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Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 David A. Geracioti |
The 20-Year Itch An interview with Jim O'Shaughnessy on his book, Predicting the Markets of Tomorrow who tells financial advisors if they think they can protect clients by putting them in "safe" large-cap stocks or in, say, an S&P 500 index fund, they'll be disappointed.  |
Reason July 2006 Cathy Young |
The Cult of 'Manliness' A curmudgeon's defense of American "manly men" devolves quickly into self-parody in the book Manliness by Harvey C. Mansfield.  |
Reason July 2006 David Weigel |
An Army of Bloggers Book Review: Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics, by Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga... An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and Other Goliaths, by Glenn Reynolds...  |
Reason July 2006 Megan McArdle |
The Virtue of Riches Book Review: The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, by Benjamin M. Friedman, provides powerful empirical evidence against any program aimed not at increasing the country's wealth but at cutting wealth down to size.  |
Reason July 2006 Daniel McCarthy |
In Praise of John Wilkes Book Review -- John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty, by Arthur H. Cash, shows how a filthy, philandering deadbeat helped secure British -- and American -- liberty.  |
Reason July 2006 Tim Cavanaugh |
Literary Paper Lions Book packagers, drunken exaggerations, hoaxes: Why do we still expect authenticity from bestsellers? A little more honesty about how the celebrity author market works might increase our enjoyment of the game, and lessen the shock when writers turn out to be phonies.  |
DailyCandy July 3, 2006 |
Page-Turners A few favorites for reading this summer. Instant Love by Jami Attenberg is a sweet, smart, sad, and sexy novel following three women from teen years to adulthood... The Dressmaker is a fictional book about the dress made for a bride-to-be... etc.  |
CRM July 1, 2006 Colin Beasty |
Required Reading: To Lead, Know Where to Go An interview with Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones, authors of Why Should Anyone Want to Be Led by You? about how it relates to good CRM.  |
BusinessWeek July 10, 2006 Jena McGregor |
Reading Your Rival's Mind "The Secret Language of Competitive Intelligence: How to See Through & Stay Ahead of Business Disruptions, Distortions, Rumors & Smoke Screens" is a nuts-and-bolts primer on competitive intelligence.  |
BusinessWeek July 10, 2006 |
The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List "The World is Flat" and "Freakonomics" continue to top the business hardcover best seller list. Paperback best sellers include "The Automatic Millionaire" and "Collapse."  |
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