A Brief History of Equality - Thomas Piketty

A Brief History of Equality - Thomas Piketty

A Brief History of Equality Thomas Piketty Genre: Economics Price: $27.99 Publish Date: April 19, 2022 Publisher: Harvard University Press Seller: Harvard University Press

The world’s leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It’s easy to be pessimistic about inequality. We know it has increased dramatically in many parts of the world over the past two generations. No one has done more to reveal the problem than Thomas Piketty. Now, in this surprising and powerful new work, Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality. Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of capitalism, revolutions, imperialism, slavery, wars, and the building of the welfare state. It’s a history of violence and social struggle, punctuated by regression and disaster. But through it all, Piketty shows, human societies have moved fitfully toward a more just distribution of income and assets, a reduction of racial and gender inequalities, and greater access to health care, education, and the rights of citizenship. Our rough march forward is political and ideological, an endless fight against injustice. To keep moving, Piketty argues, we need to learn and commit to what works, to institutional, legal, social, fiscal, and educational systems that can make equality a lasting reality. At the same time, we need to resist historical amnesia and the temptations of cultural separatism and intellectual compartmentalization. At stake is the quality of life for billions of people. We know we can do better, Piketty concludes. The past shows us how. The future is up to us.

Zero to IPO: Over $1 Trillion of Actionable Advice from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs - Frederic Kerrest

Zero to IPO: Over $1 Trillion of Actionable Advice from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs - Frederic Kerrest

Zero to IPO: Over $1 Trillion of Actionable Advice from the World's Most Successful Entrepreneurs Frederic Kerrest Genre: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Price: $17.99 Publish Date: April 19, 2022 Publisher: McGraw Hill LLC Seller: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

From the cofounder of a $40 billion software company comes an invaluable guide packed with $1 trillion worth of advice from some of the world’s most successful and recognizable entrepreneurs. Over the past 20 years, first as an early employee at Salesforce and later as a cofounder of Okta (a publicly traded software company now valued at over $40 billion), Frederic Kerrest has met the most successful entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley and beyond. He’s discussed every angle of entrepreneurship with them—what works, what doesn’t, and what to do when things get rough—and he’s taken notes. The result is this unmatched blueprint for building and growing a business, drawn from his own experience as well as that of his fellow visionaries and business leaders, who have collectively built over $1 trillion worth of wealth for themselves and their investors. They include Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz (Andreessen Horowitz), Eric Yuan (Zoom), Stewart Butterfield (Slack), Aneel Bhusri (Workday), Julia Hartz (Eventbrite), Aaron Levie (Box), Fred Luddy (ServiceNow), Melanie Perkins (Canva), Patty McCord (Netflix), Sebastian Thrun (Udacity), and dozens of other luminaries. These ideas and practices aren’t taught in business schools. They’ve been learned the hard way, through trial and error in the real world of business. Kerrest has battle-tested them himself, so he knows their power. Organized by topic in roughly the order that leaders will encounter them as they scale their businesses, this book is the ultimate guide to taking a company all the way from founding to IPO—and beyond.

The Secret Language of Maps - Carissa Carter, Stanford d.school, Jeremy Nguyen & Michael Hirshon

The Secret Language of Maps - Carissa Carter, Stanford d.school, Jeremy Nguyen & Michael Hirshon

The Secret Language of Maps How to Tell Visual Stories with Data Carissa Carter, Stanford d.school, Jeremy Nguyen & Michael Hirshon Genre: Management & Leadership Price: $11.99 Publish Date: April 19, 2022 Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

A highly visual exploration of diagrams and data that helps you understand how "maps" are part of everyday thinking, how they tell stories, and how they can reframe your point of view, from Stanford University's world-renowned d.school. “This book is the ultimate legend to mapping all kinds of data.”—Jessica Hagy, Webby Award-winning blogger of Indexed and author of How to Be Interesting (In Ten Simple Steps)   Maps aren’t just geographic, they are also infographic and include all types of frameworks and diagrams. Any figure that sorts data visually and presents it spatially is a map. Maps are ways of organizing information and figuring out what’s important. Even stories can be mapped! The Secret Language of Maps provides a simple framework to deconstruct existing maps and then shows you how to create your own. An embedded mystery story about a woman who investigates the disappearance of an old high school friend illustrates how to use different maps to make sense of all types of information. Colorful illustrations bring the story to life and demonstrate how the fictional character’s collection of data, properly organized and “mapped,” leads her to solve the mystery of her friend’s disappearance. You’ll learn how to gather data, organize it, and present it to an audience. You’ll also learn how to view the many maps that swirl around our daily lives with a critical eye, aware of the forces that are in play for every creator.

Lessons I Learned When My Boss Was Fired - Ricardo Fort

Lessons I Learned When My Boss Was Fired - Ricardo Fort

Lessons I Learned When My Boss Was Fired Ricardo Fort Genre: Careers Price: $6.99 Publish Date: March 25, 2022 Publisher: Fort Publishing Seller: Ricardo Fort

After a surprise and painful termination from a global multinational corporation, a successful marketing executive reflects on the actions he should have taken to be better prepared to deal with it. In this process, he comes up with a series of actionable everyday lessons he would have loved to know earlier in his career. While it was too late for him, these lessons can come in handy for the rest of us. All employees will get fired once or multiple times in their careers. Knowing how to deal with it and, mostly, how to bounce back, is a skill worth developing as soon as possible.

The Making of a Manager - Julie Zhuo

The Making of a Manager - Julie Zhuo

The Making of a Manager What to Do When Everyone Looks to You Julie Zhuo Genre: Management & Leadership Price: $1.99 Publish Date: March 19, 2019 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Seller: PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.

Instant  Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog:  you don't really know what you're doing . That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of 25. She stared at a long list of logistics--from hiring to firing, from meeting to messaging, from planning to pitching--and faced a thousand questions and uncertainties. How was she supposed to spin teamwork into value? How could she be a good steward of her reports' careers? What was the secret to leading with confidence in new and unexpected situations? Now, having managed dozens of teams spanning tens to hundreds of people, Julie knows the most important lesson of all: great managers are made, not born. If you care enough to be reading this, then you care enough to be a great manager. The Making of a Manager  is a modern field guide packed everyday examples and transformative insights, including:    *   How to tell a great manager from an average manager (illustrations included)    *   When you should look past an awkward interview and hire someone anyway    *   How to build trust with your reports through not being a boss    *   Where to look when you lose faith and lack the answers Whether you're new to the job, a veteran leader, or looking to be promoted, this is the handbook you need to be the kind of manager you wish you had.

I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second Edition - Ramit Sethi

I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second Edition - Ramit Sethi

I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second Edition No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works Ramit Sethi Genre: Personal Finance Price: $9.99 Publish Date: May 14, 2019 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Seller: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.

The groundbreaking NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER that taught a generation how to earn more, save more, and live a rich life—now in a revised 2nd edition.   Buy as many lattes as you want. Choose the right accounts and investments so your money grows for you—automatically. Best of all, spend guilt-free on the things you love.   Personal finance expert Ramit Sethi has been called a “wealth wizard” by Forbes and the “new guru on the block” by Fortune . Now he’s updated and expanded his modern money classic for a new age, delivering a simple, powerful, no-BS 6-week program that just works.   I Will Teach You to Be Rich will show you: • How to crush your debt and student loans faster than you thought possible • How to set up no-fee, high-interest bank accounts that won’t gouge you for every penny • How Ramit automates his finances so his money goes exactly where he wants it to—and how you can do it too • How to talk your way out of late fees (with word-for-word scripts) • How to save hundreds or even thousands per month (and still buy what you love) • A set-it-and-forget-it investment strategy that’s dead simple and beats financial advisors at their own game • How to handle buying a car or a house, paying for a wedding, having kids, and other big expenses—stress free • The exact words to use to negotiate a big raise at work   Plus, this 10th anniversary edition features over 80 new pages, including: • New tools • New insights on money and psychology • Amazing stories of how previous readers used the book to create their rich lives   Master your money—and then get on with your life.  

Principles - Ray Dalio

Principles - Ray Dalio

Principles Life and Work Ray Dalio Genre: Personal Finance Price: $14.99 Publish Date: September 19, 2017 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Seller: SIMON AND SCHUSTER DIGITAL SALES INC

#1 New York Times Bestseller “Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” — The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made more money for its clients than any other hedge fund in history and grown into the fifth most important private company in the United States, according to Fortune magazine. Dalio himself has been named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Along the way, Dalio discovered a set of unique principles that have led to Bridgewater’s exceptionally effective culture, which he describes as “an idea meritocracy that strives to achieve meaningful work and meaningful relationships through radical transparency.” It is these principles, and not anything special about Dalio—who grew up an ordinary kid in a middle-class Long Island neighborhood—that he believes are the reason behind his success. In Principles, Dalio shares what he’s learned over the course of his remarkable career. He argues that life, management, economics, and investing can all be systemized into rules and understood like machines. The book’s hundreds of practical lessons, which are built around his cornerstones of “radical truth” and “radical transparency,” include Dalio laying out the most effective ways for individuals and organizations to make decisions, approach challenges, and build strong teams. He also describes the innovative tools the firm uses to bring an idea meritocracy to life, such as creating “baseball cards” for all employees that distill their strengths and weaknesses, and employing computerized decision-making systems to make believability-weighted decisions. While the book brims with novel ideas for organizations and institutions, Principles also offers a clear, straightforward approach to decision-making that Dalio believes anyone can apply, no matter what they’re seeking to achieve. Here, from a man who has been called both “the Steve Jobs of investing” and “the philosopher king of the financial universe” ( CIO magazine), is a rare opportunity to gain proven advice unlike anything you’ll find in the conventional business press.