9 must-read business books like The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work by Jan Eeckhout

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The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work

By: Jan Eeckhout

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power―and how it stifles workers around t…

If you liked the business plot in The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work by Jan Eeckhout , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box

By: Arbinger Institute

4.10

Format: 668 pages, Paperback

The "disease" of self-deception (acting in ways contrary to what one knows is right) underlies all … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • business
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2. Il giorno della civetta

By: Leonardo Sciascia

3.96

Format: 425 pages,

Di questo romanzo breve sulla mafia, apparso per la prima volta nel 1961, ha scritto Leonardo Scias… read more

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3. Contempt

By: Alberto Moravia , Tim Parks , Angus Davidson

4.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

Contemptis a brilliant and unsettling work by one of the revolutionary masters of modern European l… read more

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4. Luister

By: Sacha Bronwasser

3.95

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Het nieuws reisde snel, zoals dat soort nieuws doet. Ik wist dat het ook over jou ging zodra het ee… read more

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  • audiobook
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5. Morele ambitie

By: Rutger Bregman

3.71

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

De grootste verspilling van onze tijd is de verspilling van talent. Iedere carrière duurt 2.000 wer… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"De geschiedenis doet niks. Mensen doen dingen."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

"Het doel van leiderschap is om meer leiders te produceren, niet meer volgers."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

"De grote advieskantoren zitten vol met toptalenten die niet weten wat ze met hun talent aan moeten, en daarom maar consultant zijn geworden."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

"Ja, we hebben activisten nodig die strijden tegen al het onrecht in het hier en nu, maar er is ook behoefte aan makers en bouwers van de toekomst."

-Rutger Bregman, Morele ambitie

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6. When McKinsey Comes to Town

By: Walt Bogdanich

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

**A NEW YORK TIMES AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**An explosive exposé of the world's most pre… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
"One former McKinsey consultant wrote anonymously, ¨To those convinced that a secretive cabal controls the world, the usual suspect are Illuminati, Lizard People, or ´globalists.' They are wrong, natu…"

-Walt Bogdanich, When McKinsey Comes to Town

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7. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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8. The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

By: Timothy Snyder

4.36

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the ris… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"For the reporters, the heroes of our time"

-Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

"In 1976, Stephen King published a short story, “I Know What You Need,"

-Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

"Міф Жовтневої революції обіцяв усе; міф Великої Вітчизняної війни не обіцяв нічого."

-Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

"When [Ivan] Ilyin wrote that the art of politics was “identifying and neutralizing the enemy,"

-Timothy Snyder, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

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9. Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

By: Anjet Daanje

4.38

Format: 656 pages, Hardcover

Eliza May Drayden, het hoofdpersonage van Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris, is al dood als de ro… read more

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"De berg heeft zijn duistere kant verloren, het is een vriend geworden, zijn enige, want hij durft niemand meer te vertrouwen."

-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

"Alles verliest zijn waarde als het er altijd is, alsof je langzaam blind wordt. Dat hij van Sally hield, begreep hij ook pas toen ze langer de zijne was."

-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

"Een uur is een object, zo lijkt het, waarvan ze de omvang inschat aan de hand van wat haar ogen zien, en hier is niets dan duisternis, als een nachtkaars is de tijd gedoofd."

-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

"Alleen vanaf de drempel kijkend naar onze versimpelde, geordende wereld der grote dingen, ervaren we verandering, en dus Tijd. Die Tijd is het gevolg van ons onvermogen om de wereld te zien zoals hij…"

-Anjet Daanje, Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris

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10. The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

By: Michael J. Sandel

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds ar… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"A wealthy CEO could justify his or her advantages to a lower paid worker on a factory floor as: "I am not worthier then you nor morally deserving of the privileged position I hold. My generous compen…"

-Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?

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11. The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World

By: Max Fisher

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From a New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, “an essential book for ou… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
"Remember that the number of seconds in your day never changes. The amount of social media content competing for those seconds, however, doubles every year or so, depending on how you measure it. Imag…"

-Max Fisher, The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World

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12. Nirwana

By: Tommy Wieringa

4.07

Format: 478 pages, Kindle Edition

De geschiedenis van een grootvader bepaalt het heden van een samen vertellen ze het verhaal van ee… read more

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  • audiobook
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13. The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

By: Oded Galor

3.85

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A landmark, radically uplifting account of our species' progress from one of the world's pre-eminen… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"У 1579-му міська рада Гданська наказала непомітно втопити винахідника нового верстата для плетіння тасьми, який загрожував традиційним виробникам цієї продукції."

-Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

"Дуже часто рекомендації західних держав щодо розвитку політики в бідніших країнах мало відрізняються від «ритуалів відновлення» в жителів острова Танна. Вони передбачають зовнішню імітацію інститутів…"

-Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

"У 1958 році американський політолог Едвард Бенфілд сформулював впливову теорію, відповідно до якої низький рівень економічного розвитку в цьому регіоні пов’язаний з міцними родинними зв’язками. За йо…"

-Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

"Після Великого повстання проти Римської імперії, яке спалахнуло в Юдеї 66 року н. е., римляни знищили Єрусалим і Єрусалимський храм. Кілька основних течій юдаїзму зникло, зокрема садукеї (священники …"

-Oded Galor, The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

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14. Hoe migratie echt werkt

By: Hein de Haas

4.43

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan. Al jar… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

By: Fareed Zakaria

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Lenin once said, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” This is on… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
"IN OCTOBER 2019, just a few months before the novel coronavirus swept the world, Johns Hopkins University released its first Global Heath Security Index, a comprehensive analysis of countries that we…"

-Fareed Zakaria, Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

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16. 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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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
"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

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17. The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality

By: Katharina Pistor

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealth Capital is the definin… read more

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  • politics
  • economics
  • nonfiction
  • business
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18. How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth

By: Mark Koyama

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
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19. De Reynaert: Leven met een middeleeuws meesterwerk

By: Frits van Oostrom

4.29

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

Van den vos Reynaerde geldt als hét meesterwerk van onze middeleeuwse letterkunde, en misschien wel… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work

By: Jan Eeckhout

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A pioneering account of the surging global tide of market power―and how it stifles workers around t… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • audiobook
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21. Een tuin voor verloren benen

By: Mahmoud Jouda

4.40

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

In 2018 en 2019 trokken duizenden inwoners van de Gazastrook iedere vrijdag naar het afscheidingshe… read more

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14 Top audiobook books like The Profit Paradox: How Thriving Firms Threaten the Future of Work by Jan Eeckhout

Transform Your Habits

Luister

Sacha Bronwasser

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Morele ambitie

Rutger Bregman

3.71

Transform Your Habits

When McKinsey Comes to Town

Walt Bogdanich

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

Chris Miller

4.44

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6 Top nonfiction books like De Reynaert: Leven met een middeleeuws meesterwerk by Frits van Oostrom

Transform Your Habits

Gezinsverpakking

Bart Chabot

3.26

Transform Your Habits

Misschien moet je iets lager mikken: een verhaal over armoede en kansenongelijkheid

Milio van de Kamp

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Armoede uitgelegd aan mensen met geld

Tim 'S Jongers

4.16

Transform Your Habits

De Zanzibardriehoek

Martin Bossenbroek

4.04

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