5 min read ⌚ Inside the Decade that Transformed Wall Street Want to learn more about investment banking? Interested to find out more about its fabulous past and its speculative present? Then delve inside the decade that transformed Wall Street – the 1990s. With Jonathan A. Knee, the “The Accidental Investment Banker.” Who Should Read “The […]
6 min read ⌚ Making the Most of Change Whether you own a $100 startup or the largest Internet company in the world – one thing is fairly certain: things change. The key is to make the most of these changes. In “Managing Transitions” William Bridges explains how. Step by step. Who Should Read “Managing Transitions”? And […]
7 min read ⌚ Thinking Beyond Stage One Should politicians meddle with the economy? And is economics truly “the dismal science”? Thomas Sowell tries to answer these questions by thinking beyond stage one in his exceptionally well received “Applied Economics.” Who Should Read “Applied Economics”? And Why? Whether you like it or not, economics and politics […]
7 min read ⌚ A Brief Economic History of the World Have you ever wondered why some nations are rich and others poor? Or, say, why some of the latter can’t get out of poverty regardless of their systems or the number of benevolent outside interventions? Well, Gregory Clark has – and for most of his […]
7 min read ⌚ The Battle for Our Better Angels “The Soul of America” is a battlefield. And currently Fear is winning. Read with us Jon Meacham’s history of the United States. Because Hope really needs some help. Who Should Read “The Soul of America”? And Why? There’s no better way to understand the present than to […]
6 min read ⌚ Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations As his life is nearing to its inevitable end, John McCain feels the pressing need to cast a candid eye on all the good he had the privilege of experiencing and all the mistakes that he, unfortunately, made. The result? “The Restless Wave,” […]
6 min read ⌚ “I’m no expert” shouldn’t be an excuse to avoid tackling a big problem. On the contrary – it should be a stimulus. Because, Tapiwa Chiwewe says in an inspirational 2017 TED Talk, “You Don’t Have to Be an Expert to Solve Big Problems.” Who Should Read “You Don’t Have to Be an […]
6 min read ⌚ Boy, how much they adored alliteration an age ago! And though Dickens might have had a great run from “Pickwick Papers” through “Nicholas Nickleby” to “A Christmas Carol,” we kind of feel that Jane Austen really mastered the art of alliterative titles before Dickens uttered her first word. Because before “Pride and […]
6 min read ⌚ You know what they say: Everybody dies in Shakespeare; and everybody gets married in Jane Austen. “Mansfield Park” is not an exception. Though it is (a bit) different. Some say: more profound. Others: more simplistic. All: most controversial. See why. Who Should Read “Mansfield Park”? And Why? Jane Austen is much too big […]
6 min read ⌚ It’s not that easy being a famous author. Most fans are great, you know, but the crazed ones – not so much. Join us in reading “Misery,” the book which added the suffix “-atic” to the noun “fan” and gave the word “obsession” a completely new meaning. Also, the only Oscar-winning adaptation […]
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