Climate Change (WIRED Guides): How We can Get to Carbon Zero by Bianca Nogrady; WIRED
24.00 NZD
Category: Economics
Man-made global warming is advancing inexorably. Are there ways to halt it?In this invaluable, one-stop guide Bianca Nogrady analyses the science of climate change and offers a concise overview of the ways in which our carbon emissions might be reduced. She examines the challenges posed by food and ener ...Show more
Artificial intelligence (WIRED Guides): How Machine Learning will Shape the Next Decade by Matthew Burgess; WIRED
24.00 NZD
Category: Economics
The past decade has witnessed extraordinary advances in artificial intelligence. But what precisely is it and where does its future lie?In this brilliant, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Matt Burgess explains everything you need to know about AI. He describes how it works. He looks at the ways in which ...Show more
The Future of Medicine (WIRED Guides): How We will Enjoy Longer, Healthier Lives by James Temperton; WIRED
24.00 NZD
Category: Economics
By the end of this century, living beyond 100 will be the rule rather than the exception. What medical breakthroughs and new technologies will make this possible?In this brilliantly wide-ranging, one-stop guide WIRED journalist James Temperton outlines the medical revolutions that are transforming healt ...Show more
Monopolies Suck - 7 Ways Big Corporations Rule Your Life and How to Take Back Control by Sally Hubbard
32.99 NZD
Category: Economics
An urgent and witty manifesto, Monopolies Suck "lucidly explains how monopolies threaten democracy, worsen inequality, and imperil the American Dream--and why it's more important than ever to take action" (David Cicilline). Something's not right. No matter how hard you work, life seems to only get h ...Show more
Cryptocurrency (WIRED guides): How Digital Money Could Transform Finance by Volpicelli Gian
24.00 NZD
Category: Economics
The everything-you-need-to-know WIRED guide to cryptocurrencyThe past decade has seen the relentless rise of cryptocurrency as an alternative form of digital currency. But what precisely is it and what potential does it have to change the world of money? In this brilliantly clear, one-stop guide WIRED S ...Show more
Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? by Katrine Marcal
35.00 NZD
Category: Economics
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. When Adam Smith wrote that all our actions stem from self-interest and that the world turns because of financial gain, he brought to life 'economic man'. Se ...Show more
Is Capitalism Broken? by Yanis Varoufakis (Author) , Arthur Brooks (Author) , Katrina vanden Heuvel (Author) , David Brooks (Author
18.99 NZD
Category: Economics
'We need to organise politically to defend the weak, empower the many and prepare the ground for reversing the absurdities of capitalism.' - Yanis Varoufakis 'Capitalism over the past twenty-five years has been an incredible moral good.' - David Brooks There is a growing belief that the capitalist syste ...Show more
She's on the Money: The award-winning #1 finance bestseller: Take charge of your financial future by Victoria Devine
38.00 NZD
Category: Economics
ABIA 2022 General Non-Fiction Book of the Year The ultimate millennial money guide, from the creator of Australia's #1 finance podcast Through her phenomenally popular and award-winning podcast, She's on the Money, Victoria Devine has built an empowered and supportive community of women finding their wa ...Show more
The Waste-Free World - How the Circular Economy Will Take Less, Make More, and Save the Planet by Ron Gonen
48.00 NZD
Category: Economics
The Waste-Free World makes a powerful case for transitioning to a Circular Economy - where companies foster innovation, investors recognise long term value creation and consumers are able to align their values with the products they buy. Drawing from his experience as a recycling entrepreneur, public of ...Show more
Daylight Robbery - How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future by Dominic Frisby
26.00 NZD
Category: Economics
'Fuel for the post-Christmas lunch argument' Financial Times Death and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern so ...Show more
The New Great Depression: Winners and Losers in a Post-Pandemic World by James Rickards
55.00 NZD
Category: Economics
In The New Great Depression, James Rickards, New York Times bestselling author of Aftermath and The New Case for Gold, pulls back the curtain to reveal the true risks to our financial system and what savvy investors can do to survive - even prosper - during a time of unrivaled turbulence. Drawing on his ...Show more
Who Cares Wins: Reasons for Optimism in our Changing World by Lily Cole
35.00 NZD
Category: Economics | Reading Level: near fine
Optimism demands action. Optimism is an active choice. Optimism is not naïve and it is not impossible. We are living in an age of turmoil, destruction and uncertainty. Global warming has reached terrifying heights of severity, human expansion has caused the extinction of countless species, and Neolibera ...Show more