New Reviews: Business & Finance

Eric Yang narrates this account of the spectacular rise and fall of FTX's cryptocurrency wunderkind, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). Author Andrew R. Chow is a correspondent for TIME, and Yang approaches the story with a reporter's detachment, allowing the facts to speak for themselves. And speak they do! While Yang uses a measured tone, avoiding sensationalism, the facts detailing... Read More

Jaime Taets and Chelsey Paulson, chief vision officer and chief strategy officer of the Keystone Group consulting firm, offer a dry, straightforward, yet highly theoretical series of frameworks designed to help companies achieve an improved or ideal work culture benefiting the bottom line and workers. The experienced and accomplished narrator Tanya Eby brings sunshine to an... Read More

Narrator Stephen Graybill maintains a clearheaded instructive style in this entertaining economic history lesson. The audiobook provides a fresh approach that mixes microeconomics, which explains how individuals make decisions, and macroeconomics, the study of the economy as a whole. The presentation is packed with plenty of anecdotes and FREAKONOMICS-style examples. Graybill... Read More

The stories of four corrupt, authoritarian leaders--two heads of countries and two corporate CEOs--show how charismatic and immoral leaders can manipulate followers and attract allies to gain power they inevitably abuse. The author says the pattern of decline is predictable and can be stopped when we recognize the four stages of toxic leadership. Though Linda Jones's... Read More

Author David Allen, an individual productivity expert, partners with a colleague to offer best practices for all types of teams, including families. Edward Lamont narrates most of this useful guide, while Allen performs pertinent anecdotes. Both authors narrate with appealing tone and clarity. This excellent lesson is notable for its common-sense ideas about team collaboration... Read More

The principal author, a tech superstar and podcast creator, performs the introduction and a closing segment of this audiobook, while his co-author narrates a charming two-minute afterword. The voices of both authors add immediacy to the production. Perry Daniels delivers the bulk of the audiobook, including the foreword by Jane Goodall, with clarity and respect for the... Read More