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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
    Resist Resistance
    The War of Art
    The War of Artby Steven Pressfield Resist Resistance

    Tough guy author Steven Pressfield offers a straight-shooting guide to grappling with the inner forces that impede creativity and self-belief.

  • Review
    What Price Food?
    The Secret Life of Groceries
    The Secret Life of Groceriesby Benjamin Lorr What Price Food?

    Journalist Benjamin Lott examines corrupt practices, exploitation and power in the food industry.

  • Review
    How To Save the Planet
    The Climate Book
    The Climate Bookby Greta Thunberg How To Save the Planet

    Climate activist Greta Thunberg compiles essays on climate change by scholars, scientists and advocates.

  • Review
    Great Service, Terrible Something Else
    Uncommon Service
    Uncommon Serviceby Frances Frei and Anne Morriss Great Service, Terrible Something Else

    Harvard Business School’s Frances Frei and Anne Morriss argue that offering great service requires being terrible at something else.

  • Review
    Understanding Monetary Policy
    21st Century Monetary Policy
    21st Century Monetary Policyby Ben S. Bernanke Understanding Monetary Policy

    Former Federal Reserve chair Ben S. Bernanke offers a clear, comprehensive overview of US monetary policy.

  • Review
    Sanctioned Theft
    Autocracy, Inc.
    Autocracy, Inc.by Anne Applebaum Sanctioned Theft

    Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum — who is also the author of Gulag — details how today’s dictators grow rich as their citizens suffer.

  • Review
    Are We Punishing the Poor?
    Tightrope
    Tightropeby Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn Are We Punishing the Poor?

    Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn detail how US life expectancy is declining as misguided government policies punish the poor. The Pulitzer Prize-winning co-authors weave history and policy…

  • Review
    Accept Paradoxes and Thrive
    The Age of Paradox
    The Age of Paradoxby Charles Handy Accept Paradoxes and Thrive

    Management consultant Charles Handy offers a clear path for dealing with today’s myriad and murky paradoxes.

  • Review
    Dangerous Generics
    Bottle of Lies
    Bottle of Liesby Katherine Eban Dangerous Generics

    Andrew Carnegie fellow Katherine Eban details the widespread corruption within the generic drug industry and explains why government regulators are all but powerless to protect consumers.

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    Radical Openness and Flexibility
    No Rules Rules
    No Rules Rulesby Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer Radical Openness and Flexibility

    Reed Hastings offers a candid deep dive into Netflix’s singular and singularly successful corporate culture.