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Capitalism in America - A History by Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge
55.00 AUD
Category: History
Where does innovation come from, and how does it spread through a society? And why do some eras see the fruits of innovation spread more democratically, and others, including our own, see the opposite? In Capitalism in America, Alan Greenspan distils a lifetime of grappling with these questions into a ...Show more
Capitalism in America: A History by Alan Greenspan; Adrian Wooldridge
35.00 AUD
Category: Business Finance Management
Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2018 'An inspiring, rip-roaring read - like the astonishing story it describes' Liam Halligan, Daily Telegraph Where does prosperity come from, and how does it spread through a society? What role does innovation play in creating prosperit ...Show more
The Aristocracy of Talent - How Meritocracy Made the Modern World by Adrian Wooldridge
55.00 AUD
Category: History
'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for many social ills is misplaced-and that assigning responsibilities to the people best able to discharge them really is better than the time-honoured customs of corruption, patronage, nepotism and hereditary c ...Show more
The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World by Adrian Wooldridge
26.99 AUD
Category: History
The Times (UK) book of the year! Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is merit ...Show more
The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State by Adrian Wooldridge
24.99 AUD
Category: Business Finance Management
In The Fourth Revolution, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge ask: what is the state actually for? Their remarkable book describes the three great revolutions in its history, and the fourth which is happening now. In most of the states of the West, disillusion with government has become endemic. Gri ...Show more
The Great Disruption: How Business is Coping with Turbulent Times by Adrian Wooldridge
27.99 AUD
Category: Business Finance Management
Based around a compilation of his popular Schumpeter columns, Adrian Wooldridge takes a look at the forces that are disrupting today's fast-moving business world. The disruption has many causes: the internet's rapid spread; the challenge from emerging markets in innovation and manufacturing; clever mana ...Show more
The Wake-Up Call - How the Pandemic Has Exposed the Weakness of the West - and How to Fix It by John Micklethwait; Adrian Wooldridge
24.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
An urgent and informed look at the challenges Britain and world governments will face in a post-Covid-19 world.The Covid crisis has not just highlighted the failures of certain governments, it is accelerating a shift in the balance of power from West to East. After a decade where politics in the US and ...Show more
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