Economics

'Tim Harford is peerless at making sense of a complicated world and our place within it. This is a book that all children should read' - Matthew Syed.-> Did you know that a toy spaceship can teach you about inflation?-> Or that a pooping cow can...

A profound and ground-breaking approach to one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century.Traditional interpretations of the British Empire’s emerging success and...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for...

When two investigative journalists from the New York Times started their probe of McKinsey and Co., they knew it wouldn't be easy due to the company's veil of secrecy. But they persevered, and this important work is the result.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER...

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Best Book of the Year Award in 2011.A pioneering urban economist presents a myth-shattering look at the majesty and greatness of cities.America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: they're...

David Graeber and David Wengrow, an anthropologist and an archaelologist, join forces to dig deep and long through 30,000 years of human history, looking to explain anew who we are and how we got from there to here. Immersive, commanding and incendiary,...

‘You need this book.' Steven Bartlett, author of The Diary of a CEO.The world is changing. It's time for a new financial playbook.In this must-have guide to optimizing your life for wealth, success and happiness, you'll learn:• how to find and...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.“One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates“Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY, AND BUSINESSWEEKBESTSELLER—OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD!David Bach’s no-budget, no-discipline, no-nonsense system to help you finish rich automatically, now expanded and updatedDo you want to...

If Warren Buffet endorses it, you know it's good. This primer on value investing belongs on the shelf of anyone with so much as a toe in the volatile world of stocks and investments. It's chock full of knowledge, actionable steps, and strategy to build a...

A front-line industry insider's look at the financial technology explosion. The FINTECH Book is your primary guide to the financial technology revolution, and the disruption, innovation and opportunity therein. Written by prominent thought leaders in the...

“Blending intellectual memoir, history, and economic and technological history, Varoufakis creates an intimate atmosphere that is a genuine pleasure to read ... It’s hard to read this book and deny its power ... illuminating.” - The...

The winner of the Business Book of the Year Award for 2021, this is a groundbreaking exposé of the myths behind startup success and a blueprint for harnessing the things that really matter.What is the difference between a startup that makes it,...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD.“Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” —The New York TimesRay Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the...

Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors.A Wall Street Journal and Businessweek bestseller. Named by Fast Company as one of the most influential leadership books in its Leadership Hall of Fame. An innovation...

Sitting at the delightful cross-section of smart and accessible, Same As Ever takes a massive topic (things that stay the same) and condenses it into a remarkable simplicity. If you loved the out-of-the-box thinking of The Psychology of Money,...

One of those titles that says it all. Tony Robbins is here to give you the lowdown on where trillions of dollars call home, and where and how you can dip in. With an all-star cast of money magnates, this is a guide for smart and off-the-beaten path...

DUTCH BESTSELLER • The “rollicking” (The Economist), “masterfully written” (The Washington Post) account of the crypto delusion, and how Sam Bankman-Fried and a cast of fellow nerds and hustlers turned useless...

How insurgencies—enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere—have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world.In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming. Technology has categorically...

This "eye-opening and essential" book (Bill Gates) will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems—and explains how we can solve them. It’s become common to tell kids that they’re going to die from climate change. We...