';[A] penetrating analysis of urban infrastructure' NatureClean water, paved roads, public transit, electricity and gas, sewers, waste processing, telecommunication, even the Internet all this infrastructure is what makes cities work and powers our lives, often seamlessly and silently.
';[A] penetrating analysis of urban infrastructure' NatureClean water, paved roads, public transit, electricity and gas, sewers, waste processing, telecommunication, even the Internet all this infrastructure is what makes cities work and powers our lives, often seamlessly and silently.
***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***From Eric Ries, creator of The Lean Startup, comes a bold and urgently needed rethink of how organizations are built and why success itself so often turns companies against the people and principles that made them worth building in the first place.
'An inspiring, rip-roaring read - like the astonishing story it describes' Liam Halligan, Daily TelegraphWhere does prosperity come from, and how does it spread through a society?
A study of the changes in wealth and its distribution in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Paris that maps the interplay among wealth, inequality, and welfareSuccessful economies sustain capital accumulation across generations, and capital accumulation leads to large increases in private wealth.
A study of the changes in wealth and its distribution in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Paris that maps the interplay among wealth, inequality, and welfareSuccessful economies sustain capital accumulation across generations, and capital accumulation leads to large increases in private wealth.
A revelatory exploration of how today s right-wing authoritarianism emerged not in opposition to neoliberalism, but from within it FINALIST FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 'Bracingly original.
** A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2025**A sweeping history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest criticsAt a time when we are faced with fundamental questions about the sustainability and morality of the economic system, Capitalism and Its Critics provides a kaleidoscopic history of global capitalism, from colonialism and the Industrial Revolution to the ecological crisis and artificial intelligence.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, an inspiring vision of how to reorient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and communityAs Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy.
*A Radio 4 Book of the Week*'Captivating, mind-boggling and deeply disturbing' - Maureen Freely'Humane, thoughtful and urgent - this book will make you think, make you laugh, make you cry, but also make you burn with rage' - Dr Mary WellesleyA thought-provoking deep dive into the global fertility industry and the commodification of the maternal body__________Should surrogacy be a paid service, an altruistic act - or even legal at all?
In this powerful collection of interviews, Noam Chomsky exposes the problems of our world today, as we stand in this period of monumental change, preparing for a more hopeful tomorrow.
Uber Krieg oder Frieden entscheidet oft die WirtschaftEin faszinierender Blick hinter die Kulissen der neuen Weltordnung und eine spannende Analyse, die erklart, warum die Kriegsgefahr so hoch ist und was wir in Europa tun konnen, um Frieden zu sichern.
Para el autor, cada pais, en relacion con su historia y su compromiso democratico, responde de manera diferente a una ley basica del capitalismo de mercado que estimula la concentracion de la riqueza en los sectores mas favorecidos.
En el contexto empresarial actual la producción de residuos ya no se ve como algo ajeno, sino que se ha convertido en una realidad cotidianamente aceptada, ya que se podría decir que cualquier empresa produce residuos.
Zero Tariffs or No Trade: A Case for Free TradeBy John PritchettWhat if America embraced the boldest economic idea in trade history: zero tariffs—for everyone, or no trade at all?
Eine fesselnde Spurensuche legt ökologische Entwicklungslinien in Marx' Schreiben frei, die oft übersehen wurden: ein neuer Zugang zu einem Werk von überraschender Aktualität.
