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Digital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionizing both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure, understand, and shape. In Cogs and Monsters, Diane Coyle explores the enormous problems - but also opportunities - facing economics today if it is to respond effectively to these dizzying changes and help policymakers solve the world's crises.

Senator Rand Paul was on to Anthony Fauci from the start. Wielding previously unimaginable power, Fauci misled the country about the origins of the Covid pandemic and shut down scientific dissent. One of the few leaders who dared to challenge "America’s Doctor" was Senator Rand Paul, himself a...

As Hitler was attempting to conquer the western world, his armies were methodically pillaging the finest art in Europe, from Michelangelos to Vermeers, all stolen for the Führer. The Monuments Men had a mandate from President Roosevelt to find these artworks, but no vehicles, typewriters, or authority. In a race against time to save the world’s greatest cultural treasures from destruction at the hands of Nazi fanatics, each man constructed his own treasure map....

Bloomsbury presents Gilded Rage written and read by Jacob Silverman A searing insight into the political radicalization of Silicon Valley, from Elon Musk to Peter Thiel, JD Vance and Donald Trump, and how it will affect the future of all our lives. From the pursuit of potentially apocalyptic...

The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were entirely different from those of today. In The Measure of Progress, Diane Coyle argues that the framework underpinning today's economic statistics is so outdated that it functions as a distorting lens, or even a set of blinkers. When policymakers rely on such an antiquated conceptual tool, how can they measure, understand, and respond with any precision to what is happening in today's digital economy?

Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker’s searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families. Dr...

An expert takes on the crisis of income inequality, addressing the problems with our current compensation model, demystifying pay practices, and providing practical information employees can use when negotiating their salaries and discussing how we can close the gender and racial pay gap...

Foreword by Henry Kissinger In this groundbreaking, definitive guide to the art of negotiation, three Harvard professors offer a comprehensive examination of one of the most successful dealmakers of all time, Henry Kissinger, and some of his most impressive achievements, including the Paris...

When two Stanford graduate students set out to create a new kind of cigarette that wouldn’t kill them, they didn’t foresee all the obstacles that lay ahead — or the powerful forces their invention would unleash. Nearly 10 years after the launch of the JUUL, Backfired: The Vaping Wars asks: Could e-cigarettes have been the solution to one of the world’s most pressing public health problems—or was this technology doomed to introduce a whole new generation to nicotine, and end up perpetuating an intractable addiction?

China isn't aiming for the Moon—it is planning for control of space itself. By 2045, Beijing plans to dominate a $10 trillion Cislunar economy, beam power to Earth from orbit, and mine asteroids worth quintillions. Space Shock presents eighteen realistic "Sputnik moment" scenarios—created by the authors and stress-tested through wargames with senior space, defense, and policy experts—to reveal how America might respond.

Emergency in New Zealand - What if you could step away from the stress of American emergency medicine without stepping away from medicine itself?After 34 years as a U.S. emergency physician, Patrick Murphy, MD, was burned out and ready for a change. Instead of simply retiring or leaving clinical...

Your schedule is packed. You’re constantly behind. What you’re doing isn’t working. Something has to change.The Physicians’ Guide to Owning Your Time is a practical playbook for doctors ready to redesign their workload and reclaim their lives. You don't need a complete life overhaul...

Why do some governments turn public money into lasting prosperity while others create debt, waste, and economic instability?The Fiscal Blueprint offers a clear and practical introduction to how governments collect, spend, borrow, and manage money. Without complicated formulas or political jargon...

What happens when a socialist-leaning mayor takes control of the world’s financial capital—and challenges the economic forces that have long shaped New York?Red Mayor, Green Money explores the collision between City Hall and Wall Street through the lives of New Yorkers caught in the middle...

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كيف يعيد الذكاء الاصطناعي صياغة مستقبل العمل والهوية الإنسانية في عصر تتحدى فيه الآلات الذكية عقولنا؟ يطرح هذا السرد التحليلي الهادئ رؤية متوازنة بعيدة عن...