Here is a list of books that John believes are worth reading:
01 September 2010, Financial Times
Bookreview: Choice, by Renata Salecl
Salecl is interested in the application of the modern Freudian psychoanalysis of the French philosopher Jacques Lacan: Our perception of the available choices and the ways we make them is the product of the social and institutional context.
19 July 2010, Financial Times
John reviews Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy by Anatole Kaletsky – a provocative review of many current political and economic controversies, which includes a substantial section on the failures of economic theory.
30 January 2010, Financial Times
John reviews Joseph Stiglitz’s book on the financial crisis: Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy
28 December 2009, Financial Times
Processes matter to us as well as outcomes, and so we genuinely appreciate gifts even if we don’t really care for the item.
07 November 2009, Financial Times
John reviews Uncommon Sense, – a compilation of 50 essays and responses between Gary Becker and Richard Posner posted on a blog between 2005 and 2007. The subjects covered range across topical issues from gay marriage to terrorism, from traffic congestion to CEO compensation. more>
01 August 2009, Financial Times
John reviews the most recent books on the 2008/09 financial crisis: Seth Freedman’s Binge Trading , Tetsuya Ishikawa’ How I Caused the Credit Crunch, Edmund Andrews’ Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown , Richard Posner’s The Failure of Capitalism, Paul Mason’s Meltdown, and others. more >
28 May 2008, Financial Times
Ideas – even those about business – often find their best expression in fiction.
28 August 2007, Financial Times
The mistake both authors and publishers of business books make is to confuse a book about “what I did” with a book about “how to do it”. Whether you are successful because you are skilful or successful because you are lucky, you can easily, and mistakenly, convince yourself that your own experience shows that anyone can do it.
16 June 2010, Financial Times
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