NEW BUSINESS BOOKS

SMARTER FASTER BETTER

The Secrets of Being Productive
in Life and Business
by CHARLES DUHIGG

rom the author of The Power of Habit

comes a new book that explores the
psychology of productivity, and why, in
todays world, managing how you think is
more meaningful than what you think.
As he did in The Power of Habit, Duhigg melds
cutting-edge science, deep reporting, and
wide-ranging stories to give us a fuller, more
human way of thinking about how productivity
actually happens. Susan Cain, author of Quiet
Random House HC 978-0-8129-9339-4 400pp. $28.00
Also by Charles Duhigg:
THE POWER OF HABIT
Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Random House TR 978-0-8129-8160-5
416pp. $16.00
To view the authors talk at the 2013 First-Year
Experience Conference, go to: tiny.cc/DuhiggFYE13

MAKERS AND TAKERS

The Rise of Finance and the
Fall of American Business
by RANA FOROOHAR

usiness Journalist Rana Foroohar

shows how the shortsighted and
misguided financial practices and mentality
that nearly toppled the global economy in
2008 have come to infiltrate all corners
of American business.

Foroohar demystifies the decline in

Americas economic prominence, showing
that the competitive threats came not from
the outsidemigration or Chinabut from
within our borders. She explains how finance
has permeated every aspect of our economic and political life, and how those
who caused the financial crisis wound up benefiting from it. Joseph E. Stiglitz,
Nobel laureate in economics and former head of the Council of Economic Advisors
Crown Business HC 978-0-553-44723-1 400pp. $30.00

THE ART OF RISK

The New Science of Courage,
Caution, and Chance
by KAYT SUKEL

n the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel

Pink, and Charles Duhigg, The Art of Risk
blends case studies and cutting-edge
science to explore how risk-taking impacts
decision making at work and aids readers
in understanding their own behavior and
furthering personal success.
[Sukel] delves into the economics and
neuroscience of risk and interviews people
who make dicey decisions everyday to learn
what holds people back or encourages them
to take chances. Scientific American
National Geographic HC 978-1-4262-1472-1 288pp. $26.00

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