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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
In Against the Gods, the ancient chaos of fate is challenged by humanity’s relentless quest to measure, predict, and master the unknown. From the gamblers of Renaissance Italy to the architects of modern finance, this sweeping narrative traces how risk—once the realm of divine caprice—was transformed into a tool of decision, progress, and power. But can numbers truly conquer uncertainty, or do we merely wrap randomness in the illusion of control? Blending intellectual history with sharp economic insight, this book invites readers to reconsider how we understand the future—and how that understanding shapes the choices we make today. It is both a celebration of reason’s triumph and a quiet meditation on its limits.
- Originally Published: 1998
- Publisher : Wiley, 1998
- Pages: 400
- Genre: Investing
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0471295631
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Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
What if the key to enduring chaos is not merely to withstand it—but to thrive because of it? In Antifragile, ideas crackle like lightning as it dismantles the illusion of stability and celebrates systems, individuals, and ideas that grow stronger under pressure, volatility, and disorder. Through paradox and provocation, it asks: Why worship resilience when you can embrace something better—something that feeds on uncertainty and emerges sharper, fiercer, and wiser? With a voice that is both incendiary and exacting, this book maps a radical philosophy for living wisely in a world that will never be safe, still, or predictable. It is not a manual for survival—but a manifesto for transcendence.
- Originally Published: 2012
- Publisher : Penguin Books, 2013
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 544
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0141038223
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Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity
What if those who claim to rescue the global poor are the very ones tightening their chains? Bad Samaritans rips away the moral façade of free-market evangelism, revealing a world where rich nations preach openness while guarding their own prosperity behind walls of hypocrisy. With sharp wit and unforgiving logic, it exposes the quiet sabotage embedded in economic advice—how development is stifled not by corruption or incompetence alone, but by the deliberate policies of those who “help.” Is the path to progress paved by imitation, or rebellion? This book dares readers to question the fairness of the global order—and to see who truly benefits when the powerful cry reform.
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781905211371
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Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
Basic Economics is a lucid, unsentimental journey through the invisible architecture that shapes every choice, every price, every life. With clarity and force, it strips away jargon and ideology to reveal how the simplest human actions—buying, selling, saving—echo across cities, nations, and generations. In a world pulsing with wants and limited means, what happens when good intentions collide with hard realities? This book invites readers to see the marketplace not as cold arithmetic, but as the ongoing story of human trade-offs, incentives, and unintended consequences. It is both a guidebook and a mirror for anyone seeking to understand how societies thrive—or unravel.
- Originally Published: 2000
- Publisher : Basic Books, 2014
- Genre: Economics
- Pages: 704
- Book Type: Hardcover
- ISBN-13: 978-0465060733
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BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0): Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company
Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 is a masterclass in transforming vision into enduring impact, unraveling the intricate dance between bold innovation and disciplined leadership. It challenges the entrepreneur to transcend mere survival, inviting a profound inquiry: what does it take to build an enterprise that not only grows but thrives with purpose and resilience through uncertainty? This book pulses with the tension of ambition meeting strategy, illuminating the path from chaotic beginnings to lasting greatness. In the crucible of entrepreneurship, will you rise as a leader who shapes the future—or be consumed by the relentless demands of building something truly remarkable?
- Originally Published: 1992
- Publisher: Portfolio, 2020
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0399564239
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Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
In a world where businesses battle for scraps in bloody waters, Blue Ocean Strategy charts a bold course toward untamed markets where competition fades and innovation reigns. It is a call to creators, visionaries, and restless thinkers to abandon the fight for dominance and instead redraw the map entirely. Through strategic clarity and imaginative leaps, it reveals how the most successful ventures are not those who outfight their rivals—but those who make them irrelevant. Can you build value without a battlefield? This is not just a book on business—it is a manifesto for those who dare to swim beyond the horizon.
- Originally Published: 2004
- Publisher: Harvard Business School Press, 2005
- Genre: Business Management
- Pages: 256
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1591396192
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Contagious: Why Things Catch On
Why do some ideas light up the world while others fade into silence? Contagious peels back the curtain on the science of social transmission, revealing the invisible levers—emotion, story, visibility, and value—that make content irresistible and messages magnetic. With brisk insight and captivating clarity, it decodes why whispers become roars, why we share what we do, and how influence often hides in plain sight. At its core lies a tantalizing question: Is virality crafted or caught? This is a playbook not just for marketers, but for anyone who wants their ideas to live—and spread.
- Originally Published: 2013
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2013
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 256
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1451686579
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Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa
Dead Aid delivers a fierce and fearless indictment of the foreign aid system, arguing that what was meant to heal Africa may, in fact, be helping to hold it down. With unflinching logic and moral urgency, it dismantles the comfortable myth that money alone can fix poverty, revealing instead a cycle of dependency, corruption, and arrested growth. This is not a rejection of compassion—it is a challenge to rethink what true empowerment looks like. What if generosity, poorly aimed, becomes a weapon disguised as a gift? In the ruins of well-meant intentions, Dead Aid dares to ask what Africa truly needs to rise.
- Originally Published: 2009
- Publisher: Penguin, 2010
- Genre: Politics, Economics
- Pages: 188
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0141031187
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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Beneath the veneer of intellect lies a hidden force that shapes our lives: the art of understanding and mastering our own emotions. Emotional Intelligence unravels the delicate threads that connect self-awareness, empathy, and resilience, revealing how these unseen powers govern success, relationships, and well-being. It challenges the myth that intelligence alone determines destiny, inviting readers into a profound journey of inner discovery and transformation. What if the key to unlocking human potential is not in logic, but in feeling? This book beckons you to explore the subtle alchemy of the heart and mind entwined.
- Originally Published: 1995
- Publisher: Bantam, 2005
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0553383713
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Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
Execution lays bare the vital, often overlooked art of turning vision into reality—a disciplined journey where strategy falters without action, and leadership is measured by results, not intentions. With incisive clarity, it exposes the tensions between ambition and accountability, revealing how the relentless pursuit of flawless execution can forge or fracture organizations. What does it take to bridge the chasm between planning and doing, and how do leaders inspire teams to carry the weight of responsibility without faltering? This book challenges readers to confront the hard truths of leadership and the unforgiving demands of making things happen in an uncertain world.
- Originally Published: 2002
- Publisher: Crown Business, 2002
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0609610572
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Fooled By Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
In a world desperate for patterns, Fooled by Randomness delivers a sobering truth: much of what we call success is luck masquerading as skill. With sharp wit and intellectual daring, the book peels back the layers of financial markets, human behavior, and belief systems to reveal how easily we are deceived by noise dressed as signal. How many of our convictions rest not on reason, but on stories we tell ourselves after the fact? This is a mind-bending journey through uncertainty, where arrogance meets probability, and where humility may be the only reliable compass. It is a mirror held up to our illusions—inviting us not just to see the world differently, but to think more wisely within it.
- Originally Published: 2001
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2007
- Pages: 368
- Genre: Self-help
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0141031484
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Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Game Theory by Ken Binmore is an elegant invitation into the grand theater of strategy, where every choice is a move and every player a potential ally or rival. With clarity and wit, it unveils the hidden logic behind cooperation, conflict, and competition—whether in politics, poker, or everyday life. Beneath its mathematical surface lies a profound question: if we are all rational, why is life so unpredictable? This is a book not just about games, but about the delicate dance between reason and desire, structure and spontaneity. In the end, it dares you to ask—are you playing the game, or is the game playing you?
- Originally Published: 2007
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 208
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0199218462
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In
What if negotiation wasn’t a battle of wills, but a search for mutual truth? Getting to Yes reveals a radical yet quietly powerful approach to conflict—one where listening becomes strategy, and principled compromise paves the way to lasting resolution. In a world where egos clash and positions harden, this book dares to ask: can we separate the people from the problem, and still win? Practical yet profound, it turns the tense theatre of negotiation into a space for clarity, calm, and transformation. The stakes? Not just deals or agreements—but trust, dignity, and the art of human connection.
- Originally Published: 1981
- Publisher: Penguin Books, 2011
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 240
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0143118756
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Globalization and its Discontents
In a world knitted ever tighter by the threads of commerce and capital, Globalization and Its Discontents pulls back the curtain on the uneven bargains and broken promises of the global economy. With piercing clarity and moral urgency, it chronicles how international institutions meant to uplift the poor instead deepen their despair, as policies crafted in distant boardrooms unravel the lives of millions. Can a system that claims universality serve justice when its power is so unequally distributed—and whose voice counts when nations rise or fall on decisions they did not choose? This is not merely a critique, but a plea—for accountability, for empathy, and for a new vision of global prosperity rooted in dignity rather than dominance. It is a story of ambition betrayed, and of the silent rebellions that ripple through the streets of the global South.
- Originally Published: 2002
- Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company, 2003
- Pages: 304
- Genre: Non-Fiction
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0393324396
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
In a world awash with lofty goals and hollow jargon, Good Strategy/Bad Strategy cuts like a scalpel through the fog of wishful thinking to reveal a brutal truth: most plans fail not from poor execution, but from the absence of strategy itself. With the precision of a strategist and the clarity of a skeptic, it exposes the seductive ease of bad strategy—grand visions without focus, ambition without action—and replaces it with a sharp-edged framework for real-world advantage. What if the key to power lies not in setting more goals, but in confronting the hardest problem head-on? This is a thinker’s call to arms: to resist noise, embrace clarity, and dare to lead with intent in a world that rewards distraction.
- Originally Published: 2011
- Publisher: Profile Books, 2017
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 336
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1781256176
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t
What separates the merely good from the truly great—and why do so few ever make the leap? Good to Great is a lucid, empirical exploration of the hidden engines that propel ordinary companies into excellence, revealing that greatness is not a matter of luck or charisma, but of disciplined people, relentless focus, and a willingness to confront brutal truths. Like a masterfully drawn map, it charts a course through the fog of mediocrity to a summit few dare to climb. Can greatness be engineered—or must it be born? In these pages lies a quiet but radical answer: greatness, though rare, is within reach—if we are willing to do the work.
- Originally Published: 2001
- Publisher: Harper Business, 2001
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 300
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0066620992
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Hacking Growth: How Today’s Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
What if the secret to explosive business growth lies not in big budgets or blind luck, but in bold experiments and relentless curiosity? Hacking Growth is a fast-paced blueprint for those ready to abandon traditional marketing myths and embrace the agile, data-fueled mindset that has built some of the world’s most iconic companies. With each chapter, it challenges readers to reimagine how products spread, customers engage, and momentum is sustained—not by chance, but by design. In a world where attention is fleeting and loyalty hard-won, can growth be engineered rather than hoped for? This is the modern entrepreneur’s playbook—part science, part rebellion, and all about unlocking unstoppable traction.
- Originally Published: 2015
- Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2017
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781524760007
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How Boards Work: And How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World
In a world where corporations shape the fate of economies, How Boards Work opens the door to the secret chambers of power—where strategy is sculpted, risk is reckoned with, and the future is quietly decided. Through lucid analysis and insider clarity, this book unravels the anatomy of the boardroom, revealing the delicate balance between governance and ambition, ethics and profit. What happens when the stewards of capitalism must choose between short-term gains and long-term survival? With poise and urgency, it challenges us to rethink who holds the reins of our financial destiny—and how they ought to wield them. A vital guide for those who dare to sit at the table where decisions ripple across the world.
- Originally Published: May 2021
- Publisher: Basic Books, 2021
- Genre: Business
- Pages: 304
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1541619425
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How the World Works
Pulling back the curtain on empire, propaganda, and profit, How the World Works is a bracing excavation of the hidden engines driving global power. With scalpel-sharp clarity, it exposes the elegant lies and quiet violence beneath foreign policy, media narratives, and the illusion of democratic choice. This is a world where the loudest ideals mask the deepest betrayals—and where truth itself is a casualty of convenience. Can justice survive in a system built to obscure it?
- Originally Published: 2010
- Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 336
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780241145388
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Irrational Exuberance 3rd Edition
Irrational Exuberance peers into the fevered mind of the market, where logic falters and illusions drive fortunes skyward—until they collapse. With calm precision and mounting urgency, it dissects the psychology behind bubbles, revealing how stories, sentiments, and collective delusions inflate prices far beyond reason. This is not just an analysis of numbers, but a meditation on hope, fear, and the frailty of human judgment in the face of uncertainty. Can a society built on speculation ever truly see itself clearly—or will it always chase shadows mistaken for light? Beneath the charts lies a warning: what we believe can be as dangerous as what we ignore.
- Originally published: 2000
- Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 392
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780691173122
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Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t
Why do some teams charge into fire while others fracture at the first spark? Leaders Eat Last is a rallying cry for a kind of leadership forged not in boardrooms but in the bonds of trust, sacrifice, and shared purpose. With stirring clarity, it unveils a world where the strongest leaders are those who protect others first—who create a circle of safety so powerful that people risk more, care more, and thrive together. In an age obsessed with individual gain, can selflessness be the most strategic path to collective success? This is not merely a manual on leadership—it is a vision of what human organizations could be if led with heart and courage.
- Originally Published: 2014
- Publisher: Portfolio, 2017
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 368
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1591845324
- Access: Members
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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? How to drive your career and create a remarkable future
In a world designed to reward conformity, what happens when you choose to become indispensable? Linchpin is a call to arms for the creative misfit, the quiet revolutionary, the individual daring to bring art and humanity back into work. With fierce urgency and warm provocation, it dismantles the myth of job security and invites you to forge your own value by showing up, standing out, and shipping your brilliance. Are you a replaceable cog, or the irreplaceable force that holds everything together? This book dares you to decide—and to matter.
- Originally Published: 2010
- Publisher: Piatkus Books, 2010
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 256
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0749953355
- Access: Members
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Making Money Is Killing Your Business: How to Build a Business You’ll Love and Have a Life, Too
What if the very pursuit of profit is the trap keeping your business—and your life—from true freedom? Making Money is Killing Your Business delivers a jolt to the conventional wisdom of entrepreneurship, urging business owners to trade endless busyness for intentional legacy-building. With bold clarity and a liberating tone, it redefines success as time, purpose, and impact—rather than just the bottom line. Can you build a business that makes meaning, not just money? This book is a wake-up call for those tired of being owned by what they’ve built.
- Originally Published: 2010
- Publisher: Crankset Publishing, 2015
- Pages: 303
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0984334322
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Measure What Matters: OKRs – The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth
What if the secret to achieving bold dreams lies not in working harder, but in choosing what to measure—and what to ignore? Measure What Matters unveils the power of OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), a deceptively simple system that has propelled visionary teams toward clarity, alignment, and unstoppable momentum. With real-world stories of ambition wrestled into focus, the book invites readers into boardrooms where ideas live or die by the metrics that define them. In a world drowning in data but starved for direction, can the right goal-setting framework spark both performance and purpose? Clear-eyed and compelling, this is a blueprint for anyone determined not just to move fast, but to move true.
- Originally Published: 2017
- Publisher : Penguin Business, 2018
- Pages: 306
- Genre: Business
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN-13: 978-0241348482
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Money Magnet
Money Magnet is a sharp, no-nonsense blueprint for turning ambition into income, and hustle into lasting wealth. It cuts through financial noise with street-smart wisdom and unapologetic clarity, teaching not only how money moves—but how to make it move for you. Beneath its bold tone lies a deeper challenge: is wealth a product of luck, or the outcome of mindset, discipline, and deliberate action? This is a guide for those tired of chasing money and ready to learn how to attract it. What if the real secret to success isn’t in what you earn—but in what you believe?
- Originally Published: 2013
- Publisher: Wiley, 2013
- Genre: Self-help
- Pages: 260
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1890679460
- Access: Members
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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Multipliers explores a paradox both unsettling and liberating: that the most powerful leaders are not those who hoard intelligence, but those who ignite it in others. With striking clarity, the book maps the quiet divide between leaders who drain potential and those who expand it—turning ordinary teams into reservoirs of brilliance. What kind of leader are you: a diminisher cloaked in control, or a multiplier who turns silence into ideas and pressure into growth? In this vivid and practical journey, Multipliers reveals that true influence lies not in knowing all the answers, but in asking the questions that awaken greatness in others. It is both a mirror and a manual for anyone daring enough to lead with generosity and boldness.
- Publisher: Harper Business
- Published: June 15, 2010
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0061964398
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Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism
In Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism, the flags may have changed, but the power still flows from the same hands. With surgical precision and revolutionary fire, this book unveils how economic control, foreign aid, and multinational influence have replaced the old chains of empire with new, invisible shackles. If independence is declared but decisions are made abroad, can freedom truly be said to exist? It is a searing exposé of betrayal cloaked in diplomacy, where the promise of sovereignty is bartered for dependency. Through every page, the reader is challenged to ask: who profits when the colonizer never leaves—but merely changes form?
- Originally Published: 1965
- Publisher: Panaf, 2009
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 316
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-0901787231
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No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention
What happens when a company dares to trust its people more than its policies? No Rules Rules takes readers behind the curtain of Netflix’s radical reinvention of workplace culture—where freedom is currency, candor is king, and control is traded for creativity. With bold strokes and sharp insight, it challenges the conventional wisdom that structure breeds success, revealing instead how chaos, when managed with clarity, can unlock astonishing innovation. Can an organization thrive without rules—or does liberation come with its own invisible leash? This is a story of rebellion, reinvention, and the quiet revolution rewriting how the world works.
- Originally Published: 2020
- Publisher: Virgin Books, 2020
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 320
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780753553664
- Access: Members
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Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
In a world where our choices are never as free as they seem, Nudge reveals the hidden levers that shape how we decide—from what we eat to how we save, vote, or plan our futures. Through the lens of behavioral science, it explores how small, well-placed cues—nudges—can guide us toward wiser, healthier, and more ethical outcomes without taking away our agency. But can gentle guidance coexist with true freedom, or does every choice architecture carry the fingerprints of power? With clarity and warmth, this book challenges us to see decision-making not as a cold calculation, but as a deeply human dance between impulse, intention, and design. It is a quiet manifesto for a smarter society—one choice at a time.
- Originally Published: 2008
- Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 384
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780141999937
- Access: Members
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Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich
Behind the polished gates of global finance and industry, Plutocrats peels back the gilded curtain on a new ruling class—one whose influence stretches beyond borders and whose wealth multiplies as inequality deepens. With unsettling clarity and a journalist’s eye for paradox, the book charts how meritocracy mutates into oligarchy, and how ambition, once a ladder for the many, becomes a fortress for the few. Are today’s ultra-rich the architects of progress, or the harbingers of social fracture? As the fortunes of the elite soar ever higher, the real question emerges: can a world tilted so steeply still hold together?
- Originally Published: 2012
- Publisher: The Penguin Press, 2013
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 352
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780141043425
- Access: Members
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Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Power and Prediction explores the profound transformation unleashed when prediction—once a human art—is mastered by machines, reshaping economies, industries, and the very fabric of decision-making. With incisive clarity, it reveals how the ability to foresee outcomes redefines value and power, challenging us to reconsider who holds control in a world governed by algorithms. As prediction becomes both a tool and a force, the book asks: How will our choices change when uncertainty itself can be quantified, anticipated, and commodified? This is an urgent inquiry into the future’s architecture, where insight and influence converge in unpredictable ways.
- Originally Published: 2022
- Publisher: Harvard Business Publishing, 2022
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 288
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9781647824198
- Access: Members
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Principles: Life and Work
Principles invites readers into the crucible where clarity, discipline, and radical honesty forge the very foundation of success. It challenges us to confront the paradox of control: how can one embrace uncertainty and complexity while steadfastly adhering to unyielding truths? Beneath its pragmatic surface lies a profound meditation on human nature and the pursuit of meaningful progress, questioning whether life’s most intricate problems can be unraveled through a systematic approach to decision-making. What if the key to mastering chaos is not avoiding failure, but learning to decode it with rigor and openness? This book offers a daring blueprint for those ready to transform their personal and professional worlds by living—and leading—according to enduring principles.
- Originally Published: September 2017
- Publisher: Avid Reader Press, 2019
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 592
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 978-1501124020
- Access: Members
