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Roy

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  • "Thought Provoking"

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    Anderson in "The Long Tail" taught us about doing business on the internet. He showed us how everyone could find a niche market to serve. In "Free" he tells us what happens when the cost of doing business on the Web reaches zero. Everyone will not be satisfied with his presentation here, but it is certainly thought provoking.

    In this timely volume Anderson first puts the concept of "Free" into historical context. This is an informative section and necessary for a full understanding of what follows. Subsequently, he makes and illustrates his belief that in the electronic market place the cost of doing business will soon reach zero and free is always a choice. All of this he does well. I felt sections dealing with business outside of the electronic environment were weaker,but still interesting. I hope that we see other books on these timely subjects.

    The book stimulates speculation on the part of the listener. For example, when computing power goes to zero routine medical diagnostics should cost the health care system zero! As well, physicians may well be freed (sorry) to spend more time on sicker patients. Or, as the cost of electricity from a Wind Farm nears zero, will power hungry vendors (Google server farms comes to mind) move geographically nearer to those sources of power to benefit?

    An aside - Anderson's book has a number of side bars in each chapter. In the audio book those are opened and closed with a little "bong" sound. I came to look forward to every such aside.

    I hope we hear more from Anderson. He doesn't answer all of the questions and everyone could nitpick. However, he raises issues, illuminates current conditions, and provokes thought. Pretty good combination.

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    FREE: The Future of a Radical Price

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    The New York Times best-selling author heralds the future of business in Free. In his revolutionary best seller, The Long Tail, Chris Anderson demonstrated how the online marketplace creates niche markets, allowing products and consumers to connect in a way that has never been possible before. Now, in Free, he makes the compelling case that, in many instances, businesses can profit more from giving things away than they can by charging for them.

    Roy says: "Thought Provoking"
  • "Contemporary History at Its Best"

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    Banks, real estate, and now the American auto industry have all been covered and Paul Ingrassia does us a favor for filling us in on the car parts (pun intended). He includes the good the bad and ugly.

    First, Ingrassia begins at the beginning and covers a lot of ground that to some may be familiar. The start of US auto manufacture, the establishment of GM, Ford, Chrysler and others. The boom years, oil embargo, muscle cars, SUV rage and the Japanese invasion are all here. The latter part of the book, of course, details the ultimate demise of GM and Chrysler.

    Ingrassia could be accused of union bashing, but I thought he was really explaining the codependency between management and the unions. He certainly comes down hard on the Honda bribery years and leaves rooms for all of us to hang our heads.

    This is really a sad tale and I wonder if the story of the US auto industry might not be a metaphor for the decline of our competitive abilities in general.

    Wonderfully written, Crash Course is read by the very able Patrick Lawlor. It is keeps the listener's interest. I would hope that every American concerned about our competitive situation and economic future will give the book a try.


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    Crash Course: The American Automobile Industry's Road from Glory to Disaster

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    In Crash Course, Ingrassia answers the big questions: Was Detroit's self-destruction inevitable? What were the key turning points? Why did Japanese automakers manage American workers better than the American companies themselves? Ingrassia also describes dysfunctional corporate cultures (even as GM's market share plunged, the company continued business as usual) and Detroit's perverse system of "inverse layoffs" (which allowed union members to invoke seniority to avoid work).

    Roy says: "Contemporary History at Its Best"
  • "Contemporary History at Its Best"

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    Banks, real estate, and now the American auto industry have all been covered and Paul Ingrassia does us a favor for filling us in on the car parts (pun intended). He includes the good the bad and ugly.

    First, Ingrassia begins at the beginning and covers a lot of ground that to some may be familiar. The start of US auto manufacture, the establishment of GM, Ford, Chrysler and others. The boom years, oil embargo, muscle cars, SUV rage and the Japanese invasion are all here. The latter part of the book, of course, details the ultimate demise of GM and Chrysler.

    Ingrassia could be accused of union bashing, but I thought he was really explaining the codependency between management and the unions. He certainly comes down hard on the Honda bribery years and leaves rooms for all of us to hang our heads.

    This is really a sad tale and I wonder if the story of the US auto industry might not be a metaphor for the decline of our competitive abilities in general.

    Wonderfully written, Crash Course is read by the very able Patrick Lawlor. It is keeps the listener's interest. I would hope that every American concerned about our competitive situation and economic future will give the book a try.


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    In Crash Course, Ingrassia answers the big questions: Was Detroit's self-destruction inevitable? What were the key turning points? Why did Japanese automakers manage American workers better than the American companies themselves? Ingrassia also describes dysfunctional corporate cultures (even as GM's market share plunged, the company continued business as usual) and Detroit's perverse system of "inverse layoffs" (which allowed union members to invoke seniority to avoid work).

    Roy says: "Contemporary History at Its Best"
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    This is one of those rare books that strikes the right balance between being choked full of fascinating information, and not being over the head of a non-specialists. It has a tremendous breadth of coverage, and I would absolutely recommend it first (before anything by Sachs or Easterly, for example) for those interested in development economics. (It's not a bad read for economists either.)

    For those who don't know: there's a longstanding feud between Sachs and Easterly--who sit at opposite ends of Manhattan at Columbia and NYU respectively--over, among other things, whether giving more aid to poor countries actually does any good, with Sachs arguing that it does, and Easterly basically arguing that if you don't have good "institutions"--which no one ever quite fully defines--nothing is going to help. Banerjee and and Duflo, at MIT, are trying to move the discipline beyond this old argument, and I would say largely succeed in this book. They do this by focusing on data driven results, especially experimental results, which are very rare in much of economics, but are becoming more and more the norm in development since there's a good deal of donor money and projects in poor countries can be remarkably inexpensive. So, for example, there's this really old irritating argument over whether giving away mosquito bednets, as opposed to selling them cheaply, actually leads to less usage because people don't value them. Well, someone finally actually did the experiment, and found that people who are given bednets mostly do actually use them, though they may take extras and waste them, and selling them really cheap works pretty well too. This is what development economists spend their time on.

    But there are many more interesting facts to be learned from this book. For example, hunger apparently isn't a problem almost anywhere in the world, though a few specific spots in sub-Saharan Africa may be exceptions. But in most places, if you give people more money to be spent on food, they don't end up eating any more calories; they just eat nicer food. On the other hand, poor nutrition among children and pregnant women may be an issue with serious long-term costs. Community scale drinking water systems may be one of the most effective ways of preventing illness. Microfinance doesn't hurt the poor, but it doesn't seem to help all that much either. Insurance schemes for the poor may seem like a nice idea, but are very hard to implement and are often resisted by those they're intended to help.

    My main quibble: This new approach to development is inherently microeconomic (as opposed to macro) in nature. You can't really do macroeconomic experiments where you transform one country's economy and not another. Which doesn't mean macro issues aren't discussed at all--there's a very long discourse on how poverty traps, essentially a macro idea, are to be understood at the micro level. But some of the big ideas in development are inherently macro in nature. One book can't do everything, but since I really do think this should be the first book non-specialists read, I would have liked the authors to summarize some of the other perspectives on the field a little more/better.

  • The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America

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    I listen to a lot of historical nonfiction, so I don't call a book like this dry lightly. And maybe there's no better way to write something like this. But unfortunately the book ends up being just painfully dull. The origins of corporations turn out just not to be as interesting as those of military or religious movements or whatnot. So we learn that as of such and such a year, one of our protagonists owned a business selling teas on a certain street, where records show there were many such businesses, and an advertisement lists the address as a more prestigious location around the corner from where the actual entrance was according to maps, and the teas were mostly sourced from various conventional distributors but were being repackaged and marketed as more exotic, etc. Just really dry.

    I'll admit it: I gave up. Maybe it becomes a lot more interesting. I hope so because I may come back to it at some point. The book raises really interesting issues. This was a period of time when the nature of businesses was changing greatly. There used to be a large merchant class of independent store owners; today we take for granted that most of our retail experiences are with large faceless corporations. Maybe a broader survey could make this point without getting too bogged down in minutiae. But then, maybe that would be boring for lack of interesting characters and specific events.

    Unfortunately, as is, I just can't recommend anyone pick up this book.

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    Schiff explains the financial situation facing all of us today and how best to deal with it. He takes into account, people at various stages of life: students contemplating education and career choices, mid-career people looking for shelter from the storm, and retirees who want the best possible lifestyle on fixed funds. It is an audio that could not be more relevant for today's global crisis.

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    The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets: How to Keep Your Portfolio Up

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    In the wake of falling stock and real estate prices, the American economy is poised for a decade-long bear market, so says Peter Schiff. After he accurately predicted the current market turmoil, savvy investors should pay attention - and start protecting their assets now, before the markets take their toll. The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets shows investors how to stay safe and stay liquid during economic downturns.

    morton says: "Excellent and Timely"

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  • Basic Economics, Fourth Edition: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy
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    Basic Economics, Fourth Edition: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy

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    • By Thomas Sowell
    • Narrated By Tom Weiner
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    The fourth edition of Basic Economics is both expanded and updated. A new chapter on the history of economics itself has been added, and the implications of that history examined. Among other additions throughout the book, a new section on the special role of corporations in the economy has been added to the chapter on government and big business.

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  • The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis
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    • By Steven J. Harper
    • Narrated By Walter Dixon
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    In The Lawyer Bubble, Steven J. Harper reveals how a culture of short-term thinking has blinded some of the nation’s finest minds to the long-run implications of their actions. Law school deans have ceded independent judgment in the quest to maximize immediate results. Senior partners in the nation’s large law firms have focused on current profits and individual wealth at great cost to their institutions. Yet, wiser decisions can take the profession to a better place.

  • Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time (Harvard Business Review)
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    Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time (Harvard Business Review)

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    • By Tony Schwartz
    • Narrated By Todd Mundt
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    Increasing your energy capacity is the best way to get more work done faster and better. From the October 2007 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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  • The New York Times Audio Digest, 1-Month Subscription
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    It's the perfect listen for your morning commute! In the time it takes you to get to work, you'll hear a digest of the day's top stories, prepared by the editorial staff of The New York Times. Each edition includes articles from the front page, as well as the paper's international, national, business, sports, and editorial sections.

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  • Building a Conscious Money Strategy
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    Building a Conscious Money Strategy

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    • By Patricia Aburdene
    • Narrated By Justine Willis Toms
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    When it comes to money, we all want to learn to make better choices and do it more often. In this interview, Patricia Aburdene tells us that "money is the power of human consciousness in motion". She describes the fair-trade movement, conscious capitalism and mindful spending, and also why it is important not be too attached to financial goals. She defines the three steps we can take to integrate our money shadow or limiting beliefs about money. She also encourages us to invest in our own creativity, and shares how journaling can enhance our creativity.

  • Buying and Selling a Business: How You Can Win in the Business Quadrant: Rich Dad Advisors
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    • By Garrett Sutton
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    Buying and Selling a Business reveals key strategies to sell and acquire business investments. Garrett Sutton, Esq. is a best-selling author of numerous law for the layman books, and he guides the listener clearly through all of the obstacles to be faced before completing a winning transaction.

  • Little Black Book of Economic Development (2nd Edition): The Clandestine Art and Practical Science of Building Local Economies
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    • By Don Allen Holbrook
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    This book has been inspirational to countless economic developers. The comments and guidance of more than 50 of the world's best and brightest economic developers gives all those engaged in this meaningful work pearls of wisdom of the hundreds of years of experience these colleagues have in combined wisdom.

  • Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough: Best Practices for Long-Term Business Health
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    Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough: Best Practices for Long-Term Business Health

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    • By Gary W. Patterson
    • Narrated By Jason Sullivan
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    In Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough, Gary Patterson details for the first time the proven methods he has used to successfully treat companies of all sizes across a range of industries. Using the FiscalDoctor's best practices, the high-growth company you own, manage, or direct can avoid unnecessary increased expenses, revenue shortfalls, employee layoffs, missed bonuses or broken dreams. So open this book and say, "Profit".

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  • Ctrl Alt Delete: Reboot Your Business. Reboot Your Life. Your Future Depends on It.
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    • By Mitch Joel
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    The DNA of business has changed. Forever. You can blame technology, smartphones, social media, online shopping and everything else, but nothingchanges this reality: we are in a moment of business purgatory. So, what are you going to do about it? Mitch Joel, one of the world's leading experts in new media, warns that the time has come to CTRL ALT DELETE. To reboot and to start re-building your business model.

  • How to Make a Million Dollars an Hour
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    • By Les Leopold
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    This book gives you the answers in a twelve-step guide to accumulating vast riches the way hedge fund managers do - by playing trillion-dollar poker with a marked deck. Through each easy step, you'll learn the sleight of hand and disregard for basic morality you'll need to move from making tens of dollars an hour to millions an hour!

  • Forbes, May 13, 2013
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    Forbes, May 13, 2013

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    • Narrated By Ken Borgers
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    Welcome to Forbes for May 13th, 2013 from Audible. This edition contains seven feature articles. In the cover story, we'll tell you about, “John Doerr's Plan to Reclaim the Venture Capital Throne” – the man whose name is synonymous with venture capital talks about what's gone wrong with his legendary firm Kleiner Perkins, and how he’s righting the ship.

  • Nature's Fortune : How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature
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    Nature's Fortune : How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature

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    • By Mark Tercek, Jonathan Adams
    • Narrated By Clinton Wade
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    In Nature’s Fortune, Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and former investment banker, and science writer Jonathan Adams argue that nature is not only the foundation of human well-being, but also the smartest commercial investment any business or government can make. The forests, floodplains, and oyster reefs often seen simply as raw materials or as obstacles to be cleared in the name of progress are, in fact as important to our future prosperity as technology or law or business innovation.

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  • The Locust and the Bee: Predators and Creators in Capitalism's Future
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    • By Geoff Mulgan
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    The recent economic crisis was a dramatic reminder that capitalism can both produce and destroy. It's a system that by its very nature encourages predators and creators, locusts and bees. But, as Geoff Mulgan argues in this compelling, imaginative, and important book, the economic crisis also presents a historic opportunity to choose a radically different future for capitalism, one that maximizes its creative power and minimizes its destructive force.

  • Harvard Business Review, May 2013
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    Harvard Business Review, May 2013

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    • Narrated By Todd Mundt
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    What Would Ashton Do–and Does It Matter?" by Sinan Aral; "The Performance Frontier: Innovating for a Sustainable Strategy" by Robert C. Eccles and George Serafeim; "Creating the Best Workplace" by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones; and "Health Care’s Service Fanatics" by James I. Merlino and Ananth Raman.

  • Juggernaut: Why the System Crushes the Only People Who Can Save It
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    • By Eric Robert Morse
    • Narrated By Fred Filbrich
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    In this stunning new story of political economy, author Eric Robert Morse examines why the modern system has become so unwieldy and explains what must be done to correct it. His astute analysis and fascinating storytelling take readers on an epic journey, from the dawn of free-market capitalism during the age of exploration, through the industrial revolution and Adam Smith, to the rise of Keynesianism and the dominance of the welfare state....

  • The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy
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    The Great Rebalancing: Trade, Conflict, and the Perilous Road Ahead for the World Economy

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    • By Michael Pettis
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    China's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depression? Not quite. Noted economist and China expert Michael Pettis argues instead that we are undergoing a critical rebalancing of the world economies.