The Director’s Picks – January 2010
Fuqua School Dean Blair Sheppard asked Ford Library Director, Meg Trauner to select five recent business books that should “be on his nightstand”.
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- In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s war on the great panic by David Wessel.An authoritative account of the inner workings of the Fed as they avoid a financial meltdown. Read the full review.
- The Healing of America: a global quest for better, cheaper and fairer health care by T.R. Reid.Describes health care models in free-market economies that provide health care for everyone at a reasonable cost. Read the full review.
- The Myth of the Rational Market: a history of risk, reward and delusion on Wall Street by Justin Fox.Focuses on the academic debate on capital markets.
- How the Mighty Fall: and why some companies never give in by Jim Collins.The author of Good to Great and Built to Last describes the five stages of corporate decline. Read the full review.
- Supercorp: how vanguard companies create innovation, profits, growth and social good by Rosabeth Moss Kanter.A corporate culture that values business performance and social contribution leads to growth and innovation over the long term. Read the full review.
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January 21st, 2010 at 12:56 pm
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