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Predictably Irrational - The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Why do our headaches persist after we take a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a fifty-cent aspirin? Why do we splurge on a lav...

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

"It seems safe to say that Capital in the Twenty-First Century, the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas Piketty, will be the most ...

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

In this major bestseller, Paul Krugman warns that, like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that ca...

The Road to Success - Russian for everyday life and business communication - Course Book and Workbook

Course Book, Workbook, and Audio Materials on the website The Road to Success consists of two volumes and covers the levels A1 to B1 of t...

Steve Jobs - A Biography

Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, ad...

The Ascent of Money - A Financial History of the World

The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson bring...

This Time is Different - Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

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The Accidental Billionaires - The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "The Social Network, the much anticipated movie…adapted from Ben Mezrich's book The Accidental Billionaires." -The Ne...

Flash Boys

Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of inside...

Steve Jobs - The Exclusive Biography

Walter Isaacson tells the story of the rollercoaster life and searingly intense personality of creative entrepreneur whose passion for pe...

Elon Musk - How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future

Ashlee Vance is one of the most prominent writers on technology today. After spending several years reporting on Silicon Valley and techn...

Working Backwards

In 2018 Amazon became the world's second trillion dollar company after Apple: a remarkable success story for a company launched out of a ...

The Economics Book - Big Ideas Simply Explained

Bring economics to life with The Economics Book, an essential guide to more that 100 of the big ideas in economic theory and practice cov...

Let My People Go Surfing - The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual

In this newly revised 10th anniversary edition, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia...

Factfulness - Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "One of the most important books I've ever read-an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the wo...

Remote - Office Not Required

Trade paperback. A call to action to end the tyranny of being shackled to the office, this argues that the technology to work remotely ha...

The Quest - Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

This long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Prize provides an essential, overarching narrative of global en...

The Snowball - Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

The personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as "The Oracle of Omaha"-for fans of the HBO documentary Beco...

Building Social Business - The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus looks more deeply into the concept of social business, an alternative to capitalism that channels the best ...

The House of Morgan - An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance

Acclaimed by "The Wall Street Journal" as "brilliantly researched and written", this National Book Award-winner tells the rich, panoramic...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity t...

Basic Economics - A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

In this fifth edition of Basic Economics , Thomas Sowell revises and updates his popular book on common sense economics, bringing the wor...

The End of the World Is Just the Beginning - Mapping the Collapse of Globalization

A New York Times Bestseller! 2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting faster, bet...

The Prize - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

Hailed by "The New York Times" as "a book that must be read to understand the first thing about the role of oil in modern history," Yergi...

Capitalism in America - An Economic History of the United States

From the legendary former Fed Chairman and the acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic story of America's evolution from...

Freakonomics - A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a new edition, now including an exc...

Little History of Economics

A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and through the ideas of great t...

The Ascent of Money - A Financial History of the World

Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford U...

Rise of the Robots - Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

Winner of the 2015 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award A New York Times Bestseller Top Business Book of 2015 at Forbes One of N...

Firefighting - The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons

From the three primary architects of the American policy response to the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression, a magnifi...

Adaptive Markets - Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought

Half of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and effici...

The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Professor Klaus Schwab is founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Public-Private C...

More Money Than God - Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite

"Splendid...the definitive history of the hedge fund, a compelling narrative full of larger-than-life characters and dramatic tales." -Th...

How Charts Lie - Getting Smarter about Visual Information

Today, public conversations are increasingly driven by numbers. Although charts, infographics, and diagrams can make us wiser, they can a...

Narrative Economics - How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events

From Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert Shiller, a groundbreaking account of how stories help dri...

New Laws of Robotics - Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI

AI is poised to disrupt our work and our lives. We can harness these technologies rather than fall captive to them-but only through wise ...

The Deficit Myth - Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better Economy

Kelton has succeeded in instigating a round of heretical questioning, essential for a post-Covid-19 world, where the pantheon of economic...

Taxtopia - How I Discovered the Injustices, Scams and Guilty Secrets of the Tax Evasion Game

In TAXTOPIA a rogue accountant breaks ranks to share his journey from clueless naïf to skilled tax consultant -and in doing so blows the ...

Sold Out - How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy

Empty shelves, petrol station queues and energy shortages: crises more familiar to those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s have now b...

The Age of Cryptocurrency - How Bitcoin and the Blockchain Are Challenging the Global Economic Order

Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debat...

Slouching Towards Utopia - An Economic History of the Twentieth Century

From one of the world's leading economists, a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, yet left us unsatisfied. Befo...

Fossil Capital - The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming

"How capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power The more we debate about the catastrophic implications of climat...

How Money Works - The Facts Visually Explained

Simple explanations to hundreds of financial questions, from how financial markets work to how to maximise your income. Breaks down the j...

Invest for Good: A Healthier World and a Wealthier You - A Healthier World and a Wealthier You

Investors are placing increased emphasis on capital allocation methods to achieve their desired social, environmental and financial objec...

Mostly Harmless Econometrics - An Empiricist's Companion

"This pathbreaking book is a must-read for any scientist who is interested in formulating and testing hypotheses about the social world. ...

The Price of Time - The Real Story of Interest

The first book of the next crisis. A history of interest rates by a leading financial commentator, updated with a new postscript. *Winner...

Megathreats - Our Ten Biggest Threats, and How to Survive Them

Financial Times Economics Book of the Year. From the economist who predicted the 2008 crash, MEGATHREATS outlines the new risks in our un...

The Utopia of Rules

From the author of the international bestseller Debt: The First 5,000 Years comes a revelatory account of the way bureaucracy rules our l...

The Richest Man Who Ever Lived - The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger

A colourful introduction to one of the most influential businessmen in history, Jacob Fugger, the Renaissance banker.

Number Go Up

The “rollicking” (The Economist), “masterfully written” (The Washington Post) account of the crypto delusion, and how Sam Bankman-Fried a...

Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data - Second Edition

The second edition of a comprehensive state-of-the-art graduate level text on microeconometric methods, substantially revised and updated...

How Business Works - The Facts Visually Explained

Learn the essentials of business, finance, and company management with this unique graphic guide from DK! If you're perplexed by profit m...

A Monetary and Fiscal History of the United States, 1961-2021

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Biden--filled with lessons for ...

Crypto Wars - Faked Deaths, Missing Billions and Industry Disruption

Crypto is big news. You may be an existing user yourself or have friends that laud its promise of getting rich fast. Arm yourself with kn...

Behavioral Economics - The Basics

The second edition of Behavioral Economics: The Basics, summarizes behavioral economics, which uses insights from the social sciences, es...

Going Infinite - The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and lead...

Geld, Prestige, Verantwortung. - Bankiers und Banken als Akteure im wirtschaftlichen, politischen und kulturellen Netzwerk im (Nordost-)Europa des 16. - 20. Jahrhunderts.

Die in diesem Band versammelten dreizehn Beiträge erforschen, wie Bankiers und Banken in das politische, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle L...

New England, Old and New: A Brief Review of Some Historical and Industrial Incidents in the Puritan New English Canaan, Still the Land of Promis

fritz and goliath - How to build a successful business from scratch | Englische Ausgabe: A start-up story with tips and insights told by the founder

The original and authentically candid success story of fritz-kola The story of fritz-kola is unbelievable: founded in 2003 with just 7,00...

Contracts and Pay - Work in London Construction 1660-1785

This book presents a new economic history of London construction in the early modern period. Drawing on extensive archival material from ...