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Basic Venture

Welcome to Basic Venture

We publish experts in economics and business. Our authors are the go-to authorities in their field, sought after by media and organizations looking for big ideas that change our work and make sense of our world.

Basic Venture builds on the foundation of PublicAffairs’ two decades of business and economics publishing excellence and the 75-year legacy of Basic Books. Books on the Basic Venture list cover topics including economic history, political economy, public policy, and leadership and management.

There’s Got to Be a Better Way
There’s Got to Be a Better Way
Retirement Bites
Retirement Bites
The Framemaking Sale
The Framemaking Sale
Personal Branding for Introverts
Personal Branding for Introverts
Team Players
Team Players
The Storyteller’s Advantage
The Storyteller’s Advantage
Manage Yourself to Lead Others
Manage Yourself to Lead Others
The Long-Haul Leader
The Long-Haul Leader
The Creative Shift
The Creative Shift
The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems
The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems
This Isn’t Working
This Isn’t Working
The Storyteller’s Advantage
The Storyteller’s Advantage
It’s on You
It’s on You
The Doom Loop
The Doom Loop
The Billionaire Who Wasn’t
The Billionaire Who Wasn’t
Recession
Recession
The Rules That Make Us
The Rules That Make Us
Mission Ready
Mission Ready
Moral Economics
Moral Economics
The Ambition Penalty
The Ambition Penalty