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Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
“those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise”—a
Ron Chernow • Alexander Hamilton
traditional view that charging for loans was inherently unjust.
Edward Chancellor • The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest
When the magnitude of coercive force is more important than the efficient deployment of resources, as was the case prior to 1989, it is all but impossible for most governments to be controlled by their customers.
James Dale Davidson, Lord William Rees-Mogg • The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
Carnegie technique: focus on an objective, then cut brutally through any conventions, competitors, or ordinary people who stood in your way.
Charles R. Morris • The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
“In finance, you always have to have an alternative,” Byers said. “Otherwise, you’re sure to be eaten alive.” “Even with a blue-chip company like AT&T?” “With any large company. That’s why I recommend that you look into a Reg D with a retail investment bank.” “What’s a Reg D?” “Regulation D allows you to sell stock to individual investors of hi
... See moreJerry Kaplan • Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure
Jane Street, as Sam put it, was “just a place where people come to work each day to play some games and increase the number in their bank account, because what the fuck else are they going to do with their lives?” Alameda Research, as he was calling the new firm, was going to be different: a vessel to save some vast number of lives.
Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Distribution Doldrums