Explore the ways that money makes the world go 'round in these Business and Economics selections. Ranging from wealth-building self-help advice to philosophical critiques of capitalism, the titles in this Collection explore the role of money and wealth in society and the systems that drive global economies.
Publication year 2013
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Values/Ideas: Music
Tags History: U.S., Race / Racism, Business / Economics, History: World, Social Justice, Politics / Government
Winner of the 2015 Avery O. Craven Prize and the 2015 Sidney Hillman Prize, Edward E. Baptist’s 2014 book, The Half Has Never Been Told, challenges revisionist historical studies and presents slavery as a modern and modernizing institution that was central to the creation of American wealth and power. Drawing on slave narratives and other sources, it examines the development and growth of American slavery and the far-reaching effects it had on the nation from... Read The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism Summary
Publication year 2014
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Relationships: Teams, Society: Economics, Emotions/Behavior: Courage
Tags Business / Economics, Leadership/Organization/Management, Science / Nature, Self Help, Biography
Publication year 2021
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Emotions/Behavior: Fear, Emotions/Behavior: Gratitude, Emotions/Behavior: Guilt, Identity: Mental Health
Tags Self Help, Business / Economics, Psychology
Publication year 2016
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Relationships: Teams, Emotions/Behavior: Conflict, Values/Ideas: Trust & Doubt
Tags Business / Economics, Leadership/Organization/Management, Psychology
The Ideal Team Player is a 2016 book by leadership development expert Patrick Lencioni. The book provides an extension of the work Lencioni performed for his 2011 book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Lencioni employs a two-part structure for the book, as it begins with a third-person fictional narrative before shifting to a first-person, instructional point of view. In both sections, Lencioni examines the significance of being able to identify three essential characteristics of... Read The Ideal Team Player Summary
Publication year 2018
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Society: Community, Self Discovery, Relationships: Teams, Emotions/Behavior: Courage
Tags Business / Economics, Leadership/Organization/Management, Self Help, Psychology, Psychology, Philosophy, Philosophy
Publication year 1997
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Relationships: Teams, Society: Economics, Society: Globalization, Values/Ideas: Science & Technology
Tags Business / Economics, Leadership/Organization/Management, Technology, Science / Nature, Self Help
Publication year 1949
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Society: Economics, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance
Tags Finance / Money / Wealth, Business / Economics, Self Help
Publication year 2018
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Forgiveness, Emotions/Behavior: Hate & Anger, Identity: Femininity, Identity: Gender, Identity: Masculinity, Identity: Mental Health, Natural World: Appearance & Reality, Relationships: Family, Self Discovery, Society: Community, Values/Ideas: Power & Greed, Values/Ideas: Science & Technology
Tags Psychology, Self Help, Philosophy, Business / Economics, Leadership/Organization/Management, Sociology
Publication year 2011
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Values/Ideas: Science & Technology, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Society: Economics
Tags Business / Economics, Leadership/Organization/Management, Technology
Publication year 2024
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Self Discovery, Emotions/Behavior: Apathy, Identity: Mental Health
Tags Self Help, Business / Economics, Relationships
Publication year 1997
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Society: Economics, Society: Globalization
Tags Business / Economics, Social Science, Sociology, History: World, Arts / Culture, Politics / Government
The Lexus and the Olive Tree is a nonfiction work by Thomas L Friedman, a New York Times foreign affairs reporter turned opinion columnist. Friedman has won three Pulitzer Prizes for General Non-Fiction and won the National Book Award for From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989), his memoir about reporting Middle East relations. He is also notable for his 2005 book, The World Is Flat, which focuses on many of the same themes as The Lexus... Read The Lexus and the Olive Tree Summary
Publication year 2009
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Values/Ideas: Power & Greed, Values/Ideas: Justice & Injustice, Society: Economics, Society: Community
Tags Philosophy, Poverty, Social Justice, Business / Economics, Sociology, Philosophy, Politics / Government
In 2009, Peter Singer, philosopher and ethicist at Princeton University, published The Life You Can Save, a short treatise on the obligations of affluent persons to alleviate the suffering of those experiencing extreme poverty on a global scale. By this time in his career, Singer had spent several decades on ethical questions related to global poverty. In 1972, he produced a seminal essay in the field, “Famine, Affluence, and Morality.” After a much more recent... Read The Life You Can Save Summary
Publication year 1959
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Self Discovery
Tags Business / Economics, Self Help, Leadership/Organization/Management, Psychology, Psychology, Philosophy, Philosophy
Publication year 1963
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Society: Class, Society: Community, Society: Economics, Society: Politics & Government, Values/Ideas: Power & Greed, Values/Ideas: Religion & Spirituality
Tags Politics / Government, Business / Economics, History: European, Sociology, Industrial Revolution, British Literature, Class
Publication year 1983
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Emotions/Behavior: Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Hate & Anger, Emotions/Behavior: Joy, Identity: Mental Health, Society: Class, Society: Community, Society: Economics, Society: Education, Society: Politics & Government, Values/Ideas: Justice & Injustice, Values/Ideas: Power & Greed, Values/Ideas: Safety & Danger, Values/Ideas: Truth & Lies
Tags Education, Education, Anthropology, Anthropology, Gender / Feminism, Social Science, Business / Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Psychology, Philosophy, Philosophy
Publication year 1924
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Values/Ideas: Religion & Spirituality, Identity: Masculinity, Values/Ideas: Fame
Tags Religion / Spirituality, Roaring Twenties, Christian literature, Leadership/Organization/Management, Business / Economics, Education, Education
Publication year 2019
Genre Autobiography / Memoir, Nonfiction
Themes Values/Ideas: Safety & Danger, Values/Ideas: Science & Technology, Values/Ideas: Justice & Injustice, Values/Ideas: Equality, Society: Community, Society: Globalization, Society: Economics, Society: Education, Relationships: Teams, Relationships: Family
Tags Gender / Feminism, Social Justice, Inspirational, Women's Studies (Nonfiction), Business / Economics, Self Help, Biography
Publication year 1996
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Life/Time: The Future, Life/Time: Midlife, Self Discovery, Identity: Mental Health, Values/Ideas: Beauty, Emotions/Behavior: Fear, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Emotions/Behavior: Determination / Perseverance, Emotions/Behavior: Gratitude, Values/Ideas: Fate, Values/Ideas: Religion & Spirituality, Natural World: Environment
Tags Self Help, Philosophy, Religion / Spirituality, Inspirational, Psychology, Business / Economics, Psychology, Philosophy
Publication year 2015
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Society: Economics, Natural World: Environment
Tags Science / Nature, Anthropology, Anthropology, Business / Economics, Philosophy, Philosophy, Food, Politics / Government
Publication year 2016
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Society: Economics
Tags Business / Economics, History: World, Politics / Government, Biography
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is the 2016 sequel to John Perkins’s best-selling Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004), which reveals how American corporations and the US government use major development contracts to control third-world nations. Though autobiographical in nature, The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is an easy read with the feel of an adventure or spy novel. The book includes chapters on how Americans can act against... Read The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Summary