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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
    Strident Support of Free Markets
    Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich
    Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Richby Deirdre N. McCloskey and Art Carden Strident Support of Free Markets

    Professors Deirdre N. McCloskey and Art Carden defend free markets and argue their effects are predominately positive.

  • Review
    Better Decisions
    How to Decide
    How to Decideby Annie Duke Better Decisions

    Renowned professional poker player Annie Duke offers basic tools and refreshing insights to help you make more productive decisions and reduce regrets about decisions you…

  • Review
    Chinese Manufacturing In Africa
    The Next Factory of the World
    The Next Factory of the Worldby Irene Yuan Sun Chinese Manufacturing In Africa

    McKinsey consultant Irene Yuan Sun serves as tour guide in this revealing look at China’s impact on African manufacturing.

  • Review
    Unforseen Consequences
    Under a White Sky
    Under a White Skyby Elizabeth Kolbert Unforseen Consequences

    Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Kolbert explores the dire effects of climate change and humanity’s mostly feckless interfering with nature.

  • Review
    Authenticity Online
    IRL
    IRLby Chris Stedman Authenticity Online

    Chris Stedman explores the moral and philosophical implications of online communities in terms of personal authenticity and purpose.

  • Review
    What Is Home?
    The Yellow House
    The Yellow Houseby Sarah M. Broom What Is Home?

    National Book Award winter Sarah Broom’s evocative, singular memoir describes her family’s close-knit poverty and the New Orleans house at the center of their lives.

  • Review
    Swashbuckling Television
    Up All Night
    Up All Nightby Lisa Napoli Swashbuckling Television

    Lisa Napoli details the almost unbelievable history of media mogul Ted Turner and his foremost invention: CNN.

  • Review
    How Leaders Should Lead
    Decide to Lead
    Decide to Leadby Russ Hill How Leaders Should Lead

    Podcaster Russ Hill offers a vital primer for all new or aspiring leaders.

  • Review
    Unconditional Love
    The Bold World
    The Bold Worldby Jodie Patterson Unconditional Love

    Activist and writer Jodie Patterson offers a moving saga of her stifled upbringing, fight for equity in her marriages, and unflinching devotion to her transgender child.

  • Review
    Rituals of Life
    The Power of Ritual
    The Power of Ritualby Casper ter Kuile Rituals of Life

    Harvard Divinity School Ministry Fellow Casper ter Kuile explains how to elevate mundane aspects of your life into enlightening, uplifting and necessary rituals.