Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
By: Jonathan Haskel
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economy Early in the …
Want to Read $ 9.99"What if, by contrast, you are more a user of intangible assets: say, the Amazon warehouse, using the knowledge of the routing algorithm, or Starbucks, using the franchise book? For these firms, the organization and so management would look different. You probably want to have more hierarchies and short-term targets, since you are less worried about information flows form below and more concerned about low performance and stopping influence activities."-Jonathan Haskel, Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
"Indeed, the recurrent critiques of the lack of diversity of Silicon Valley's VC sector and the companies that it backs can be seen as a reflection of the importance of social capital. We might speculate that the reason VC's can seem like a clique is not because they the venture capitalists are unusually bad or cliquish people, but because the underlying model of the VC business thrives on dense social networks which will always tend to gravitate to cliquishness in the absence of the countervailing effort, and perhaps even then."-Jonathan Haskel, Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
"As the brilliant economist-educator Russell Roberts points out, chroniclers of the cult of celebrity have an extensive pedigree. Writing in The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759, Adam Smith points out, 'We frequently see the respectful attentions of the world more strongly directed towards the rich and the great, than towards the wise and the virtuous.' This perfectly anticipates the modern day cult around Z list celebrities. He argues that a fascination with others who are loved is part of our natural desire to be loved ourselves. So a natural obsession with celebrities is funneled toward managers, regardless of their virtue."-Jonathan Haskel, Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
"While we might expect to see venture capital develop further in an increasingly intangible economy, it is not clear that governments can or should do much more to promote it than they already do. As Josh Lerner showed in The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2012), once tax breaks or subsidies for venture capital get beyond a certain level, they tend to encourage dumb investments (since the tax gain on its own is enough for the investors to profit); since the entire point of venture capital is smart investment, very large tax breaks are self-defeating. For a country to grow its venture capital sector, time and favorable framework conditions are more important than additional subsidies."-Jonathan Haskel, Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
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1. Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
By: Roger Lowenstein , Edwin Lefèvre
4.18
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
First published in 1923, "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator" is the most widely read, highly recomm… read more
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"If a man didn't make mistakes he'd own the world in a month. But if he didn't profit by his mistakes he wouldn't own a blessed thing"-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
"No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play."-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
"Old Baron Rothschild’s recipe for wealth winning applies with greater force than ever to speculation. Somebody asked him if making money in the Bourse was not a very difficult matter and he replied t…"-Roger Lowenstein, Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
2. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
By: Adam Smith
3.88
Format: 1076 pages, Paperback
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and… read more
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"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
3. To Hell and Back: Europe 1914-1949
By: Ian Kershaw
3.98
Format: 574 pages, Hardcover
The Penguin History of Europe series reaches the twentieth century with acclaimed scholar Ian Kersh… read more
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- politics
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4. Stumbling on Happiness
By: None
4.02
Format: None pages,
* Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in … read more
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5. Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
By: Jane Mayer
4.16
Format: 76 pages, ebook
Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to… read more
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6. Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life
By: Nick Lane
3.87
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
If it weren't for mitochondria, scientists argue, we'd all still be single-celled bacteria. Indeed,… read more
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7. It's Your Ship: Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy
By: D. Michael Abrashoff
4.40
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The story of Captain D. Michael Abrashoff and his command of USS Benfold has become legendary insid… read more
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8. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
By: Daron Acemoğlu , James A. Robinson
4.08
Format: 529 pages, Hardcover
Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the expert… read more
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"Central planning was just not good at replacing what the great eighteenth-century economist Adam Smith called the “invisible hand"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"As mudanças graduais também impediram aventuras em territórios inexplorados. O derrube violento do sistema significa que é necessário construir algo inteiramente novo, em vez daquilo que foi eliminad…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"Sem o petróleo, os países do Médio Oriente são também todos pobres. (…) Foi a expansão e consolidação do Império Otomano, e é devido ao legado institucional desse império que o Médio Oriente continua…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
"A América do Norte tornou-se mais próspera precisamente porque adotou com entusiasmo as tecnologias e os progressos da Revolução Industrial. (…) A desigualdade no mundo atual é, em grande medida, uma…"-Daron Acemoğlu, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
9. The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
By: Barry Schwartz
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
About the Book: The Paradox of Choice In the spirit of Alvin Tofflers Future Shock, a social critiq… read more
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10. Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production
By: James P. Womack , Daniel T. Jones , None
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Based upon MIT's five-million-dollar, five-year study on the future of the automobile, a groundbrea… read more
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11. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee , Esther Duflo
4.07
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award Billions of g… read more
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12. A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
By: Jennifer A. Doudna , Samuel H. Sternberg
4.08
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a c… read more
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13. Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier
By: Edward L. Glaeser
4.60
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's g… read more
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14. Problem Solving 101: A Simple Book for Smart People
By: Ken Watanabe
3.71
Format: 244 pages,
Problem Solving 101 started out as a simple guide to teach Japanese schoolchildren critical thinkin… read more
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15. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
16. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
17. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
By: Gregory Zuckerman
4.03
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the … read more
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18. What I Learned About Investing from Darwin
By: Pulak Prasad
4.58
Format: 328 pages, Hardcover
The investment profession is in a state of crisis. The vast majority of equity fund managers are un… read more
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19. A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
By: Jeff Hawkins
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence, of understanding… read more
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"To avoid hallucinating, the brain needs to keep its predictions separate from reality."-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
"Unlike species which often disappear as new ones appear, the brain evolved by adding new parts on top of the older parts."-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
"It is human nature - aka old brain - to suspect everyone wants to steal your idea, where the reality is that you are lucky if anyone cares about your idea at all."-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
"Reference frames in the old brain learn maps of environments. Reference frames in the what columns of the neocortex learn maps of physical objects. Reference frames in the where columns of the neocor…"-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
20. Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee
4.23
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of … read more
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"The bottom line is that, much as in rich countries, we have no accepted recipe for how to make growth happen in poor countries. Even the experts seem to have accepted this. In 2006, the World Bank as…"-Abhijit V. Banerjee, Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
21. The 6 Habits of Growth
By: Brendon Burchard
4.01
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 5 hours and 4 minutes The world’s leading high-performance coach and multiple … read more
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22. American Carnage: On the Front Lines of the Republican Civil War and the Rise of President Trump
By: Tim Alberta
4.17
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
Politico Magazine’s chief political correspondent provides a rollicking insider’s look at the makin… read more
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23. Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
By: Jared Diamond
3.90
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our … read more
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"Britain never regained its naval and economic dominance over the world, and it remains notoriously conflicted (“Brexit"-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Allende had good ideas, but he executed them poorly. Although he correctly recognized Chile’s problems, he adopted wrong solutions to those problems."-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Nations and individuals accept national and individual responsibility to take action to solve the problem, or else deny responsibility by self-pity, blaming others, and assuming the role of victim."-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
"Rigidity or inflexibility can be the result of a previous history of abuse or trauma, or of an upbringing that offered a child no permission to experiment or to deviate from the family norms. Flexibi…"-Jared Diamond, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
24. Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
By: Jonathan Haskel
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economy Early in the … read more
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- society
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- sociology
- business
- technology
"What if, by contrast, you are more a user of intangible assets: say, the Amazon warehouse, using the knowledge of the routing algorithm, or Starbucks, using the franchise book? For these firms, the o…"-Jonathan Haskel, Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
"Indeed, the recurrent critiques of the lack of diversity of Silicon Valley's VC sector and the companies that it backs can be seen as a reflection of the importance of social capital. We might specul…"-Jonathan Haskel, Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
"As the brilliant economist-educator Russell Roberts points out, chroniclers of the cult of celebrity have an extensive pedigree. Writing in The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759, Adam Smith points o…"-Jonathan Haskel, Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
"While we might expect to see venture capital develop further in an increasingly intangible economy, it is not clear that governments can or should do much more to promote it than they already do. As …"-Jonathan Haskel, Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
25. Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
By: David Christian
4.09
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
** A 2018 GoodReads Choice Award Nominee in the History & Biography category** A captivating his… read more
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"Деякі види настільки зневажають мозок, що ставляться до нього, як до одноразової розкоші. В одного виду морських слимаків замолоду є якийсь невеликий мозок. Вони користуються ним, поки плавають по мо…"-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
"In the past two hundred years, human numbers grew to over seven billion, and our species began to transform the oceans, the land, and the air. Human-built roads, canals, and railways snaked across th…"-David Christian, Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
26. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
By: Gary Gerstle
4.19
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half… read more
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27. Economics for the Common Good
By: Jean Tirole
3.91
Format: 576 pages, ebook
From Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole, a bold new agenda for the role of economics in soci… read more
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28. Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State
By: Byron Tau
4.40
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping exposé of the U.S. government’s alliance with data brokers, tech companies, and advertis… read more
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- sociology
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"Dating back to 2019, Premise had a network of more than 1,000 gig workers in the country (Ukraine) that were being asked to do tasks that they believed were innocuous market research or corporate dat…"-Byron Tau, Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State
