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Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
Автор: Harford Tim Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2012 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20142013-06-15
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Everything we know about solving the world's problems is wrong. Out: Plans, experts and above all, leaders. In: Adapting — improvise rather than plan; fail, learn, and try again In this groundbreaking new book, Tim Harford shows how the world's most complex and important problems — including terrorism, climate change, poverty, innovation, and the financial crisis — can only be solved from the bottom up by rapid experimenting and adapting. From a spaceport in the Mojave Desert to the street battles of Iraq, from a blazing offshore drilling rig to everyday decisions in our business and personal lives, this is a handbook for surviving — and prospering — in our complex and ever-shifting world.
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The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run or Ruin an Economy
Автор: Harford Tim Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2013 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20152014-06-15
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A million readers bought The Undercover Economist to get the lowdown on how economics works on a small scale, in our everyday lives. Since then, economics has become big news. Crises, austerity, riots, bonuses — all are in the headlines all the time. But how does this large-scale economic world really work? What would happen if we cancelled everyone's debt? How do you create a job? Will the BRIC countries take over the world? Asking — among many other things — what the future holds for the Euro, why the banks are still paying record bonuses and where government borrowing will take us, in The Undercover Economist Strikes Back, Tim Harford returns with his trademark clarity and wit to explain what's really going on — and what it means for us all.
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Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
Автор: Harford Tim Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2012 Страниц: 342 Дата загрузки: 13 февраля 20142015-09-12
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In this groundbreaking book, Tim Harford, the Undercover Economist, shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. When faced with complex situations, we have all become accustomed to looking to our leaders to set out a plan of action and blaze a path to success. Harford argues that today's challenges simply cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and expert opinion; the world has become far too unpredictable and profoundly complex. Instead, we must adapt. Deftly weaving together psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, physics, and economics, along with the compelling story of hard-won lessons learned in the field, Harford makes a passionate case for the importance of adaptive trial and error in tackling issues such as climate change, poverty, and financial crises — as well as in fostering innovation and creativity in our business and personal lives. Taking us from corporate boardrooms to the deserts of Iraq, «Adapt» clearly explains the necessary ingredients for turning failure into success. It is a breakthrough handbook for surviving — and prospering — in our complex and ever-shifting world.
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