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HBR's 10 must reads on strengthening your soft skills
Harvard Business Review Press
Paper Book
Strengthen your soft skills and reach your leadership potential. If you read nothing else on developing your interpersonal skills, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you...
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Build, baby, build : the science and ethics of housing regulation
Caplan, Bryan Douglas
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In this exciting new graphic novel, economist Bryan Caplan examines how changes to housing regulation can lead us to a vastly better world. Why are housing prices in America so unbelievably high, especially in the country's most desirable locations? The superficial answer is "supply...
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This time no mistakes : how to remake Britain
Hutton, Will
Paper Book
'This Time No Mistakes is a brilliant book... an intellectual, historical, political read with some strong themes... read it if you haven't already.' Keir Starmer 'Represents the beginning of a new, urgent debate. The era that defined economics since the end of the Cold War is...
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Shocks, crises, and false alarms : how to assess true macroeconomic risk
Carlsson-Szlezak, Philipp
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"a fresh, thorough and practicable book for anyone who wants to sharpen their macroeconomic judgment, structured in an easily accessible and insightful manner. It offers an invaluable framework to better understand growth, the financial sector and the key trends shaping the global economy." --...
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Slow burn : the hidden costs of a warming world
Park, R. Jisung
Paper Book
How the subtle but significant consequences of a hotter planet have already begun--from lower test scores to higher crime rates--and how we might tackle them today It's hard not to feel anxious about the problem of climate change, especially if we think of it as an impending...
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Technocapitalism : the rise of the new robber barons and the fight for the common good
Napoleoni, Loretta
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A fascinating look at howthe Space Barons and Techtitans-heads of companies like Uber, Amazon, Tesla-have hijacked technology, preventing it from being used on behalf of the common goodandprofitingfrom the politics of fear and consumerism. The respected Italian economist and...
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Why are we here? : creating a work culture everyone wants
Moss, Jennifer (Entrepreneur)
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A deeply human exploration of how our relationship with work has evolved--and a guide for leaders who aim to make things right--from the author of The Burnout Epidemic. Work has recently undergone profound changes, not all for the better. AI's acceleration has led to...
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Marketing with AI
Singh, Shiv
Paper Book
Stay ahead in the marketing game by harnessing the power of artificial intelligence Marketing with AI For Dummies is your introduction to the revolution that's occurring in the marketing industry, thanks to artificial intelligence tools that can create text, images, audio,...
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The Licensing Racket: How We Decide Who Is Allowed to Work, and Why It Goes Wrong
Rebecca Haw Allensworth
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A bottom-up investigation of the broken system of professional licensing, affecting everyone from hairdressers and morticians to doctors, lawyers, real estate agents, and those who rely on their services. Tens of millions of US workers are required by law to have a license to do their jobs...
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Inevitable: Inside the Messy, Unstoppable Transition to Electric Vehicles
Mike Colias
Paper Book
A sweeping portrait of the EV transformation and what it means for all of us. The question is no longer if electric vehicles will happen, or even when they'll happen, but how. Veteran automotive reporter Mike Colias takes you inside the transformation in this thoroughly reported...
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