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In March 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with ­million-dollar stakes. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, who managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT. With him was Ken Griffin, who was the tough-as-nails head of Citadel Investment Group. There, too, were Cliff Asness, the sharp-tongued, mercurial founder of the hedge fund AQR Capital Management, and Boaz Weinstein, chess “life master” and king of the credit-default swap.

Perhaps no company reflects American ingenuity, innovation and industrial fortunes as well as the iconic General Electric Company. Producing storied leaders and almost every product imaginable, GE built a cult of leadership success that hid cracks in its foundation. In this masterful history, William D. Cohan, one of America's most eminent financial journalists, argues that GE's legacy is both a paragon and a cautionary tale through which to understand American business.

This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present. Beginning with the Aboriginal economy at the end of the 18th century, Ian McLean argues that Australia's remarkable prosperity across nearly two centuries was reached and maintained by several shifting factors.

False Alarm will convince you that everything you think about climate change is wrong. It points the way toward making the world a vastly better, if slightly warmer, place for us all.

When Ray Dalio, billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund, announced in October 2022 that he was stepping down from the company he founded 47 years ago, the news made headlines around the world. Dalio achieved worldwide fame thanks to a mystique of success cultivated in frequent media appearances, celebrity hobnobbing, and his bestselling book, Principles. In The Fund, Rob Copeland draws on hundreds of interviews with those inside and around the firm to reveal what really goes on with Dalio and his cohorts behind closed doors.

Brian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modelling of human psychology and behaviour. Only much later did he realise that Asimov's 'psychohistory' had a real-world equivalent: game theory. Originating in the study of probabilistic gambling games that depend on a random source—the throw of a dice or the toss of a coin—game theory soon came to be applied to human interactions: essentially, what was the best strategy to win, whatever you were doing?

What is life? What is my place in it? What choices do these questions obligate me to make? More than a half-century after it burst upon the intellectual scene - with roots that extend to the mid-19th century - Existentialism's quest to answer these most fundamental questions of individual responsibility, morality, and personal freedom, life has continued to exert a profound attraction.

Seth Godin is a thought leader in the marketing and business world. In this rare live recording, hear Seth as he guides thirty entrepreneurs through a workshop exploring how they can build and run their dream business.

We live in an extraordinary time. Technological advances are happening at a rate faster than our ability to understand them, and in a world that moves faster than we can imagine, we cannot afford to stand still. These advances bring efficiency and abundance - and they are profoundly deflationary. Our economic systems were built for a pre-technology era when labor and capital were inextricably linked - an era that counted on growth and inflation and an era where we made money from inefficiency.

Robodebt was a new debt-creation system that was used to illegally pursue close to half a million Australian welfare recipients for fake debts generated by the thousands. It was described by the Royal Commission's report as a 'massive failure of public administration' caused by 'venality, incompetence and cowardice'. Essentially, Australians were gaslit by their own government, which doggedly and knowingly concocted a program that was both mathematically wrong and illegal, just to shake down innocent people for money, then lied about it for four and a half years.

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In this insightful Podcast, Urban One personality, Vic Jagger teams up with Chuck Bishop of Well Fargo, to guide listeners through the essential steps of the home buying journey. Together, they break down key topics such as mortgage basics, how to prepare financially, and the importance of home buying education, especially for first-time buyers. Chuck offers expert advice on building credit, understanding loan options, and navigating the application process, while Vic brings a relatable perspective on the emotional and practical aspects of buying a home. Whether you're just starting to think ...

HOA community managers are not property managers. They don't make decisions on the part of the HOA, but per the direction of the board of directors. Our focus with Covering HOAs is to share stories, best practices, happenings within our industry, and to guide community managers to the print, internet, and events where they can learn tactics for improving the service they provide to their client communities. This will help the board of directors improve the experience of living in the community.

A podcast for visionaries who lead with purpose and live on mission. Rob Hoskins, President of OneHope, has spent decades equipping leaders around the world to impact the next generation for Christ. Each episode will dive into conversations that challenge, inspire, and empower you to lead with clarity, conviction, and Kingdom impact.

Most business communication is noise. It's loud but unclear, expensive but ineffective. The Cinematic Strategist, hosted by Muhammad Idoniwako, is the antidote. This is not a show about filmmaking; it's a show about business strategy disguised as filmmaking. Each day, we deconstruct how visionary brands use strategic visual storytelling to build trust, command authority, and drive results. If you're a leader tired of guesswork, this is your playbook for achieving absolute clarity.

Welcome to ”Next Level Selling, Next Level Life”! This is your ultimate destination for mastering the art of sales and achieving unparalleled success in life. Hosted by ”Mad” Mike, a former US Army Ranger and top sales strategist, this podcast dives into battle-tested tactics, mental toughness, and innovative strategies that will catapult your career to new heights. Whether you’re an aspiring sales professional, seasoned executive, or driven entrepreneur, each episode is packed with actionable insights, and powerful techniques to help you break barriers and take your career and life ...

Welcome to DISRUPT: The Podcast with Eloiza Domingo and Andrés Tapia. Through the lens of four key pillars: Work, Relationships, Society, and Play, we unpack what it means to not just survive disruption, but to thrive because of it.Each episode features conversations with the two hosts and with Disrupters, boundary-pushers, rule-breakers, and changemakers who defied expectations, shook up their industries, and rewrote the playbook in the face of adversity. These are the stories of people who didn’t play it safe, because playing it safe never changed the world.Whether you're facing change or...

The ultrarich hold more of America’s wealth than they did in the heyday of the Carnegies and Rockefellers. In this incisive and provocative book, Evan Osnos offers an unforgettable portrait of the tactics and obsessions driving this new Gilded Age, in which superyachts, luxury bunkers, elite tax dodges and a torrent of political donations bespeak staggering disparities of wealth and power.

Thomas Piketty’s best-selling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history. He exposes the ideas that have sustained inequality for the past millennium, reveals why the shallow politics of right and left are failing us today, and outlines the structure of a fairer economic system.

When it comes to doing good business, change is a very good thing. And effective business analysts are at the heart of identifying opportunities for growth and implementing the solutions that can transform an organization's foundation—and ultimately increase its profitability.