Feel like you're running on an economic hamster wheel, powering an economy that benefits only a relative few? Jared Bernstein's "Crunch" is for you. So says reviewer Harry Hurt III in A Rock, A Hard Place and an Exit Strategy. Hurt walks through Bernstein's discussion...
I think markets have blind spots, along with a certain caustic wit. But the Templeton Foundation has been funding research into what you might call the two sides of Adam Smith, melding the free-market capitalism of "The Wealth of Nations" with the moral philosophy of its predecessor, "The Theory...
I've been reviewing Creating A World Without Poverty, Muhammad Yunus' visionary book about a new kind of capitalism. I looked at the book in three parts: Muhammad Yunus: Capitalism Is Half-Baked How Muhammad Yunus Created an Impossible Business ...
With the New Year comes the inevitable: goals, sometimes known as resolutions. Here's one that's outside the norm: be a better corporate citizen. In fact, be a good global corporate citizen. That's the call from Klaus Schwab, head of the World Economic Forum and...
The master of the Innovator's Dilemma has turned his eye on the educator's dilemma. Clay Christensen has a new book out, Disrupting Class. I'm talking with him next week about this book and his October book, a volume on healthcare called "The Innovator's Prescription."...
Readers have started sending me suggestions for books I should review. Since there are more books than seconds on the clock, I typically respond by asking for their thoughts on the book instead. One of you took me up on this, on the book "China Road: A Journey Into the...
