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"Focusing on those left behind during an era of unprecedented economic growth and increasing income inequality in places like Nicholas Kristof’s hometown of Yamhill, Oregon, Tightrope’s most powerful moments are in the stories of individuals struggling to get by—incarcerated, addicted, and, like 60 percent of all Americans, in debt."
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Every page of Rana Foroohar’s Don’t Be Evil is a revelation, a reinforcement for the ideas that have made our economy sustainable in the past, and have been largely discarded in the disruption Silicon Valley has spread throughout our economy.
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"Women are perceived as either strong and cold or weak and warm. An award-winning journalist and cohost of PBS’s Amanpour and Company examines likeability and empowers readers to reject an outdated image of leadership instead of reinventing themselves."
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In his new book Steven Goldstein encourages the reader to appreciate the “power in popularity,” that “likeability is leverage,” and explores how businesspeople, politicians, and entertainers wield it.
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In his new book, Simon Sinek takes on the difference between finite and infinite games, and the damage done by shareholder capitalism.
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