What do former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King, Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs, and Central Bank of Chile President Rodrigo Vergara all have in common?They reckon former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s memoir of battling the financial crisis, The Courage to Act, was one of the best books they read in 2015.
Another top choice among the world’s biggest names in finance and economics wasSuperforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock and Dan Gardner. Eurasia Group founder Ian Bremmer, Deutsche Bank Chief U.S. Economist Joe LaVorgna, and Citigroup Vice Chairman Peter Orszag were among those giving it a thumbs-up.
These are some of the most popular choices in the annual survey of book recommendations compiled by Bloomberg. Among the 50 contributors are former U.S. Treasury secretariesLawrence Summers and John Snow, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, HSBC Chief Executive Officer Stuart Gulliver, Ellevate Network Chair Sallie Krawcheck, and hedge fund titanJim Chanos.
By Julie Verhage and Simon Kennedy
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