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Bookshelf

Welcome to the latest section of Alma Matters “Bookshelf” - a platform where people can share their comments, feelings and thoughts about various books they read. From business and economics to SCI-FI, thriller and comedy…please feel free to contribute to this section by writing to us at alumni_relations@isb.edu

Recommended Readings by Sujit Modi
Sujit is from the PGP Class of 2005 and is working with Deutsche Bank Group as Vice President. He is a CA and has been part of the Financial Markets for almost a decade now. An avid reader, his main interest lies into reading about events of historical significance.
     

 “Lords of Finance: The Bankers who Broke the World”, by Liaquat Ahmed
The book gives a historical snapshot of events that led to culmination of the Great Depression. It gives a good perspective as to how financial policies taken in the backdrop of events like World War, can have serious repercussions for the economy in general. Given that the book was published just after the outbreak of credit crisis, 2008 the book assumes contemporary relevance.

 

“Freedom at Midnight”, by Dominique Lapiere and Larry Collins
The book deals with the historical events leading up to India's partition and independence. It also gives a passing reference of why 15th August was chosen as a date for independence. The authors of this book have written international bestsellers like ‘Is Paris Burning’ and ‘O Jerusalem’.

 

 “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World”, by Alan Greenspan
This is an excellent book where readers get to listen from the celebrated Fed Chairman himself. The book captures the  inside view of global financial imbalance and distribution of rewards, together with reference to emerging markets and framework for understanding the new global economy.

 

Recommended Reading by Megha Dada Chawdhry
Megha is from the PGP class of 2014 and is a design junkie and shutter bug. Passionate about new media  , she has delved in different brand advocacy & community driven initiatives. Her avocation and vocation are an absolute mix of all three aspects and she's making the best of her time at ISB to see how they can all converge.

 “The Rise of the Creative Class-Revisited”, by Richard Florida

This book describes how the creative class is redefining norms at the work-place, in our social space and can potentially impact critical issues like inequality and equitable development. This is the second edition of Florida's original work (The Rise of the Creative Class), re-written a decade later to emphasize the growing trend further. Despite the somewhat annoying emphasis on the word 'creative' you cannot write this off as a pure ranting as it is laced with heavy statistical research that you won't expect. It has a sound analytical framework that justifies the propositions made and any regression junkie can go tripping on the instances provided. Overall, the book does make you think, the examples are interesting though you may not necessarily always agree with the ideas cited. Reading this book was worth the time-spent and the book structure actually allows you to sift through bits, if not the whole thing all it once.

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