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The Passion Economy

The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century

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 The brilliant creator of NPR's Planet Money podcast and award-winning New Yorker staff writer explains our current economy: laying out its internal logic and revealing the transformative hope it offers for millions of people to thrive as they never have before.

Contrary to what you may have heard, the middle class is not dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. In fact, writes Adam Davidson—one of our leading public voices on economic issues—the twenty-first-century economic paradigm offers new ways of making money, fresh paths toward professional fulfillment, and unprecedented opportunities for curious, ambitious individuals to combine the things they love with their careers.

Drawing on the stories of average people doing exactly this—an accountant overturning his industry, a sweatshop owner's daughter fighting for better working conditions, an Amish craftsman meeting the technological needs of Amish farmers—as well as the latest academic research, Davidson shows us how the twentieth-century economy of scale has given way in this century to an economy of passion. He makes clear, too, that though the adjustment has brought measures of dislocation, confusion, and even panic, these are most often the result of a lack of understanding.

The Passion Economy delineates the ground rules of the new economy, and armed with these, we begin to see how we can succeed in it according to its own terms—intimacy, insight, attention, automation, and, of course, passion. An indispensable road map and a refreshingly optimistic take on our economic future. Economics Entrepreneurship Management & Leadership Small Business & Entrepreneurship Business Management Inspiring Capitalism Leadership Amish Money Technology
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This book was a revelation for me. The way to find a job you are passionate about was told so well through the real stories shared. I have already listened to several parts of the book twice and will keep coming back for more. It just struck a chord in so many ways - I am really grateful I came across this book. Thank you Adam Davidson.

Such a good book!

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The author outlines examples of how declining businesses can reorient themselves to avoid commoditization. This isn't a detailed how-to guide, more of a series of anecdotes intended to show that alternatives to the doom and gloom that often pervade the news.

The book is entertaining and well narrated.

An interesting exercise in optimism

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