Results for 'rutger bregman'

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  1. Abundance
    1. Ezra Klein
    2. Derek Thompson

    Abundance

    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD: How We Build a Better Future

    Time to rethink liberal answers to society's biggest challenges - by ditching scarcity politics and embracing visionary action to create an abundant future

    € 16,50
  2. Prisoners of Geography
    1. Tim Marshall

    Prisoners of Geography

    The iconic bestseller Prisoners of Geography, now fully updated with brand new content to reflect the changing global geopolitical landscape since it was first published in 2015

    € 14,95
  3. There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness
    1. Carlo Rovelli

    There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

    Superb. Rovelli's journalism is an expression of the scientific desire to know and understand the world. Beautifully translated by Erica Segre and Simon Carnell, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important than Kindness continues a tradition of jargon-free popular scientific writing from Galileo to Darwin that disappeared in the academic specialization of the last century

    € 17,95
  4. How Religion Evolved
    1. Robin Dunbar

    How Religion Evolved

    And Why It Endures

    Stimulating and hugely ambitious... A compelling intellectual workout. Dunbar offers a powerful central argument, an excellent survey of alternative theories and a wide range of vivid and illuminating examples... The story he tells is important to us all

    € 14,95
  5. Morele revolutie
    1. Rutger Bregman

    Morele revolutie

    De BBC Reith-lezingen

    De westerse wereld verkeert in een morele crisis. Niet de meest bekwame, maar de meest schaamteloze leiders komen aan de macht. In zijn BBC Reith Lectures — hier in ongecensureerde vorm — brengt Rutger Bregman zijn hele oeuvre samen in een pleidooi voor een morele revolutie. Reacties: ‘Het applaus aan het einde van zijn lezing was daverend, en terecht. Dit is de eerste onmisbare Reith Lectures-serie in jaren.’ – The Observer ‘Bregman is de publieke intellectueel du jour.’ – The Spectator

    € 15,00
  6. De meeste mensen deugen
    1. Rutger Bregman

    De meeste mensen deugen

    Een nieuwe geschiedenis van de mens

    Al eeuwen is de westerse cultuur doordrongen van het geloof in de verdorvenheid van de mens. Maar wat als we het al die tijd mis hadden? In dit fascinerende boek herschrijft Rutger Bregman de geschiedenis van de mens. Rutger Bregman (1988) is historicus. Hij brak internationaal door met zijn bestseller Gratis geld voor iedereen. De meeste mensen deugen is in 46 talen vertaald, wereldwijd zijn er meer dan anderhalf miljoen exemplaren verkocht. Er zijn een documentaireserie en een Hollywoodfilm op komst. Reacties: ‘Door dit boek ben ik de mensheid vanuit een nieuw perspectief gaan zien.’ – Yuval Noah Harari ‘Zeer warm, zeer sterk en zeer hartelijk aanbevolen.’ – Stephen Fry ‘Overtuigend.’ – Forbes ‘Het boek dat we nu nodig hebben.’ – The Telegraph ‘Wordt alleen maar relevanter de komende jaren.’ – Financial Times ‘Een fantastisch boek. Vlot, toegankelijk en vol geweldige verhalen.’ – Sunday Times

    € 17,50
  7. History for Tomorrow
    1. Roman Krznaric

    History for Tomorrow

    How The Past Can Inspire Our Future

    Brimming with ideas and insights, this is a welcome, important and clear-eyed view of how understanding the past can help us better prepare for the future

    € 14,95
  8. The Value of Everything
    1. Mariana , Mazzucato

    The Value of Everything

    Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is also Founder and Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Her widely published research focuses on the relationship between public policy, innovation, and economic growth and she advises policymakers around the world on how to steer innovation so that it produces growth that is more inclusive and sustainable. She is author of the highly acclaimed book The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths and co-editor of Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth. She is winner of the 2014 New Statesman SPERI Prize in Political Economy, the 2015 Hans-Matth¿fer-Preis and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She was named as one of the 'three most important thinkers about innovation' in New Republic.

    € 14,00
  9. We Need to Tax Billionaires
    1. Gabriel , Zucman

    We Need to Tax Billionaires

    The solution to inequality that is at the vanguard of the new political debate. While ordinary citizens pay around half of their income in tax, billionaires pay often close to zero income tax - because they earn almost all their income through companies. The solution is the 2% "Zucman tax": a minimum tax on the ultra-rich themselves, advocated by economist and global expert on the taxation of wealth Gabriel Zucman. We need to tax billionaires, and this game-changing book shows us why now is the moment.

    € 13,00
  10. Why We’re Getting Poorer
    1. Cahal Moran

    Why We’re Getting Poorer

    Economics for an Unfair World

    An insider's guide to our broken economy and how it fails to serve us.

    € 14,95
  11. The Entrepreneurial State
    1. Mariana Mazzucato

    The Entrepreneurial State

    10th anniversary edition updated with a new preface

    Read her book. It will challenge your thinking

    € 16,99
  12. The Musical Human
    1. Michael , Spitzer

    The Musical Human

    A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All About History'Extraordinary range ... All the world and more is here' Evening Standard165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm.66 million years ago came the first melody.40 thousand years ago Homo sapiens created the first musical instrument.Today music fills our lives. How we have created, performed and listened to music throughout history has defined what our species is and how we understand who we are. Yet it is an overlooked part of our origin story. The Musical Human takes us on an exhilarating journey across the ages - from Bach to BTS and back - to explore the vibrant relationship between music and the human species. With insights from a wealth of disciplines, world-leading musicologist Michael Spitzer renders a global history of music on the widest possible canvas, from global history to our everyday lives, from insects to apes, humans to artificial intelligence.'Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music' Daniel Levitin'A thrilling exploration of what music has meant and means to humankind' Ian Bostridge

    € 16,50