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Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction xiii
- Acknowledgments xix
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Part I. Silicon Culture
- 1. Why We Are Allowed to Hate Silicon Valley 2
- 2. Diary: Google Invades 16
- 3. Facebook Feminism, Like It or Not 26
- 4. Dead End on Silk Road 56
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Part II. Brave New Economic World
- 5. A Tale of Two Londons 78
- 6. London’s Laundry Business 100
- 7. How Technology and Hefty Subsidies Make U.S. Cotton King 104
- 8. Invisible Child 136
- 9. Russell Brand and the GQ Awards 152
- 10. Maximizing Shareholder Value 160
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Part III. Frenzied Finance
- 11. One Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag 172
- 12. Here’s Why Wall Street Has a Hard Time Being Ethical 180
- 13. How the Fed Let the World Blow Up in 2008 186
- 14. Gross vs. El-Erian 198
- 15. Secret Currency Traders’ Club Devised Biggest Market’s Rates 206
- 16. Lunch with the FT: Meredith Whitney 222
- 17. How the Case Against Bank of America CEO Fizzled 232
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Part IV. Unhealthy Business
- 18. Use Only as Directed 240
- 19. Merchants of Meth 272
- 20. The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food 292
- 21. League of Denial 322
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Part V. Creative Destruction
- 22. How Jenna Lyons Transformed J.Crew Into a Cult Brand 384
- 23. The Mysterious Story of the Battery Startup That Promised GM a 200-Mile Electric Car 400
- 24. The Death of the Funeral Business 426
- 25. Declara Co-Founder Ramona Pierson’s Comeback Odyssey 440
- 26. A Toast Story 452
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Part VI. The Politics of Business
- 27. Washington’s Robust Market for Attacks, Half-Truths 466
- 28. He Who Makes the Rules 480
- 29. A Word from Our Sponsor 514
- 30. Amazon’s (Not So) Secret War on Taxes 528
- 31. How the NFL Fleeces Taxpayers 548
- Contributors 561
- Permissions 567
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Introduction xiii
- Acknowledgments xix
-
Part I. Silicon Culture
- 1. Why We Are Allowed to Hate Silicon Valley 2
- 2. Diary: Google Invades 16
- 3. Facebook Feminism, Like It or Not 26
- 4. Dead End on Silk Road 56
-
Part II. Brave New Economic World
- 5. A Tale of Two Londons 78
- 6. London’s Laundry Business 100
- 7. How Technology and Hefty Subsidies Make U.S. Cotton King 104
- 8. Invisible Child 136
- 9. Russell Brand and the GQ Awards 152
- 10. Maximizing Shareholder Value 160
-
Part III. Frenzied Finance
- 11. One Percent Jokes and Plutocrats in Drag 172
- 12. Here’s Why Wall Street Has a Hard Time Being Ethical 180
- 13. How the Fed Let the World Blow Up in 2008 186
- 14. Gross vs. El-Erian 198
- 15. Secret Currency Traders’ Club Devised Biggest Market’s Rates 206
- 16. Lunch with the FT: Meredith Whitney 222
- 17. How the Case Against Bank of America CEO Fizzled 232
-
Part IV. Unhealthy Business
- 18. Use Only as Directed 240
- 19. Merchants of Meth 272
- 20. The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food 292
- 21. League of Denial 322
-
Part V. Creative Destruction
- 22. How Jenna Lyons Transformed J.Crew Into a Cult Brand 384
- 23. The Mysterious Story of the Battery Startup That Promised GM a 200-Mile Electric Car 400
- 24. The Death of the Funeral Business 426
- 25. Declara Co-Founder Ramona Pierson’s Comeback Odyssey 440
- 26. A Toast Story 452
-
Part VI. The Politics of Business
- 27. Washington’s Robust Market for Attacks, Half-Truths 466
- 28. He Who Makes the Rules 480
- 29. A Word from Our Sponsor 514
- 30. Amazon’s (Not So) Secret War on Taxes 528
- 31. How the NFL Fleeces Taxpayers 548
- Contributors 561
- Permissions 567