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Bill Gates: The Seven Best Books I Read in 2013
Found via Farnam Street.
Link to: Bill Gates: The Seven Best Books I Read in 2013
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The books:
The Box, by Marc Levinson
The Most Powerful Idea in the World, by William Rosen
Harvesting the Biosphere, by Vaclav Smil
The World Until Yesterday, by Jared Diamond
Poor Numbers, by Morten Jerven
Why Does College Cost So Much?, by Robert B. Archibald and David H. Feldman
The Bet, by Paul Sabin
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Links
Bill Gates on Books and Blogging (LINK) The latest essays from Paul Graham: 1) The Refragmentation; and 2) Economic Inequality Energy Equities Are Cheap? Define That, Please (LINK) Book of the day: The Personal MBA
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