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The Bretton Woods economic conference would make a great movie: Dashing celebrity economist John Maynard Keynes of the U.K. squared off against U.S. Treasury official Harry Dexter White, who was later revealed to be a Soviet spy.
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A word to the wise job seeker:
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz portrays the U.S. government as the billionaire’s best friend, while former banker Dambisa Moyo presents a dark look at China’s “commodity crusade” in two of the best business books so far this year.
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Testosterone drives traders to take excessive risk, while a Wall Street swindler dupes a U.S. president and triggers a market panic in two of the best business books so far this year. Here’s a list of recommended titles.
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Google Inc. grills “zombie hordes” of job applicants with fiendish puzzles and China spurns “suicidal” economic shock therapy in two of our favorite business books of late. Here’s a list of recommended titles.
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With so many business books spilling from the shelves, we’re often asked for a comprehensive list of recommendations. Here’s an updated list of 50 top titles published since Jan. 1, 2009.
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With so many business books spilling from the shelves, we’re often asked for a comprehensive list of recommendations. Here’s an updated list of 50 top titles published since Jan. 1, 2009.
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Yale economist Robert Shiller praises finance and defends Goldman Sachs Group Inc., while George Soros urges Angela Merkel not to hurl Europe into “deflationary debt trap” in two of our favorite business books of late. Here’s a list of recommended titles.
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Bank analyst Mike Mayo describes a dust-up with Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase & Co., while a former Federal Reserve Board staffer dissects the central bank’s shoddy monetary data in two of our favorite business books of late.
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Nations fail, the White House burns and economists including Simon Johnson and Paul Krugman debate U.S. taxes and spending in some of the best business books so far this year.
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