{"product_id":"everyone-is-an-entrepreneur-gregory-v-diehl-9781945884689","title":"Everyone Is an Entrepreneur: Selling Economic Self-Determination in a Post-Soviet World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An intelligent exploration of the psychology of the entrepreneur and the toxic effects of authoritarianism.\" \u003cem\u003e-Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An intriguing economics text addressed to post-Soviet Bloc audiences who are interested in business development... a compelling picture of the changes wrought by economic shifts.\" \u003cem\u003e-Foreword Clarion Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eWesterners today grow up with abundant opportunities to determine their own values, identities, and roles in society. But for generations, millions who lived under Soviet rule in the USSR had these essential freedoms withheld, determined instead by a central authority that claimed the right to choose for them and enforce compliance. Thirty years after the Soviet Union's decisive collapse, the old communist paradigm continues to limit those who come of age in a post-Soviet world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEveryone Is an Entrepreneur\u003c\/em\u003e showcases the experience of an American author acclimating to life in the developing post-Soviet economy of Armenia in a rural area called Kalavan village. Along the way, he examines how the intelligent and hardworking people he lives among are stuck in a state of transition away from all-encompassing, bureaucratic control. They struggle to adjust to the responsibilities of economic self-determination because they have never learned how to see the world through entrepreneurial eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntrepreneurship is a principled way of seeing the world, a paradigm that applies to people in all cultural and economic circumstances: Artists, office workers, doctors, teachers, farmers, and laborers alike. By adopting this universal outlook, anyone can produce more wealth, accomplish bigger goals, and take control of their life like never before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory V. Diehl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945884681\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945884689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Identity Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlueInk Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/19\/2022","brand":"Gregory V. Diehl","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056430543103,"sku":"9781945884689","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_de7a6936-41d1-4ba9-beb8-b355679685e3.jpg?v=1685041268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everyone-is-an-entrepreneur-gregory-v-diehl-9781945884689","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}