Top 10 - New thinking in  business books

A Listmania! list by Matryd (London)
 
The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
1.  The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics by Eric Beinhocker
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  "Really challenges you to realign your ideas about where economics is headed"
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Globalization and Its Discontents
2.  Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz
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  "Recommended to me by a friend - was really the book that switched me on to thinking about the new global economy"
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The World is Flat: The Globalized World in the Twenty-first Century
3.  The World is Flat: The Globalized World in the Twenty-first Century by Thomas Friedman
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  "A good companion to the Stiglitz book - not quite as convincing, but really interesting all the same"
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
4.  Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
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  "This is great fun - shows how economic thinking can be applied to all sorts of issues"
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The Undercover Economist
5.  The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford
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  "Freakonomics for the UK"
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Everlasting Light Bulbs: How Economics Illuminates the World
6.  Everlasting Light Bulbs: How Economics Illuminates the World by John Kay
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  "Loved his columns in the FT, and this book doesn't disappoint"
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Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
7.  Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
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  "A classic - really intelligent look at making the most of your business"
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Happiness: Lessons from a New Science
8.  Happiness: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard
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  "Sets out the new thinking that is revolutionising economic ideas"
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Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years
9.  Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond
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  "Complex and thought-provoking look at world history"
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
10.  Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond
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  "A brilliant investigation of the future for our globalised world"
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