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This Week In Books: Seven Newly Published Works
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James Picerno
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Sunday, September 5, 2021 10:34 PM EDT
Pandemic, climate change, technical investing, with some history and economics rounding out the list of recent publications of interest to investors.
Book Bits: Four Books Published Last Week
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James Picerno
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Sunday, August 29, 2021 8:22 PM EDT
From DeFi to climate change to equations and programming, books published in the last full week of August 2021.
Book Bits: Five New Books For Investors
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James Picerno
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Monday, August 23, 2021 1:45 AM EDT
Safe investing; moral consumerism; corporate trust; perfect portfolios - new books try to show that these are not oxymorons. Plus, the history of Latin America in 16 commodities.
The Plague Year - America In The Time Of COVID
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Global Economic Intersection
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Sunday, August 22, 2021 6:16 AM EDT
Are you breathless, exhausted from trying to understand and digest the events of the last year of Donald Trump’s presidency? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright has written a wonderful account, The Plague Year: America in the Time of COVID.
Book Bits: Big Wheels And Ticking Time Bombs
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James Picerno
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Sunday, August 15, 2021 11:10 PM EDT
Eight more August books, from important reference books to must-reads.
Six August Books Tackle Modern Money Issues
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James Picerno
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Sunday, August 8, 2021 11:00 PM EDT
August brings us two books looking at post-pandemic society, two about student loan debt, and two looks at unique minds - Samuel Friedman and Elon Musk.
Book Bits: Eight New Books To Get August Started
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James Picerno
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Monday, August 2, 2021 2:25 AM EDT
Global trade, monetary policy, crypto wars, asset allocation, and how to be a quant - light reading to start the month off right.
Book Bits: Unknown Knowns
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James Picerno
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Sunday, July 25, 2021 1:34 AM EDT
Reviewing five new books about climate, capitalism, investing, folly, Asia and startups.
Book Bits: Facebook, WeWork, Governing The Internet
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James Picerno
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Monday, July 19, 2021 2:49 AM EDT
From the general - the financial system, meritocracy, the Internet - to the specifics around Facebook dominance and the great startup delusion evidenced by WeWork, in six new books.
Review Of “The People’s Money: How China Is Building A Global Currency” By Subachi
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Menzie Chinn
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Sunday, July 18, 2021 12:11 AM EDT
For those interested in the renminbi, my review of Paola Subachi's 2017 book, in today's context.
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Four New Books: Commodification, Speculation, Nixon Shock, And A Classic Scam
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James Picerno
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Sunday, July 11, 2021 10:52 PM EDT
Revisiting Nixon's reworking of the economy, Arif Naqvi's seduction of senior business leaders, and more.
Book Bits: Mishandling The Pandemic And Other Realities
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James Picerno
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Monday, July 5, 2021 12:25 AM EDT
The economics of trust, the power of narrative, the revenge of reality, and two more looks at the mishandled pandemic.
Reviews Of 3 Books Just Out This Week
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James Picerno
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Monday, June 28, 2021 1:20 AM EDT
Three new books: Ghosn Vs. Japan; Hospitals vs the Fed; old vs. new climate-change technologies.
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Book Bits: Six New Books, Including 'Strategies To Avoid Financial Regret'
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James Picerno
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Sunday, June 20, 2021 10:50 PM EDT
Reviews of six new books for the library of anyone interested in economics, investing, money in general.
Book Bits: Four New Books For The Investor's Library
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James Picerno
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Monday, June 14, 2021 2:40 AM EDT
Authors Gillian Tett, Peter Mallouk, Neil Fligstein and Andrea Unger explore subjects that range from the last financial crisis to money management to the anthropology of business.