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John Nash, the game theorist and mathematician who later would be immortalized in Sylvia Nasar’s book A Beautiful Mind.
Gregory Zuckerman • The Man Who Solved the Market
he was an adept speaker on financial and economic issues,
Henry Oliver • Second Act
One of the limiting and disciplining factors in prior eras had been the lack of consumer credit.
George Friedman • The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond
Personal savings and frugality—finance’s conservation and efficiency—are parts of the money equation that are more in your control and have a 100% chance of being as effective in the future as they are today.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
The real goal is sustainable spending, not portfolio value. That’s why this simple cash flow model works so well. Assets are just the middleman that throws off the income and is at best loosely correlated to what really matters: spendable money to pay the bills.
Todd R. Tresidder • How Much Money Do I Need to Retire? (60 Minute Financial Solutions)
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Erik Banks • Finance: The Basics
Chris Dixon • The Potential of Blockchain Technology
Keynes was a probabilist. He also had other interesting attributes (he blew up trading his account after experiencing excessive opulence—people’s understanding of probability does not translate into their behavior).
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto Book 1)
I love Voltaire’s observation that “History never repeats itself; man always does.” It applies so well to how we behave with money.