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Linda Yueh

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Linda Yueh is a British/American economist, broadcaster, and author, born in Taiwan and of dual British and American citizenship.
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Working Backwards
Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
Colin Bryar - 2021-02-09
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Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time, top-level Amazon executives.Colin started at Amazon in 1998; Bill joined in 1999. In Working Backwards, these two long-serving Amazon executives reveal and codify the principles and practices that drive the success of one ...
Linda Yueh
2021-12-28T15:03:12.000Z
My #booksof2021 (unranked): 1 Bob Zoellick, America & the World: A History of US Diplomacy & Foreign Policy 2 @BillCarr89 and @cbryar, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside @Amazon Listen to my @intelligence2 podcast at:      source
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America in the World
A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
Robert B. Zoellick - 2020-08-04
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An essential history of the schools and traditions of American foreign policy.In addition to presenting the compelling and influential stories of statesmen and diplomats from Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, to Henry Kissinger and James Baker, America in the World also lays out Zoellick's critical framework, the "five traditions" of American...
Linda Yueh
2021-12-28T15:03:12.000Z
My #booksof2021 (unranked): 1 Bob Zoellick, America & the World: A History of US Diplomacy & Foreign Policy 2 @BillCarr89 and @cbryar, Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside @Amazon Listen to my @intelligence2 podcast at:      source
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The Wealth Of Nations
Adam Smith - 2018-01-18 (first published in 1776)
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fun...
Linda Yueh
2018-05-13T14:19:30.000Z
The most important economics books as nominated by me, @TimHarford @DeanBaker13 @DianeCoyle1859 & Daniel Hamermesh @RoyalHolloway Mine are: Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Robert Heilbroner's Worldly Philosophers, Paul Samuelson's Economics @TheReadLists      source
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Economics
Paul Samuelson - 2009-04-08 (first published in 1948)
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Samuelson's text was first published in 1948, and it immediately became the authority for the principles of economics courses. The book continues to be the standard-bearer for principles courses, and this revision continues to be a clear, accurate, and interesting introduction to modern economics principles. Bill Nordhaus is now the primary author ...
Linda Yueh
2018-05-13T14:19:30.000Z
The most important economics books as nominated by me, @TimHarford @DeanBaker13 @DianeCoyle1859 & Daniel Hamermesh @RoyalHolloway Mine are: Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Robert Heilbroner's Worldly Philosophers, Paul Samuelson's Economics @TheReadLists      source
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The Worldly Philosophers
The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers
Robert L. Heilbroner - 1999-08-10 (first published in 1953)
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The Worldly Philosophers not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this seventh edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. The theme is the common focus of their highly varied ideasnamely, the search to understand ho...
Linda Yueh
2018-05-13T14:19:30.000Z
The most important economics books as nominated by me, @TimHarford @DeanBaker13 @DianeCoyle1859 & Daniel Hamermesh @RoyalHolloway Mine are: Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Robert Heilbroner's Worldly Philosophers, Paul Samuelson's Economics @TheReadLists      source