Money and Finance
Jim Grant's Three Part Interview With The Epoch Times (LINK)
Peter Thiel Op-Ed: Competition Is for Losers (LINK)
An important book worth checking out, which I believe is mentioned somewhere in Poor Charlie's Almanack and also by Robert Shiller in his (also important) article I linked to the other day: The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth - by Benjamin M. Friedman
Learning From Benjamin Franklin (LINK)
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How America Lost Track of Ben Franklin’s Definition of Success [H/T @AlexRubalcava] (LINK) [Related book: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin] According to Franklin, what mattered in business was humility, restraint, and discipline....
- Top Books
This weekend, I mentioned on Twitter that the book Sapiens might be one of my Top 5 favorite books of all-time. Since I've gotten a couple of questions asking for what else I'd put on that list, I decided to post it here. But instead of just calling...
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Sanjay Bakshi lecture: Klein vs. Kahneman (LINK) Peter Thiel profiled in Fortune (LINK) Related book: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the FutureHow the Next iPhone Could Finally Kill the Credit Card (LINK) Why Buffett's son bought...
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Aswath Damodaran - The Education Business: A Road Map for Disruption (LINK) Related mini-book (PDF): Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce RevolutionRelated book: Disrupting ClassAndrew Smithers: The contested ties between asset...
- Benjamin Franklin And The Birth Of A Paper Money Economy - By Farley Grubb
Link to: Benjamin Franklin And the Birth of a Paper Money Economy Paper money has often been controversial and misunderstood. Why it has value, why that value changes over time, how it influences economic activity, who should be allowed to make it,...
Money and Finance
Links
Jim Grant's Three Part Interview With The Epoch Times (LINK)
Peter Thiel Op-Ed: Competition Is for Losers (LINK)
Related book: Zero to OneWoman of 24 found to have no cerebellum in her brain [H/T James] (LINK)
An important book worth checking out, which I believe is mentioned somewhere in Poor Charlie's Almanack and also by Robert Shiller in his (also important) article I linked to the other day: The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth - by Benjamin M. Friedman
Learning From Benjamin Franklin (LINK)
Related books: A Benjamin Franklin Reader, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, Poor Richard's Almanack, The Way to Wealth: to which is added: The Whistle & The Advantages of Drunkenness
Related previous posts: Ben Franklin - 3 Essays - The Ephemera; The Whistle; Franklin and the Gout, Ben Franklin and the Junto, Ben Franklin on Humility (and some crafty advice on persuasion), Ben Franklin's 13 Virtues"I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind if he first forms a good plan and, cutting off all amusements or other employments that would divert his attention, makes the execution of that same plan his sole study and business." -Ben Franklin
- Links
How America Lost Track of Ben Franklin’s Definition of Success [H/T @AlexRubalcava] (LINK) [Related book: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin] According to Franklin, what mattered in business was humility, restraint, and discipline....
- Top Books
This weekend, I mentioned on Twitter that the book Sapiens might be one of my Top 5 favorite books of all-time. Since I've gotten a couple of questions asking for what else I'd put on that list, I decided to post it here. But instead of just calling...
- Links
Sanjay Bakshi lecture: Klein vs. Kahneman (LINK) Peter Thiel profiled in Fortune (LINK) Related book: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the FutureHow the Next iPhone Could Finally Kill the Credit Card (LINK) Why Buffett's son bought...
- Links
Aswath Damodaran - The Education Business: A Road Map for Disruption (LINK) Related mini-book (PDF): Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce RevolutionRelated book: Disrupting ClassAndrew Smithers: The contested ties between asset...
- Benjamin Franklin And The Birth Of A Paper Money Economy - By Farley Grubb
Link to: Benjamin Franklin And the Birth of a Paper Money Economy Paper money has often been controversial and misunderstood. Why it has value, why that value changes over time, how it influences economic activity, who should be allowed to make it,...