Free eBook: The Authoritarians

Free eBook: The Authoritarians

Free eBook “The Authoritarians” by Bob Altemeyer.

Book Description

Bob Altemeyer studied the authoritarian personality for over 40 years while a professor of psychology. His experiments drew high praise from other scientists, and won the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Prize for Behavioral Science Research. This book summarizes his many findings, and has been widely acclaimed for the relaxed, conversational way the author presents far-reaching and penetrating insights into American life today.

Contents

  • Who Are the Authoritarian Followers?
  • The Roots of Authoritarian Aggression, and Authoritarianism Itself
  • How Authoritarian Followers Think
  • Authoritarian Followers and Religious Fundamentalism
  • Authoritarian Leaders
  • Authoritarianism and Politics
  • What’s To Be Done?

Book Details:

Author(s): Bob Altemeyer
Format(s): PDF
File size: 1.93 MB
Number of pages: 261
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Free eBook: Street-Fighting Mathematics

Free eBook: Street-Fighting Mathematics

Free eBook “Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving” by Sanjoy Mahajan.

Book Description

In Street-Fighting Mathematics, Sanjoy Mahajan builds, sharpens, and demonstrates tools for educated guessing and down-and-dirty, opportunistic problem solving across diverse fields of knowledge—from mathematics to management. Mahajan describes six tools: dimensional analysis, easy cases, lumping, picture proofs, successive approximation, and reasoning by analogy. Illustrating each tool with numerous examples, he carefully separates the tool—the general principle—from the particular application so that the reader can most easily grasp the tool itself to use on problems of particular interest.

Contents

  • Dimensions
  • Easy cases
  • Lumping
  • Pictorial proofs
  • Taking out the big part
  • Analogy

Book Details:

Author(s): Sanjoy Mahajan
Format(s): PDF
File size: 749 KB
Number of pages: 152
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Free eBook: Paying with Plastic 2nd Edition

Free eBook: Paying with Plastic 2nd Edition

Free eBook “Paying with Plastic 2nd Edition” by David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee.

Book Description

More than a history book, Paying with Plastic delivers an entertaining discussion of the impact of an industry that epitomizes the notion of two-sided markets: those in which two or more customer groups receive value only if all sides are actively engaged. New to this second edition, the two-sided market discussion provides useful insight into the implications of these market dynamics for cardholder rewards, merchant interchange fees, and card acceptance. The authors, both of whom have researched the industry for more than 25 years, also examine the implications of the recent antitrust cases on the industry as well as other business and technological changes—including the massive consolidation brought about by bank mergers, the rise of the debit card, and the emergence of e-commerce—that could alter the payment card industry dramatically in the years to come.

Contents

  • Plastic Cards
  • From Seashells to Electrons
  • More Than Money
  • From Gourmets to the Masses
  • From Sardi’s to Saks.com
  • It Takes Two to Tango
  • Co-opetition and the Payment Card Ecosystem
  • System Wars
  • Issuer Brawls
  • Backroom Battles
  • The Antitrust Wars
  • On the Brink
  • And They Don’t Take Cash

Book Details:

Author(s): David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee
Format(s): PDF
File size: 4.43 MB
Number of pages: 383
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