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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
    How Futures Function
    Back to the Futures
    Back to the Futuresby Scott Irwin and Doug Peterson How Futures Function

    Scott Irwin, the chair of agricultural marketing at the University of Illinois, disarmingly details the history, functions, and dysfunctions of agricultural futures markets.

  • Review
    Up and Down
    We Need to Talk About Inflation
    We Need to Talk About Inflationby Stephen D. King Up and Down

    Economist Stephen D. King — prolific author, senior economic adviser at HSBC, and columnist for the Evening Standard — details the historical and political causes…

  • Review
    Bring Out the Dead
    All the Living and the Dead
    All the Living and the Deadby Hayley Campbell Bring Out the Dead

    London broadcaster and journalist Hayley Campbell dissects the processes of taking care of the dead.

  • Review
    How to Play the World
    The Biggest Bluff
    The Biggest Bluffby Maria Konnikova How to Play the World

    New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova explores herself by learning to play No Limit Texas Hold ’Em.

  • Review
    A Thriving Little-Known World
    The Year 1000
    The Year 1000by Valerie Hansen A Thriving Little-Known World

    Award-winning historian Valerie Hansen dispels any myths about Europeans “discovering” already-thriving lands which, in fact, were participating in globalization long before ships sailed from Europe.

  • Review
    A Passionate Call to Reshape Society
    The Future of Capitalism
    The Future of Capitalismby Paul Collier A Passionate Call to Reshape Society

    Professor Paul Collier, author of the award-winning The Bottom Billion, offers pragmatic – and at times radical – solutions to current economic problems.

  • Review
    Tough, Workable Advice
    Career Rehab
    Career Rehabby Kanika Tolver Tough, Workable Advice

    Professional coach Kanika Tolver guides you in diagnosing your career dissatisfactions and offers hard-headed advice about how to launch a new path.

  • Review
    Russian and American Election Meddling
    Rigged
    Riggedby David Shimer Russian and American Election Meddling

    Reporter and international relations scholar David Shimer presents a detailed history of Russia and America trying to influence elections.

  • Review
    Persuasion, Not Debate
    Doesn’t Hurt to Ask
    Doesn’t Hurt to Askby Trey Gowdy Persuasion, Not Debate

    Former prosecutor and US Congressman Trey Gowdy offers a slightly political guide to effective persuasion.

  • Review
    Stubborn Optimism
    The Future We Choose
    The Future We Chooseby Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac Stubborn Optimism

    Climate change activists Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac urge you to change your mind-set and take positive action.