Lehdonvirta tells the stories of pioneers who helped create—or resist—the new social order established by digital platform companies.

Chronicles the tumultuous era and remarkable personalities that created the Federal Reserve, tracing the financial panic and widespread distrust of bankers that prompted the landmark 1913 Federal Reserve Act and launched America's first ...

Portrait of the growth of tech company Amazon and the evolution of its billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos.

Eugene McCarraher challenges the conventional view of capitalism as a force for disenchantment.

In a new afterword for this edition, Schlosser discusses the growing interest in local and organic food, the continued exploitation of poor workers by the food industry, and the need to ensure that every American has access to good, healthy ...

"Breaking Windows" is a gripping account of Bill Gates's plan to establish a monopoly and create a new kind of business organism.

This book offers an informed, insider's account of the defining moments of a fashion legend's life, a life circumscribed by personal and professional struggle.

" Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations ...

Argues that the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent Depression occurred as a result of poor decisions on the part of four central bankers who jointly attempted to reconstruct international finance by reinstating the gold standard.

Now Pendergrast tells the full story of why Coke--more than 99% sweetened water--is the quintessential American product, and how it changed the course of American capitalism.