The Repo Market, Shorts, Shortages, and Squeezes
By: Scott E.D. Skyrm
4.05
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
By: Roger Lowenstein
4.20
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
“A riveting account that reaches beyond the market landscape to say something universal about risk … read more
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2. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
By: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4.10
Format: 426 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost philosophers of our time, Nas… read more
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- economics
"Only the autodidacts are free."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"More data means more information, but it also means more false information."-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Convincing - and confident - disciplines, say, physics, tend to use little statistical backup, while political science and economics, which have never produced anything of note, are full of elaborate…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
"Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of the writing itself. This acts as a filter--it is the only filter. If the subject is not intere…"-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
3. Liar's Poker
By: Michael Lewis
4.15
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker. Michael L… read more
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"Buy potatoes,"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"The difference between Strauss and Ranieri?"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king"-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
"A commercial banker wasn’t any more a troublemaker than Dagwood Bumstead."-Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker
4. Debt: The First 5,000 Years
By: David Graeber
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more
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- economics
5. The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economics and the Threat of Financial Collapse
By: Michael Pettis
3.76
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This book presents a radically different argument for what has caused, and likely will continue to … read more
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- economics
6. The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
By: Bethany McLean , Peter Elkind
4.01
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
There were dozens of books about Watergate, but only All the President's Mengave readers the full s… read more
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7. Columbine
By: Dave Cullen
4.29
Format: 417 pages, Hardcover
"The tragedies keep coming. As we reel from the latest horror . . . " So begins a new epilogue, ill… read more
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"The final portrait is often furthest from the truth."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
"What good were special talents when there was no one to share them with?"-Dave Cullen, Columbine
"The goal with hostages is to gradually lower expectations; in nonhostage crises, it's to lower emotions."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
"You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself."-Dave Cullen, Columbine
8. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
By: Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.26
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its fir… read more
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9. A History of the United States in Five Crashes: Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation
By: Scott Nations
3.88
Format: None pages, ebook
In this absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history, Scott Nations, a l… read more
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10. Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
By: Charles T. Munger , None
4.42
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter… read more
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- economics
"What are the secret of success? -one word answer :"rational"-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life preceding it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"The best armour of old age is a well spent life perfecting it."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
"How to find a good spouse? -the best single way is to deserve a good spouse."-Charles T. Munger, Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
11. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
By: Robert A. Caro
3.25
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman pr… read more
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12. Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
By: Bryan Burrough , John Helyar
4.27
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at… read more
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- economics
"With every girl there was a moment before you broke up when you knew - you just knew - that if you left her right then, you would never make up."-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
"Something had to be done fast. A letter: that was the answer. As many lawyers do when nursing a grievance, Nusbaum knew it was important to get their anger down into writing. As Cohen and the investm…"-Bryan Burrough, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
13. Grant
By: Ron Chernow
4.40
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefel… read more
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14. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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- economics
15. Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
By: Edmund Conway
4.52
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed… read more
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"You can get anything you want from anywhere in the world at a bargain price, but don't [whatever you do] expect to understand how it was made or how it got to you."-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"Brothers and sisters,’ said the man. ‘I want to tell you this. The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.’…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"To say that concrete is everywhere is hardly an exaggeration. Despite the fact that we only began mass producing this mixture of sand, aggregates and cement just over a century ago, there are now mor…"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
"A few years ago some geologists sifted through the data [and] estimated that the amount of sand, soil and rock we humans mine and quarry and dredge each year is some 24 times greater than the amount …"-Edmund Conway, Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
16. Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
By: Adam Tooze
None
Format: 720 pages, Hardcover
"An intelligent explanation of the mechanisms that produced the crisis and the response to it...One… read more
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- economics
17. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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- economics
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
18. Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
By: Michael Lewis
3.80
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular col… read more
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19. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
By: Gregory Zuckerman
4.03
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the … read more
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20. The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
By: Rob Copeland
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio… read more
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21. The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost it All
By: Mary Childs
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the host of NPR’s Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged inv… read more
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22. Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better
By: Lyn Alden
4.70
Format: 538 pages, Hardcover
A Comprehensive Overview of the Past, Present, and Future of Money Broken Money explores the histo… read more
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23. Breaking History: A White House Memoir
By: Jared Kushner
4.12
Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER #1 PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY BESTSELLER … read more
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24. Central Banking 101
By: Joseph J. Wang
4.41
Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition
Central banking is magic. With a few words, the Fed can lift the stock market out of desperation an… read more
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25. The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy
By: Mervyn A. King
4.08
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
“If [ The End of Alchemy ] gets the attention it deserves, it might just save the world.” ―Michael … read more
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26. Shorting the Grid: The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid
By: Meredith Angwin
3.97
Format: 442 pages, Kindle Edition
When rolling blackouts come to the electric grid, they will be old news to the grid insiders. Only … read more
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27. The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes
By: Stefan Eich
4.07
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970s … read more
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28. Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System (Studies in New Economic Thinking)
By: Perry G. Mehrling
4.00
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
Charles Kindleberger ranks as one of the twentieth century's best known and most influential intern… read more
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29. The Repo Market, Shorts, Shortages, and Squeezes
By: Scott E.D. Skyrm
4.05
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
The Repo market is the most important market that few people know about. It’s a pillar of the finan… read more
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30. Risky Business: Why Insurance Markets Fail and What to Do About It
By: Liran Einav
3.87
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
An engaging and accessible examination of what ails insurance markets—and what to do about it—by th… read more
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