Author: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo Poor Economics; A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2012 Hunger(Economics of poverty) A poor person is always hungry… In many countries, the poverty line is not without reason characterized by the relation to the income necessary to buy a basic minimum of […]
Capital and ideology: awesome summary by ebookhike
Author: Thomas Piketty Capital and ideology: Every society justifies its inequality – this is how a variety of economic and social rules arise, designed to strengthen the established order of things. These rules can be summed up in one word – ideology. The market and competition, profits and wages, capital and debt – all of this is […]
Noise Flaws of human judgment amazing book by Daniel Kahneman
Author: Daniel Kahneman, Cass Sunstein, Olivier Sibony Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Daniel Kahneman, Cass Sunstein, Olivier Sibony 2021 Judgment and its flaws(Noise Flaws of human judgment) Judgment must be distinguished from facts and opinions. The fact is clear. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 150 million km. Noise Flaws of human […]
Treat yourself with compassion Karen Bluth: awesome summary by ebookhike
Author: Karen Bluth The Self-Compassion WorkbTreat yourself with compassion: Mindfulness and Compassion Skills to Overcome Self-Criticism and Embrace Who You Are Karen Bluth 2017 Change every day(Treat yourself with compassion) When you are 14 (12, 13, 15, 16), your life is like an extreme sport. Every day new sensations, and experiences, the mind is captured by […]
chatter the voice in our head amazing summary by ebookhike
Author: Ethan Kross Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It Ethan Kross 2021 Where the inner voice is born From a third to a half of the time we are awake, we do not live in the present. The brain now and then loads of memories, puzzles with imaginary […]
6 major decisions in your life. A guide for teenagers living in the digital age
Author: Sean Covey T6 major decisions in your life: A Guide for Teens: Updated for the Digital Age Sean Covey 2017 Who knows better than anyone what a transitional age is and what challenges it poses? Of course, teenagers themselves. That’s exactly what Sean Covey, author of 6 Big Decisions in Your Life, thought and interviewed hundreds […]
The mythical man-month, or how software systems are created
Author: Frederick P. Brooks The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering Frederick P. Brooks 1975 “The Mythical Man-Month” was written at a time when humanity did not even dream of a personal computer in every home. The book brought that possibility closer. iPhones and wireless communication are indistinguishable from the 1960s and 1970s, but the principles of […]
Range How generalists win in a specialized world amazing summary by ebookhike
Author: David Epstein Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World David Epstein 2019 Range How generalists win in a specialized world: If your child changes a circle or section for the 33rd time, and you yourself tried to change a university or are thinking about moving to a different career path, thoughts involuntarily come […]
Book of Hope. Hard Times Survival Guide: awesome summary by ebookhike
Douglas Carlton Abrams, Jane Goodall The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times Douglas Carlton Abrams, Jane Goodall 2021 Authors: Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams What is hope? (Book of Hope) Judging by the news, animals and plants are going through hard times right now. Their populations are rapidly declining. Forests and grasslands are being turned […]
Agile project Management for dummies : awesome summary by ebookhike
Agile project Management Agile project Management:Agile (from the English word – dexterous, agile) is a general term covering various project management and work organization methods based on flexible principles as opposed to traditional rigid principles. Such methods and techniques of work were developed in the 1990s among programmers, and in 2001 a group of software developers […]