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Akerlof and Shiller defend behavioral macroeconomics and support John Keynes’s theory that there are non-economic drivers of our economy--the attitudes and ideas that influence our actions. We may be in a depression stage in our thinking which could become a self-fulfilling philosophy. This book is for the general reader and comes at just the right time.
-Roxanne

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This is one of the best books out there for people who are curious about the recent financial melt-down. Wessel addresses the incompetence and the hubris, that was not immediately apparent to the rest of us. Frustrating but important reading.
- Roxanne

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Are you indispensable at work? Should you do what you are told to do or should you be outrageous and get noticed? The author helps answer those questions in a very entertaining but thoughtful way. He describes how to play that role as being a “linchpin”. Linchpins are successful because they love what they do. Their enthusiasm is matched by hard work and that becomes contagious and they become indispensable! What I took away from this book is the idea that it is important to be joyful, in a real, fundamental way about the work we do. It was a very good reminder, especially in this environment.
- Roxanne