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"One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly succeeds in that goal," the Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz wrote in The New York Times, reviewing The World is Flat in 2005. With his inimitable ability to translate complex foreign policy and...

In The Politics Industry, Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter ingeniously apply the tools of business analysis - and Porter's distinctive Five Forces framework - to show how the political system functions just as every other competitive industry does, and how the duopoly has led to the devastating outcomes we see today. Using this competition lens, Gehl and Porter identify the most powerful lever for change - a strategy comprised of a clear set of choices in two key areas: how our elections work and how we make our laws.

In these two audiobooks, you will learn how to improve all aspects of life with the number one life skill everyone needs to know.... Stress can cause major mental and physical diseases such as depression, anxiety, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and even sexual dysfunction. Miscommunication is the number one stress cause. Once you discover the principles of effective communication, you will know exactly how to get your point across and you never have to be scared of miscommunication again.

This Sh%t is Hard is where North Carolina politics, pop culture, and real life collide, told through the lens of disability and autism. Hosted by Robert Cabral, it’s honest, unfiltered conversations about the twists, setbacks, and real paths people take, especially in spaces that weren’t built for disabled and autistic people.I’m figuring it out in real time and making change in my own way. Because success isn’t linear and everyone has their own version of hard, even if it doesn’t look the same.

In today’s divided world, a lot of people feel helpless and frustrated in various situations where they have to deal with other people and their strong opinions. Think about the heated political climate right now, to the point that families don’t talk to each other anymore. Wouldn’t you like to spend future holidays with your whole family? And enjoy it? Effective Communication: 5 Essential Tips and Exercises to Improve How You Communicate is your comprehensive, go-to guide to improve your communication effortlessly and get your message across effectively in any scenario.

In State Capitalism, Joshua Kurlantzick ranges across the world - China, Thailand, Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, and more - and argues that the increase in state capitalism across the globe has, on balance, contributed to a decline in democracy. He isolates some of the reasons for state capitalism's resurgence: the fact that globalization favors economies of scale in the most critical industries and the widespread rejection of the Washington Consensus in the face of the problems that have plagued the world economy in recent years.

When our species first learned how to farm and build permanent settlements, things may have gone well at first. All those who worked to grow food (instead of having to find it, as we did for about 200,000 years before) got to consume it themselves and trade any left over for other goods or services. Then, one day, someone with a big club said to most everyone else, “I'm no longer doing all this hard work; you grow the food for me and, if you do as I say, I’ll let you have some of it back so you won’t starve…or else!”

This is the story of publishing as you've never heard it before, told by one of the most provocative and informed voices building its future. It's the tale of prophets and storytellers, of entrepreneurs and shop-owners, of those who fashioned the world of book publishing as we know it.

We worden overspoeld met nieuws over Amerika, maar écht dichtbij komt het nooit. Niet gek, want we missen één cruciaal perspectief: dat van binnenuit. Daarom belt Humberto Tan elke week met Michiel Vos over alles wat er speelt in de VS en hoe dat van invloed is op ons kleine landje.