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Blockchain: The Essential Guide to Understanding and Using Blockchain Technology for Beginners: Financial Technology, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 59min

If you've ever heard the word blockchain and have wondered to yourself what it is and how it works, or you've been seeing it pop up everywhere you go, from co-workers to articles to the news, then this book is for you. Download it now to learn about the exciting and innovative technology behind the renowned online currency system. This book will leave you feeling confident to engage in online forums that operate using blockchain technology, and your knowledge will put you ahead of many other online users who don't even know that blockchain technology exists. Imagine a world without middlemen, and more importantly no distrustful financial pests that force you to pay high transaction costs for their seemingly useless services. With the introduction of blockchain technology, this and more is possible. Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize not only the way in which people interact with their banks, but also the way in which people trust third-party enterprises in their entirety. Don't miss this opportunity to learn ahead of the curve about technology that is sure to revolutionize our way of thinking. What more could you ask for? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Eddie Leonard Jr.. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/077145/bk_acx0_077145_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Choose Yourself!: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 248min

The world is changing. Markets have crashed. Jobs have disappeared. Industries have been disrupted and are being remade before our eyes. Everything we aspired to for "security," everything we thought was "safe," no longer is: College. Employment. Retirement. Government. It’s all crumbling down. In every part of society, the middlemen are being pushed out of the picture. No longer is someone coming to hire you, to invest in your company, to sign you, to pick you. It’s on you to make the most important decision in your life: Choose Yourself. New tools and economic forces have emerged to make it possible for individuals to create art, make millions of dollars, and change the world without "help." More and more opportunities are rising out of the ashes of the broken system to generate real inward success (personal happiness and health) and outward success (fulfilling work and wealth). This audiobook will teach you to do just that. With dozens of case studies, interviews and examples - including the author, investor and entrepreneur James Altucher's own heartbreaking and inspiring story - Choose Yourself illuminates your personal path to building a bright, new world out of the wreckage of the old. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Altucher. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/007360/bk_acx0_007360_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Comic Shop: The Retail Mavericks Who Gave Us a New Geek Culture , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 449min

The early 1970s saw the birth of the modern comic book shop. Its rise was due in large part to a dynamic entrepreneur, Phil Seuling. His direct market model allowed shops to get comics straight from the publishers, bypassing middlemen. Stores could better customize their offerings and independent publishers could now access national distribution. In this way, shops opened up a space for quirky ideas to gain an audience and helped transform small-press series, from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Bone, into media giants. Comic Shop is the first book to trace the history of these cultural icons. Dan Gearino brings us from their origins to the present day, when the rise of digital platforms has the industry at a crossroads even as sales are robust. He spends a year with stores around the country, with a spotlight on The Laughing Ogre in Columbus, Ohio. Along the way he interviews those who shaped comics retailing from the early days, including many pioneering women; top creators; and shop owners who continue to push the industry in new directions. A guide to 40 of the most interesting shops around the United States and Canada is a bonus for fans. The book is published by Ohio University Press. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Douglas R. Pratt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/107936/bk_acx0_107936_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 624min

From the authors of the fascinating The Age of Cryptocurrency comes the definitive work on the Internet’s next big thing: the blockchain. Many of the 'legacy systems' once designed to make our lives easier and our economy more efficient are no longer up to the task; big banks have grown more entrenched, privacy exists only until the next hack, and credit card fraud has become a fact of life. However, there is a way past all this - a new kind of operating system with the potential to revolutionise our economy: the blockchain. In The Truth Machine, Michael J. Casey and Paul Vigna demystify the blockchain and explain why it can restore personal control over our data, assets, and identities; grant billions of excluded people access to the global economy; and shift the balance of power to revive society’s faith in itself. They reveal the empowerment possible when self-interested middlemen give way to the transparency of the blockchain while highlighting the job losses, assertion of special interests, and threat to social cohesion that will accompany this shift. With a balanced perspective, Casey and Vigna show why we all must care about the path that blockchain technology takes - moving humanity forward, not backward. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Runnette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hcuk/003854/bk_hcuk_003854_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Middlemen of Modernity: Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Modern Japan

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Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 546min

A stunning and revealing examination of oil's indelible impact on the countries that produce it and the people who possess it.Every unhappy oil-producing nation is unhappy in its own way, but all are touched by the "resource curse" - the power of oil to exacerbate existing problems and create new ones. In Crude World, Peter Maass presents a vivid portrait of the troubled world oil has created. He takes us to Saudi Arabia, where officials deflect inquiries about the amount of petroleum remaining in the country's largest reservoir; to Equatorial Guinea, where two tennis courts grace an oil-rich dictator's estate but bandages and aspirin are a hospital's only supplies; and to Venezuela, where Hugo Chávez's campaign to redistribute oil wealth creates new economic and political crises.Maass, a New York Times Magazine writer, also introduces us to Iraqi oilmen trying to rebuild their industry after the invasion of 2003, an American lawyer leading Ecuadorians in an unprecedented lawsuit against Chevron, a Russian oil billionaire imprisoned for his defiance of Vladimir Putin's leadership, and Nigerian villagers whose livelihoods are destroyed by the discovery of oil. Rebels, royalty, middlemen, environmentalists, indigenous activists, CEOs - their stories, deftly and sensitively presented, tell the larger story of oil in our time.Crude World is a startling and essential account of the consequences of our addiction to oil. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dominic Hoffman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002038/bk_rand_002038_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Art of the Donald: Lessons from America's Philosopher President , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 344min

Motivational self-help advice from President Donald Trump, covering everything from leadership and self-confidence to how to succeed in business. President Donald Trump knows about living the good life and achieving success. With his election to the presidency, he added to a life that already includes billions of dollars, worldwide celebrity, and a beautiful family, despite legions of haters. In The Art of the Donald, Daily Caller News Foundation editor in chief Christopher Bedford takes you inside the new president's unorthodox mind, unlocking the genius of his approach to everything in life and offering you insight into navigating life the Trump way. Featuring personal campaign-trail anecdotes and lessons from Trump's long career as a businessman and politician, The Art of the Donald offers you life-changing pieces of advice, including: Keeping your message simple and delivering it effectively Using competition to govern yourself and chaos to confuse your opponents Cutting out the middlemen and getting directly to the deal makers Redefining conflicts and transactions on your own terms Solving problems with ingenuity instead of money Believing in yourself no matter what your opponents try to say Written in the style of Sun Tzu's The Art of War and The Tao of Warren Buffett, this is a must-listen for every Trump fan (and even the haters). ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christopher Bedford. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/008142/bk_sans_008142_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Dot.Bomb, Hörbuch, Digital, 352min

In 1999, at the pinnacle of dot.com fever, David Kuo was invited to walk through the magic portal. It was a huge Internet start-up called Value America, and in his new job as communications SVP, Kuo would spread their gospel: a new kind of retailing, linking customers directly to distributors or other middlemen. Ahead for Kuo lay the chance to be part of a new business paradigm. Not to mention the riches when his stock options bore fruit.Dot.Bomb is the amazing story of the Internet gold rush as it could only be told by an insider. David Kuo saw it all: the sky's-the-limit optimism, the hundreds of millions of dollars spent in a giddy grab for eyeballs and market share, the investors slavering to be on the inside, the belief that there really were new rules. He also saw what happened when gravity reasserted itself, Wall Street demanded results, and flaws and failures that had been glossed over suddenly loomed huge. In the blink of an eye, Value America crashed back to earth, filed for bankruptcy, and was gone. David Kuo's account of his days and nights at Value America captures with the intensity of a great novel the people who made this such a powerful experience with their incredibly hard work, their genuine belief, and their humor. Just as vividly it portrays their unbridled greed, wretched excesses, ego-driven blunders, and unmitigated power grabbing. Language: English. Narrator: J. David Kuo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/time/000249/bk_time_000249_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care - and How to Fix It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 569min

From the New York Times best-selling author of Unaccountable comes an eye-opening, urgent look at America's broken health care system - and the people who are saving it. One in five Americans now has medical debt in collections and rising health care costs today threaten every small business in America. Dr Makary, one of the nation's leading health care experts, travels across America and details why health care has become a bubble. Drawing from on-the-ground stories, his research and his own experience, The Price We Pay paints a vivid picture of price-gouging, middlemen and a series of elusive money games in need of a serious shake-up. Dr Makary shows how so much of health care spending goes to things that have nothing to do with health and what you can do about it. Dr Makary challenges the medical establishment to remember medicine's noble heritage of caring for people when they are vulnerable.The Price We Pay offers a road map for everyday Americans and business leaders to get a better deal on their health care and profiles the disruptors who are innovating medical care. The movement to restore medicine to its mission, Makary argues, is alive and well - a mission that can rebuild the public trust and save our country from the crushing cost of health care.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio on our Desktop Site. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Marty Makary, MD. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/051994/bk_adbl_051994_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The New Invisible Hand: Five Revolutions in the Digital Economy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 358min

This audiobook is for you if you've ever struggled to understand how your company should react to different competitive threats enabled by changing technology. You'll learn how five technological revolutions are upturning entire industries and determining new winners and losers in the marketplace.More than 50 percent of small businesses fail in their first 4 years. At the same time, the lifespan of large companies is shrinking. Markets are facing unprecedented disruption. But contrary to popular belief, the digital revolution is opening up more, not fewer, areas for companies to serve customer needs profitably.The New Invisible Hand presents a framework for thriving in this new digital world. In the audiobook you'll learn how:Five technological revolutions (reintermediation, monetization, transparency, channel, and data) are shaping markets, industries, and individual companiesWith the right framework, companies can take advantage of new opportunities and react to competitive threatsConventional wisdom about middlemen, price transparency, and monetization models is mistakenInnovative companies are seizing the opportunity to better solve their customers' needsThe revolutions of reintermediation, monetization, transparency, channel, and data are the forces that determine who gets what, when, where, how....and at what price. For companies, this represents heretofore unseen levels of peril, but also promise. For customers, this represents an intensified battle to serve their needs best.While we cannot control these five revolutions, we can choose to see our reality as one of opportunity, rather than crisis. Good companies can survive despite them. Great companies can thrive because of them.The New Invisible Hand features many companies that are doing just that." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kyle T. Westra. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/222528/bk_acx0_222528_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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