Judging A Book By Its Kindle
October 01, 2019
A Brief History of Time, best seller books, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Donna Tartt, Jorden Ellenberg, Kindle, Stephen Hawking, The Goldfinch, Thomas Piketty, William Falk0 Comment
When Stephen Hawking’s book, A Brief History of Time came out several years ago, someone hid money at the back of one copy to see if anyone got to the end of this complex work on cosmology. The book hit the best seller list and remained there for 4 years, but no on
Continue Reading →The Labor Movement: Darkest Hour Or Predawn?
August 06, 2015
Andrew McAfee, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, capitalism and the ballot box, Edward Luce, Erik Brynjolfsson, Labor, lost jobs to technology, Rise of the Robots, robotics, Thomas Piketty, Will Humans Go the Way of Horses?
Martin Ford’s new book, Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future is likely to produce as many nightmares as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Reviewer Edward Luce in the Financial Times describes it as an apocalyptic warning for the coming decades when “mor
Continue Reading →The Enemy Lies Within
October 07, 2014
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, how to reform the tax code, Joseph Stiglitz, Phony Capitalism, Thomas Piketty
Who doesn’t love a clash of Titans? Not Hollywood certainly. But in the world of economics, something in that vein is going on as Nobel laureate, Joseph Stiglitz, takes on Thomas Piketty and his recent best seller, Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Piketty’s tome is 700 p
Continue Reading →