What if the way we understand the world is wrong? What if it is not politicians and world events that have fundamentally transformed our everyday lives but business deals made in secret? In Done: The Secret Deals that are Changing Our World, Jacques Peretti tells the story of the secret history of the deals that are changing our world.
Go behind the scenes of the most shocking, hilarious, controversial genre of entertainment: reality television. Reality TV's influence is seismic: twenty-five years ago, the concept didn't exist. Yet today, it is one of the most powerful cultural forces on earth; a multi-billion-dollar machine. Despite that, it is often derided as "trash"; a cultural McDonalds not worthy of examination. The truth is that reality TV offers a profound insight into who we are as human beings, questioning the very nature of what we deem to be entertaining. Writer, broadcaster and reality TV-obsessive Jacques Peretti goes behind the scenes of a world that has entranced and consumed him for two decades. Meeting with people at every level of the reality TV machine, from those responsible for coming up with ever-more extreme formats, to the contestants and participants at the heart of some of the most iconic moments in television, who felt that their lives and their vulnerabilities were being exploited in the name of entertainment. This is reality TV as you've never seen it before.
Wstrząsające – bo prawdziwe – świadectwo. Historia, która nie powinna się powtórzyć, ale której nie wolno przemilczeć. Gdy Alina Peretti zaczyna się zmagać z demencją, jej syn Jacques uświadamia sobie, że to ostatni moment, by spisać historię, która porusza go najbardziej: historię własnej rodziny. Próbuje więc wygrać wyścig z czasem, bo uważa, że utrwalenie wspomnień matki jest jego powinnością wobec bliskich i świata. Alina Peretti, obecnie ponaddziewięćdziesięcioletnia, doświadczyła na własnej skórze dwóch szalejących totalitaryzmów XX wieku. Kiedy miała osiem lat, wybuchła druga wojna światowa i cały świat dziewczynki legł w gruzach. Została wywieziona na Sybir, trafiła do obozów przejściowych, by wreszcie znaleźć schronienie w Szwecji. Jej uparta matka postanowiła jednak wrócić z córką do Warszawy, aby odnaleźć pozostałe dzieci. Po powstaniu warszawskim, z którego cudem uszły z życiem, Alina z matką i siostrą trafiły tam, gdzie śmierć zbierała największe żniwo – do obozu w Auschwitz. ALINA PERETTI Polka, która przeżyła wywózkę na Sybir, powstanie warszawskie i obóz w Auschwitz. Po wojnie studiowała architekturę na Uniwersytecie Wrocławskim. Wyemigrowała najpierw do Francji, a potem do Wielkiej Brytanii, gdzie wyszła za mąż i pracowała do emerytury jako architekt. Jacques Peretti to jej jedyny syn. JACQUES PERETTI Dziennikarz „Guardiana”, nagradzany reporter śledczy BBC, realizator telewizyjnych programów dokumentalnych i wreszcie biograf swojej ukochanej matki Aliny. Studiował ekonomię w London School of Economics. Jest autorem książki Zakulisowe umowy, które zmieniły świat, a także licznych artykułów w magazynie „Wired” i serwisie internetowym Hu?Post. Mieszka w Londynie.
"Much of the world around us--from the food we eat to the products we buy to the medications we take--is shaped by private negotiations and business deals few of us know about. The Deals That Made the World, takes us inside the sphere of these powerful players, examining ten groundbreaking business deals that have transformed our modern economy. Peretti reveals how corporate executives engineered an entire diet industry built on failure; how PayPal conquered online payments (and the specific behavioral science that underpins its success); and how pharmaceutical executives concocted a plan to successfully market medications to healthy people. For twenty years, Peretti has interviewed the people behind the decisions that have altered our world, from CEOs of multinational corporations to politicians, economists, and scientists. Drawing on his vast knowledge, Peretti reveals a host of fascinating and startling connections, from how Wall Street's actions on food commodities helped spark the Arab Spring to the link between the AIDS epidemic in 1980s San Francisco and the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008. Touching upon tech, finance, artificial intelligence, and the other levers of power in a postglobalization environment, Peretti offers a compelling way to understand the last hundred years--and a suggestion of what the next hundred might hold"--Dust jacket flap.
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Reckless Ambition, Backroom Negotiations, and the Hidden Truths of Business
Focusing on ten pivotal business deals, this book explores how these transactions have significantly shaped the contemporary landscape. Each case study reveals the strategies, challenges, and impacts of these agreements, providing insights into the dynamics of business and innovation. Through engaging narratives, readers will discover the intricate connections between these deals and their lasting influence on industries and economies worldwide.