The Science of Corruptology
Corruption, which is dishonest conduct, is widespread, tolerated by most and practiced by many. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely...
The Pioneers: Book Review
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West (2019), David McCullough. The tells the early story of...
Upheaval: Book Review
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis (2019), Jared Diamond. Six diverse countries (Finland, Japan, Chile, Indonesia, Germany,...
Are American Presidents Destined to be Mediocre?
Looking back over the post-World War II period, all the presidents seem deficient on various grounds and none stands out as exceptional....
Working: Book Review
Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing (2019), Robert Caro. Taking a break from his fifth and last volume on Lyndon Johnson, Caro...
Sapiens: Book Review
Sapiens: A brief History of Humankind (2014), Yoval Noah Harari, something of a Big History perspective on the last 70,000 years or so of...
The Future is Asian: Book Review
The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict, and Culture in the 21st Century (2019), Parag Khanna, a thorough analysis of a broadly defined...
The Hill to Die On: Book Review
The Hill to Die on: The Battle for Congress and the Future of Trump's America (2019), Sherman & Palmer, Congress in the age of Trump by...
Doing Justice: Book Review
Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law (2019), Preet Bharara. Bharara was US Attorney for the...
Divergent versus Convergent Thinking
These terms were introduced in Mimi Swartz's Ticker about the artificial heart. The idea of divergent thinkers to "explore as many...
Narcissism
There is considerable evidence that President Donald Trump is a narcissist. However, my interests are broader because many business and...
Behavioral Economics
I just finished Behavioral Economics: A Very Short Introduction (2017), Baddeley, as a review of the field. Because I have reviews of...
Capitalism in America: Book Review
Capitalism in America: A History (2018), Greenspan and Woolridge. Alan Greenspan was Federal Reserve Chairman for almost 20 years...
Authoritarianism
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Democracy Index is somewhat pessimistic (based on 2018 scores), with only 11% of the countries of...
Moderates: A Book Review
Moderates: The Vital Center of American Politics, From the Founding to Today by David Brown (2016). This is one of the few books that...