Best Business Books from Bloomberg News
Annotation:An incisive history of cosmetics tycoon Helena Rubinstein and Eugene Schueller, the founder of L'Oreal S.A.
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Annotation:The Princeton psychologist and Nobel laureate synthesizes decades of research into how we make choices about picking stocks, predicting the value of Bordeaux wines and much more. Also available on CD.
Annotation:A former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. trader describes his battle to thrive in a business that drove him over the edge.
Annotation:A memorable biography of the brilliant and maddening man who revolutionized the way we work and play. Also available as downloadable eBook, on CD, and in Spanish.
Annotation:A geeky guide to marital bliss through economics. Also available as downloadable eBook,
Annotation:An eye-opening look at how Communist Party bosses control China's economy.
Annotation:A thoughtful contribution to the debate on whether Fannie Mae really was "ground zero" in the subprime-mortgage explosion.
Annotation:The energy economist who brought us "The Prize" sets out to debunk peak oil theory.
Annotation:A blackly comic journal of what happens after a U.S. factory shuts down.
Annotation:An enlightening look at what randomized control trials, such as those used to assess new drugs, tell us about the behavior of impoverished people and how to help them.
Annotation:The sometimes "schizophrenic" behavior of Goldman Sachs comes into focus in this history by the author of "House of Cards" and "The Last Tycoons."
Annotation:The former head of quantitative finance atGoldman Sachs Group Inc. explores why models failed in the mortgage meltdown and why modelers must use them more wisely.
Annotation:This memoir offers a fascinating look at what it took to build the software behemoth. Also available as downloadable eBook.
Annotation:A reasoned look at how the world's most advanced nations are squandering their economic lead.
Annotation:Four professors at New York University's Stern School of Business explain how Fannie and Freddie got so big and why we must fix them.
Annotation:An absorbing narrative history of economists, from Beatrice Webb to John Maynard Keynes, who pursued the idea that mankind could control its destiny.
Annotation:A bouncy jaunt through the history of Chicago's trading pits.
Annotation:An idiosyncratic yet withering analysis of how 30 years of financial alchemy and excessive credit plunged us into the Great Recession.
Annotation:A brisk primer on the dollar's role as the dominant international currency.
Annotation:An inside look at how Barack Obama came under the spell of Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, "two men whose actions had contributed to the very financial disaster they were hired to solve." Also available in Lg. Type.
Annotation:The prolific Harvard historian explains how the West came to dominate the glo
Annotation:The author of "Liar's Poker" and "The Big Short" returns with a collection of writings on his journeys through "the New Third World," from Iceland and Ireland to California. Also available on CD and Lg. Type.
Annotation:A guide to brain-bending interview questions asked at Google and other innovative companies. "You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and thrown into a blender," one begins. What do you do in the 60 seconds before the blades begin whirring?
Annotation:We all struggle to accept our failures and cut our losses. Yet, admitting our mistakes holds a key to solving intractable problems.
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James Pressley of Bloomberg News shares his recent picks with readers who want to stay up on the latest thinking in the volatile world of economics and financial trends. Your friendly librarian offers sound financial advice by suggesting you check these out rather than run to buy them. Annotations are from Pressley's write-up. Madame Librarian
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