Good Guys and Bad Guys by Joe Nocera - ISBN: 9781591844396
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Sheds light on the giants of the business world - Warren Buffett, T Boone Pickens, Bob Nardelli - as well as on the less famous. This title features stories that are around their motivations, personalities, and deepest characters. Pigeonholing them as good guys or bad guys, it also explores the gray areas in between.

Good Guys and Bad Guys

Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business (and Everything in Between)

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  • Paperback

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    30 August 2011

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Summary

The greatest columns and profiles by the bestselling coauthor of All the Devils Are Here. What’s it like to be a top tobacco executive when your kid asks you about smoking? How did a young liberal arts major become the hottest tech-stock analyst of the ‘90s, and why did he self-destruct? How did one family’s dysfunction change the media landscape?Some people think business journalism is all about balance sheets, income statements, and earnings per share. But if you want to answer the re…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781591844396
ISBN-10:1591844398
Author:Joe Nocera
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Portfolio
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:30 August 2011
Weight:286g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm
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Critics Review

a Nocera demystifies the world of business with original thinking, brainy reporting, and the ability to see around corners… . Nocera knows that persuasion isnat about haranguing, that itas better to lead the reader toward your conclusion and depart gracefully rather than hammer him over the head with it.a
aJack Shafer, “Slate”

About The Author

Joe Nocera

Joe Nocera is a columnist for The New York Times, and co-author of All the Devils are Here. He spent ten years at Fortune as a contributing writer, editor at large, executive editor, and editorial director. He has won three Gerald Loeb awards for excellence in business journalism and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2006. He lives in New York.

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