Business & Economics
of more than half a billion people in emerging nations such as China and India, and
the exponentially increasing inequality
within countries.
PUBLICAFFAIRS
No Ordinary Disruption: The Four
Global Forces Breaking All the Trends
by Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and
Jonathan Woetzel (May 12, hardcover,
$27.99, ISBN 978-1-61039-579-3). The
directors of the McKinsey Global Institute, the flagship think tank of the world’s
leading consulting firm, analyze key forces
that will transform the global economy
over the next two decades, and explain
what leaders need to do to reset their intuition and take advantage of the disruptions
ahead.
Peers Inc.: How the Collaborative
Economy Is Creating Radical Prosperity by Robin Chase (June 9, hardcover,
$26.99, ISBN 978-1-61039-554-0). The
cofounder of Zipcar illuminates the
profound potential of the sharing economy,
showing how combining two powerful
forces—a business platform (the “Inc”) and
the underutilized talents, energy, and
creativity of individuals (the “Peers”)—can
transform the economy and create a future
of prosperity.
PUBLICAFFAIRS/ECONOMIST
The Great Disruption: How Busi-
ness Is Coping in Turbulent Times by
Adrian Wooldridge (Apr. 14, paper,
$18.99, ISBN 978-1-61039-507-6)
collects Wooldridge’s influential Schumpeter columns in the Economist, addressing
the causes and profound consequences of
the unprecedented disruption of business over the past
five years.
Guide to Intellectual
Property: How Companies
Can Value and Protect
Their Best Ideas by Stephen
Johnson (July 14, paper,
$18.99, ISBN 978-1-61039-
461-1) is a comprehensive
business guide to intellectual
property: understanding its
value and how to protect it.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
Bold: How to Go Big,
Create Wealth, and Impact
the World by Peter H.
Diamandis and Steven Kotler
(Feb. 3, hardcover, $28,
ISBN 978-1-4767-0956-7).
From the coauthors of the
bestselling Abundance comes
a radical how-to guide for
using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and
crowd-powered tools to
create extraordinary wealth while also
positively affecting the lives of billions.
The Misfit Economy: Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Tales of Informal Ingenuity by Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips (June 16, hardcover, $26, ISBN 978-
1-4516-8882-5) argues that lessons in
creativity, innovation, salesmanship, and
entrepreneurship can come from surprising places: pirates, bootleggers, counterfeiters, hustlers, and others living and
working on the margins of business and
society.
The Thin Green Line: The Money
Secrets of the Super Wealthy by Paul
Sullivan (Mar. 10, hardcover, $27, ISBN
978-1-4516-8724-8). The “Wealth Matters” columnist of the New York Times
reveals the habits, worldviews, and practices that lead to true wealth, and why it’s
more important to be “wealthy” than
“rich.”
ST. MARTIN’S
2 Billion Under 20: How Millennials
Are Breaking Down Age Barriers and
Changing the World by
Stacey Ferreira and Jared
Kleinert, foreword by Mas-
ters Blake (May 5, hardcover,
$25.99, ISBN 978-1-250-
06761-6). Of the roughly
seven billion people on Earth
today, approximately two bil-
lion are under 20 years old.
This book provides a look at
75 people under 20 who have
remarkable accomplish-
ments, in fields ranging from
business to athletics to
music.
THOMAS NELSON
People over Profit:
Break the System, Live
with Purpose, Be More
Successful by Dale Partridge, foreword by Blake
Mycoskie (May 5, hardcover,
$24.99, ISBN 978-0-7180-
2174-0). More corporations
are donating a portion of their
profit to meaningful causes, and entrepreneurs who want a more responsible marketplace have launched a new breed of “
compassionate” business models. People over
Profit uncovers the seven core beliefs
behind this transformation.
TRANSACTION
Corporate Welfare: Crony Capitalism
That Enriches the Rich by James T. Bennett, foreword by Ralph Nader (June 30,
hardcover, $44.95, ISBN 978-1-4128-
5598-3). The American government supports big businesses by giving them kickbacks, incentives, or other financial advantages, but taxpayers end up paying for
these corporate benefits. Professor Bennett
examines some cases of corporate welfare
and explores measures to prevent future
abuse.
VIKING
How Music Got Free: The End of an
Industry, the Turn of the Century, and
the Patient Zero of Piracy by Stephen
Witt (June 16, hardcover, $27.95, ISBN
978-0-525-42661-5) tells the untold story
of the music piracy revolution and the man
who almost singlehandedly brought down
the industry.
YALE UNIV.
Hubris: Why Economists Failed to
Predict the Crisis and How to Avoid the
Next One by Meghnad Desai (Apr. 28,
hardcover, $28, ISBN 978-0-300-21354-
6) offers a frank assessment of economists’
blindness before the financial crash in
2007–2008 and what must be done to
avert a sequel.
