Penguin Summaries and Reviews

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Nudge
The Final Edition
Cass R. Sunstein and Richard H. Thaler
Penguin, 2021
8 Book

How Not to Be Wrong
The Power of Mathematical Thinking
Jordan Ellenberg
Penguin, 2015
9 Book

Social Physics
How Good Ideas Spread – The Lessons from a New Science
Alex Pentland
Penguin, 2014
8 Book

The Fourth Revolution
The Global Race to Reinvent the State
John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
Penguin, 2014
7 Book

The Shifts and the Shocks
What We’ve Learned – and Have Still to Learn – from the Financial Crisis
Martin Wolf
Penguin, 2014
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
Steven Pinker
Penguin, 2012
7 Book

The How of Happiness
A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Penguin, 2008
6 Book

The Element
How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
Ken Robinson and Lou Aronica
Penguin, 2009
8 Book

The China Price
The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage
Alexandra Harney
Penguin, 2008
9 Book

Cognitive Surplus
Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
Clay Shirky
Penguin, 2010
10 Book

A Short History of Financial Euphoria
John Kenneth Galbraith
Penguin, 1994
8 Book

Happiness
Lessons from a New Science
Richard Layard
Penguin, 2005
8 Book

Gut Feelings
The Intelligence of the Unconscious
Gerd Gigerenzer
Penguin, 2008
7 Book

More Than Enough
The 10 Keys to Changing Your Financial Destiny
Dave Ramsey
Penguin, 2002
8 Book

The Exchange Artist
A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse
Jane Kamensky
Penguin, 2008
9 Book

The Ascent of Money
A Financial History of the World
Niall Ferguson
Penguin, 2008
8 Book

The Support Economy
Why Corporations Are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism
Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxmin
Penguin, 2004
9 Book

The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Steven Pinker
Penguin, 2003
10 Book

Collapse
How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond
Penguin, 2005
8 Book

The Partnership
The Making of Goldman Sachs
Charles D. Ellis
Penguin, 2008
9 Book

The World's Banker
A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Sebastian Mallaby
Penguin, 2004
8 Book

Bargaining for Advantage
Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People
G. Richard Shell
Penguin, 2006
9 Book

Common Wealth
Economics for a Crowded Planet
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Penguin, 2009
9 Book

Nudge
Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
Penguin, 2009
9 Book

John Maynard Keynes
1883 - 1946: Economist, Philosopher, Statesman
Robert Skidelsky
Penguin, 2005
7 Book

The Predators' Ball
The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders
Connie Bruck
Penguin, 1989
9 Book

Beyond Reason
Using Emotions As You Negotiate
Roger Fisher and Daniel Shapiro
Penguin, 2006
9 Book

Difficult Conversations
How to Discuss What Matters Most
Douglas Stone et al.
Penguin, 2000
8 Book

The Lost Men
The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
Kelly Tyler-Lewis
Penguin, 2007
8 Book

American Theocracy
The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century
Kevin Phillips
Penguin, 2007
8 Book

The Singularity Is Near
When Humans Transcend Biology
Ray Kurzweil
Penguin, 2006
8 Book

The White Man's Burden
Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
William Easterly
Penguin, 2006
9 Book

Andrew Carnegie
David Nasaw
Penguin, 2006
8 Book

The Age of Spiritual Machines
When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
Ray Kurzweil
Penguin, 2000
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Getting Things Done
The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen
Penguin, 2002
9 Book

A New Brand World
8 Principles for Achieving Brand Leadership in the 21st Century
Scott Bedbury and Stephen Fenichell
Penguin, 2003
9 Book

Good Business
Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Penguin, 2004
9 Book

Ready for Anything
52 Productivity Principles for Work & Life
David Allen
Penguin, 2004
9 Book

Wheels for the World
Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress
Douglas Brinkley
Penguin, 2004
7 Book

Zen and the Art of Making a Living
A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design
Laurence G. Boldt
Penguin, 1999
8 Book

The Art of Seduction
Robert Greene
Penguin, 2003
6 Book

Soaring on Your Strengths
Discover, Use, and Brand Your Best Self for Career Success
Robin Ryan
Penguin, 2005
8 Book

The United States of Europe
The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy
T.R. Reid
Penguin, 2004
9 Book

Shackleton’s Way
Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
Margot Morrell and Stephanie Capparell
Penguin, 2002
7 Book

Monster Careers
How to Land the Job of Your Life
Jeff Taylor and Doug Hardy
Penguin, 2004
8 Book

Your Money or Your Life
Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence
Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
Penguin, 1999
9 Book

The Retirement Savings Time Bomb...and How to Defuse It
A 5 Step Action Plan for Protecting your IRAs, 401(k)s, and Other Retirement Plans from Near Annihilation by the Taxman
Ed Slott
Penguin, 2003
8 Book

Descartes' Error
Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain
Antonio Damasio
Penguin, 2005