Money and Finance
More people have joined in giving their summer reading recommendations HERE.
- Links
Michael Lewis Talks With Conan [H/T ValueWalk] (LINK) A (slightly) more nuanced Bill Gates offers vision of higher education (LINK) The New Yorker Web Site is Entirely Free This Summer (Until It Goes Behind a Paywall This Fall) (LINK) Clair Patterson,...
- Bill Gates, Melinda Gates: Why Giving Away Our Wealth Has Been The Most Satisfying Thing We've Done
Link to TED video: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates: Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we've doneIn 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates—then engaged—took a walk on a beach in Zanzibar, and made a bold decision on how they would make...
- John Mauldin: How Do I Hate Thee?
When I was growing up, Labor Day always marked the official end of summer, since we started school the next day. These days everyone seems to start school sometime in August, but for those of us of a certain age, the natural annual rhythm is still to...
- Meet Vaclav Smil, The Canadian Polymath Whose Books Bill Gates Is Racing To Read
A few weeks ago, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates published his personal summer reading list on his blog Gates Notes. Of the eight titles, two are by the same author, a Canadian professor emeritus you’ve probably never heard of: Vaclav...
- How To Lie With Statistics
This is a book that two of my favorite people report that they give as their holiday gift of choice. Bill Gates recommends it on his summer reading list. After finishing How to Lie with Statistics, I can see why. Just on the craft part of writing, the...
Money and Finance
Bill Gates and others: summer reading
More people have joined in giving their summer reading recommendations HERE.
- Links
Michael Lewis Talks With Conan [H/T ValueWalk] (LINK) A (slightly) more nuanced Bill Gates offers vision of higher education (LINK) The New Yorker Web Site is Entirely Free This Summer (Until It Goes Behind a Paywall This Fall) (LINK) Clair Patterson,...
- Bill Gates, Melinda Gates: Why Giving Away Our Wealth Has Been The Most Satisfying Thing We've Done
Link to TED video: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates: Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we've doneIn 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates—then engaged—took a walk on a beach in Zanzibar, and made a bold decision on how they would make...
- John Mauldin: How Do I Hate Thee?
When I was growing up, Labor Day always marked the official end of summer, since we started school the next day. These days everyone seems to start school sometime in August, but for those of us of a certain age, the natural annual rhythm is still to...
- Meet Vaclav Smil, The Canadian Polymath Whose Books Bill Gates Is Racing To Read
A few weeks ago, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates published his personal summer reading list on his blog Gates Notes. Of the eight titles, two are by the same author, a Canadian professor emeritus you’ve probably never heard of: Vaclav...
- How To Lie With Statistics
This is a book that two of my favorite people report that they give as their holiday gift of choice. Bill Gates recommends it on his summer reading list. After finishing How to Lie with Statistics, I can see why. Just on the craft part of writing, the...