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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Lifeby: Alice Schroeder September 29, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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I recently re-read Roger Lowenstein's biography, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist (first published in 1995 and now re-issued with a new Afterword), and then read this more recent one by Alice Schroeder. Both are first-rate. Which to select if reading only one? That depends on how much you wish to know about Buffett's personal life, including his relations with various family members, and how curious you are about his personal hang-ups, peculiarities, eccentricities, fetishes, etc. If you can do without any of that, Roger Lowenstein's biography is the one to read. I also highly recommend the recently published Second Edition of The Essays of Warren Buffet: Lessons for Corporate America, with content selected, arranged, and ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbableby: Nassim Nicholas Taleb February 28, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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Reading these reviews leads me immediately to the realisation that this work may possibly be little better than plagiarism. Siméon-Denis Poisson first examined the statistical modelling of low-probability events in 1838, within a much wider corpus of scientific research in pure and applied natural and social sciences. One immediate conclusion is that the probability of low-odds events occurring (where there is no impedement to frequent possible events) is much higher than normal binomial probability suggests. As this is the heart of Taleb's thesis, he's at best reinvented the wheel.
On the basis of his introduction, examining the work of Umberto Eco, I suspect he falls into a trap of his own pretentiousness, insofar as Professor Eco sometimes ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythingby: Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner June 18, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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This book is a general interest book- and it certainly is interesting. The book, for anyone looking for an entertaining read, will like it. In a nutshell, the book takes a look at all sorts of things in society, from crack gangs to parenting, and then attempts to make sense of them by applying econonmic principles. According to the book, economics is really the study of incentives, and so using this kind of angle, the book comes up with answers to why things work the way they do.
A book that's hard to put down, I'm sure many readers will enjoy it. Also recommend The Sixty-Second Motivator for a more simplistic explanation of what motivates people and gives them incentives to do what they do. >>More Details |
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The Great Crash, 1929 (Penguin business)by: John Kenneth Galbraith October 29, 1992 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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John Kenneth Galbraith's classic study of the 1929 Wall Street crash is an exhilarating read. Galbraith combines a fluent, witty style with a detailed breakdown of the build up to disaster,
It is interesting to note how most of the experts - journalists, academics, businessmen, bankers and politicians didn't have a clue what was going to happen and thought that the good times would carry on rolling. Gordon Brown anyone? >>More Details |
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalismby: Naomi Klein May 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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Readable, passionate, but... if true, the latest financial crash would have seen another swift extension of market power. But does govt control or ownership of the banks, talk of aggressive new regulation or the 'end of capitalism' sound like capitalism making hay? Are we really seeing a retreat from govt or state activity in the face of recession?
On the contrary, this latest shock is widely described as a disaster for capitalism. The doctrine fails its first test. The former chairman of the Federal reserve - Alan Greenspan - talks about this shock as though it has fundamentally undermined the theoretical constructs of capitalism by showing the weakness of self interest. When the priests are becoming apostates, how can the shock be said to further ... Read More: >>More Details |
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When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Changeby: Mohamed El-Erian July 01, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change
Mohamed El Erian has spent many years involved in the emerging markets and this book gives a very valuable insight into the impact that these markets are having on the financial landscape and how to capitalize on it. In future the emerging markets will be much more important drivers of the world economy than the US, UK, Europe or Japan. The book talks about the crisis caused by the undervaluation of risk combined with the under-assessment of the quantity of risk outstanding and the consequential fundamental changes taking place. The sheer complexity of the structure of financial products and the inability of the regulatory system to keep on top of these developments ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About it: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About Itby: Paul Collier October 02, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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In my work over the last few years, struggling with the issues of development and poverty reduction, and I read a lot of books on the issues. Recently, I read one of the best books in the form of Paul Collier's The Bottom Billion.
Just as Mr. Collier says at the end of his book, discussions on poverty and development have over the last few years been dominated by two extremes: On the one extreme Mr. Jeffrey Sachs call for more aid to "end poverty", and on the other side, William Easterly's negativity that nothing really works (in the books The End of Poverty and The White Man's Burden, respectively). Mr. Collier strikes a marvelous and necessary balance between these two. On one side, he says about Mr. Sachs: "At present the clarion call for the left is Jeffrey ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Who Runs Britain?: and Who's to Blame for the Economic Mess We're in: And Who's to Blame for the Economic Mess We're inby: Robert Peston October 30, 2008 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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In my work over the last few years, struggling with the issues of development and poverty reduction, and I read a lot of books on the issues. Recently, I read one of the best books in the form of Paul Collier's The Bottom Billion.
Just as Mr. Collier says at the end of his book, discussions on poverty and development have over the last few years been dominated by two extremes: On the one extreme Mr. Jeffrey Sachs call for more aid to "end poverty", and on the other side, William Easterly's negativity that nothing really works (in the books The End of Poverty and The White Man's Burden, respectively). Mr. Collier strikes a marvelous and necessary balance between these two. On one side, he says about Mr. Sachs: "At present the clarion call for the left is Jeffrey ... Read More: >>More Details |
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Marketsby: Nassim Nicholas Taleb May 03, 2007 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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The book offers a better perception of randomness and its effect on our lives mostly using stock market examples. Easy to read for the non-expert in probability or statistics it offers a stochastic view on the world which we perceive to be much more deterministic than it is (mostly by confusing the effect with the results).
Although an engineer myself and not totally unaware of statistics or probability, I considered the representation of philosophical ideas through the prism of the book to be enjoyable and worth mentioning. I also found the supporting bibliographic references to be impressive for a book of this subject. I can see why some of the people gave an unfavorable review to the book mostly with regard of his writing style (although it didn't bother me) but claims backed ... Read More: >>More Details |
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The Intelligent Investorby: Benjamin Graham October 23, 2003 Best Selling > Books > Economics |
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The language may be a bit dated but the advice is still good, proving there is little new in the world of investing. If you follow Graham's practical advice on valuing companies, assessing risk and investing for the long term you will make money.
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