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The trolls of Wall Street : how the outcasts and insurgents are hacking the markets

This dramatic story shows how two self-proclaimed "degenerates" made WallStreetBets, a subreddit focused only on risky financial trading, a cultural movement by harnessing the power of memes and trolling to create a new kind of online community, changing how an entire generation thinks about money, investing and themselves.

The banker ladies : vanguards of solidarity economics and community-based banks.

All over the world, Black and racialized women engage in the solidarity economy through what is known as mutual aid financing. Formally referred to as rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs), these institutions are purposefully informal to support the women's livelihoods and social needs and act to reject tiered forms of neoliberal development. The Banker Ladies--a term coined by women in the Black diaspora--are individuals that voluntarily organize ROSCAs for self-sufficiency and are intentional in their politicized economic cooperation to counter business exclusion.

Becoming Elizabeth Arden : the woman behind the global beauty empire.

A sweeping biography of one of the most influential and successful business-women in American history, BECOMING ELIZABETH ARDEN opens the Red Door to a world of wealth, glamor, and the profitable business of beauty Elizabeth Arden was a household name on six continents and a millionaire several times over before her death in 1966. She created a successful international business empire before women gained the vote and at a time when virtually no woman owned or ran a national company. She developed the first luxury spa and insisted on a holistic understanding of health and beauty. Unconventional and driven, Arden fervently believed that every woman could be beautiful.

Cryptomania : hype, hope, and the fall of FTX's billion-dollar fintech empire

As cryptocurrency rose in popularity during the pandemic, new converts bought into the idea that crypto would not only make them rich, but would usher in imminent revolutions across art, finance, politics, and gaming. Cryptocurrency caught the zeitgeist through figures like FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, who only two years later would be convicted of one of the most calamitous acts of financial fraud in US history...Drawing on exclusive reporting and an extensive network in the global NFT community, Andrew Chow chronicles the battle for crypto's soul, and the human toll of its economic meltdown--from the conmen and eccentrics driving the bubble to the victims caught in its burst

The AI edge : sales strategies for unleashing the power of AI to save time, sell more, and crush the competition

Anthony Iannarino & Jeb Blount, the world's most prolific sales book authors and trainers, have come together to transform how you navigate the sales process by plugging into artificial intelligence. This groundbreaking, hands-on guide marries their unparalleled sales strategies, used by millions of salespeople, with the transformative power of artificial intelligence.

On the edge : the art of risking everything

In this timely and riveting new book, Silver investigates "The River," or those whose mastery of risk allows them to shape--and dominate--so much of modern life. These professional risk takers--poker players and hedge fund managers, crypto true-believers and blue-chip art collectors--can teach us much about navigating the uncertainty of the 21st century.