Edited by Thomas Maak and Nicola N. Pless, “Responsible Leadership
is full of ideas and cases on business integrity, leadership in an era
of globalization, and the development of values-based stewardship. [link to review]
From the Christian Science Monitor, May 9, 2006
“Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi tells of her struggle for justice in Iran”
[link to review]
This
book, by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, former director of
the National Security Program at the Kennedy School, ” is everything
that the Bush administration’s plan for the war was not. It is
meticulously organized, shuns bluff and bombast for lapidary
statements, and is largely impervious to attack” [link to review]
From the New York Times Book Review, May 7, 2006
“David Warsh, a former columnist for The Boston Globe… takes us on a
fascinating journey through the world of economic thought – and the
lives of economists – from Adam Smith to the present day.” [link to review]
In his latest book Francis Fukayama distances himself from the neoconservative movement. [link to review]
In
his first book, New York Times economics reporter Louis Uchitelle
argues that Americans have gone along with large scale layoffs because
of three myths: ” (1) that they are a necessary step to make companies
better, stronger, more efficient and more productive; (2) that it is
the laid-off workers’ own fault if they fail to find near-equivalent
new jobs in the modern economy; and (3) that layoffs are primarily an
economic affair that ought to be decided upon by managers looking at
their corporation’s dollars-and-cents bottom line.” [link to review]
In
his latest book, Princeton University philosopher, Kwame Anthony Appiah
argues against a basic principle of ethical relativism – “that moral
claims just reflect local preferences rather than universal truths.” [link to review]
Former
Republican strategist, Kevin Phillips, has written a highly critical
analysis of the role of conservative politics in contemporary American
life [link to review]
From the New York Times, March 12, 2006
Carl Zimmer reviews new books by Tim Flannery, a distinguished Australian scientist and Elizabeth Kolbert, a staff writer for The New Yorker. [link to review]
From the New York Times Book Review, Feb. 25, 2006
Review of L. Paul Bremer III’s memoir of his experience leading the U.S occupation of Iraq [link to review]
