Het kapitaal rukt op in de zorg, het onderwijs, de volkshuisvesting. Huisartspraktijken, kinderopvangcentra, educatieve uitgeverijen, ouderenzorg: ze worden massaal opgekocht door private equity en andere grote kapitaalkrachtige partijen. Hetzelfde geldt voor tandartspraktijken, dierenklinieken en arbodiensten. Als gebruiker heb je er vaak geen weet van, want ze behouden hun oude naam, maar ondertussen telt voor de eigenaren maar één ding: rendement. Hoe heeft het zo ver kunnen komen? En vo...

‘Du Sautoy’s discussion of computer creativity is fascinating’ Observer CAN MACHINES BE CREATIVE?

A myth-busting explanation of inflation, the desperate gullibility of central bankers and finance ministers—and our abject failure to learn from history

'If I were a voter in Britain, I would vote for [Jeremy Corbyn]' - Noam Chomsky, 2017

Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics right now - including an afterword on President Donald Trump

Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account. Here he presents Who Rules the World?, his definitive account of those powers, how they work, an...

An art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it's a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes whether a couple will stay together. A fire-fighter suddenly senses he has to get out of a blazing building. This book is all about those moments when we 'know' something without knowing why.

A celebration of food. It offers a simple invitation to junk the science, ditch the diet and instead rediscover the joys of eating well.

Takes us back to basics and first principles: cooking with fire, with water, with air and with earth. Meeting cooks from all over the world, who share their wisdom and stories, this title shows how cooking is at the heart of our culture and that when it gets down to it, it also fundamentally shapes our lives.

From the visionary bestselling author of The Second World and How to Run the World comes a bracing and authoritative guide to a future shaped less by national borders than by global supply chains, a world in which the most connected powers-and people-will win.

Connectivity is the most revolutionary force of the twenty-first century. Mankind is reengineering the planet, investing up to ten trillion dollars per year in transportation, energy, and communications infrastructure linking t...