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From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce white supremacy and deepen social inequity. Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to the racism of a previous era.

The American supermarket is an everyday miracle. But what does it take to run one? What are the inner workings of product delivery and distribution? Who sets the price? And who suffers for the convenience and efficiency we’ve come to expect? In this rollicking exposé, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on this highly secretive industry.

In The Age of Intoxication, Benjamin Breen offers a window into a time when drugs were not yet separated into categories - illicit and licit, recreational and medicinal, modern and traditional - and there was no barrier between the drug dealer and the pharmacist.

Immerse yourself in the enduring wisdom of investing with this contemporary adaptation of Benjamin Graham's iconic guide. Skillfully reimagined by Albert Alan, a keen disciple of Graham's teachings, this book decodes the complex realm of stocks, bonds, and finance.

Digital marketers tap into an unprecedented ability to discover and reach motivated customers at scale. Now more than ever digital marketing strategies are the key for emerging brands, new and veteran entrepreneurs, and businesses of all sizes to convert customers in digital spaces. Author and veteran marketer Benjamin Sweeney distills a decade's worth of marketing experience into a crash course that covers everything from marketing fundamentals to sophisticated digital strategies.

Americans are in the midst of a world-historic drug binge. Opiates, amphetamines, benzodiazepines, marijuana, antidepressants, antipsychotics—across the board, consumption has shot up in the twenty-first century. At the same time, the United States is home to the largest prison system in the world, justified in part by a now zombified "war" on drugs. How did we get here?

Go! From Labor to Capital. Simple. Modern. Wealth Roadmap. Where on the spectrum do you lie? Most of us are born on the left. The trick is to migrate to the right. The people who find themselves in the struggle between the two extremes, can be called “middle class.” Here in this spectrum, the left-hand-side is poverty.

Have economists neglected trust? The economy is fundamentally a network of relationships built on mutual expectations. More than that, trust is the glue that holds civilization together. Every time we interact with another person - to make a purchase, work on a project, or share a living space - we rely on trust. Institutions and relationships function because people place confidence in them. Benjamin Ho reveals the surprising importance of trust to how we understand our day-to-day economic lives.

What makes the dream of self-employment so alluring, so pervasive in today's world? Benjamin C. Waterhouse offers a provocative argument: the modern cult of the hustle is a direct consequence of economic failures—bad jobs, stagnant wages, and inequality—since the 1970s. With original research, Waterhouse traces a new narrative history of business in America, populated with vivid characters—from the activists, academics, and work-from-home gurus who hailed business ownership as our economic salvation to the upstarts who took the plunge. Some flourish; some squeak by. Some fail.

It's never easy being rich: endless tax avoidance, the Sisyphean search for reliable domestic staff, the never-ending burden of surly stares from the Great Sea of the Unwashed as one goes about one's rightful business. Toughest of all is simply keeping track of everything one owns. There's so much of it. And personal possessions are just the beginning. You must keep a gimlet eye, too, on the myriad people and institutions that safeguard your gilded status.

De faste ansættelser bliver færre, de løst ansatte bliver flere og usikkerheden tager til. En voksende gruppe mennesker arbejder og lever under usikre vilkår med skiftende korte ansættelser, som hverken fører til fastansættelse, stabil indkomst eller social beskyttelse. Guy Standing har givet dem et navn: prekariatet. Prekariatet er den første autoritative fremstilling af en ny klasse af mennesker med skiftende løsansættelser, hvis liv i periferien af arbejdsmarkedet først og fremmest er usikkert og udsat.

Warren Ray Benjamin, the best-selling author of Stock Market Investing: The Complete Crash Course, leaves no stone unturned when it comes to offering you an in-depth understanding of the stock market. Even if you have zero experience in stock market investing or stock trading, this three-in-one investing 101 book bundle will help you.

Die gute Nachricht zuerst: Es ist noch nicht zu spät, um in Bitcoin, Ethereum oder andere Kryptowährungen zu investieren, aber... Gerade Neu-Einsteiger haben Probleme in diesem volatilen Markt Fuß zu fassen. Getrieben vom schnellen Geld setzen viele alles auf eine Karte und sind dann einer Achterbahnfahrt des Kurses ausgesetzt. Vielen Einsteigern fehlt fundamentales Wissen über die Zusammenhänge, Methoden und Werkzeuge, um Kursverläufe zu analysieren. Doch können bereits einfache Analysen Anfänger vor riskanten Investitionen schützen.

A new, gripping history of America - told through the executives, bankers, farmers, and politicians who paved the way from colonial times to the present - reveals that this country was founded as much on the search for wealth and prosperity as the desire for freedom.

Club Wealth’s World Class Buyer Agent is a book meant for real estate agents at all levels of their career, including team leaders who want a guide specific to working with buyers. We encourage team leaders who want to improve their team's per-agent closing count to suggest this audiobook to their agents.

Find fresh, unique ideas to explore when you retire, without scouring the entire Internet, even if you’ve explored all the other retirement books! Are you searching for something fun for your retirement years? Are you looking for fresh inspiration? Retirement advocate Joseph Hufschmitt opens the floodgates of ideas to fill you with enthusiasm and ignite your passion for a fulfilling new beginning.

This book pulls together the principles of Christianity, personal finance, and success into one amazing resource. As you live the truths in this book, you will experience the joy of financial and spiritual freedom. You will learn principles to raise productive, self-sufficient children, insights on prayer and becoming a good receiver, why bad things happen to good people, how you can ensure an abundant life and retirement, the six habits of successful entrepreneurs, and how to develop the 10 habits of the prosperous.