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The algorithm

how AI can hijack your career and steal your future

Artificial intelligence is being used, on a massive scale, to decide who gets hired, fired and promoted. Through whistleblower exclusives, leaked internal documents and astonishing real-world practices, journalist Hilke Schellmann reveals the secret rise of AI in the world of work. Testing them herself, she ...

Floor rules

insider culture in financial markets

A compelling account of how markets really govern themselves, and why they often baffle and outrage outsiders One of the reasons many people believe financial markets are lawless and irrational-and rigged-is that they follow two sets of rules. The official rules, set by law or ...

The national security constitution in the twenty-first century

A deeply researched, fully updated edition of The National Security Constitution that explores the growing imbalance of institutional powers in American foreign affairs and national security policy Since the beginning of the American Republic, a package of norms has evolved in the U.S. Constitution ...

Making democracy count

how mathematics improves voting, electoral maps, and representation

How we can repair our democracy by rebuilding the mechanisms that power it What's the best way to determine what most voters want when multiple candidates are running? What's the fairest way to allocate legislative seats to different constituencies? What's the least ...

Long problems

climate change and the challenge of governing across time

Political strategies for tackling climate change and other "long problems" that span generations Climate change and its consequences unfold over many generations. Past emissions affect our climate today, just as our actions shape the climate of tomorrow, while the effects of global warming will last ...

The divine economy

how religions compete for wealth, power and people

Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award A novel economic interpretation of how religions have become so powerful in the modern world Religion in the twenty-first century is alive and well across the world, despite its apparent decline in ...

Divergent democracy

how policy positions came to dominate party competition

An innovative examination of the shift by American political parties toward issue-based differentiation Recent Democratic and Republican party platforms display clear differences on such issues as abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, gun control, and the environment. These distinctions reflect a programmatic party system-that is, one in which ...

Spiderweb Capitalism

how global elites exploit frontier markets

A behind-the-scenes look at how the rich and powerful use offshore shell corporations to conceal their wealth and make themselves richer In 2015, the anonymous leak of the Panama Papers brought to light millions of financial and legal documents exposing how the superrich hide their ...

A monetary and fiscal history of the United States, 1961-2021

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Biden-filled with lessons for today In this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world's most influential economists and one of the field's best writers, draws ...

Basic equality

An innovative argument that vindicates our normative commitment to basic equality, synthesising philosophy, history, and psychology What makes human beings one another's equals? That we are "basic equals" has become a bedrock assumption in Western moral and political philosophy. And yet establishing why we ...

Active and passive citizens

a defense of majoritarian democracy

A powerful case for why majority rule-not representation-is the defining feature of democratic politics The idea that democratic governance rests on active self-rule by citizens plays surprisingly little part in current theories of democracy, which instead stress the importance of representation by elected, appointed, or ...

Guardrails

guiding human decisions in the age of AI

How society can shape individual actions in times of uncertainty When we make decisions, our thinking is informed by societal norms, "guardrails" that guide our decisions, like the laws and rules that govern us. But what are good guardrails in today's world of overwhelming ...

Money Capital

New Monetary Principles for a More Prosperous Society

A novel perspective on monetary and fiscal policy that views money as the equity capital of a nation A conventional economic theory, monetarism, holds that inflation is a monetary phenomenon driven by changes in the supply of money. Yet recent experience-including the aftermath of the ...

Personalized

customer strategy in the age of AI

A USA Today Bestseller In a world where consumers expect more-instantly and seamlessly-personalization is a strategic imperative. Consumers want personalized experiences, but few companies are rising to the challenge. Those that succeed in personalization build trusted relationships with millions of customers and engage with them ...

Shocks, crises, and false alarms

how to assess true macroeconomic risk

An essential new guide to navigating macroeconomic risk. The shocks and crises of recent years-pandemic, recession, inflation, war-have forced executives and investors to recognize that the macroeconomy is now a risk to be actively managed. Yet unreliable forecasting, pervasive doomsaying, and whipsawing data severely hamper ...

The innovator's dilemma

when new technologies cause great firms to fail

His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders, from Steve Jobs to Malcolm Gladwell. In this classic bestseller-one of the most influential business books of all time-innovation expert Clayton Christensen shows how even the most outstanding companies can do everything right yet ...

Fusion strategy

how real-time data and AI will power the industrial future

Two world-renowned experts on innovation and digital strategy explore how real-time data and AI will radically transform physical products-and the companies that make them. Tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, and Google can collect real-time data from billions of users. For companies that design and manufacture ...

The innovator's solution

creating and sustaining successful growth

Clayton Christensen's bestselling book, The Innovator's Dilemma, introduced the groundbreaking idea of disruptive innovation, revealing how even well-run companies can do everything right and yet still lose market leadership. In The Innovator's Solution, Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor expand on the idea ...

Triple fit strategy

how to build lasting customer relationships and boost growth

It's time for companies to rethink their growth logic. Business relationships are still dominated by a narrow perspective-trying to match products to customer needs and making deals. It's a buyer-seller relationship built on a transactional mindset, and it's not how you should ...

African perspectives in international investment law

This volume explores trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) on the African continent, the benefits and challenges that FDI presents for African States, and Africa's participation in the international investment law regime. Featuring contributions from leading African international lawyers, arbitrators, jurists, academics, and litigation ...