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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
    Black and Green
    The White Wall
    The White Wallby Emily Flitter Black and Green

    New York Times Wall Street correspondent Emily Flitter details the racism and racial discrimination, past and present, in America’s banking and financial systems.

  • Review
    Constant Turmoil
    Age of Revolutions
    Age of Revolutionsby Fareed Zakaria Constant Turmoil

    Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria — author of The Gang of Three and The Future of Freedom — links historical and economic trends to provide a…

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    From Brutal Competitor to Philanthropist
    Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King
    Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, Kingby Anupreeta Das From Brutal Competitor to Philanthropist

    Former New York Times finance editor Anupreeta Das provides a complex portrait of a titan who incarnates his era.

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    A One-Man Whirlwind
    The Thank You Economy
    The Thank You Economyby Gary Vaynerchuk A One-Man Whirlwind

    Marketing guru and speaker Gary Vaynerchuk believes if your firm isn’t already using social media, it doesn’t care about its customers. To change that, he suggests…

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    Unimaginable Destruction
    The Great Influenza
    The Great Influenzaby John Barry Unimaginable Destruction

    John Barry details how a world war, a mutating virus and mismanaged government responses made the 1918 influenza pandemic so deadly.

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    The Death of Discourse
    Antisocial
    Antisocialby Andrew Marantz The Death of Discourse

    New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz explores the impact that an untruthful, unfettered, hate-filled online world has on American democracy and discourse.

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    A Guaranteed Income
    Fair Shot
    Fair Shotby Chris Hughes A Guaranteed Income

    Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes proposes a practical solution to widespread inequality: a guaranteed income for all Americans who earn less than $50,0000 annually.

  • Review
    Accept Yourself
    Daring Greatly
    Daring Greatlyby Brené Brown Accept Yourself

    Brené Brown’s intelligent sincerity and easy prose welcome readers to her informed, supportive counsel.

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    China and the World Trade Organization
    Schism
    Schismby Paul Blustein China and the World Trade Organization

    International financial and political journalist Paul Blustein breaks down the pros and cons – and consequences – of China joining the WTO.

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    Human Machines
    Homo Deus
    Homo Deusby Yuval Noah Harari Human Machines

    Best-selling public intellectual Yuval Noah Harari argues that free will doesn’t exist, that people worship themselves and that AI will destroy you.