Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the World’s Cultures by Tyler CowenRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 1 MbOverview: A Frenchman rents a Hollywood movie. A Thai schoolgirl mimics Madonna. Saddam Hussein chooses Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” as the theme song for his fifty-fourth birthday. It is a commonplace that globalization is subverting local culture. But […]
Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist by Tyler CowenRequirements: .PDF reader, 8 MbOverview: In Discover Your Inner Economist one of America’s most respected economists presents a quirky, incisive romp through everyday life that reveals how you can turn economic reasoning to your advantage—often […]
Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals by Tyler Cowen Requirements: .ePUB reader, 821 KBOverview: Growth is good. Through history, economic growth, in particular, has alleviated human misery, improved human happiness and opportunity, and lengthened human lives. Wealthier societies are more stable, offer better living standards, produce better medicines, […]
An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies by Tyler CowenRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 742 KBOverview: One of the most influential economists of the decade-and the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Stagnation-boldly argues that just about everything you’ve heard about food is wrong. Food snobbery is killing entrepreneurship and innovation, says […]
The Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream by Tyler CowenRequirements: ePUB Reader, 475 KBOverview: Since Alexis de Tocqueville, restlessness has been accepted as a signature American trait. Our willingness to move, take risks, and adapt to change have produced a dynamic economy and a tradition of innovation from Ben Franklin to Steve […]