# Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers recommend it for making corporate management goals harder to accept at face value. No critic in the quotes names a specific drawback.

## Why people recommend it

- Makes management goals harder to accept (1 comments): "two books that made it almost impossible for me to deal with management "goals" at large corporations anymore" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053977))

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## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262541157?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780262541152) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming", https://hackerapproved.com/p/out-of-the-crisis/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).