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Tells the story of what happened when the iconic GM building went up for auction, shedding light on the behind-the-scenes free-for-all between the ambitious billionaires who were determined to own it.
The inside story of what really happened at Lehman Brothers and why it failed In The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers, investigative writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward...
Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from twenty countries, ranging as far back as the eighteenth century, to uncover key economic and social patterns and shows that modern economic growth and the diffusion of knowledge have allowed us to...
"Stopped reading about 30 pages in. And not because of the dark subject matter, because of the style of writing. This is a perfect example of an author that breaks the cardinal rule, "Show, don't tell." I don't want to be told how the mai..."
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Before Charles and Diana, before the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and long before the slogan "the personal is political," an astonishing British royal sex scandal threatened to trigger a revolution. Its lessons for leadership, popularity, and the...