More than a thousand individuals of high net worth rose up toprotest the repeal of the estate tax-Newsweek tagged them the"billionaire backlash." The primary visionaries of that group, BillGates Sr. and Chuck Collins, argue here that individual wealth is aproduct not only of hard work and smart choices but of the societythat provides the fertile soil for succes. Weaving personalnarratives, history, and plenty of solid economic sense, Gates andCollins make a sound and compelling case for estate tax reform, notrepeal.

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“Excellent. . . . A funny and moving memoir, it is one of thefrankest accounts of race relations in America in recent years.”–The New York Times Book Review“With clarity, courage, and a deepfamiliarity with his literary predecessors–from James Joyce toJames Baldwin–Clemens has written a book as riven, wounded, and yetsurprisingly durable as its subject.” –Jeffrey Eugenides, author ofMiddlesex“Compelling. . . . his relationship to Detroit is rich andcomplex, brimming with experiences both hurtful and redemptive.”–The Los Angeles Times“Marvelous. . . . Passionate, intelligent.”–Entertainment Weekly

Ming-Jer Chen takes readers Inside Chinese Business to reveal the social and cultural values that underpin Chinese business practices and influence day-to-day corporate decisions. Drawing from his intimate knowledge of Chinese culture and history and from his extensive managerial work and international experience, Chen provides an unrivaled insider's perspective on how to work, compete, and cooperate successfully with Chinese companies around the globe. Ming-Jer Chen is the Bigelow Research Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia. He is also Senior Fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Visiting Professor of Management at the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, England. Dr. Chen was formerly Founder/Director of the Wharton School's Global Chinese Business Initiative.

China is steadily emerging as the economic miracle of the 21st century. Its transition from a state-controlled to a capitalist economy has occurred at a remarkable pace. It is only twenty-five years ago that Deng Xiaoping initiated revolutionary economic reforms to open up China. The country’s unprecedented growth is nurturing a new wave of world-class companies that are beginning to make an impact on the world’s markets. But is China’s growth sustainable? And what are its implications for the world’s companies? 作者简介： Jonathan Woetzel is a director in McKinsey & Company's Greater China office (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei), and leader of its corporate finance practice in China. A co-founder of McKinsey's Shanghai office, where he has been based since 1994, Dr. Woetzel has also worked in McKinsey's Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York, and Zurich offices. Dr. Jonathan R. Woetzel, a Director in McKinsey & Co.’s Shanghai office, provides a fact-based perspective of China’s

“I think they’re absolutely right... what’s happening to themis reflective of what’s happening across this economy.”--PresidentBarack Obama on the workers at Republic Windows Doors December 5, 2008: It wasn’t supposed to work like this. Daysafter getting a $45 billion bailout from the U.S. government, Bankof America shut down a line of credit that kept Chicago’s RepublicWindows Doors factory operating. The bosses, who knew whatwas coming, had been sneaking machinery out in the middle of thenight. They closed the factory and sent the workers home. Thensomething surprising happened: Republic’s workers occupied thefactory and refused to leave. Kari Lydersen, an award-winning Washington Post reporter, tellsthe story of the factory takeover, elegantly transforming theworkers’ story into a parable of labor activism for the 21stcentury, one that concludes with a surprising and little-reportedvictory.

Old Europe’s new crisis. Europe, the charming continent of windmills and gondolas. Butlately, Europe has become the continent of endless strikes anddemonstrations, bombs on the trains and subways, radical Islamiccells in every city, and ghettos so hopeless and violent even thepolice won’t enter them. In Spain, a terrorist attack promptsinstant capitulation to the terrorists’ demands. In France, thesuburbs go up in flames every night. In Holland, politicians andartists are murdered for speaking frankly about Islamicimmigration. This isn’t the Europe we thought we knew. What’s going on overthere? Traveling overland from London to Istanbul, journalist ClaireBerlinski shows why the Continent has lately appeared sobewildering—and often so thoroughly obnoxious—to Americans.Speaking to Muslim immigrants, German rock stars, French cops, andItalian women who have better things to do than have children, shefinds that Europe is still, despite everything, in the grip of thesame old

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The author of Simple Spells for Love returns with everythingthe curious reader needs to know about the art of casting spellsand crafting charms to increase prosperity, enhance creativeprocesses, attract investors and partners, increase businessopportunities, and find the right career.

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