Evan Kirstel

A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big Media Corporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)—or both. In Chokepoint Capitalism, scholar Rebecca Giblin and writer and activist Cory Doctorow argue we’re in a new era of “chokepoint capitalism,” with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to competition that enable them to capture value that should rightfully go to others. All workers are weakened by this, but the problem is especially well-illustrated by the plight of creative workers. From Amazon’s use of digital rights management and bundling to radically change the economics of book publishing, to Google and Facebook’s siphoning away of ad revenues from news media, and the Big Three record labels’ use of inordinately long contracts to up their own margins at the cost of artists, chokepoints are everywhere. By analyzing book publishing and news, live music and music streaming, screenwriting, radio and more, Giblin and Doctorow deftly show how powerful corporations construct “anti-competitive flywheels” designed to lock in users and suppliers, make their markets hostile to new entrants, and then force workers and suppliers to accept unfairly low prices. In the book’s second half, Giblin and Doctorow then explain how to batter through those chokepoints, with tools ranging from transparency rights to collective action and ownership, radical interoperability, contract terminations, job guarantees, and minimum wages for creative work. Chokepoint Capitalism is a call to workers of all sectors to unite to help smash these chokepoints and take back the power and profit that’s being heisted away—before it’s too late.

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." ―Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks. Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks. Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done,” Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society―and that we could do things differently.

Brilliantly simple, actionable guidelines for success that any business leader can immediately implement. “Tom Peters' new book is a bundle of beautiful dynamite. While I've been a CEO for 30 years, I still learned much worth knowing from The Excellence Dividend.  You will too.” —John C. Bogle, founder, Vanguard For decades Tom Peters has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, and in today's rapidly changing business environment, this message is more important than ever. With his unparalleled expertise and inimitable charisma, Peters provides a roadmap for you and your organization to thrive amidst the tech tsunami, and he has a lot of fun doing it. The Excellence Dividend is an important new book from one of today’s greatest business thinkers.

A Complete Summary of The End of Alzheimer’s<br/>In his book, “The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline”, Dale Bredesen challenges the pervading sense of hopelessness and helplessness that have trailed Alzheimer’s disease. He disputes the fact that there is no effective treatment or prevention method for it, providing details of his extensive and highly successful research as evidence. His position is that Alzheimer’s cannot be addressed with a single pill.Dale dissects Alzheimer’s disease, highlighting contributory factors- such as inflammation and toxic substances- that are responsible for the attendant cognitive decline in its sufferers. He explains clearly the role each plays in putting a person at risk of Alzheimer’s. He also documents his highly opposed research journey culminating in the creation of ReCODE, an extensive treatment program for Alzheimer’s involving components such as diet, exercise, and drugs.He describes how a person can check for each contributory factor and address the same under the ReCODE protocol. The book contains useful treatment procedures, which are also included as attached appendices.In the book, Dave admits that, despite the recorded success and improvement in many lives, the program still has its fair share of skepticism, even from professionals who should embrace it.Finally, he suggests ways of sustaining the impressive results recorded by the ReCODE program.Here Is A Preview Of What You Will Get:<br/>In The End of Alzheimer’s , you will get a full understanding of the book<br/> In The End of Alzheimer’s , you will get an analysis of the book<br/> In The End of Alzheimer’s , you will get some fun multiple choice quizzes, along with answers to help you learn about the book<br/>Get a copy, and learn everything about The End of Alzheimer’s .