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  Boards, Governance and Value Creation

Morton House, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 371 pages, paperback, £23.99. Also available in hardback, £60.00.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 847 
 
  Snipers, Shills and Sharks: eBay and Human Behaviour

Ken Steiglitz, Princeton University Press, 2007, 298 pages, paper­back, £17.95.

  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 760 
 
  The War Between the State and the Family: How Government Divides and Impoverishes

Patricia Morgan, Institute for Economic Affairs ( IEA), 2007, 152 pages, £10.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 666 
 
  Instruction to Deliver: Tony Blair, Public Services and the Challenge of Achieving Targets

Michael Barber, Politico's Publishing, July 2007, 352 pages, £19.99.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 1123 
 
  Knowledge and the wealth of nations

David Warsh, Norton, July 2007, 448 pages, £9.99 (hardback published June 2006, £16.99).
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 629 
 
  Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and South East Asia

Joe Studwell, Profile Books, July 2007, £15.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 701 
 
  A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

Burton G Malkiel, Norton, March 2007 (9th edition, revised & updated), 480, £18.99
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 1094 
 
  Keynes, the Keynesians and Monetarism

Tim Congdon, Edward Elgar, 2007, 339 + xv pages, £79.95.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 728 
 
  The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools and Societies

Scott E Page, Princeton University Press 2007, 424 pages £17.95.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 756 
 
  Economics in the Shadow of Darwin and Marx

Geoffrey M Hodgson, Edward Elgar, 2006, 288 pages, £59.95.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 633 
 
  The Reluctant Economist: Perspectives on Economies, Econ¬o¬mic History and Demography

Richard A Easterlin, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 204 pages, £17.99.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 561 
 
  Investors and Markets

William Sharpe, Princeton University Press, 2006, 240 pages, £26.95.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 588 
 
  The Natural Survival of Work: Job Creation and Destruction in a Growing Economy

Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg, MIT Press, 2006, 184 pages, £17.95.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 647 
 
  The European Economy since 1945 – Co-ordinated Capitalism and Beyond

Barry Eichengreen, Princeton University Press, 2006, 504 pages, £22.95.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 637 
 
  Global Financial Warriors: The Untold Story of International Finance in the Post 9/11 World

John B Taylor, W W Norton 2007, 320 pages, £17.99.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 602 
 
  The Dragon and the Elephant: China, India and the New World Order

David Smith, Profile Books, 2007, 288 pages, £15.00.
  Read Review . . 07 January 2008 634 
 

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The full credit for this useful and informative page must go directly to our reviewers who recently include:
Charles Whitworth
Formerly Senior Economist in OFWAT and the Office of Fair Trading
Rosemary Connell
Nooman Haque
Gatehouse Bank
Charles Dumas
Chairman, Lombard Street Research Ltd
Ian Harwood
Chief Economist, Evolution Securities
Paul Mills
Dr Mills analyses financial stability and policy and lives in Washington
Chola
Founder, Zambian Economist
Diane Coyle
Enlightenment Economics
Gabriel Stein
Director, Lombard Street Research Ltd
Michael Hedley
David Grover
London School of Economics
Richard Bronk
Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics
Diane Coyle
Enlightenment Economics
John Calverley
Head of Research North America, Standard Chartered Bank
Richard Bronk
Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics
Bill Allen
Jill Leyland
Andrew Peaple
Beijing-based columnist with the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column
Diane Coyle
Enlightenment Economics
Nooman Haque
Investment Banker at Gatehouse
Tom Witherow
Eton College
Shamik Dhar
Fathom Consulting
Bronwyn Curtis
Head of Global Research, HSBC
Charles H Whitworth
Steven Bell
Portfolio Manager, GLC Global Macro Fund, and Director GLC Ltd.
Andrew Peaple
Writer on the Wall Street Journal’s ‘Heard on the Street’ column.
Phil Thornton
Lead Consultant, Clarity Economics
Bethan Marshall
Senior Lecturer, King’s College, London
Peter Nolan
Principal, Radios Capital
Mariano Selvaggi
Research Department, Association of British Insurers
Oliver Kamm
Leader writer, The Times
Jeremy Peat
Director, The David Hume Institute
Alasdair Keith
Consultant, Outsights Ltd
Keith Wade
Chief Economist, Schroeders plc
Benedikt Koehler
The author works for the Department of Energy and Climate Change. He writes in a personal capacity.
Rory Cellan-Jones
Technology Correspondent, BBC
Ulric Spencer
  
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