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How privacy is viewed today
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 13, 2012
Author Garret Keizer on the price of privacy and whether it is less valued today than in the past.
Marketer explains how he manipulated the mass media
Jul 25, 2012
Former marketing director for American Apparel, Ryan Holiday, explains how he leaked fake information and lied to reporters. And he says, what he's done is the rule, not the exception.
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Turning tchotchkes into significant objects
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Kai Ryssdal
Jul 19, 2012
Rob Walker and Joshua Glenn's new book, "Significant Objects," is an experiment in good storytelling and a good sales pitch.
In Dave Eggers' 'Hologram,' the fall of U.S. manufacturing
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Kai Ryssdal
Jul 18, 2012
In his new novel, "A Hologram for the King," Dave Eggers muses on manufacturing and the global economy though the eyes of a struggling American businessman in Saudi Arabia.
Building business in Ghana, one battery at a time
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Kai Ryssdal
Jul 17, 2012
After Whit Alexander found success co-creating the board game Cranium, he found a calling in social entrepreneurship. The story of the battery business he built in Ghana is told in a new book by his brother Max.
This election? James Carville says it's all about the middle class
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Kai Ryssdal
Jul 12, 2012
Liberal pundit James Carville explains why class matters in this year's presidential election in his new book, ''It's the Middle Class, Stupid!''
Why you should delay: The upsides to procrastination
Jul 2, 2012
Author Frank Partnoy on how slowing down in a fast-paced world can actually help with decision making.
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In 'Capital,' remembering what we really have
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jun 25, 2012
Author John Lanchester's new novel explores the lives of a group of people living in London on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis. He discusses themes from the book: the London property bubble and capital's role in our lives.
Why geography matters in fixing U.S. unemployment
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Kai Ryssdal
May 31, 2012
Location, location, location. Economist Enrico Moretti says in his new book that it's more important than ever to move to areas with highly educated workers in order to find employment.
'Daily Show' writer overhauls the U.S. constitution
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Kai Ryssdal
May 29, 2012
Humorist Kevin Bleyer attempts to rewrite the document -- and provide a bit of history -- in his new book, "Me the People."