Wednesday, September 28, 2011

NEW BUSINESS BOOKS

23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang
"Thing 1: There is no such thing as free market. Thing 4: The washing machine has changed the world more than the Internet. Thing 5: Assume the worst about people, and you get the worst. Thing 13: Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer."

Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times: 250+ ways to buy smarter, spend smarter, and save money! by Mark Meltzer
"Living Large in Lean Times is Clark's ultimate guide to saving money, covering everything from cell phones to student loans, coupon websites to mortgages, investing to electric bills, and beyond."

Warren Buffett Invests Like a Girl: And Why You Should Too by Motley Fool.
"Warren Buffett and all of the women of the world have one thing in common: They are better investors than the average man, a fact proven by psychologists, scientists, and the value of their portfolios. In this well-researched, eye-opening, and wonderfully witty must-have book, the impresarios at The Motley Fool show that women, with their capability for patience and good decision-making, epitomize the Foolish investment philosophy, and the investment practices of the most successful investor in history: Warren Buffett."

Your Job Survival Guide: A Manual for Thriving in Change by Gregory Shea.
"Change. It’s your job. It just won’t stop. It’s relentless. It keeps coming at you like never-ending rapids in a permanent whitewater river. Change will burn you out if you don’t learn how to handle it. This book is not, however, about mere survival. It is about thriving amidst the challenges of your permanent whitewater world at work."

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