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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
    All-One Capitalism
    Honor Thy Label
    Honor Thy Labelby Gero Leson All-One Capitalism

    Gero Leson details how Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps lives up to its goals of minimal carbon use and an organic, Fair Trade, regenerative supply chain.

  • Review
    How It All Works
    The Theory of Economic Development
    The Theory of Economic Developmentby Joseph A. Schumpeter How It All Works

    Economist Joseph A. Schumpeter’s classic text describes economic processes in illuminating detail.

  • Review
    History, Behind the Scenes
    Lady Bird Johnson
    Lady Bird Johnsonby Julia Sweig History, Behind the Scenes

    Award-winning author Julia Sweig chronicles the life, politics and activism of first lady Lady Bird Johnson.

  • Review
    Ask Fearlessly
    The Book of Beautiful Questions
    The Book of Beautiful Questionsby Warren Berger Ask Fearlessly

    “Questionologist” Warren Berger teaches you to ask the right questions at the right time to facilitate your relationships, your career and your self-growth.

  • Review
    Bending, Breaking and Blending
    The Runaway Species
    The Runaway Speciesby David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt Bending, Breaking and Blending

    Neuroscientist David Eagleman and composer Anthony Brandt offer a primer on the intersection of culture and creation and of novelty and predictability in pursuit of…

  • Review
    The Wonder of Algae
    Slime
    Slimeby Ruth Kassinger The Wonder of Algae

    Botany expert Ruth Kassinger explores the almost infinite universe of algae, its history, its role in Earth’s development, its influence on the development of the…

  • Review
    Equitable AI
    Ethical Machines
    Ethical Machinesby Reid Blackman Equitable AI

    CEO and former philosophy professor Reid Blackman provides a detailed, thoughtful and thoroughly applicable ethical guide for companies vested in machine learning (ML) and artificial…

  • Review
    How To Restructure Your Company
    A Brief Company Restructuring Manual
    A Brief Company Restructuring Manualby Arturo Demalde How To Restructure Your Company

    Businessman Arturo Alvarez Demalde offers a concise and practical guide to restructuring your organization.

  • Review
    Embrace Power
    Get Promoted
    Get Promotedby Michael Wenderoth Embrace Power

    Executive coach and Madrid’s IE Business School lecturer Michael Wenderoth offers unsentimental, pragmatic steps to gain promotions and power at work.

  • Review
    Procurement Power
    Profit from the Source
    Profit from the Sourceby Christian Schuh, Wolfgang Schnellbächer, Alenka Triplat and Daniel Weise Procurement Power

    Four Boston Consulting Group partners offer a radical – and profitable, they insist – revamping of procurement and of its relationship with the rest of your…