The best business writing 2013 /
edited by Dean Starkman, Martha M. Hamilton, Ryan Chittum, and Felix Salmon.
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
- xviii, 539 pages ; 21 cm.
- Columbia Journalism Review books .
- Columbia journalism review books. .
On the ground. The sharp, sudden decline of America's middle class / The great American foreclosure story : the struggle for justice and a place to call home / Bad medicine. Bad to the bone : a medical horror story / Prescription for addiction / Anemia drugs made billions, but at what cost? / Big business. Making the world's largest airline fly / Gusher / Bad business. Vast Mexico bribery case hushed up by Wal-Mart after top-level struggle / Chesapeake and rival plotted to suppress land prices / Fear fans flames for chemical makers / Media and marketing. His. Hers. / Top five ways Bleacher Report rules the world! / Why India's newspaper industry is thriving / The frequent fliers who flew too much / Big think. Trade-offs between inequality, productivity, and employment / The naked and the TED / Adventures in finance. Wall Street bonus withdrawal means trading Aspen for coupons / The tale of a whale of a fail / Case against Bear and JPMorgan provides little cheer / How ECB chief outflanked German foe in fight for Euro / from The trouble is the banks / Please don't harass my father any further / My furnace guy / Thank you for my lessons / How we're doing out here / I didn't buy a house / Why I am leaving Goldman Sachs / Death takes a policy : how a lawyer exploited the fine print and found himself facing federal charges / Brave new world. How companies learn your secrets / Glass works : how Corning created the ultrathin, ultrastrong material of the future / Skilled work, without the worker / I was a warehouse wage slave / In China, human costs are built into an iPad / How Apple and Amazon security flaws led to my EPIC hacking / Jeff Tietz, Rolling Stone -- Paul Kiel, ProPublica -- Mina Kimes, Fortune -- Thomas Catan, Devlin Barrett, and Timothy W. Martin, Wall Street Journal -- Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post -- Drake Bennett, Businessweek -- Steve Coll, The New Yorker -- David Barstow, New York Times -- Brian Grow, Joshua Schneyer, and Janet Roberts, Reuters -- Patricia Callahan and Sam Roe, Chicago Tribune -- Jessica Pressler, New York -- Joe Eskenazi, San Francisco Weekly -- Ken Auletta, The New Yorker -- Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times -- Steve Randy Waldman, Interfluidity -- Evgeny Morozov, The New Republic -- Max Abelson, Bloomberg -- Matt Levine, Dealbreaker -- Bethany McLean, Reuters -- Brian Blackstone and Marcus Walker, Wall Street Journal -- edited by Mark Greif, Dayna Tortorici, Kathleen French, Emma Janaskie, and Nick Werle, n + 1 -- Deena DeNaro -- Joel Roache -- Anonymous -- Anonymous -- Pamila Payne -- Greg Smith, New York Times -- Jake Bernstein, ProPublica -- Charles Duhigg, New York Times Magazine -- Bryan Gardiner, Wired -- John Markoff, New York Times -- Mac McClelland, Mother Jones -- Charles Duhigg and David Barboza, New York Times -- Mat Honan, Wired -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V. Part VI. Part VII. Part VIII. Permissions -- List of contributors.
An anthology Malcolm Gladwell has called "riveting and indispensable," The Best Business Writing is a far-ranging survey of business's dynamic relationship with politics, culture, and life. This year's selections include John Markoff ( New York Times) on innovations in robot technology and the decline of the factory worker; Evgeny Morozov ( New Republic) on the questionable value of the popular TED conference series and the idea industry behind it; Paul Kiel ( ProPublica) on the ripple effects of the ongoing foreclosure crisis; and the infamous op-ed by Greg Smith, published in the New York Times, announcing his break with Goldman Sachs over its trading practices and corrupt corporate ethos. Jessica Pressler ( New York) delves into the personal and professional rivalry between Tory and Christopher Burch, former spouses now competing to dominate the fashion world. Peter Whoriskey ( Washington Post) exposes the human cost of promoting pharmaceuticals off-label. Charles Duhigg and David Barboza ( New York Times) investigate Apple's unethical labor practices in China. Max Abelson ( Bloomberg) reports on Wall Street's amusing reaction to the diminishing annual bonus. Mina Kimes ( Fortune) recounts the grisly story of a company's illegal testing -- and misuse -- of a medical device for profit, and Jeff Tietz ( Rolling Stone) composes one of the most poignant and comprehensive portraits of the financial crisis's dissolution of the American middle class.
9780231160759 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0231160755 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2012047913
Business.
Businesspeople.
Business enterprises--Corrupt practices.
Business.
Business enterprises--Corrupt practices.
Businesspeople.
HF1008 / B48 2013
330.9/0512
On the ground. The sharp, sudden decline of America's middle class / The great American foreclosure story : the struggle for justice and a place to call home / Bad medicine. Bad to the bone : a medical horror story / Prescription for addiction / Anemia drugs made billions, but at what cost? / Big business. Making the world's largest airline fly / Gusher / Bad business. Vast Mexico bribery case hushed up by Wal-Mart after top-level struggle / Chesapeake and rival plotted to suppress land prices / Fear fans flames for chemical makers / Media and marketing. His. Hers. / Top five ways Bleacher Report rules the world! / Why India's newspaper industry is thriving / The frequent fliers who flew too much / Big think. Trade-offs between inequality, productivity, and employment / The naked and the TED / Adventures in finance. Wall Street bonus withdrawal means trading Aspen for coupons / The tale of a whale of a fail / Case against Bear and JPMorgan provides little cheer / How ECB chief outflanked German foe in fight for Euro / from The trouble is the banks / Please don't harass my father any further / My furnace guy / Thank you for my lessons / How we're doing out here / I didn't buy a house / Why I am leaving Goldman Sachs / Death takes a policy : how a lawyer exploited the fine print and found himself facing federal charges / Brave new world. How companies learn your secrets / Glass works : how Corning created the ultrathin, ultrastrong material of the future / Skilled work, without the worker / I was a warehouse wage slave / In China, human costs are built into an iPad / How Apple and Amazon security flaws led to my EPIC hacking / Jeff Tietz, Rolling Stone -- Paul Kiel, ProPublica -- Mina Kimes, Fortune -- Thomas Catan, Devlin Barrett, and Timothy W. Martin, Wall Street Journal -- Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post -- Drake Bennett, Businessweek -- Steve Coll, The New Yorker -- David Barstow, New York Times -- Brian Grow, Joshua Schneyer, and Janet Roberts, Reuters -- Patricia Callahan and Sam Roe, Chicago Tribune -- Jessica Pressler, New York -- Joe Eskenazi, San Francisco Weekly -- Ken Auletta, The New Yorker -- Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times -- Steve Randy Waldman, Interfluidity -- Evgeny Morozov, The New Republic -- Max Abelson, Bloomberg -- Matt Levine, Dealbreaker -- Bethany McLean, Reuters -- Brian Blackstone and Marcus Walker, Wall Street Journal -- edited by Mark Greif, Dayna Tortorici, Kathleen French, Emma Janaskie, and Nick Werle, n + 1 -- Deena DeNaro -- Joel Roache -- Anonymous -- Anonymous -- Pamila Payne -- Greg Smith, New York Times -- Jake Bernstein, ProPublica -- Charles Duhigg, New York Times Magazine -- Bryan Gardiner, Wired -- John Markoff, New York Times -- Mac McClelland, Mother Jones -- Charles Duhigg and David Barboza, New York Times -- Mat Honan, Wired -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V. Part VI. Part VII. Part VIII. Permissions -- List of contributors.
An anthology Malcolm Gladwell has called "riveting and indispensable," The Best Business Writing is a far-ranging survey of business's dynamic relationship with politics, culture, and life. This year's selections include John Markoff ( New York Times) on innovations in robot technology and the decline of the factory worker; Evgeny Morozov ( New Republic) on the questionable value of the popular TED conference series and the idea industry behind it; Paul Kiel ( ProPublica) on the ripple effects of the ongoing foreclosure crisis; and the infamous op-ed by Greg Smith, published in the New York Times, announcing his break with Goldman Sachs over its trading practices and corrupt corporate ethos. Jessica Pressler ( New York) delves into the personal and professional rivalry between Tory and Christopher Burch, former spouses now competing to dominate the fashion world. Peter Whoriskey ( Washington Post) exposes the human cost of promoting pharmaceuticals off-label. Charles Duhigg and David Barboza ( New York Times) investigate Apple's unethical labor practices in China. Max Abelson ( Bloomberg) reports on Wall Street's amusing reaction to the diminishing annual bonus. Mina Kimes ( Fortune) recounts the grisly story of a company's illegal testing -- and misuse -- of a medical device for profit, and Jeff Tietz ( Rolling Stone) composes one of the most poignant and comprehensive portraits of the financial crisis's dissolution of the American middle class.
9780231160759 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0231160755 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2012047913
Business.
Businesspeople.
Business enterprises--Corrupt practices.
Business.
Business enterprises--Corrupt practices.
Businesspeople.
HF1008 / B48 2013
330.9/0512
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Lee Yan Fong Library
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