Customer Review: First, full disclosure: I know Malcolm Gladwell. He was a guest speaker in my course "Creativity and Personal Mastery" at Columbia Business School and he held my class spellbound. I LOVE his pieces in the New Yorker and his earlier books. Gladwell uses the same technique in writing and... more info
Customer Review: The construction of the book meshes well with its organization and lends itself successfully to the study of our national deficit throughout our history. Packed with figures and facts related to the federal budget, the stock market, the GDP, Social Security, et al., I.O.U.S.A is a refreshing look at... more info
Customer Review: I can't get as excited about global warming as Friedman has. First half of book paints worse-case scenarios in my opinion and is very tiresome reading - very repetetive and overdone with metaphors. Solutions in latter half of book are interesting, but are they all possible or necessary? Am usually a... more info
Customer Review: This is a very enjoyable book, particularly for those hoping to get a "feel" for how Buffett has lived his life, over his many years. What it WON'T do is go into any practical depth as to how he evaluates an investment decision. High-level generalities, yes, specifics, no. Still, it's a... more info
Customer Review: Well written and easy to follow description of the characters behind the events during the FDR administration. If you look for a comprehensive book about the Great Depression, its causes and consequences, you will not find it in this book. However, for readers already knowledgeable on those events,... more info
