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  The Road to Freedom - Economics...

  Joseph E. Stiglitz

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  Forces on the political Right have justified exploitation by cloaking it in the rhetoric of freedom, leading to pharmaceutical companies freely overcharging for medication, a Big Tech free from oversight, politicians free to incite rebellion, corporations free to pollute, and more. How did we get here? 
   
   
   
  In The Road to Freedom, Nobel prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz dissects America's current economic system and the political ideology that created it, laying bare their twinned failure. Free and unfettered markets have exploited consumers, workers, and the environment alike. These movements now pose a real threat to true economic and political freedom. 
   
   
   
  As an economic advisor to presidents and as chief economist at the World Bank, Stiglitz has witnessed these profound changes firsthand. As he argues, the failures follow from the elites' unshakeable dedication to "the neoliberal experiment." 
   
   
   
  The Road to Freedom breaks new ground, showing how economics reframes how to think about freedom and the role of the state in a twenty-first century society. Stiglitz explains a deeper, more humane way to assess freedoms—one that considers what to do when one person's freedom conflicts with another's.

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  Human Capital for Humans - An...

  Pablo A. Peña

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  An everyday introduction to the most consequential science of modern life.University of Chicago economist Gary Becker won the Nobel Prize largely for his advancement of human capital theory—the idea that investing in a person’s knowledge and skills has a wide range of economic effects. Becker’s writing on the subject was technical, but his teaching, especially in his famous doctoral course at Chicago, remains legendary for its accessibility, brilliance, and applications to everyday life.In Human Capital for Humans, economist and former Becker student Pablo A. Peña channels this classroom approach to produce an accessible, essential guide to understanding the science that has become synonymous with modern life and the economy. With an illustrative and immersive style, Peña unpacks the human capital approach to domains such as parenting, aging, marriage, health, and household labor. The result is not only intellectually elevated, but an essential introduction for learners and teachers of this subject across business, management, economics, policy, and beyond.

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  A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention...

  Rebecca Schiller

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  It should have been Rebecca Schiller's dream come true: moving her young family to the English countryside to raise goats and coax their own fruit and vegetables from the land. But, as she writes: The summer of striding out toward a life of open fields and sacks of corn, I brought a confused black hole of something pernicious but not yet acknowledged along for the ride. 
   
   
   
  Rebecca's health begins to crumble, with bewildering symptoms: frequent falls, uncontrollable rages, and mysterious lapses in memory. As she fights to be seen by specialists, her fledgling homestead—and her family—hang by increasingly tenuous threads. And when her diagnosis finally comes, it is utterly unexpected: severe ADHD. 
   
   
   
  In her scramble for answers, Rebecca's consciousness alternately sears with pinpoint focus and spirals with connections. Childhood memories resurface with new meaning, and her daily life entwines with the history of women who tended this land before her. Her family weathers their growing pains where generations of acorns have fallen to rise again as trees, where ancient wolves and lynx once stalked the shadows. Written in unsparing, luminous prose, this is an all-absorbing memoir of one woman's newfound neurodivergence—and a clarion call to overturn the narrative that says minds are either normal and good or different and broken.

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  Summary & Analysis - The...

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  SUMMARY & ANALYSIS 
    
  THE HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE 
  BASED ON THE BOOK BY SHAWN ACHOR 
    
  SUMMARY WRITTEN BY: BOOK SUMMARY STATION 
    
  CONTENT 
  Introduction to Positive Psychology at Work 
  The Discovery of the Happiness Advantage 
  The Seven Principles of the Happiness Advantage 
  Principle #1 - The Happiness Advantage 
  Principle #2 - The Fulcrum and the Lever 
  Principle #3 - The Tetris Effect 
  Principle #4 - Falling Up 
  Principle #5 - The Zorro Circle & Principle #6 - The 20 Second Rule 
  Principle #7 - Social Investment 
  General Analysis 
    
  ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK 
  In Shawn Achor's "The Happiness Advantage," the central theme is that happiness fuels success, rather than the other way around. The book explores seven principles of positive psychology to cultivate a happier mindset, and boost performance in work and life. It delves into how our brains are malleable, and how we can use this neuroplasticity to create positive habits. The book emphasizes the importance of small steps and mindset shifts, which allow us to reframe our experiences and behaviors to better achieve our goals. The work shows how we can make ourselves happier, more successful and more resilient through different techniques, as well as positively influence the people around us by doing so.

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  Copyright - What Everyone Needs...

  Neil Weinstock Netanel

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  Copyright law was once an esoteric backwater, the special province of professional authors, publishers, and media companies. This is no longer the case. In the age of social media and cloud storage, we have become a copying and sharing culture. Much of our everyday communication, work, and entertainment now directly involves copyright law. 
   
   
   
  Copyright law and policy are ferociously contested. Record labels, movie studios, book publishers, newspapers, and many authors rage that those who share music, video, text, and images over the Internet are "stealing" their property. By contrast, copyright industry critics celebrate digital technology's potential to make the universe of movies, music, books, and art accessible anytime and anywhere—and to empower individuals the world over to express themselves by sharing and remixing those works. These critics argue that excessive copyright enforcement threatens that promise and stifles creativity. 
   
   
   
  In Copyright: What Everyone Needs to Know®, Neil Netanel explains the concepts needed to understand the heated debates about copyright law and policy. He identifies the combatants, unpacks their arguments, and illuminates what is at stake in the debates over copyright's present and future.

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  Dollars and Sense: A Beginner's...

  Marcus Mitchell

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  With "Dollars and Sense: A Beginner's Guide to Effective Bookkeeping," we hope to help business owners understand the complex world of financial records. It's not only a recommended practice but a requirement to keep a tight grip on your company's financial health in the everchanging world of entrepreneurship. This in-depth manual is intended to equip novices with the information and abilities necessary to traverse the field of bookkeeping successfully.  
  We build the groundwork in the first few chapters by reviewing bookkeeping principles. We clarify the meaning and intent of this important facet of business, highlighting its function in offering direction, control, and strategic understanding. We ensure readers grasp essential phrases and concepts as we get into them, making the path easier to navigate.  
  It is impossible to overestimate the significance of a well-functioning bookkeeping system, so Chapter 2 walks you through selecting the appropriate accounting software and putting in place reliable record-keeping practices. With this information, you'll be ready to take charge of your financial documentation and make wise decisions for your company. 

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