BUILT DIFFERENT: REVIEW OF KAREN BLUMENTHAL’S “STEVE JOBS”

Let me first disambiguate. This is not a review of the classic biography by Walter Isaacson. Karen Blumenthal’s Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different (2012) is a less heavier book written more for the man in a hurry who cannot be compelled to peruse Isaacson’s 500-plus-page tome.

THE HUNGRY DRAGON: REVIEW OF DAMBISA MOYO’S “WINNER TAKE ALL”

I picked up Dambisa Moyo’s Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What It Means for Us (2012) for the sole reason that it was endorsed by legendary investor and commodities guru Jim Rogers. And it turned out to be quite an interesting read.

GLOBAL DISSONANCE: REVIEW OF “FAULT LINES” BY RAGHURAM RAJAN

Raghuram G Rajan, the present RBI governor, has had a stellar career thus far and is something of a economic rockstar in Indian circles. After an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT – Delhi, he went on to do an PG-Diploma in Business Administration from the IIM – Ahmedabad (“I always was interested in finance and economics”). Then he moved to the US to complete a PhD in Management from MIT. He joined the Faculty in the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where he is now Eric Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance. He had a stint as Chief Economist at the IMF between 2003 and 2006. He was also one of the very few who correctly predicted the 2008 financial crisis.