Roger Lowenstein's Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist which is the biography of Warren Buffett. In addition to the actuarial math (of which Buffett is a master), the book is unique among biographies because it spells out the various quali Continue Reading...
Warren Buffett is widely regarding as one of the greatest investors of all-time. As the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, he commands an empire that encompasses railroads, candy, homebuilders, and underwear. His company now has a market cap of over $ b Continue Reading...
Aviation Book
According to Pilarski (2007), "the financial situation of the airline industry, especially in the U.S.A., has been between disaster and catastrophe," (p. 3). Financial wizards like Warren Buffet have made "bombastic pronouncements" rel Continue Reading...
Ethical Leadership
Given the recent crash on Wall Street and the housing market symbolized by corrupt financiers like Bernard Madoff, ethical and moral leadership of corporations has become a major issue for those who study the American capitalist s Continue Reading...
social commentator, Thomas Frank, has published an insightful article in the February, 2011 issue of Harper's magazine assailing the members of what he describes as the privileges class in America failure to exhibit empathy and understanding for the Continue Reading...