From the somewhat poorly written (and academic), but otherwise fascinating book Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics by Yasheng Huang, we read this:
The ascendancy of crony capitalism is a fitting testimonial to the Shanghai model and to the industrial policy approach of the 1990’s. Shanghai represent the political triumph of the Latin America path, anchored on [...]
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One of the great joys of writing a blog is that every so often some publicist or other would like to send you a book in the hopes that you review it and spread the word about it via your blog. In return you get the book. This has always seemed like a [...]
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I reviewed the book Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil, by John Ghazvinian at Amazon, and thought I should cross post here. The long and short of it: don’t waste your time. I gave it one measly star.
Here’s the (very short) review:
Having just finished The Prize, Daniel Yergin’s excellent book about the history [...]
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Recently I received a request to review Bits, bytes, and balance sheets: The New Economic Rules of Engagement by Walter Wriston (ex-CEO of Citicorp). I can’t even remember who sent the request, but I always say yes to requests like this. After all, who can say no to free books? And then [...]
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After my talk in Miami some people asked for more references. Here’s a brief list that should at least get you started:
– The Personal MBA Recommended Reading List
- If you’re serious about getting an MBA, but still want to be a designer, then consider an MBA in Design Strategy, offered by California College [...]
Michael Abramowicz, in his new book, Predictocracy: Market Mechanisms for Public and Private Decision Making, resembles nothing so much as a nutritionist. He takes a piece of fruit (prediction markets, in case you’re missing the metaphor) analyzes it in great detail, explains how it works, what makes it good for us, and then proceeds [...]
Google’s hiring of Hal Varian this summer perhaps makes even more sense now in light of today’s news about Google’s new mobile platform (and associated standards), called the Open Handset Alliance (or by the awful nickname, Android).
For those of you who need a refresher, Hal Varian wrote the book Information Rules, in which he describes, [...]
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If you like wine, and happen to be passing by a book store, stop in and read the first seven pages of Super Crunchers. It tells the fascinating tale of Orley Ashenfelter (and his newsletter/website Liquid Assets), who discovered a better way of forecasting the price of great (and not so great) wines. [...]
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Lately I’ve been reading the Snopes Trilogy, starting with The Hamlet by William Faulkner. Faulkner, while a great writer and Nobel Prize winner, suffers from the claustrophobic love of reverent English teachers who force their students to read Faulkner’s BIG, IMPORTANT books, which are mostly unreadable. If you don’t know what I’m talking [...]
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This review first appeared in the Non-Joiners Book Club, a Yahoo Group.
Those of us who are not economists experience markets as they are — without thinking much about how they were designed or how they work. eBay is an excellent example of a market that we all know, probably even use, without a deep [...]
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