Comments on: Books in My Queue http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:55:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Pre-Review: Too Big To Fail | The Big Picture http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-242832 Pre-Review: Too Big To Fail | The Big Picture Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:31:22 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-242832 [...] is the next book in my queue after Reinhart and Rogoff’s This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial [...] [...] is the next book in my queue after Reinhart and Rogoff’s This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial [...]

]]> By: Mark E Hoffer http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-240345 Mark E Hoffer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:58:25 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-240345 MorticiaA, sure, no problem, glad you found it of value.. and, yes, this: "That’s depressing, which is why I need to read his book!", is funny ) MorticiaA,

sure, no problem, glad you found it of value..

and, yes, this: “That’s depressing, which is why I need to read his book!”, is funny )

]]> By: Greg0658 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-240180 Greg0658 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:32:16 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-240180 this was in my q .. I'll put it here Five facts about NATO commander Stanley McChrystal* http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-44553420091208 "testifies to Congress" Car bombings in Baghdad leave 101 dead Baghdad, December 8 -- The violence in Iraq got worse as four car bombs exploded in Baghdad this morning, all aimed at government buildings. Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zurwvfj6f_0 "I'll be damned if he'll run my life ...." *coda from Wiki - "His father was Major General Herbert McChrystal. He was the fourth child in a family of five boys and a girl, all of whom would serve or marry into the military." me again - I quickly looked for additional generations of them 'isms .. don't get me wrong .. (imdb) "Lt. Kendrick: No, I like all you Navy boys. Every time we've gotta go someplace and fight, you fellas always give us a ride." this was in my q .. I’ll put it here

Five facts about NATO commander Stanley McChrystal*
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-44553420091208
“testifies to Congress”

Car bombings in Baghdad leave 101 dead
Baghdad, December 8 — The violence in Iraq got worse as four car bombs exploded in Baghdad this morning, all aimed at government buildings.

Jonathan Edwards – Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zurwvfj6f_0
“I’ll be damned if he’ll run my life ….”

*coda from Wiki – “His father was Major General Herbert McChrystal. He was the fourth child in a family of five boys and a girl, all of whom would serve or marry into the military.”

me again – I quickly looked for additional generations of them ‘isms .. don’t get me wrong .. (imdb) “Lt. Kendrick: No, I like all you Navy boys. Every time we’ve gotta go someplace and fight, you fellas always give us a ride.”

]]> By: MorticiaA http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-240158 MorticiaA Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:28:53 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-240158 BR: I envy you for your ability to read on a plane. I always end up next to someone who can't stand not conversing with his/her seatmate, despite the presence of a book. An iPod works wonders for that, but I can't read and listen to tunes at the same time. @MarkEHoffer: thanks for the Levine piece. It's very thought-provoking and important; however, I don't feel like it's gonna get any better. That's depressing, which is why I need to read his book! BR: I envy you for your ability to read on a plane. I always end up next to someone who can’t stand not conversing with his/her seatmate, despite the presence of a book. An iPod works wonders for that, but I can’t read and listen to tunes at the same time.

@MarkEHoffer: thanks for the Levine piece. It’s very thought-provoking and important; however, I don’t feel like it’s gonna get any better. That’s depressing, which is why I need to read his book!

]]> By: JohnDoe http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-240154 JohnDoe Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:17:29 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-240154 Speaking of books, whatever happened to those signed book plates for your book? Are you still sending those out? Thanks Speaking of books, whatever happened to those signed book plates for your book? Are you still sending those out? Thanks

]]> By: Mark E Hoffer http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-240141 Mark E Hoffer Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:04:49 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-240141 Are Americans Too Broken for the Truth to Set Us Free? by Bruce E. Levine "...What forces have created a demoralized, passive, disCouraged U.S. population? The U.S. government-corporate partnership has used its share of guns and terror to break Native Americans, labor union organizers, and other dissidents and activists. But today, most U.S. citizens are broken by financial fears. There is potential legal debt if we speak out against a powerful authority, and all kinds of other debt if we do not comply on the job. Young people are broken by college-loan debts and fear of having no health insurance. The U.S. population is increasingly broken by the social isolation created by corporate-governmental policies. A 2006 American Sociological Review study (“Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades”) reported that 25 percent of Americans did not have a single confidant in 2004 (10 percent of Americans lacked a single confidant in 1985). Sociologist Robert Putnam in Bowling Alone (2000) describes how social connectedness is disappearing in virtually every aspect of U.S. life. For example, there has been a significant decrease in face-to-face contact with neighbors and friends due to suburbanization, commuting, electronic entertainment, time and money pressures and other variables created by governmental-corporate policies. And union activities and other formal or informal ways that people give each other the support necessary to resist oppression have also decreased. We are also broken by a corporate-government partnership that has rendered most of us out of control when it comes to the basic necessities of life, including our food supply. And we, like many other people in the world, are broken by socializing institutions that alienate us from our basic humanity. A few examples: Schools and Universities:..." http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/2009/120809LEVINE.shtml http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1933392711/webrider whether from a Psychological, or Sociological POV, the above article/book has much that should be heard.. "There is potential legal debt if we speak out against a powerful authority", We'll have to leave that one to 'a Jury one's Peers', if, of course, We aren't termed 'Enemy Combatants', and held incommunicado for an indefinite period of Time.. Are Americans Too Broken for the Truth to Set Us Free?
by Bruce E. Levine
“…What forces have created a demoralized, passive, disCouraged U.S. population?
The U.S. government-corporate partnership has used its share of guns and terror to break Native Americans, labor union organizers, and other dissidents and activists. But today, most U.S. citizens are broken by financial fears. There is potential legal debt if we speak out against a powerful authority, and all kinds of other debt if we do not comply on the job. Young people are broken by college-loan debts and fear of having no health insurance.

The U.S. population is increasingly broken by the social isolation created by corporate-governmental policies. A 2006 American Sociological Review study (“Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades”) reported that 25 percent of Americans did not have a single confidant in 2004 (10 percent of Americans lacked a single confidant in 1985). Sociologist Robert Putnam in Bowling Alone (2000) describes how social connectedness is disappearing in virtually every aspect of U.S. life. For example, there has been a significant decrease in face-to-face contact with neighbors and friends due to suburbanization, commuting, electronic entertainment, time and money pressures and other variables created by governmental-corporate policies. And union activities and other formal or informal ways that people give each other the support necessary to resist oppression have also decreased.

We are also broken by a corporate-government partnership that has rendered most of us out of control when it comes to the basic necessities of life, including our food supply. And we, like many other people in the world, are broken by socializing institutions that alienate us from our basic humanity. A few examples:

Schools and Universities:…”
http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/2009/120809LEVINE.shtml
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1933392711/webrider
whether from a Psychological, or Sociological POV, the above article/book has much that should be heard..
“There is potential legal debt if we speak out against a powerful authority”, We’ll have to leave that one to ‘a Jury one’s Peers’, if, of course, We aren’t termed ‘Enemy Combatants’, and held incommunicado for an indefinite period of Time..

]]> By: snapshot http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-240119 snapshot Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:08:45 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-240119 Does anyone have any comments on Jump Point - How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business by Tom Hayes. I just started it... Does anyone have any comments on Jump Point – How Network Culture is Revolutionizing Business by Tom Hayes. I just started it…

]]> By: torrie-amos http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-240105 torrie-amos Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:43:39 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-240105 all interesting books, i'll get a few, i also read darvos years ago, there is a lesson in there, "follow the trend, fck the news" all interesting books, i’ll get a few, i also read darvos years ago, there is a lesson in there, “follow the trend, fck the news”

]]> By: gps http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-240100 gps Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:25:55 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-240100 Next bubble in financial books? Asks Paul Kedrosky. http://paul. Kedrosky.com/archives/2009/12/the_next_bubble_1.html I'm not commenting against any books. Next bubble in financial books? Asks Paul Kedrosky. http://paul. Kedrosky.com/archives/2009/12/the_next_bubble_1.html
I’m not commenting against any books.

]]> By: jessica http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/12/books-in-my-queue/comment-page-1/#comment-240099 jessica Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:55:18 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=45548#comment-240099 About Stephen Roach on China and Asia, I agree with him completely that China needs to rebalance away from its export dependence, but I wonder if they actually can do it. The Japanese have known that they absolutely have to shift to an economy led by internal demand since the Plaza Accord that revalued the yen in 1985. The entire time they were blowing their famous bubbles, all the media talked about was "naiju kakudai" (expansion of internal demand). They are no closer to this goal now than they were then. Despite the high price they are paying for their failure. Maybe that is just Japan, but I don't see Taiwan or South Korea doing much better either. My guess is that the very characteristics of these nations and their societies that make the export-centered model work so well are obstacles to a more balanced economy. I also notice that everyone who studies the economy of China says they need to rebalance but I never hear this from experts on Chinese politics. Because those focused on politics knew this isn't going to happen. About Stephen Roach on China and Asia, I agree with him completely that China needs to rebalance away from its export dependence, but I wonder if they actually can do it.
The Japanese have known that they absolutely have to shift to an economy led by internal demand since the Plaza Accord that revalued the yen in 1985. The entire time they were blowing their famous bubbles, all the media talked about was “naiju kakudai” (expansion of internal demand). They are no closer to this goal now than they were then. Despite the high price they are paying for their failure.
Maybe that is just Japan, but I don’t see Taiwan or South Korea doing much better either.
My guess is that the very characteristics of these nations and their societies that make the export-centered model work so well are obstacles to a more balanced economy.
I also notice that everyone who studies the economy of China says they need to rebalance but I never hear this from experts on Chinese politics. Because those focused on politics knew this isn’t going to happen.

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