September 28, 2014
How Darwin and the doctor of King Charles I could turn economics into a science. Executive summary If you are confused by economics, then you should read this book. [...]
November 11, 2013
I put off reading this book because I thought that I would already know most of its contents. I was wrong. Really wrong. There is a review with a [...]
September 23, 2013
The subtitle is "Organizational Design, Risk, and Value Creation". Executive summary This should be a business book bestseller -- it simply and clearly explains the process of value creation. [...]
October 22, 2012
The author is Patrick Burns. Genesis While I was in the early planning stages of a programming class (the one highlighted here), I became dissatisfied. Many elements of programming [...]
October 15, 2012
The authors are Andrie de Vries and Joris Meys. Executive summary Pretty much all I'd hoped for -- and I had high hopes. Significance The "Dummies" series is popular [...]
October 15, 2012
Here are detailed comments on the book. Elsewhere there is a review of the book. How to read R For Dummies In order to learn R you need to [...]
September 12, 2012
Previously This book and the associated R package were introduced before. Executive Summary A very nice -- and enlightening -- discussion of a wide range of topics. Principles The [...]
June 22, 2012
Two books were recently published that are sure to help R grow even faster. R has a reputation, partially deserved, for being hard to learn. These books will help. [...]
March 19, 2012
The subtitle is "Central banks, credit bubbles and the efficient market fallacy". Executive summary This is much too important of a book to remain as obscure as it is. [...]
January 30, 2012
Why confusing illusion with reality can lead to disaster, on Wall Street and in life. Note that the cover is more clever than you might at first notice. Ceci [...]
