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Five good business books

  Were I to list the five best business books of recent years, (let us say, of the new millennium) I might offer this, in chronological order, without any imputation of relative priority.  Robert Bryce, PIPE DREAMS (2002). There were a lot of books above the rise and fall of Enron published around the time this one was. But this one holds up better than others of the herd.  Michael Lewis, FLASH BOYS (2014). A fascinating look at exchange structure issues, such as how exchanges collaborate with high-speed traders to allow them an advantage from their trading velocity. Who benefits? Who loses? What are those who would otherwise be losing, doing about it?  Brian Arthur, COMPLEXITIES AND THE ECONOMY (2015). Chaos theory, its spin-off in complexity theory, and whether they help us understand the business world.  Gary Sernovitz, THE GREEN AND THE BLACK (2016). About the petroleum industry, fracking, and related matters.  Mervyn King, THE END OF ALCHEMY (2016)....