1. Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
Kurt Eichenwald |  Rating: 4.0/5
Rank: 43 | This enormous, intimate blow-by-blow of Enron's implosion gets as close to
what actually happened, in terms of people making (bad) decisions in real
time, as anyone who wasn't there with a concealed video-phone... more
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2. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
Jeffrey Sachs |  Rating: 4.0/5
Rank: 73 | He has been cited by The New York Times Magazine as "probably the
most important economist in the world" and by Time as "the world's
best-known economist." He has advised an extraordinary range of world
leaders... more
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3. Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins |  Rating: 4.0/5
Rank: 92 | Confessions of an Economic Hit Man reveals a game that, according to John
Perkins, is "as old as Empire" but has taken on new and terrifying
dimensions in an era of globalization. And Perkins should know. For many
years... more
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4. Irrational Exuberance: Second Edition
Robert J. Shiller |  Rating: 4.0/5
Rank: 185 | In this timely and prescient update of his celebrated 2000 bestseller
Irrational Exuberance, Robert J. Shiller returns to the topic that
gained him international fame: market volatility. Shiller breaks new
ground in this... more
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5. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich |  Rating: 3.5/5
Rank: 259 | The New York Times bestseller, and one of the most talked
about books of the year, Nickel and Dimed has already become a
classic of undercover reportage.Millions of Americans work for
poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara... more
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6. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization
Thomas L. Friedman |  Rating: 3.5/5
Rank: 310 | From one of our most perceptive commentators and winner of the National
Book Award, a comprehensive look at the new world of globalization, the
international system that, more than anything else, is shaping world
affairs... more
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10. Mr. China: A Memoir
Tim Clissold |  Rating: 5.0/5
Rank: 690 | The idea of China has always exerted a pull on the adventurous type.
There is a kind of entrepreneurial Westerner who just can't resist it: red
flags, a billion bicycles, and the largest untapped market on earth. What
more... more
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11. In Defense of Globalization
Jagdish Bhagwati |  Rating: 3.5/5
Rank: 771 | The riot-torn meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999
was only the most dramatic sign of the intensely passionate debate now
raging over globalization, which critics blame for everything from child
labor... more
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12. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
Edward R. Tufte |  Rating: 4.5/5
Rank: 772 | A timeless classic in how complex information should be presented
graphically. The Strunk &
White of visual design. Should occupy a place of honor--within arm's
reach--of everyone attempting to understand or depict... more
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14. Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
William Bridges |  Rating: 4.5/5
Rank: 909 | From the most trusted voice on transition, a revised edition of the classic
practical guide to dealing with the human side of organizational change.
The business world is a place of constant change, with stories of
corporate... more
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18. The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton M. Christensen |  Rating: 4.5/5
Rank: 1166 | In this revolutionary bestseller, Harvard professor Clayton M.
Christensen says outstanding companies can do everything right and still
lose their market leadership, or worse, disappear completely. And he not
only proves... more
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19. The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America
Warren E. Buffett, Lawrence A. Cunningham |  Rating: 4.5/5
Rank: 942 | The definitive work concerning Warren Buffett and intelligent investment
philosophy, this is a collection of Buffett's letters to
the shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway written over the past few
... more
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21. Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box
The Arbinger Institute |  Rating: 4.5/5
Rank: 1110 | Leadership and Self-Deception is the first book to identify a single,
underlying cause of every form of leadership failure. Through the story of
Tom—a “shluck” in his manager’s words—readers
discover... more
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22. Why Globalization Works
Martin Wolf |  Rating: 4.5/5
Rank: 1119 | The author, a Financial Times editor, makes a conventional
economist's argument for globalization that is not likely to convince many
skeptics. His faith is that growth and everything else good comes from "the
market," while... more
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24. The Misbehavior of Markets
Benoit Mandelbrot, Richard L. Hudson |  Rating: 4.0/5
Rank: 1236 | From the inventor of fractal geometry, a revolutionary new theory that
overturns our understanding of how markets work. Benoit B. Mandelbrot,
one of the century's most influential mathematicians, is world-famous for
making... more
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25. Globalization and Its Discontents
Joseph E. Stiglitz |  Rating: 4.0/5
Rank: 1136 | This powerful, unsettling book gives us a rare glimpse behind the closed
doors of global financial institutions by the winner of the 2001 Nobel
Prize in Economics. When it was first published, this national
bestseller... more
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