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The Shock Doctrine >> New York Times Book Review | Bleakonomics " 'The Shock Doctrine' is Klein’s ambitious look at the economic history of the last 50 years and the rise of free-market fundamentalism around the world. " (tags: economics global businessbooks) Supercapitalism >> Portfolio Magazine | Hellbent on Capitalism As Reich admits, this unfettered capitalism is very good at what it tries to do: mainly, earn profits for shareholders and offer a wide array of affordable products to consumers. It is lousy at everything else.

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September 29, 2007

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Best Books To Make Best Workplaces

By Porchlight

Last week, The Wall Street Journal announced their Top Small Workplaces 2007 winners. The Journal asked the folks who run those places what books they would recommend to others trying to create first-class workplaces. Here the alphabetical list of their selections.

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October 08, 2007

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Ask 8cr! - Off-Ramps and On-Ramps

By Aaron Schleicher

Welcome to "Ask 8cr! " - a new section of our blog where we've created a forum to find out what kinds of issues and challenges people are having in the workplace. We then take these issues and apply a business book we feel offers a viable solution.

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October 08, 2007

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How Starbucks Saved My Life Interview with Michael Gates Gill

By Porchlight

If you haven't heard about Michael Gates Gill, the author of How Starbucks Saved My Life , he's lived a pretty incredible life that was turned completely upside-down. But, he's risen back to the top -- albeit in a much different way than his "old life. " It was a real pleasure to speak with him about the value of serving and respecting others.

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October 09, 2007

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Michael Gates Gill podcast

By Aaron Schleicher

Michael Gates Gill, author of How Starbucks Saved My Life, was in Milwaukee giving a talk last week. I was able to meet with him and have posted our conversation in the 8cr podcast blog.

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October 09, 2007

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links for 2007-10-12

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McIlhenny's Gold>>The Wall Street Journal | Ingredients of a Family Fortune In "McIlhenny's Gold," Jeffrey Rothfeder, a former BusinessWeek editor, sets himself the ambitious goal of testing the truth of this founding legend and of drawing a historical profile of one of the oldest -- and most profitable -- family businesses in U.

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October 12, 2007

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New Excerpt - The Elephant and the Dragon

Book Review by Porchlight

There's a new excerpt up on our Excerpts blog. It's from The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. There are many books on China and India out these days, but The Elephant and the Dragon focuses specifically on the predictions and fears about the global impacts of these emerging superpowers.

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October 12, 2007

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Excerpt from Recruit or Die

By Porchlight

The following is an excerpt from the book Recruit or Die: How Any Business Can Beat the Big Guys in the War for Young Talent by Chris Resto, Ian Ybarra, and Ramit Sethi. The authors share dozens of recruiting anecdotes that demonstrate the way successful recruiters make it happen, as well as show how not-so-successful recruiters blow it. Diversity Recruiting Diversity is one of the most difficult, and sometimes controversial, aspects of college recruiting.

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October 16, 2007

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Happy anniversary, Tom!

By Porchlight

Happy [belated] anniversary to Tom! 25 years ago, In Search of Excellence was published.

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October 17, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects - Forces for Good

Book Review by Porchlight

"Forces For Good: The Six Practices of High Impact Non-Profits" by Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant, Jossey-Bass, 336 pages, $29. 95, Hardcover, October 2007, ISBN 9780787986124 What industry generates more than $1 trillion in revenues, is adding more jobs than any other sector, and is ranked #3 after retail and wholesale trade? Non-profits.

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October 23, 2007

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links for 2007-09-29

Best Books To Make Best Workplaces

Ask 8cr! - Off-Ramps and On-Ramps

How Starbucks Saved My Life Interview with Michael Gates Gill

Michael Gates Gill podcast

links for 2007-10-12

New Excerpt - The Elephant and the Dragon

Excerpt from Recruit or Die

Happy anniversary, Tom!

Jack Covert Selects - Forces for Good

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