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New York Times Bestseller Washington Post Bestseller Los Angeles Times Bestseller Stress Test is the story of Tim Geithner’s education in financial crises. As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then as President Barack Obama’s secretary of the Treasury, Timothy F...

Robert Conquest has been called by Paul Johnson "our greatest living modern historian". As a new century begins, Conquest offers an illuminating examination of our past failures and a guide to where we should go next. Graced with one of the most acute gifts for political prescience since Orwell, Conquest assigns responsibility for our century’s cataclysms not to impersonal economic or social forces but to the distorted ideologies of revolutionary Marxism and National Socialism.

Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth was a treatise written by French Enlightenment philosopher and civil servant Anne Robert Jacques Turgot. "This Essay May be Considered as the Germ of the Treatise on The Wealth of Nations, written by the Celebrated Smith" - Condorcet's Life of Turgot.

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Are you busy and do you struggle with finding time for reflection? This mini-podcast gives you short audio-reflections you can use on the move. Between meetings, on the way to your job, leave your worries on the way home, and relax in the weekend. No 1-7 are reflections with powerful questions for reflection. No 8-10 are yoga and breathing audiofiles that help you relax and be refreshed.

Reflections on Management blends theory with practical insight of Dr. Tom Galvin - a career military officer turned scholar-practitioner - to offer a series of in-depth reflections on how key management ideas play out in practice. What is the actual meaning of competitive advantage? How do organizations deal with death? Why is change inherently paradoxical? Tune in to hear Tom reflect on these, and numerous other questions by drawing on his long and eventful career as senior military leader!

Kick off your week with a 5-minute reflection on generosity to ground yourself in the right mindset for capital campaigns. Each reflection includes a question to ponder throughout the week to aid your work.

In The Idea of America, Darren Walker argues that we can narrow our widening divides by rediscovering our common aspirations and common good. This prescient, timely compendium introduces us to an essential leader of and for our moment—in his own words—through his most essential reflections, essays, and speeches. Walker calls for courageous, moral leadership from us all—challenging us to step back from the extremes, to lean into nuance and complexity, and to build longer bridges.

The early years of venture capital were a far cry from today’s very public dealings. Alan Patricof, one of the pioneers of the venture arena, offers a behind-the-scenes look at the past 50 years of the industry. From buying stock in Apple when its market valuation was only $60 million to founding New York Magazine to investing in AOL, Audible, and more recently, Axios, his discerning approach to finding companies is almost peerless.

Throughout his legendary career, John Bogle - founder of the Vanguard mutual fund group and creator of the first index mutual fund - has helped investors build wealth the right way, while, at the same time, leading a tireless campaign to restore common sense to the investment world. A collection of essays based on speeches delivered to professional groups and college students in recent years, Don't Count on It is organized around eight themes: illusion versus reality in investing; indexing to market returns; failures of capitalism; and more.

Intentonomics explores the “Power of Intent” as a key driver of Gain or Pain. The concept looks at the impact of decisions or indecisions on Actions and the resulting impact.

Legal reflections on vulnerable road users – the podcast where two experienced lawyers, who also happen to be enthusiastic cyclists, chat their way through topics concerning cyclists and other vulnerable road users from a legal and insurance perspective.