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The End of Food
by Paul Roberts
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin |
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Summary: The End of Food
Content: This is a most thoght-provoking book. I was introduced to it through an interview with the author on NPR and was intrigued because he had written The End of Oil a few years ago and was pretty much spot on about what has transpired. Food - its production, ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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Planet of Slums
by Mike Davis
Manufacturer: Verso |
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Summary: important yet flawed
Content: Mike Davis' "Planet of Slums" is an important, eye-opening look at one of the most important global trends of the past fifty years: the explosive growth of third-world slums and the emmiseration of their inhabitants. Davis provides a lucid general overview, ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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International Economics
by Thomas Pugel
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin |
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Summary: Not a good text
Content: Pugel is a very smart man, but like most "genius" professors, he lacks the ability to actually translate his genius to text.
there are not enough graphs/figures to explain points in the book and there are just too many complicated things ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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The Economics of Industrial Organization
by William G. Shepherd
Manufacturer: Waveland Press |
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Summary: A must
Content: This book is not going to take you through the obscure world of the hard math to help you understand how the Industrial Organization theory works. It provides real-world and anecdotic examples and data which help theory make more sense. It also provides ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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Innovation--The Missing Dimension
by Richard K. Lester
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press |
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Summary: More Interpretation, Less Problem Solving Helps Innovation
Content: I work in a business that struggles to be innovative. There's many very smart people who are superb problem solvers. This book explains why a problem solving mindset may actually interfere with listening to customers and stimulating new ideas.
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