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David Meyer

David N Meyer is a content editor at getAbstract and author of The 100 Best Films To Rent You've Never Heard Of, Twenty Thousand Roads: The Ballad of Gram Parsons and His Cosmic American Music, The Bee Gees: The Biography, and other books. You can find his essays on film and music at davidnmeyer.com

  • Review
    “Zennials” Explained
    The 100 Trillion Dollar Wealth Transfer
    The 100 Trillion Dollar Wealth Transferby Ken Costa “Zennials” Explained

    Banker Ken Costa highlights some fundamental differences in the “Zennial” and baby boomer financial mind-sets.

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    Laissez-faire Origins
    The Big Myth
    The Big Mythby Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway Laissez-faire Origins

    Professors Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway trace the origins of the talking points that have come to characterize laissez-faire economics.

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    An Enduring Dilemma
    The Innovator’s Dilemma
    The Innovator’s Dilemmaby Clayton M. Christensen An Enduring Dilemma

    Everything will eventually be disrupted, says business guru Clayton Christensen. Why does his seminal book show no signs of aging?

  • Review
    The Power of Self-Compassion
    Mirror Mirror
    Mirror Mirrorby Julie Nee The Power of Self-Compassion

    This actionable framework helps boost your self-love, self-affirmation and kindness to the person in the mirror.

  • Review
    Tools for Mental Peace
    Mental Immunity
    Mental Immunityby Richard Norman Tools for Mental Peace

    Richard Norman provides helpful, if familiar, ways to stay strong amid stress and boost your self-regard.

  • Review
    Your New Job
    Get Ahead in Your New Job
    Get Ahead in Your New Jobby John Lees Your New Job

    Career management consultant John Lees provides a detailed blueprint for your first 100 days in a new job. Those in their first job should heed his advice even…

  • Review
    US History: The Indigenous Story
    The Rediscovery of America
    The Rediscovery of Americaby Ned Blackhawk US History: The Indigenous Story

    Yale professor Ned Blackhawk, a Native American, details the history of Indigenous people in today’s United States before and after the arrival of Europeans.

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    Avoid Hubris
    The Tragic Mind
    The Tragic Mindby Robert D. Kaplan Avoid Hubris

    Prolific author and geopolitical expert Robert D. Kaplan says ancient literature can inspire you to question your dangerous optimism.

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    Wealth For Some
    Ours Was the Shining Future
    Ours Was the Shining Futureby David Leonhardt Wealth For Some

    Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist David Leonhardt traces America’s postwar boom and its subsequent stagnation.

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    The Power of Nunchi
    The Power of Nunchi
    The Power of Nunchiby Euny Hong The Power of Nunchi

    Learn how to read a room and act accordingly with the aid of nunchi, an ancient Korean way of being.