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10 GOOD READS EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS. What Adam Smith Knew By: James R. Otteson Otteson takes an in-depth look at exactly what defines capitalism and why its advocates support it, what the main objections are to capitalism that have been raised by critics, and whether there are moral reasons to support capitalism or oppose it. rough seminal readings, the book provides answers on the nature, purpose, and effects of capitalism as its most influential expositors, both historical, and contemporary, understood it and explained it. Selections include essays from Adam Smith and other thinkers such as Locke, Rousseau, and Hayek. With What Adam Smith Knew, you can make an informed judgment as to whether markets and morality mix. Who's Your City? How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life By: Richard Florida Choosing the city in which you live could be the most important decision you ever make. Not all places are created equal, and Richard Florida uses his signature intellectual originality to explain exactly why place matters more now than ever. His book defends the assertion that your happiness depends upon finding a city where you can thrive by balancing your personal and career goals. While refuting the information-age cliché that globalization has made place irrelevant by using innovative research, Who's Your City provides indispensable tools that will help you choose the right place to live. Confidence: How Much You Really Need and How to Get It By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Ph.D. Confidence will teach you how to make your insecurities work for you in every facet of your life. Being highly confident doesn't necessarily make you more likeable, more employable, or more successful, according to world- renowned personality expert Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic. In fact, being highly confident has no genuine benefits beyond making you feel good, and it might even be self-destructive. On the other hand, low confidence can help you make realistic risk assessments, protect you from disastrous situations, and help you find the real key to achievement by encouraging you to be more competent. Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy By: Francis Fukuyama is is the second volume in a series of works on the political order and the history of the modern state, following 2011's critically acclaimed bestseller Origins of Political Order. Fukuyama explores the question of how societies develop strong, personal, and accountable institutions, and he follows the story from the French Revolution to the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics. e author examines why some societies have been better at rooting out the corruption of governance than others, and he takes an in-depth look the future of democracy as it relates to a rising global middle class and political paralysis in the West.