“…Richards reveals the shocking truth about: The latest financial regulations-what every consumer and businessperson needs to know The Dodd-Frank Reform Act-how it targets the wrong people and problems Elizabeth Warren and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau-what they're really up to Consumer credit and debt-why we need to stop blaming the banks The war against free enterprise-what you can do to fight back This startling account walks you through America's government and financial industry from the inside out-exposing the surprising history, the colorful characters, and the earthshaking events that got us where we are today. …”

“…Big Tech Tyrants boast riches beyond emperors of old but act like juveniles who don't want to grow up. They are modern-day robber barons. …”

“…The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, water boarding and Guantanamo are examples of its profound and far-reaching effects. …”

“…In Gesture and Thought he brings together years of this research, arguing that gesturing, an act which has been popularly understood as an accessory to speech, is actually a dialectical component of language. …”

“…The work will be of interest to scholars working in gender studies, Asian studies, and popular culture. It will also act as a source text for higher education courses in Asia, Europe, and the United States…”

“…Using the Finnish National Election Study as a basis, it analyzes how voters act and react in an electoral democracy characterized by a high degree of competition between and within parties, yet a democracy in which the possibility for voters to hold governments accountable for their actions is weak, leading to interesting tensions within the system and influences on how voters relate to, and engage in politics. …”

“…Digital technology has helped researchers and growers to embrace the uncertainties involved in different aspects of crop production via a sense-process-act paradigm that is referred to as Digital Agriculture. …”

“…On this view, virtue is not just a disposition of the soul, it is also a set of rules and regulations for how one should act and interact with others, and this ties it inextricably to gender. …”

“…The authors discuss highly topical social, legal and everyday practical discourses and demands: The amendment of the Personal Status Act, gender-equal language and a "TINclusive" university…”

“…Start with Who takes science-based storytelling for sales, marketing, and talent acquisition to a new level by showing you how to blend Aristotle's Persuasion Model, business neuromarketing, the educational 4MAT system, and a new approach to the Three-Act Play to build customer and candidate trust with only twelve bullet points and a story. …”

“…The faster you derive insights, the quicker you can spot changes in your business and act accordingly. Author Mark Needham from StarTree provides an overview of the real-time analytics space and an understanding of what goes into building real-time applications. …”

“…These steps are: Trigger: disrupt existing mental models and put ourselves in a more imaginative mindset, rethink: focus on "what could be" rather than "what is", act: create a feedback loop from the mind to the world and back again, amplify: spread an evolving idea to others to create collective imagination, codify: imagine a new organizational "machine" that will capture and exploit a new idea while leaving room for future reimagination, sustain: keep imagination alive to run and reinvent your company at the same time. …”

“…It is clear that tokens carried imagery that was connected to the emotions and experiences of different festivals, and that they were designed to act upon their users to provoke particular reactions. …”

“…What you say and how you act in your early days as CEO sets the tone for how you'll be perceived for years to come. …”

“…Valeo (1976) through the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA, 2002). They also examine the driving force behind campaign finance reform--corruption--through historical, transactional, and institutional perspectives. …”

“…A language model such as GPT-3 can act as a sort of super-smart-and-super-dumb teaching assistant: you can ask it questions and follow-up questions, and if you get your questions right, it can genuinely help you build a good mental model of the topic at hand. …”