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12 GOOD READS EXPAND YOUR SKILLS, GAIN INSIGHT, AND GET INSPIRED WITH THESE TOP PICKS. The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties By Carol Berkin Award-winning historian Carol Berkin tells the real story of political strategy, big egos, bipartisan interests, and the contest between federal government and the states that led to the creation of the Bill of Rights back in 1789. Berkin contends that the Constitution's first 10 amendments were part of a political plan executed by James Madison in order to preserve the federal government's power over the states. e debate continues to this day over whether broad power and authority should lie with the states or with the federal government, and the intent of the founding fathers is still being debated, as evidenced by myriad Supreme Court decisions. Berkin examines these arguments and what they mean for the country today. A World Made for Money: Economy, Geography, and the Way We Live Today By Bret Wallach is compelling tour of the world's economic landscape belongs at a red light in Norman, Oklahoma, where Wallach (the recipient of a MacArthur "genius grant") observed that everything around him–the landscapes of drugstores, banks, and the stoplight and roads themselves – was built to make money or to facilitate the making of money, a global phenomenon that has just come about in the last hundred years or so. Wallach contends that these landscapes of commerce are worth paying attention to. From the Silicon Valley to Sri Lanka to post- Soviet Union Russia to apartheid South Africa, Wallach examines these landscapes of commerce to find out how food is bought, manufactured, grown, and shipped, and how human beings access natural resources to facilitate the process. No-Drama Leadership: How Enlightened Leaders Transform Culture in the Workplace By Marlene Chism In an era where heightened transparency makes it more critical than ever for leaders to "get it right" when making decisions, No-Drama Leadership presents a leadership model that uses case studies, checklists, and examples from various industries and levels of leadership to introduce mindset shifts and practical skills enlightened leaders need to make more grounded and aligned decisions. Today's leaders need more than position, power, business acumen, self-management, communication skills, and emotional intelligence– they need to be aligned, aware, and accountable, and need to be able to balance choice and power with wisdom and responsibility when making decisions. In No-Drama Leadership, Chism provides the skills and training for today's leaders to do just that. The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis By Ben S. Bernanke Taken directly from a historic series of lectures given at George Washington University in 2012 when he was chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Bernanke provides first-hand knowledge of how the country's financial problems were handled through the crisis of 2008. In his lectures, Bernanke reveals background and insights into the actions and decisions made by the central bank during the country's worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. is collection of lectures, originally given by Bernanke as part of a course on the role of the Federal Reserve in the economy, offer insight into the principles that guided the Fed's activities during the recession and the lessons to be learned from the way the central bank handled the challenges.

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