Malcolm Gladwell: Book Reviews
After Talking to Strangers, it's time to reread Gladwell's earlier books and add some analysis. A basic characteristic of Gladwell's...
Education of an Idealist: Book Review
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir (2019), Samantha Power. Detailed memoir of her life, parts of it relevant to a MVG perspective....
Becoming: Book Review
Becoming (2018), Michelle Obama, interesting and inspirational memoir by the former First Lady. She grew up in a working class home in...
Information Wars: Book Review
Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation & What We Can Do About It (2019), Richard Stengel. Stengel was...
Wall Streeters: Book Review
Wall Streeters: The Creators and Corruptors of American Finance (2017), Edward Morris. Covers 14 men with influence on 20th century...
Three Cheers for South Park
After South Park was banned by China for criticism on censorship, creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone issued the following "official...
Talking to Strangers: Book Review
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About The People We Don't Know (2019), Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell is on my list to read as soon...
Blinders for Economists
My blinders hypothesis is still alive and well. I'm an accountant, but much of my training is in economics (plus I have a masters degree...
Cheap Thrills: Mocking the Other Guy
Reading the Sunday editorials, I was struck by the gratuitous insults using a single modifier, usually an adjective. It started with a...
Phishing for Phools: Book Review
Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception (2015), George Akerlof and Robert Shiller (AS), considering behavioral...
George Will Goes After Chicago Restaurants
In today's column "The Land of the Free and the Home of the Rent-seekers" Will attacks Chicago restaurants as rent seekers, which he...
The Art of the Steal
"Scammers don't cheat because they need the money--they cheat because they're cheaters." Interesting article in the Austin-American...
Firefighting: Book Review
Firefighting: The Financial Crisis and Its Lessons (2019), Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner, and Hank Paulson. The Big Three, in charge of...
People, Power, and Profits: Book Review
People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent (2019), Joseph Stiglitz. Stiglitz takes aim at Republican...
It's All in the Storytelling
As writers know, stories impact imagination. Have an amazing story of why Christopher Marlowe wrote Shakespeare's play and people are...