Simon Schuster: 4797 books
The New New Deal
The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
In a riveting account based on new documents and interviews with more than 400 sources on both sides of the aisle, award-winning reporter Michael Grunwald reveals the vivid story behind President Obama’s $800 billion stimulus bill, one of the most important and least understood pieces of legislation...
The Lost Bank
The Story of Washington Mutual-The Biggest Bank Failure in American History
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
During the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversial sale to JPMorgan Chase, is an astonishing account...
Energy
A Human History
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
A “meticulously researched” (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a surging world population, and renewable energy—from Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard...
I.O.U.
Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
For most people, the reasons for the sudden collapse of our economy still remain obscure. I.O.U. is the story of how we came to experience such a complete financial disaster, starting with the magical proliferation of credit that led to an explosion of lending on the global and local landscapes of...
Guanxi (The Art of Relationships)
Microsoft, China, and Bill Gates's Plan to Win the Road Ahead
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Half a world away from the calm beauty of Puget Sound, there's a lab where Bill Gates's software dreams come true. . . . So begins Guanxi, the compelling on-the-scenes tale of the allure of China today -- and of a unique partnership between the world's most famous capitalist and the world's largest...
Superfusion
How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Now in paperback, Zachary Karabell argues that the intertwined economic relationship between China and the U.S. will affect our long-term prosperity more than any other contemporary issue. As the world continues the slow work of repairing the damage of the financial crisis, it is crucial that the...
The Boom
How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
The “best all-around book yet on fracking” (San Francisco Chronicle) from a Pulitzer Prize finalist: “Gold's work is a tour de force of contemporary journalism” (Booklist).
First invented in 1947, hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has not only become a major source of energy, it is...
American Capitalism
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
From Cornell University Professors Louis Hyman and Edward E. Baptist, a collection of the most relevant readings on the history of capitalism in America, created to accompany their EdX course American Capitalism: A Reader.
To understand the past and especially our own times, arguably no story...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
A collection of essays by leading Chinese political economists about the economic challenges facing China today and the reforms—to everything from financial institutions to urban housing policy—that will be necessary to prepare for the next ten years.
Conspiracies of the Ruling Class
How to Break Their Grip Forever
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Finally, the truth from a Washington insider: An audacious and desperately needed primer on how America’s Ruling Class have upended the Constitution and taken over our country—and how we must unite to regain control of our liberty.
A Ruling Class have emerged in America against the hopes...
Reimagining India
Unlocking the Potential of Asia's Next Superpower
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Reimagining India brings together leading thinkers from around the world to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by one of the most important and least understood nations on earth. India’s abundance of life—vibrant, chaotic, and tumultuous—has long been its foremost asset. The nation’s...
The Escape Artists
How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
FACING THE WORST ECONOMY SINCE THE 1930S, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HIRED A CRACK TEAM OF ESCAPE ARTISTS: financial wizards who had pulled off numerous white-knuckle getaways during the Clinton era and who were ready to do it all over again. Three years later, with the economy still in a rut, it’s...
Applebee's America
How Successful Political, Business, and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2006
In this era of technology, terror, and massive social change, it takes a deft touch to connect with Americans. Applebee's America cracks the twenty-first-century code for political, business, and religious leaders struggling to keep pace with the times.
A unique team of authors -- Douglas B....
The Leading Indicators
A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
How did we come by the “leading indicators” we place such stock in? We allocate trillions of dollars and make public policy and personal decisions based upon them, but what do they really tell us?
“The leading indicators” shape our lives intimately, but few of us know where these numbers...