Covid-19 is a global pandemic inflicting large health and economic costs. In his previous book, The Pandemic Information Gap: The Brutal Economics of COVID-19 (MIT Press, 2020), economist Joshua Gans explains that those costs have been so large because governments and others have lacked the information needed to control the pandemic. Unless we know who is infectious, we can't break the chains of transmission, which results in the escalation of our problems. Pandemics, he writes, are information problems. Now, in this follow-up book, Gans outlines the solution to the information gap. By engaging in rapid, frequent screening, we can control the pandemic and restore normality. We can lower the number of cases, break chains of transmission, and make it safe for people to interact again. This will require changing our mindset about testing, gathering the right information, and matching that information to the right decisions. We have the ingredients to do all these things. We just need to put them together in a scalable and sustainable system. This book is a guide to the issues and trade-offs that policymakers and other key decision-makers need to grapple with and follow.

The Pandemic Information Solution: Overcoming the Brutal Economics of Covid-19

Business & Money

Gans, Joshua

Economics

Endeavor Literary Press

Many US businesses are failing. Many can be restored to health. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 70 percent of American businesses buckle after ten years. Some of this is due to technological disruption and economic downturns. But many businesses fail because of poor management and inadequate leadership.Can leaders revitalize struggling businesses and organizations before they collapse? If so, they can play a vital role in preserving and creating jobs, thereby sustaining families and entire communities.In Bridge the Gap, author and CEO Michael Rodenberg reveals how leaders can restore broken companies by addressing foundational issues that many executives overlook. In this book, business leaders will learn how to:? assess the current reality of the company, even when it means facing "the brutal truth"? identify and focus resources on the "mission critical" aspects of a business? restore health to the business culture and workplace relationships? think carefully about the long-term personnel and system needs of a company? engage meaningfully with the local community where the business is headquartered? unleash employees and managers to contribute in meaningful ways while maintaining unity around the corporate vision and valuesBridge the Gap is not theoretical; rather, Rodenberg shares the story of how he and his team revitalized a multinational tier one automotive manufacturing company. Although his business had a long and vibrant history that originated in Japan, Rodenberg was hired by the parent company to help the US division become profitable. He, along with his team, successfully restored the business, as demonstrated by its profits and its prominent industry awards.This book is for leaders of small or large companies. It will enable leaders to instill new energy and health to failing companies, and it will help leaders with strong companies to improve and grow.

Bridge the Gap: How Leaders Can Revitalize Broken Organizations

Rodenberg, Michael

Management & Leadership

Are you thinking about having a baby? Well, don't read this book! Kidding aside, read this book. In an age of conspiracy theories, social media deep fakes, political spin, and total uncertainty, Surviving Babies and Toddlers grounds readers in truthful Parenting Reality. In this witty, down-to-earth memoir, author Joel Houston, with the full support of his beleaguered wife, Katie, helps wannabe parents wake up from romanticized dreams of parenting bliss. He leads us into the trenches of raising children, where we learn about the "horror movie" of birth; diaper-loving dogs; awful fashion pageants; knife-wielding toddlers; and how far a baby's projectile vomit can travel. (Far.)And yet, Houston never leads us to despair. Despite the daily struggle of raising babies and toddlers, the author helps us see that children and family are the most important things in life. This book is for: ? anyone who aspires to have children and wants to know about Reality? new parents searching for survival tactics (e.g. join a mothers-only Red Wine Therapy group)? empty-nester parents trying to understand why they no longer have strength or soul but still miss the kids

Surviving Babies and Toddlers

Humor & Entertainment

Houston, Joel

Humor

Survive. That's what the owners of startups and small businesses must do-or perhaps starve. Singlehandedly (often) and courageously (always), they embrace immense personal and financial risk to start new ventures. As they attempt to transform a dream into a reality, the stakes are extremely high for them and their employees.\nAfter publishing his first survival book (Surviving Babies and Toddlers), author Joel Houston presents an in-the-trenches, practical, and humorous memoir designed to help business startup owners like him. Avoiding the standard books on business theory, he focuses on the core business survival tactics that he learned as a successful owner of a startup warehouse.\nIn this witty, gritty book, readers will learn about:\n- Embracing risk with wisdom 
- Cultivating authentic customer relations 
- Developing a positive business culture 
- Supporting all-important operations 
- Simple approaches to marketing 
- Sustaining a healthy work-life balance 
- And . . . the "cogs" in the global supply chain that enable the world to survive (literally)\nSurviving a Startup is primarily written to the millions of overlooked small business owners who run unglamorous but essential companies. Joel has a heart for the people who operate trucking and construction firms, restaurants, bookstores, warehouses (like Joel's), small markets, and for many other hardworking entrepreneurs who keep the global economy running.

Surviving a Startup

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

In Pursuit of the Almost

"My eyebrows remain fixed in place. 
The element of surprise is now missing. 
It's not that I have seen it all, 
It's that all I've seen is not enough." - Phil Ginsburg\nThere is more to life than what we think we see. We are in pursuit of the almost.\nWhat is the almost? It is the artist's role to point that out, to show what is there but unseen. As artist René Magritte stated: "If the dream is a translation of waking life, then waking life is also a translation of the dream."\nWriting with whimsy, New York gritty humor, upending irony, and backstabbing insight, poet Phil Ginsburg explores the spaces between the lines of life. In the absurdities, he experiences indignation, but not despair. In seemingly mundane moments, he finds tenderness and love and questions about God. In common workers, he finds transcendent human dignity. In the face of death, he finds hope. Under the weight of angst, he encounters pathways to peace. In racial conflict, he sees opportunity for reconciliation. In times of confusion, he sees mysteries and glimpses of eternity.\nHe discovers there is more to this world than we can see, and the unseen is what we most need.

Literature & Fiction

Ginsburg, Phil

Poetry

"My eyebrows remain fixed in place.The element of surprise is now missing.It's not that I have seen it all,It's that all I've seen is not enough." - Phil GinsburgThere is more to life than what we think we see. We are in pursuit of the almost. What is the almost? It is the artist's role to point that out, to show what is there but unseen. As artist René Magritte stated: "If the dream is a translation of waking life, then waking life is also a translation of the dream."Writing with whimsy, New York gritty humor, upending irony, and backstabbing insight, poet Phil Ginsburg explores the spaces between the lines of life. In the absurdities, he experiences indignation, but not despair. In seemingly mundane moments, he finds tenderness and love and questions about God. In common workers, he finds transcendent human dignity. In the face of death, he finds hope. Under the weight of angst, he encounters pathways to peace. In racial conflict, he sees opportunity for reconciliation. In times of confusion, he sees mysteries and glimpses of eternity. He discovers there is more to this world than we can see, and the unseen is what we most need.

What happens to the brain in early childhood years--at school and at home--can have a direct influence on the rest of a person's life. Developing Healthy Childhood Brains is designed to help teachers and parents work together for the benefit of young children, when their young brains are undergoing crucial phases of development. It provides a simple framework designed to give parents and teachers what they need to participate together in a child's neurological development. Neuroscience has demonstrated that a poorly developed child's brain can cause serious problems in adulthood. How do we prevent those problems from happening? What is within the control of parents and teachers? Despite their crucial role in childhood brain development, the adults who design home and school environments for children rarely have a common, unified approach. And, importantly, parents and teachers rarely have a common, factual guide for designing environments that foster healthy brain development. This book, reviewed by a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology, will address some of the primary factors that influence healthy brain development in the context of schools and homes. It is designed to be used collaboratively by parents and teachers, so that there is alignment and unity between school and home environments. With everyone working together and using the same framework, we can prevent many problems during childhood and prevent tragic outcomes in adults.

Developing Healthy Childhood Brains: A Guide for Parent and Teacher Partnerships

Parenting & Relationships

Veintimilla, Thalia

Parenting

Soldier On is a true story about what it means to become a woman, and how the heat of hardships can forge strong character and lead to purposeful life.\nThe daughter of an Auschwitz survivor, author Bracha Horovitz spent her childhood surrounded by people who worked fervently to establish the fledgling nation of Israel after its 1948 independence. Inspired by their resilience and fortitude, Bracha set her heart on living a life that would honor her family, her community, and her heritage.\nAt eighteen, Bracha joined the Israel Defense Forces. Alongside other female soldiers, she parachuted from planes, marched through hot deserts, and learned to shoot machine guns. Intense military training taught her that women, too, can be fierce fighters.\nThen, while serving at IDF headquarters among Israel's top military leaders, she was selected to participate in the Miss Israel beauty pageant. For her, the experience raised new questions about the meaning of womanhood and her purpose in life.\nIn a beautiful love story, Bracha married an honorable, entrepreneurial man. The two of them seemed to have it all-lucrative careers, a happy marriage, and a small family. Invited to work in the US, they struggled to maintain their Israeli identity while adapting to cross-cultural life.\nAnd then . . . tragedy struck. Bracha's son was born with severe disabilities. Doctors at first did not think he would survive. Hardship suddenly became a permanent aspect of Bracha's everyday existence.\nWritten with elegant prose and profound insights for our lives, Soldier On is the story of how one woman and her family discovered how they could, with courage and perseverance, transform suffering into a beautiful life. In an era that is brimming with anxiety and despair, this book reminds us that no amount of suffering can destroy hope and love.

Soldier On: A Woman's Memoir of Resilience and Hope

Biographies & Memoirs

Horovitz, Bracha

Community & Culture

Can racism's devastating impact on individuals, communities, and societies be prevented? In Disrupting Racism, Dr. Peter Henry Huang offers a uniquely holistic approach to anti-racism efforts that draws from his personal experiences as an Asian American, and from his extensive scholarly work in mathematical economics, law, and education.\nWriting with wit and intellectual richness, Dr. Huang describes how legal measures against racism can be complemented with mathematical economics, cognitive neuroscience, communication, psychology, and even humor. By sharing about his life as a child prodigy and later as a professor, he infuses his scholarly writing with a friendly, personal charm.\nThe book makes an important contribution to the often-misunderstood problem of racism against Asian Americans, which has dramatically increased in recent years. In addition, Dr. Huang addresses the root causes of all forms of racism. The evidence-based research presented in this book will be helpful for everyone who is eager to help our culture disrupt the plague of racism.\nPraise for Disrupting Racism\n"Disrupting Racism should be read by everyone. It is a masterpiece. Based on his personal experience, his background as a child prodigy, and his deep knowledge of law and social science, Peter Huang has given an accurate-and wholly empathetic-description of racial discrimination in America (and elsewhere). Remarkably, his characterization of racism leads to sensible and practical prescriptions for how to mitigate this terrible problem-possibly, even to eradicate it." - George Akerlof, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics\n"This book throws new light on the damage that is being done by racial discrimination." - Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics and author of Dynamism\n"Peter Huang is an incredibly engaging writer. Impeccably researched and delightfully presented, this book is one that every American will want to read. It is a true page-turner that beautifully combines economics, law, psychology, and the study of American racism." - Natalie Martin, professor of law at the University of New Mexico School of Law

Disrupting Racism: Essays by an Asian American Prodigy Professor

Huang, Peter

Constitutional Law

People in a resilient society are able to bounce back from shocks, such as pandemics and economic crises. The Resilient Society, by Princeton University economist Markus Brunnermeier, describes how individuals, institutions, and nations can successfully navigate a dynamic, globalized economy filled with unknown risks. Lacking resilience, societies, families, and individuals can reach tipping points from which they cannot recover. Written for business leaders, economists, policymakers, and politically interested citizens, the book argues that the concept of resilience can be a compass for developing a social contract that benefits all people. The author applies his macroeconomic insights to public health, innovation, public debt overhang, inflation, inequality, climate change, and challenges to the global order. The Resilient Society is the 2021 winner of the prestigious German Business Book Prize."Markus Brunnermeier has written a landmark book on resilience. It is an indispensable guide to what we must learn from the pandemic, and how to do better next time." Angus Deaton, 2015 Nobel laureate in economics"In this book, Markus Brunnermeier thinks big about the long-term future, in light of the lessons we have learned from recent transforming events. His book is a significant read for anyone taking a leadership role in the coming years." Robert Shiller, 2013 Nobel laureate in economics"Markus Brunnermeier provides a new framework for understanding resilience in finance and in the political economy. Lucid, clear, and engaging, the book should be required reading for any economist or policymaker seeking a new way of imagining the craft of economics." Gillian Tett, Financial Times, chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large"Markus Brunnermeier, one of the leading economists of this generation, shows us how we can address crises more effectively in the future. His book will be an invaluable resource for scholars and practitioners looking to build a more resilient, just, and productive society." Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor at Harvard University and the director of Opportunity Insights

The Resilient Society

Brunnermeier, Markus

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The Pandemic Information Solution: Overcoming the Brutal Economics of Covid-19

Bridge the Gap: How Leaders Can Revitalize Broken Organizations

Surviving Babies and Toddlers

Surviving a Startup

In Pursuit of the Almost

In Pursuit of the Almost

Developing Healthy Childhood Brains: A Guide for Parent and Teacher Partnerships

Soldier On: A Woman's Memoir of Resilience and Hope

Disrupting Racism: Essays by an Asian American Prodigy Professor

The Resilient Society