My Life and Work by Henry Ford

A public domain autobiography. I enjoyed this very much because my reading coincided with the death of Steve Jobs. Remarkably, there were interesting parallels: early failure, strong opinions, long-range vision, focus on product over profit. Ford's view of the purpose of business, work, stockholders, and speculation, debt, investors is very refreshing and extremely timely. The current recession and doubts about capitalism make Ford's views very interesting. He seemed to care about workers, definitely believed in a living wage, and thought if management did what they should, unions were superfluous. Except for a brief vague reference to Jews in business, this book is food for thought and solid points of view still relevant today.