The Big Fail: How Our Supply Chains Collapsed When We Needed Them Most by Bethany McLean
$36.99 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
A damning indictment of American capitalism, as exposed through the failures of the government, private sector and overall economic resilience throughout the COVID pandemic.From the author of the modern business classic The Smartest Guys in the Room comes a damning indictment of late-stage capitalism-an ...Show more
The Economic Government of the World: 1933-2023 by Martin Daunton
$80.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933 In 1933, Keynes reflected on the crisis of the Great Depression that arose from individualistic capitalism- 'It is not intelligent, it is not beautiful, it is not just, it is not virtuous - and it doesn't deliver the goods ... But when we wonde ...Show more
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths by Mariana Mazzucato
$22.99 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
In this sharp and controversial expos , Mariana Mazzucato debunks the pervasive myth that the state is a laggard, bureaucratic apparatus at odds with a dynamic private sector. She reveals in detailed case studies, including a riveting chapter on the iPhone, that the opposite is true: the state is, and h ...Show more
The Song of Significance by Seth Godin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
"Humans aren't a resource to be bought, used and discarded - they are the point of the workplace, the life essence of innovation, growth and success." From the bestselling author of Purple Cow and This Is Marketing comes an urgent manifesto for leaders facing unprecedented challenges in a rapidly-chang ...Show more
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy by Henry Farrell, Abraham Newman
$55.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
An explosive new vision of geopolitics from two trail-blazing political scientists Deep beneath our feet, vast and sprawling, lies one of the most sophisticated empires the world has ever known. At first glance, it might not look like much - it is made up of fibre optic cables and obscure payment syste ...Show more
When Mckinsey Comes to Town by Walt Bogdanich; Michael Forsythe
$26.99 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST's 50 NOTABLE WORKS OF NONFICTION An explosive, deeply reported exposé of McKinsey & Company, the international consulting firm that advises corporations and governments, that highlights the often d ...Show more
100 Days of Brave: How To Launch a Business You Love in Three Months by Iolanthe Gabrie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
Practical, frank, and inspiring, 100 Days of Brave shows how to bring your business idea to life in just over three months. If you want to live life on your own terms working on a start-up that you love, and enjoy the freedom and rewards that entrepreneurship brings, then this book is your ultimate road ...Show more
50 Capitalism Ideas You Really Need to Know by Jonathan Portes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Business & Economics | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Jonathan Portes demystifies the fundamental concepts of capitalism - from its history, core theories and key institutions to its current-day political power and social impact. From stock markets to banks, globalization to Marxism, 50 Capitalism Ideas is a complet ...Show more
A Banquet of Consequences, Reloaded: How we got into the mess we're in, and why we need to act now by Satyajit Das
$34.99 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
Essential reading for anyone concerned about the dire future of the global economy, the deepening environmental crisis the alarming deterioration of our social fabric, A Banquet of Consequences incisively explains the problems confronting us, how we're making those problems worse, and what the real solu ...Show more
A Matter of Trust: The Practice of Ethics in Finance by Paul Kofman
$10.00 AUD
$39.99 (74% off)
Category: Business & Economics
From the marble trading floors of Wall Street to the dirt floor of a microfinance lender in rural Sumatra, finance touches everybody's lives. From small personal loans to collateralised debt obligations, it promises solutions for a better, more prosperous future. But not much in life is guaranteed, and ...Show more
An Economic History of the English Garden by Roderick Floud
$55.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
An Economic History of the English Garden draws on never-seen primary sources to explore how much gardens cost to make and to maintain; how many gardeners tend to particular gardens; the prices of plants sold by nurseries, or imported from far-flung corners of the world; where the plants come from, what ...Show more
Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story about Copper, the Metal That Runs the World by Bill Carter
$29.99 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
A sweeping account of civilization's complete dependence on copper that "is the best sort of journalism: beautifully written, rich in detail, and impossible to ignore" (Sebastian Junger). For most of recorded history, copper has proven invaluable: not only did the ancient Romans build their empire on m ...Show more