Archive for 'Business'
A Stimulus Proposal: Invest in Books
One of the great things about Citizen Journalism is that all of us can take what we think is a Good Idea and put it out into the blogosphere and see if it takes wings. One such idea was forwarded to me by my wonderful wife with the subject line “now this would be [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2009 under American Studies, Business, Economics, Local Independent Booksellers, The Book Biz.
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Books for Understanding the Economic Crisis
Well, on the news that European governments are jumping in to help their banks continue lending to each other, markets seem to be showing some signs of regaining confidence today. We’ll see how long it holds. For the past couple of weeks — and no doubt for some time still to come — we’ve seen [...]
Posted: October 13th, 2008 under Business, Current Events, Economics, The Book Biz.
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“Meet Nancy Olson” on The State of Things
Posted: August 19th, 2008 under Business, Local Independent Booksellers, North Carolina, TSoT, The Book Biz.
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Wall Street fiction(?)
With the real-life dramas unfolding on Wall Street these days, it’s only a matter of time before we witness a bumper crop of novels and thrillers set in the high-stakes financial world. David Zimmerman has written about the connections between novels and markets in an earlier period of American history
Posted: July 14th, 2008 under American History, Business, Current Events, Economics, History, Literature.
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