Tech

when Silicon Valley remakes the world

Sometimes only an outsider can show how an industry works-and how that industry works upon the world. In Tech, sociologist Olivier Alexandre takes us on a revealing tour of Silicon Valley's prominent personalities and vibrant networks to capture the way its denizens live, think ...

Inertia

purposeful inefficiencies in financial markets

Winner, 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Financial professionals are paid as if they were capable of "beating the market" on a regular basis. In fact, active fund managers routinely underperform low-cost index funds, and financial analysts frequently produce inaccurate stock recommendations-and many receive large fees ...

The investment philosophers

financial lessons from the great thinkers

What do Warren Buffett and Friedrich Nietzsche have in common? Why does Baruch Spinoza's understanding of irrational emotions help explain financial markets? How did Voltaire's success in a bond lottery arbitrage shape his writing? Can David Hume teach an investor when to buck ...

Principles of Bitcoin

technology, economics, politics, and philosophy

Principles of Bitcoin presents a holistic, first-principles-based framework for understanding one of the most misunderstood inventions of our time. By stripping away the hype, jargon, and superficial analysis that often surrounds the crypto industry, this book uncovers the true ingenuity behind Satoshi Nakamoto's creation-and ...

La fosa abierta

Anarchivo emocional de un milagro económico

Una deconstrucción de la experiencia de la diáspora rural en el sur de Europa a partir de la historia íntima familiar. Brigitte Vasallo impugna en este libro dos silencios: el de la historia familiar, impuesto por la violencia de género, y el de la historia ...

Sobre el capital natural

El valor del mundo que habitamos

Desde que existen, nuestros modelos económicos nos han ofrecido tan solo una visión incompleta de la realidad. Nos dicen que nuestras economías van bien porque están creciendo. Sin embargo, no tienen en cuenta que ese crecimiento descansa sobre un recurso que tomamos gratis y tratamos ...

Familia rica, familia lista

Aumenta el coeficiente financiero de tu familia y toma el control de tu futuro

Vuelve Robert T. Kiyosaki con un manual esencial para aprender en familia a aplicar las lecciones que han inspirado a millones desde Padre Rico, Padre Pobre. Domina tus finanzas, multiplica tus ingresos y alcanza la prosperidad junto con tus seres queridos. La inteligencia financiera comienza ...

A world safe for commerce

American foreign policy from the revolution to the rise of China

How commerce determines whether America preserves the peace or goes to war When the Cold War ended, many believed that expanding trade would usher in an era of peace. Yet today the United States finds itself confronting not just Russia in Europe but China in ...

Sails and shadows

how the Portuguese opened the Atlantic and launched the slave trade

How the early Portuguese Empire facilitated the modern slave trade. The Portuguese conquered the challenges of sailing the unforgiving Atlantic Ocean, extending their colonial empire along Africa's western shores. With their dedication to developing new sailing techniques and groundbreaking new knowledge of weather patterns ...

El efecto de la soberanía

Las crisis económicas no solo desatan el caos: abren la puerta a formas excepcionales de gobierno donde lo políticamente impensable se vuelve posible. En medio de la turbulencia financiera, el poder se desplaza hacia una zona gris en la que expertos, organismos internacionales, bancos centrales ...