Since this is a smaller post, I'll just leave it in this forum as a reference for myself and others that might be interested in books regarding the global economy and management.

"The Worldly Philosophers" by Robert Heilbroner

Charles Kindleberger [and Robert Aliber], "Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises

"The Energy Bus" ["The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy"] by Jon Gordon. "

"Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant" by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne

"Lincoln on Leadership" [subtitled "Executive Strategies for Tough Times," by Donald T. Phillips]

"Strategic Marketing Management," [edited] by Robert J. Dolan

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" ["San Guo Yan Yi"]

"Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done," [by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan]

Robert Townsend, "Up the Organization" [subtitled "How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits"]