by Bruce | February 23, 2007 | Articles, Book Reviews, Leadership, Practice Group Management, Strategy
The relentless onslaught of business and management books often feels (to me, at least) like standing at the bottom of the sluiceways of the Grand Coulee Dam. Fortunately, all but a tiny slice of the dead-tree armada is utterly inconsequential. Of the...
by Bruce | November 8, 2006 | Adam Smith Himself, Articles, Book Reviews, Globalization
James Buchan, The Authentic Adam Smith (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.: New York, 2006) has recently come out and it is an irresistible selection for this month’s "Adam Smith, Esq." Monthly Book Review. I hope you understand. Buchan, a Brit,...
by Bruce | September 22, 2006 | Articles, Book Reviews
Mark Herrmann, a partner in Jones Day’s Cleveland office (and, notably, a Princeton grad), has published "The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Practicing Law" (ABA Publishing: 2006), a copy of which he sent me, inscribed "To the Managing...
by Bruce | August 23, 2006 | About the Site, Articles, Book Reviews
Announcing the “Adam Smith, Esq.” Monthly Book Review I’m pleased to announce what will be a new, regular feature here on "Adam Smith, Esq.:" The Monthly Book Review. What’s the Monthly Book Review all about? ...
