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Books like The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More

12 books with a reading profile close to The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.

  1. 1 The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

    The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

    by Thomas L. Friedman

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Thomas L.

  2. 2 Abundance

    Abundance

    by Ezra Klein

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Ezra Klein examines the structural hurdles preventing the United States from building the infrastructure, housing, and clean energy technology required for a functional future.

  3. 3 Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves

    Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves

    by Andrew Ross Sorkin

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Andrew Ross Sorkin reconstructs the day-by-day mechanics of the 2008 financial collapse, focusing on the frantic negotiations between Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, and the chief e…

  4. 4 The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

    The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

    by Bethany McLean

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy

    Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind document the organizational culture and accounting strategies that led to the collapse of the Enron Corporation.

  5. 5 Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

    Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

    by Bryan Burrough

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy

    Bryan Burrough and John Helyar chronicle the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, the largest corporate takeover of its era.

  6. 6 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

    The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

    by Michael Lewis

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy

    Michael Lewis tracks the mechanics of the 2008 global financial collapse by following a small group of eccentric investors who anticipated the subprime mortgage crisis.

  7. 7 Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    by John Carreyrou

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    John Carreyrou chronicles the rise and collapse of Theranos, a biotech firm led by Elizabeth Holmes that claimed to revolutionize blood testing through proprietary Edison devices.

  8. 8 Microsoft Secrets

    Microsoft Secrets

    by Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Michael A.

  9. 9 Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

    Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

    by Michael Moss

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Michael Moss investigates how multinational food corporations utilize laboratory science to maximize consumer consumption.

  10. 10 Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

    Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers

    by Geoffrey A. Moore

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy

    Geoffrey A.

  11. 11 The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

    The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns

    by John C. Bogle

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, economics

    John C.

  12. 12 The Undercover Economist

    The Undercover Economist

    by Tim Harford

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

    Tim Harford explains how price discrimination, scarcity power, and information asymmetry dictate the costs of daily life.

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