Washoe County Library System

"Bold is a radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools to create extraordinary wealth while also positively impacting the lives of billions."--Jacket flap.

Explores the up-and-down history of ice cream maker Ben and Jerry's, a company committed to making great ice cream, supporting progressive causes and spreading its wealth to employees and stakeholders.

A businessman argues that the world will undergo serious damage from climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, even in the unlikely event that governments meet their pledges, and suggests ways to use the techniques of business leadership to employ what is known and develop new ways to make the economic and social changes necessary to mitigate the coming crisis.

"If you've been watching the news of late, you've noticed a subtle shift in the world order. Our political landscape remains bitterly divided, while a new administration seeks to obliterate wide swaths of the government. In an era where civic trust is quickly eroding away, it's easy to imagine this gap being filled by the large, international businesses many consumers have come to trust, as they begin to encroach upon all aspects of our lives. Welcome...

The co-winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize describes why he feels that current capitalism is broken and leads to inequality, unemployment and environmental destruction and presents his ideas for a new capitalism that serves human needs in innovative ways.