When, in 2005, Aaron Krowne, a researcher at Emory University, was issued an ultimatum by his landlord to either let go of his apartment in Atlanta or buy it, he asked around. Everyone advised him to buy it. But when he did the math, he knew something was wrong. He&rsquo;d have to get an exotic loan (well, they were hugely popular at the time) and he wasn&rsquo;t sure he could repay. He declined the offer and quit the apartment. By the end of 2006, the American subprime crisis had begun to unravel.

Dangers in the comfort zone

Business Standard

There is something about business schools. Since the economic crisis of 2009, there has been much negative press about MBAs and the institutes from which they emerge. Apart from the stress laid on the teaching of ethical behaviour, several commentators have questioned the rationale of a course that fills up smart brains with theoretical frameworks that are of little use in the real world.

Virgin stories

Kelly Newsome passed top of her class at the University of Virginia School of Law and landed a plum job with a high-profile law firm in Manhattan.

The dream job

When I received the packet containing this book in the mail, I was mildly surprised. Books on corporate gyaan are generally slim but this one was, if not a doorstopper, close to one. At 500-plus pages and covered in light blue tones, it could easily pass off as another of my here-today-gone-tomorrow MBA books that are picked up with alacrity at the start of the term but vanish in the thickets of the hostel room soon after.

Vikram Johri

Vikram Johri

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Dangers in the comfort zone

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The dream job

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