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O economista sul-coreano best-seller Ha-Joon Chang explica os conceitos gerais de economia e como o mercado funciona através da história dos alimentos. Quase todo mundo gosta de comida, mas não necessariamente de economia — que é, para muitos, seca, difícil e técnica demais. Ha-Joon...

Uma nova e ousada perspectiva sobre os avanços tecnológicos ao longo da história, provando que as inovações podem gerar prosperidade para todos, não somente às elites. * Best-seller do New York Times * Autores vencedores do prêmio Nobel de Economia 2024 A partir da análise de mil anos...

Um raio x das decisões econômicas que mergulharam o Brasil na crise. Escrito por três renomados jornalistas de economia, Anatomia de um desastre ajuda a entender o que aconteceu para que o Brasil, que parecia estar na rota do crescimento, acabasse mergulhando em uma enorme recessão. Indo da...

Prohibition. Al Capone. The President Harding scandals. The revolution of manners and morals. Black Tuesday. These are only an inkling of the events and figures characterizing the wild, tumultuous era that was the Roaring Twenties. Originally published in 1931, Only Yesterday traces the rise of...

Uncover the economic history of wealth inequality and how systemic class struggles shaped human society for millennia. Perfect for your daily commute or a session of deep focus, this contemplative exploration reveals material deprivation not as an inevitable natural fact, but as a deliberate...

Uncover the epic rise and fall of ancient West Africa’s most powerful civilization, a legendary empire forged in gold. Perfect for an engaging daily commute or an afternoon of deep focus, this immersive historical narrative transports you directly to the unforgiving Sahara and vibrant Sahelian...

Discover the captivating financial history of how human trust turned physical gold into invisible digital currency. Perfect for your daily commute, this engaging economic narrative takes you from ancient markets swapping grain to modern networks moving wealth worldwide in seconds. Satisfy your...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Imagine a wave rolling toward us – it can carry us to unimagined heights or hit us with full force. That is the digital revolution. It is changing our society, our economy, our lives. But who is shaping it? We are. This audiobook takes you on a...

What happens when capitalism becomes so successful that the problem is no longer too little—but too much? In Surplus, economist and market strategist Marc Chandler traces the extraordinary rise of economic abundance from the earliest agricultural civilizations to today’s world of overflowing...

At Independence, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, embarked upon a political and an economic project. His political project―to put India on the democratic path―was a resounding success.This success, though, was marred by an equally resounding failure of Nehru’s...

'The most explosive, mind-blowing business book I've ever read' – Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling author of Billion Dollar Whale 'Jaw-dropping . . . well-told, well-structured and exquisitely reported' – Financial Times book review Discover the unauthorized, unvarnished story of...

Milton Friedman was, alongside John Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist of the twentieth century. His work was instrumental in the turn toward free markets that defined the 1980s, and his full-throated defenses of capitalism and freedom resonated with audiences around the world. Its...

A vivid narration of the history of the tulip, from its origins on the barren, windswept steppes of central Asia to its place of honor in the lush imperial gardens of Constantinople, to its starring moment as the most coveted—and beautiful—commodity in Europe. In the 1630s, visitors to the...

Shortlisted for the 2019 Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year. ‘A landmark book....A massively reported deep dive into the unparalleled corporate industrial giant Koch Industries....This impressively researched and well-rendered book also serves as a biography of Charles Koch...

In this timely and insightful new book, Stephen J. Harper, Canada's 22nd Prime Minister, draws on a decade of experience as a G-7 leader to help leaders in business and government understand, adapt, and thrive in an age of unprecedented disruption. The world is in flux. Disruptive technologies...

In How Progress Ends, Carl Benedikt Frey challenges the conventional belief that economic and technological progress is inevitable. For most of human history, stagnation was the norm, and even today progress and prosperity in the world's largest, most advanced economies—the United States and China—have fallen short of expectations. To appreciate why we cannot depend on any AI-fueled great leap forward, Frey offers a remarkable and fascinating journey across the globe, spanning the past 1,000 years, to explain why some societies flourish and others fail in the wake of rapid technological change

Forget the myths of buried gold; discover the gritty maritime history and rebel economics that really drove pirate crews. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive deep dive transforms violent galleons into surprisingly modern, democratic workplaces. Uncover the strict codes and written...

Experience the vibrant sensory reality of the Middle Ages as you explore a bustling, historically accurate medieval fair. Whether you are transforming your daily commute into an immersive time-travel adventure or relaxing into an atmospheric historical deep-dive, this journey puts the mud under...

This book is about the birth of the corporatist state in America. It did not occur instantaneously or even within a couple of years; it spanned the eight decades from the collapse of the Jacksonian Democrats in 1849 to the pervasive dominance of Wall Street and big business before the Great Depression. The evolution of the government into a powerful cartelizer of the economy—finance, transportation, manufacturing, labor, food, and drugs—required multiple stages of myriad special interests persistently lobbying to reduce competitive market pressures.

This thought-provoking food history reveals how a tiny, bitter seed fueled global trade and rewired the modern mind. Perfect for your morning commute, this stimulating journey transforms your daily brewing routine into an epic historical adventure. From ancient East African highlands to bustling...