Panics, Presidents, and Knowledge Production

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Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge Cass R. Sunstein Oxford University Press (USA) We admit it's the title of this book that got us interested. Information? Utopia? We all understand the power of knowledge and information, and more than a few authors have killed... More »

Here, There & Everywhere

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Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder David Weinberger Times Books Let's face it, virtual is virtually changing everything we do. This book suggests that the rules of the new digital age are remaking not just communications, but politics, cu... More »

Lessons in Economics

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The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith, Edwin Cannan, Alan Krueger (Introduction) Bantam Books If you recall your Econ 101, Smith originally offered his ideas on capitalism and economics in a five-volume set in the late 1700s. His idea that nations become rich based on the wo... More »

Find the Right Word, Become Super Rich, and Say 'No'

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Word Nerd: More Than 18,000 Fascinating Facts About Words Barbara Ann Kipfer Sourcebooks Yes, as a matter of fact, we ARE word nerds at LXB. We live for nuances in the language. We revel over newly discovered words. We work diligently to drop interesting phrases into ou... More »

Views From the Top

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Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization Nayan Chanda Yale University Press In a review of this book in The New York Times, William Grimes wrote: "Globalization, perceived by its critics as a radical break with the past, loo... More »