Category: Business

January 30, 2012

Mark C. Taylor: Is Modern Finance Ruining Modern Art?

“As art becomes a progressively abstract play of non-referential signs, so increasingly abstract financial instruments become an autonomous sphere of circulation whose end is nothing other than itself.”—Mark C. Taylor In a piece for Bloomberg View, Mark C. Taylor, author...

January 27, 2012

Michael R. Powers on Terrorism Forecasting

The following excerpt on terrorism forecasting is from Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance, by Michael R. Powers: In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. insurance industry confronted billions of dollars...

January 25, 2012

Michael R. Powers on Risk

In his book, Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance, Michael R. Powers discusses how risk impacts our lives, health, and possessions and proceeds to introduce the statistical techniques necessary for analyzing these uncertainties. In this excerpt...

January 24, 2012

Michael R. Powers, author of Acts of God and Man, Takes the Page 99 Test

Michael R. Powers, author of Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance, recently took The Page 99 Test. Powers discussed how page 99 from his book reflects some of the ideas in his book Acts of God...

January 11, 2012

Designing for Growth Named a Best Business Book

Congratulations to Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie authors of Designing for Growth: A Design Toolkit for Managers, which was named as a Best Business Book for 2011 in the management category by 800-CEO-READ. From 800CEOREAD: Most managers probably don’t consider...

January 6, 2012

Howard Marks Discusses "The Most Important Thing"

In the following video Howard Marks, author of The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor, discusses his new book and investing with James Flanigan.

October 12, 2011

"The Most Important Thing," by Howard Marks Reviewed in Barron's

Our best-selling title The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor, by Howard Marks was recently reviewed by Martin Fridson in Barron’s (scroll down to the fourth review). Fridson praises Marks for offering analysis that is at once...

August 17, 2011

Paul R. Pillar on the true costs of the Iraq war

In a post today at The National Interest Paul R. Pillar, author of the new book Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform, discusses the true cost of the Iraq war for the United States. In his...

July 20, 2011

Keith Roberts Offers an Investment Strategy Based on Ancient History

What had a greater impact on business, the Iron Age or the invention of coinage? What might these developments tell us about more recent historical changes such as globalization or the computer revolution? These are the issues that Keith Roberts,...

July 5, 2011

Howard Marks and The Most Important Thing Hit the New York Times Bestsller List

“When I see memos from Howard Marks in my mail, they’re the first thing I open and read. I always learn something, and that goes double for his book.”– Warren Buffett It seems as Warren Buffett is not the only...

June 30, 2011

1 800 CEO READ weighs in on Designing for Growth

The blog for 1-800-CEO-READ, the excellent website devoted to business books, posted last week about Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Toolkit for Managers by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie. They lay out the relevance of design thinking for business...

May 16, 2011

Howard Marks Discusses The Most Important Thing on DealBook

Howard Marks was recently interviewed on the New York Times‘s blog DealBook to discuss his new book The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor. Marks describes how the book built upon the letter he has been writing...