Impressions of the Euro Crisis – or: A Travel Log from the “New Third World”
Some years back, a well-known investment banker at Morgan Stanley gave me a copy of the book “Liar’s Poker” by the US business journalists Michael Lewis. He told me I just had to read this book if I...
View ArticleArnold Schwarzenegger: Bodybuilder, Film Star, Politician, Real Estate...
Total Recall. My Unbelievably True Life Story, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012, 646 pages. For 35 years now I have closely followed the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I probably read every...
View ArticleThe Future Lies in Asia
A few words for readers unfamiliar with the name Jim Rogers: During the 1980s, he and George Soros managed the Quantum Fund that earned its investors 4,200% of profit over a decade during which the US...
View ArticleWarning Call against the Europeanisation of the United States
This is one of the best books I have read in recent years. It is a critical account about the present state of Europe, and is meant to serve as a warning to Americans not to keep going down the road of...
View ArticleThe Great Global Warming Blunder
The key hypothesis of the climatologist who wrote this book is quickly summarised as follows: The warnings of an imminent global climate collapse have not been scientifically substantiated. Nor is...
View ArticleFrugal Millionaires
Midway through the 1990s, the US scientists Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko surprised their fellow Americans with the book “The Millionaire Next Door,” which quickly made the best seller list....
View ArticleThe Psychology of Entrepreneurship
This anthology provides an excellent overview of – mainly American – research concerning the influence of psychological factors on entrepreneurial success. In the introduction, the editors identify a...
View ArticleNew Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance
This is the finest scientific book on goal setting that I have read to date. Its subject is the connection between setting challenging objectives and goal attainment. Of enormous significance in this...
View ArticleOutliers. The Story of Success
This is a remarkably well-written book. The author puts forward a clear and determined argument and successfully captivates and engrosses readers from the very first page. His assertions are presented...
View ArticleSuperforecasting. The Art and Science of Prediction
What could be more important than accurately predicting the future? It is naive when some people to turn their noses up at forecasters because they get things wrong now and again. After all, a life...
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