitalism; science - How innovation gave the West the military edge; property rights -... | John Lanchester We are, to use a technical economic term, screwed. The cowboy capitalists had a party with everyone's money and now we're all paying for it. What went wrong? And will... |
Gordon Brown The much-anticipated book from former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown about the global economic crisis and the way forward | Daniel Yergin Shows us how energy is the ultimate engine of global political and economic change, in a story that spans the old energies on which our civilization has been built, the... |
Joseph Stiglitz When world economy went into freefall, so too did our unquestioning faith in markets. But what happens now? Are bailouts and stern lectures enough, or do we need a rethink... | Robert Greene Around the globe, people are facing the same problem - that we are born as individuals but are forced to conform to the rules of society if we want to... |
Robert Skidelsky When unbridled capitalism falters, is there an alternative? This title shows how the great economist's ideas not only explain why the current financial crisis occurred - but are our best... | Karren Brady Karren Brady is an inspiration to women everywhere, and her incredible success is borne of her passion, impressive business instinct, ambition, and her very genuine, honest, down-to-earth outlook. |
Philip Delves Broughton What do the best rug seller in Tangier, the king of the US cable channels and guru of the Japanese life insurance industry have in common? What makes the difference... | Richard Branson Can we bring more meaning to our lives and help change the world at the same time? In this title, the author shares some inspiring stories about the people who... |