Adrian Wooldridge Knihy

Autoři, katolík John Micklethwait a ateista Adrian Wooldridge, se jako novináři nezabývají mezinárodní politickou agendou založenou na náboženství. Pokud očekáváte ideologickou knihu, která určí nejlepší světové náboženství, budete zklamáni. Místo toho přinášejí analytické dílo plné nezaujatých dat a postřehů ze sociologie a politologie náboženství, přičemž se zaměřují na křesťanství a Spojené státy. Kniha čtenáře obohatí o informace z oblasti, o níž neměl tušení. I když byla napsána před změnou na papežském úřadě a před bin Ládinovou smrtí, její myšlenky zůstávají nadčasové: problémy ve světě nespočívají v náboženství samotném, ale v jeho spojení s autoritářskou mocí. Autoři ukazují na návrat víry do veřejného i soukromého prostoru a vyzývají čtenáře, aby se na náboženství nedívali jen jako na dobro nebo zlo, ale aby zvážili jeho užitečné světské role. Kniha se zabývá otázkou, zda je moderní svět nepřítelem náboženství, přičemž zmiňuje revoluci ve Francii a vize Otců zakladatelů USA o náboženské svobodě. Historie ukazuje, že ekonomická prosperita a náboženská svoboda se vzájemně podmiňují a že náboženství a moderní svět se nevylučují. Vize náboženské plurality a tolerance vyžaduje svobodu výběru víry nebo jejího odmítnutí.

An inspiring, rip-roaring read - like the astonishing story it describes' Liam Halligan, Daily Telegraph. Where does prosperity come from, and how does it spread through society? What role does innovation play in creating prosperity, and why do some eras see its benefits spread more democratically while others do not? Alan Greenspan, former Chair of the Federal Reserve, distills a lifetime of grappling with these questions into a profound assessment of the decisive drivers of the US economy throughout its history. Alongside historian Adrian Wooldridge, he unfolds a narrative of vast landscapes, titanic figures, and significant breakthroughs, alongside moral failings. Every crucial American economic debate is explored, from slavery's role in the antebellum Southern economy to America's fluctuating openness to global trade. The authors argue that America's genius lies in its embrace of creative destruction—the relentless cycle of the old giving way to the new. Though messy and painful, this process has elevated the majority of Americans to unprecedented living standards. As productivity stalls and populist sentiments rise, the work explains why America has thrived in the past and remains a formidable engine of economic growth.

Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left? In The Aristocracy of Talent, esteemed journalist and historian Adrian Wooldridge traces the history of meritocracy forged by the politicians and officials who introduced the revolutionary principle of open competition, the psychologists who devised methods for measuring natural mental abilities, and the educationalists who built ladders of educational opportunity. He looks outside western cultures and shows what transformative effects it has had everywhere it has been adopted, especially once women were brought into the meritocratic system. Wooldridge also shows how meritocracy has now become corrupted and argues that the recent stalling of social mobility is the result of failure to complete the meritocratic revolution. Rather than abandoning meritocracy, he says, we should call for its renewal.

An urgent and informed look at the challenges America and world governments will face in a post Covid-19 world. The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that governments matter again, that competent leadership is the difference between living and dying. A few governments proved adept at handling the crisis while many others failed. Are Western governments healthy and strong enough to keep their citizens safe from another virulent virus--and protect their economies from collapse? Is global leadership passing from the United States to Asia--and particularly China? The Wake-Up Call addresses these urgent questions. Journalists and longtime collaborators John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge identify the problems Western leaders face, and outline a detailed plan to help them become more vigilant, better prepared, and responsive to disruptive future events. The problems that face us are enormous; as The Wake-Up Call makes clear, governments around the world must re-engineer the way they operate to successfully meet the challenges ahead.

THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARShortlisted for the 2021 Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for many social ills is misplaced-and that assigning responsibilities to the people best able to discharge them really is better than the time-honoured customs of corruption, patronage, nepotism and hereditary castes' Steven PinkerMeritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their status at birth. For much of history this was a revolutionary thought, but by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is meritocracy now under attack from both right and left?Adrian Wooldridge traces the history of meritocracy forged by the politicians and officials who introduced the revolutionary principle of open competition, the psychologists who devised methods for measuring natural mental abilities and the educationalists who built ladders of educational opportunity. He looks outside western cultures and shows what transformative effects it has had everywhere it has been adopted, especially once women were brought into the meritocractic system.Wooldridge also shows how meritocracy has now become corrupted and argues that the recent stalling of social mobility is the result of failure to complete the meritocratic revolution. Rather than abandoning meritocracy, he says, we should call for its renewal

From Washington to Detroit, from Brasilia to New Delhi, there is a dual crisis of political legitimacy and political effectiveness. The Fourth Revolution crystallizes the scope of the crisis and points forward to our future.The authors enjoy extraordinary access to influential figures and forces the world over, and the book is a global tour of the innovators in how power is to be wielded. The age of big government is over; the age of smart government has begun. Many of the ideas the authors discuss seem outlandish now, but the center of gravity is moving quickly. This tour drives home a powerful argument: that countries' success depends overwhelmingly on their ability to reinvent the state. And that much of the West--and particularly the United States--is failing badly in its task. China is making rapid progress with government reform at the same time as America is falling badly behind.

Kniha o histórii a vývoji firiem je napísaná ľahkým zrozumiteľným štýlom. Napriek popularizačnému tónu po nej určite siahnu aj dobre orientovaní podnikatelia, manažéri riadenia firiem ale i študenti univerzít zameraných na manažérske disciplíny.