Articles for tag: Ben Bernanke

January 10, 2010

By LeRoy Lawson Amity Shlaes, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression (New York: HarperCollins, 2007). Chris Anderson, Free: The Future of a Radical Price (New York: Hyperion, 2009). Harvey Cox, The Future of Faith (New York: HarperOne, 2009). Here”s the thing about reading: it”s addictive. Read a good book and it whets your appetite to read more on the subject, or by the author, or to satisfy your curiosity. This month”s column is mostly about that curiosity. Bearing the Brunt The Forgotten Man is a good example. In a recent column I reviewed David Wessel”s In

December 20, 2009

Christian Standard

Book Reviews Reviews

FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Taking the Lead

By LeRoy Lawson Bill Hybels, Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008). As a rule, I don”t promote leadership books. Most of them seem like the same old same old, prettied up in new packaging. Sometimes, though, rules are made to be broken. So I”m breaking one. If you are looking for an easy-to-read, common-sense set of principles that can lift your effectiveness to a new level, try Bill Hybels”s Axiom. PROVERBS, NOT TRUISMS My appreciation rose when I learned from these pages that Hybels holds in high regard another of my favorite books on the subject, Steven Sample”s