Customer Review: 1. The content is substantive and occasionally provocative, but the writing's off-putting - didactic, repetitive, pedantic, occasionally patronizing - and altogether too much devoted to the personal pronoun.
2. On second thought - after reading the 1st 98 pages - I realized it was not written... more info
Customer Review: Meredith's book is an attempt to describe and articulate the newly-fashionable theme of the China and India's rise to political and economic prominence. However, the book lacks a coherent plan of detailing its facts and linking them in a sensible way. The author jumps from one set of facts in... more info
Customer Review: This book is extremely boring and very subjective. If you are looking for an objective well written easy to read book on globalization and the dynamics of our world economy then this is not the book for you. Lots of biased opinion. Also Stiglitz tends to be a master of the obvious at times regarding... more info
Customer Review: I don't doubt that Stiglitz is right. People with a background like that and have won the Nobel Prize usually know what they are talking about. But man this book is frustrating in the first few chapters. I initially categorized it as anti-western propaganda because it is extremely opposed to western... more info
Customer Review: This was one of the best business books that I have ever read. It provides a thorough overview of the history of business globalization, yet it is not academic at all. Although it is long and has a few, short dry spots, it is an easy read that is engaging from beginning to end. The lessons from... more info
Customer Review: Book arrived in excellent condition even though it was cataloged as being used. Prompt delivery - Thank you for making my ordering easy.
Customer Review: In Christian tradition, two of the worst sins are pride-obsession with one's own status; and envy-hatred of others for their good fortune. In a way Amy Chu's book is an example of what happens when these two vices contact each other on a massive scale.
Now it may be true that all men are equal... more info
Customer Review: This book is an important read for anyone with an interest in foreign policy and the role that energy is playing in it. I have read the book and listened to Marshall Goldman speak, and read the other reviews, and am writing this because I think the other reviewers may be missing an important... more info