‘Books and Reviews’
Book Review: Greedy Bastards, By Dylan Ratigan
Book Review by Hazel Henderson: Greedy Bastards, By Dylan Ratigan As a frequent watcher of the Dylan Ratigan TV show daily from New York on MSNBC, I am hardly an unbiased reviewer. In fact, I enjoy Dylan's frank truth-telling after the daily bromides on CNBC, his former employer which he quit in disgust. As a former financial reporter for [...]
Quest for Exceptional Leadership: Mirage to Reality by Ravi Chaudhry
Quest for Exceptional Leadership: Mirage to Reality by Ravi Chaudhry Indian business leader Ravi Chaudhry has written the best handbook for corporate executives in years. His call for exceptional leadership is based on the new realities of our multi-polar world beyond the trite formulas of the business and financial media. Chaudhry is precise, [...]
Nov 1st Release Date of Dare to Care!!!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 8, 2011 Contact: info@cosimobooks.com Ph: (212) 989-3616 Fax: (212) 989-3662 Dare to Care, a New Book That Will Change Our Financial Attitude and Future For the Better While the financial markets are experiencing a roller coaster ride, the Euro zone is under pressure, unemployment is up and dissatisfaction [...]
Book Review: ‘Reinventing Fire’ by Hazel Henderson
For over 35 years, the world has counted on veteran energy expert Amory Lovins to guide humans through the great transition from the fossil-fueled Industrial Era to today's Information Age and beyond. Read the book review on Seeking Alpha...
“The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability & Success,” by Carol Sanford
Book Review by Hazel Henderson "The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability & Success," by Carol Sanford, Jossey Bass 2011, is a deeper, more satisfying look at business from the inside by a seasoned management consultant. Sanford's methods are holistic and based on systems thinking, unusual for most companies striving to please [...]
Book Review by Hazel Henderson: Treasure Islands and Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!
Treasure Islands: Uncovering the Damage of Offshore Banking and Tax Havens, by Nicholas Shaxson, Palgrave Macmillan, NYC 2011 Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! by Ralph Nader, Seven Stories Press, NYC 2009 In Treasure Islands, author Nicholas Shaxson digs deeper than any previous research on the size and shape of global finance and the [...]
Book Review: David G. Victor’s ‘Global Warming Gridlock’
Review by Hazel Henderson, originally published on SeekingAlpha.com This book, "Global Warming Gridlock," Cambridge University Press 2011, by a deeply knowledgeable expert on all aspects of climate change, is an indispensible roadmap for the global debate about how to move beyond the Kyoto Protocol's expiration in 2012. For full review, [...]
Book Review: ‘The Sixth Wave’
Review by Hazel Henderson, originally published on SeekingAlpha.com The Sixth Wave by James Bradfield Moody and Bianca Nogrady, Vintage Books Australia 2010 Using the analogy to the famous waves of technological change modeled by Nikolai Kondratiev, these authors, both Australian experts, look at the global technological future. The tragic [...]
Economics Unmasked: From Power and Greed to Compassion and the Common Good
A book to re-radicalise you! Guest review by Nic Marks, founder of the Centre for Well-being, nef (the new economics foundation) Economics Unmasked: From power and greed to compassion and the common good By Philip B. Smith & Manfred Max Neef, Green Books, 2011 This is a radical book - in fact it is a book to re-radicalise those of us [...]
Book Review: The Globalization Paradox
Review by Hazel Henderson, originally published on SeekingAlpha.com Dani Rodrik in his latest book moves much further outside the perimeter of conventional economics than before. He describes the battle within the economics profession between the "hedgehogs" (who know one big thing) and the "foxes" (who know many things). For full review, [...]
