Bøger af Christopher Leonard

The New York Times bestseller by business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America’s most mysterious institutions — the Federal Reserve — to show how its policies over the past ten years have accelerated income inequality and put our country’s economic stability at risk.

Just as Steve Coll told the story of globalisation through ExxonMobil and Andrew Ross Sorkin told the story of Wall Street excess through Too Big to Fail, Christopher Leonard's Kochland uses the extraordinary account of how the biggest private company in the world became that big to tell the story of modern corporate America.

Most Christians assume that the Jewish festivals are mere human inventions-but in fact, they're celebrations established by God that teach us important truths about our relationship with Him.Followers of Christ tend to guard Christmas and Easter jealously as the two most sacred days to remember and celebrate Jesus. Though these holidays can fuel your imagination and ignite your worship, they were never instituted by God. In the Old Testament, God appointed seven specific times when the ancient Israelites were to hold feasts or festivals. These appointed times continue to reveal deeper meaning into the Person and gospel of Jesus Christ to any who would believe. Dr. Christopher Leonard, the author of God's Appointed Times and Freed to Obey, was a beloved shepherd to the three churches he pastored. In 2017, he was pastoring Community Church of Fish Creek in Wisconsin when God unexpectedly called him home. He left behind a beautiful legacy of loving people and of helping connect them to the Savior he loved most of all.In Dr. Leonard's comprehensive yet accessible study of ancient Israel's God-appointed celebrations, you will learn: - Key events from Israel's history that God wanted His people to commemorate- Insights into God's prophetic calendar-both past and future- The significance of Jesus' teaching during the times He observed these sacred days- The importance of each of these feasts and festivals for the Christian today- How each of these appointed times points directly to Jesus HimselfEach chapter concludes with thought-provoking questions and a suggested action step to help you apply these truths to your own life and relationship with God.Are you ready to enrich your spiritual journey, to begin deeply significant traditions in your family, or to lead your church to a better understanding of how to integrate the Old and New Testaments?Discover the deeper significance of the ancient Israelite feasts and festivals as you immerse yourself in God's Appointed Times-energizing your worship and celebrations of God and His Son!

An investigative journalist takes you inside the corporate meat industry—a shocking, in-depth report every American should read.How much do you know about the meat on your dinner plate? Journalist Christopher Leonard spent more than a decade covering the country’s biggest meat companies, including four years as the national agribusiness reporter for the Associated Press. Now he delivers the first comprehensive look inside the industrial meat system, exposing how a handful of companies executed an audacious corporate takeover of the nation’s meat supply.Leonard’s revealing account shines a light on the inner workings of Tyson Foods, a pioneer of the industrial system that dominates the market. You’ll learn how the food industry got to where it is today, and how companies like Tyson have escaped the scrutiny they deserve. You’ll discover how these companies are able to raise meat prices for consumers while pushing down the price they pay to farmers. And you’ll even see how big business and politics have derailed efforts to change the system, from a years-long legal fight in Iowa to the Obama administration’s recent failed attempt to pass reforms.Important, timely, and explosive, The Meat Racket is an unvarnished portrait of the food industry that now dominates America’s heartland.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2019 * WINNER OF THE J ANTHONY LUKAS WORK-IN-PROGRESS AWARD * FINANCIAL TIMES' BEST BOOKS OF 2019 * NPR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019 * FINALIST FOR THE FINACIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF 2019 * KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOKS OF 2019 * SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOKS OF 2019 ';SuperbAmong the best books ever written about an American corporation.' Bryan Burrough, The New York Times Book Review Just as Steve Coll told the story of globalization through ExxonMobil and Andrew Ross Sorkin told the story of Wall Street excess through Too Big to Fail, Christopher Leonard's Kochland uses the extraordinary account of how one of the biggest private companies in the world grew to be that big to tell the story of modern corporate America.The annual revenue of Koch Industries is bigger than that of Goldman Sachs, Facebook, and US Steel combined. Koch is everywhere: from the fertilizers that make our food to the chemicals that make our pipes to the synthetics that make our carpets and diapers to the Wall Street trading in all these commodities. But few people know much about Koch Industries and that's because the billionaire Koch brothers have wanted it that way. For five decades, CEO Charles Koch has kept Koch Industries quietly operating in deepest secrecy, with a view toward very, very long-term profits. He's a genius businessman: patient with earnings, able to learn from his mistakes, determined that his employees develop a reverence for free-market ruthlessness, and a master disrupter. These strategies made him and his brother David together richer than Bill Gates. But there's another side to this story. If you want to understand how we killed the unions in this country, how we widened the income divide, stalled progress on climate change, and how our corporations bought the influence industry, all you have to do is read this book. Seven years in the making, Kochland ';is a dazzling feat of investigative reporting and epic narrative writing, a tour de force that takes the reader deep inside the rise of a vastly powerful family corporation that has come to influence American workers, markets, elections, and the very ideas debated in our public square. Leonard's work is fair and meticulous, even as it reveals the Kochs as industrial Citizens Kane of our time' (Steve Coll, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Private Empire).