Green Revolution

“Provocative…terrific stories” (The New Yorker) of the people who transformed sports—in the span of a single generation—from a job that required even top athletes to work in the off-season to make ends meet into a massive global business. It started, as most business deals do, with a...

When Henry Pash is spurned by the patent office for trying to get official recognition for his idea, he believes his life will continue to go nowhere. All across the world, a new technological phenomenon is taking jobs away from highly-paid executives, but increasing efficiency, saving money, and changing the way people live their lives. Botzecs, as they are known, are the brainchild of George Wells, and his company is taking over the world.

Legend has it that as the American colonies hurtled toward independence, representatives of the Continental Congress, including George Washington, walked into Betsy Ross’s Philadelphia upholstery shop and commissioned the first flag of the Revolutionary nation. Although this story has long...