James Surowiecki Books

Corporate malfeasance takes center stage in this anthology, showcasing a range of engaging narratives that explore the darker side of American business. Contributors like P.J. O'Rourke provide humor in dissecting Enron's complexities, while Marc Peyser offers insights into Martha Stewart's influence. Joe Nocera's investigations delve into the failures that have plagued these institutions. This collection is both entertaining and enlightening, capturing the tumultuous landscape of contemporary corporate America through the lenses of skilled writers.

In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant—better at solving problems, fostering innovation, coming to wise decisions, even predicting the future. With boundless erudition and in delightfully clear prose, Surowiecki ranges across fields as diverse as popular culture, psychology, ant biology, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, military history, and politics to show how this simple idea offers important lessons for how we live our lives, select our leaders, run our companies, and think about our world.