Pursuits
Kerry, Joseph Cohen, Schwarzman, Piketty Pick Best Books of 2014
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Billionaire private-equity investor Stephen Schwarzman studied geopolitics, while Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman drew lessons from rowers trying to win the Olympics.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looked at China and ice hockey. Economist Thomas Piketty enjoyed Mexican literature. Billionaire Wilbur Ross disagreed with Piketty’s own work on inequality. Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin focused on the New Deal.