The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems--and What to Do about It 1647823978, 9781647823979

The Microstress Effect 9781647823979, 9781647823986

How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it. There's a force we encounter every day

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The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It [Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only] 9781400865529

In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of fait

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The Little Big Number: How Gdp Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It 9781400865529, 9780691166520, 0691166528, 1400865522

The story of GDP and why we need a better measurement of growth In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has

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Competition is Killing Us: How Big Business is Harming Our Society and Planet – and What to Do About It 9780241988121

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The Price of Democracy: How Money Shapes Politics and What to Do about It 9780674246133

Julia Cagé scrutinizes contemporary democracies and offers a new approach to the crisis of political representation. She

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Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It 1419758802, 9781419758805

A high-octane polemic against cars—which are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealthy—from a talented yo

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Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It 9780262365338, 2020033683, 9780262045780

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Exponential: How Accelerating Technology Is Leaving Us Behind and What to Do About It 1847942903, 9781847942906

How humans can learn to thrive in an age of accelerating technology. 'Enticing' Sunday Times 'Essential&

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The Percepto Manual for The Tingler: What To Do And How To Do It

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Soft Corruption: How Unethical Conduct Undermines Good Government and What To Do About It 9780813586199

New Jersey has long been a breeding ground for political corruption, and most of it is perfectly legal. Public officials

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