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The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks. The term ?complexity? can be misleading, however, because what makes West?s discoveries so beautiful is that he has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly compl...

For the first time ever, the wit and wisdom of Charlie Munger is available in a single volume: all his talks, lectures and public commentary. And, it has been written and compiled with both Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett's encouragement and cooperation. So pull up your favorite reading chair and enjoy the unique humor, wit and insight that Charl...

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The fascinating story of brothers Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss's big bet on cryptocurrency and its dazzling payoff.Planning to start careers as venture capitalists, the brothers quickly discover that no one will take their money after their fight with Zuckerberg. While nursing their wounds in Ibiza, they accidentally run into an eccentric charact...

"Splendid...the definitive history of the hedge fund, a compelling narrative full of largerthanlife characters and dramatic tales." The Washington Post Wealthy, powerful, and potentially dangerous, hedge fund moguls have become the It Boys of twenty-first century capitalism. Beating the market was long thought to be impossible, but hedge fund...

Bill Gates's Five Books for Summer Reading 2019From worldrenowned economist Paul Collier, a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism and a pragmatic and realistic vision for how we can repair it.Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of the United States and other Western societies: thriving cities versus rural counties, the highly skil...

How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law How is it that the law permits the state to lawfully engage in actions which, if undertaken by individuals, would land them in jail These are among the most intriguing issues in political and economic philosophy. More specifically, the problem of law that itself violates law is ...

An argument that operational urban planning can be improved by the application of the tools of urban economics to the design of regulations and infrastructure.Urban planning is a craft learned through practice. Planners make rapid decisions that have an immediate impact on the groundthe width of streets, the minimum size of land parcels, the heig...

A brilliantly reported, global look at universal basic incomea stipend given to every citizenand why it might be necessary in an age of rising inequality, persistent poverty, and dazzling Technology,. Imagine if every month the government deposited $1,000 into your bank account, with nothing expected in return. It sounds crazy. But it has become...

The international bestseller on the extent to which personal freedom has been eroded by government regulations and agencies while personal prosperity has been undermined by government spending and economic controls. New Foreword by the Authors; Index....

"Ace Greenberg did almost everything better than I dobridge, magic tricks, dog training, and arbitrageall the important things in life." WARREN BUFFETT Alan C. Greenberg, the former chairman of Bear, Stearns, and a celebrated philanthropist, was known throughout the financial world for his biting, quirky but invaluable and wise memos. Read by...

Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans?predictable, errorprone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to earth?and change the way we think about economics, ourselves...

With the radical changes in information production that the Internet has introduced, we stand at an important moment of transition, says Yochai Benkler in this thoughtprovoking book. The phenomenon he describes as social production is reshaping markets, while at the same time offering new opportunities to enhance individual freedom, cultural diver...

Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go examines education finance from the school's vantage point, explaining how the varied funding streams can prevent schools from delivering academic services that mesh with their stated priorities. As government budgets shrink, linking expenditures to student outcomes will be imperative. Educational Ec...

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“Weatherall probes an epochal shift in financial strategizing with lucidity, explaining how it occurred and what it means for modern finance.”—Peter Galison, author of Einstein’s Clocks, Poincare’s MapsAfter the economic meltdown of 2008, many pundits placed the blame on “complex financial instruments” and the physicists and mathematicians who drea...

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Originally published by Yale University Press in 1944, Bureaucracy is a classic fundamental examination of the nature of bureaucracies and free markets in juxtaposition to various political systems. Bureaucracy contrasts the two forms of economic management—that of a free market economy and that of a bureaucracy. In the market economy entrepreneurs...

Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme—but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity ...

An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and ba...

A comprehensive value investing framework for the individual investor In a straightforward and accessible manner, The Dhandho Investor lays out the powerful framework of value investing. Written with the intelligent individual investor in mind, this comprehensive guide distills the Dhandho capital allocation framework of the business savvy Patels f...

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendshipsand how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is arguably the most important philosopher ever to have written in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his religious skepticism and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith, now hailed as...

Lenin once said, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and bestselling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a postpandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic impacts that may take years to unfold.In the...

With all of our focus on assets and how much and when to allocate them are we missing the bigger picture Our book begins by reviewing the historical performance record of popular assets like stocks, bonds, and cash. We look at the impact inflation has on our money. We then start to examine how diversification through combining assets, in this ...

An accessible look at the art of investing and how to adopt the practices of top professionals What differentiates the highly successful market practitionersthe Market Wizardsfrom ordinary traders What traits do they share What lessons can the average trader learn from those who achieved superior returns for decades while still maintaining stri...

Spufford cunningly maps out a literary genre of his own . . . Freewheeling and fabulous. The Times (London)Strange as it may seem, the gray, oppressive USSR was founded on a fairy tale. It was built on the twentiethcentury magic called the planned economy, which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that the lands of capitalism cou...

Every trader is an entrepreneur. And just as a new business must capitalize upon the strengths of its founders, a career in the markets crucially hinges upon the assets?personal and monetary?of the trader. As an active trader and a coach of traders in hedge funds, proprietary trading groups, and investment bank settings, author Brett Steenbarger ha...

Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It's not about carbon ? it's about capitalism. The good news is that we can seize this crisis to transform our failed economic system and build something radically better.In her most provocative book yet, Naomi Klein, author of the global bestsellers Shock Doctrine and No Logo, exposes the ...

The acclaimed HaJoon Chang is a voice of sanityand witin this lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists have spun since the Age of Reagan. 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism uses twentythree short essays (a few great example...

TV analysts and money managers would have you believe your finances are enormously complicated and if you don?t follow their guidance, you?ll end up in the poorhouse. They?re wrong. When University of Chicago professor Harold Pollack interviewed Helaine Olen, an awardwinning financial journalist and the author of the bestselling Pound Foolish, he ...

Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck and Get Your Financial Life Together (#GYFLT)! If you're a cashstrapped 20 or 30something, it's easy to get freaked out by finances. But you're not doomed to spend your life drowning in debt or mystified by money. It's time to stop scraping by and take control of your money and your life with this savvy and smart...

Soccernomics' applies highpowered analytical tools to everyday football topics. It's about looking at data in new ways, revealing counterintuitive truths about football and explaining all manner of things about the game which newspapers just can't see....

"Read this book right now so you can look your potential VC in the eye with confidence." David Meerman Scott, author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR Finding the right venture capitalist to back your startup is a challenge. Even if you manage to get backing, you want your VC to be a partner, not some dictator who will undermine your vision and ...

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The extensively revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg?s hugely popular book, The Armchair Economist??a delightful compendium of quotidian examples illustrating important economic and financial theories? (The Journal of Finance).In this revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg?s hugely popular book, he applies economic theory to tod...

EvidenceBased Technical Analysis examines how you can apply the scientific method, and recently developed statistical tests, to determine the true effectiveness of technical trading signals. Throughout the book, expert David Aronson provides you with comprehensive coverage of this new methodology, which is specifically designed for evaluating the ...

The untold story of the global poor: ?Powerful, lucid, and revelatory, The Great Surge?offers indispensable prescriptions about sustaining global economic progress into the future? (George Soros, chairman of Soros Fund Management).We live today at a time of great progress for the global poor. Never before have so many people, in so many developing ...

Economic Facts and Fallacies exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issuesand does so in a lively manner and without requiring any prior knowledge of economics by the reader. These include many beliefs widely disseminated in the media and by politicians, such as mistaken ideas about urban problems, income differences, malefemal...

For graduate courses in business, economics, financial mathematics, and financial engineering; for advanced undergraduate courses with students who have good quantitative skills; and for practitioners involved in derivatives markets Practitioners refer to it as ?the bible;? in the university and college marketplace it?s the best seller; and now it...

This book will teach you how to:? Achieve wealth and cash flow through real estate? Find property with real potential? Show you how to unlock the myths that are holding you back? Negotiating the deal based on the numbers? Evaluate property and purchase price? Increase your income through proven property management tools...

Learn to make money in the stock market, even if you've never traded before.The stock market is the greatest opportunity machine ever created.Are you ready to get your piece of itThis book will teach you everything that you need to know to start making money in the stock market today.Don't gamble with your hardearned money.If you are going to mak...

In this revised, updated, and expanded edition of his New York Times bestseller, Nobel Prizewinning economist Robert Shiller, who warned of both the tech and housing bubbles, cautions that signs of irrational exuberance among investors have only increased since the 20089 financial crisis. With high stock and bond prices and the rising cost of hou...

On Wall Street, in the culture of high tech, in American government: Libertarianism the simple but radical idea that the only purpose of government is to protect its citizens and their property against direct violence and threat has become an extremely influential strain of thought. But while many books talk about libertarian ideas, none unti...

A simple guide to a smarter strategy for the individual investor"A Wealth of Common Sense" sheds a refreshing light on investing, and shows you how a simplicitybased framework can lead to better investment decisions. The financial market is a complex system, but that doesn't mean it requires a complex strategy; in fact, this false premise is the d...

The essential guide to launching a successful career in tradingupdated for today's turbulent markets"Mastering the Trade is an excellent source for a basic understanding of market action, be it day and/or longerterm trend trading. A programmer will have a field day with the many ideas that are in this book. It is highly recommended."John Hill,...

The first collection of seminal writings on a movement that is rapidly changing the face of American politics, The Libertarian Reader links some of the most fertile minds of our time to a centuriesold commitment to freedom, selfdetermination, and opposition to intrusive government. A movement that today counts among its supporters Steve Forbes, N...

The guide technicians turn to for answerstuned upto provide an advantage in today's global economy The face of investing has significantly changed in the 30 years since this book's first publication, but one essential component of the markets has nothuman behavior. Whether you're trading cornerstone commodities or innovative investment products...