Category: Corporate Biography
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Merchant Princes: An Intimate History of Jewish Families Who Built Great Department Stores (1977)
“Merchant Princes” is one of Malcolm Gladwell’s all-time favorite books. During an appearance on the Tim Ferriss podcast, Gladwell noted that he loves this 1977 bestseller so much he often gives away copies to people he meets, especially if they’re Jewish. That is pretty high praise coming from one of my favorite non-fiction authors. I…
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The Reckoning (1986) by David Halberstam
David Halberstam’s “The Reckoning” first came out in 1986. That summer my middle school friends and I went to see the movie “Gung Ho,” starring Michael Keaton. It was a comedy about a failing auto plant in Detroit taken over by an upstart and hyper efficient Japanese automaker. Perhaps the only memorable thing about the…
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