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  • GrundleStiltzkinGrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,480
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    @UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?
  • UW_Doog_BotUW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 14,098
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    @UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?

    Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE

    At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV

    I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.

    Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.

    Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s
  • GrundleStiltzkinGrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,480
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    @UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?

    Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE

    At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV

    I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.

    Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.

    Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s
    Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.
  • UW_Doog_BotUW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 14,098
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    Swaye's Wigwam

    @UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?

    Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE

    At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV

    I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.

    Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.

    Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s
    Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.
    Autisticpotd.
  • UW_Doog_BotUW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 14,098
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    Swaye's Wigwam

    @UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?

    Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE

    At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV

    I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.

    Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.

    Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s
    Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.
    Autisticpotd.
    but irregardless, A Random Walk Down Wall Street will make you both hate finance but also make you marvel at the efficiency of a decentralized system.
  • GrundleStiltzkinGrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,480
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    @UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?

    Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE

    At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV

    I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.

    Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.

    Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s
    Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.
    Autisticpotd.
    1834 kilometers of fiber from Chicago Mercantile to NYSE. Fastest route through the Allegheny.

    1834. Saves 2.4 microseconds.

    1834.
    Fastest.
  • GrundleStiltzkinGrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,480
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    @UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?

    Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE

    At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV

    I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.

    Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.

    Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s
    Wall Street stuff, I guess, not from a picking stalks standpoont, but systems & such.
    Autisticpotd.
    but irregardless, A Random Walk Down Wall Street will make you both hate finance but also make you marvel at the efficiency of a decentralized system.
    Hold placed.
  • 1to392831weretaken1to392831weretaken Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,280
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    Got my woke on too.



    Warrior Cop was probably the better of the two, because it covered more. Some shocking stats on SWAT team usage. It triggered my libertarian sensibilities pretty good.

    I Can't Breathe, a story well-told. The way Eric Garner was killed is pretty fucked up.

    Recommend both.

    Taibbi is THE guy to read when it comes to the 2008 financial crisis. He was doing amazing work for Rolling Stone back then.
  • GrundleStiltzkinGrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,480
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    @UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?

    Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE

    At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV

    I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.

    Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.

    Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s
    Thanks for the vids. I love Sowell, but I'm not sure I'd read any of this books (article only previously) until this summer. He is quite accessible.

    My real thanks, however, is for the chance to hear #MyBillBuckley say "So Nubiiiiiiile."

  • GrundleStiltzkinGrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,480
    First Anniversary First Comment 5 Up Votes 5 Awesomes
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    @UW_Doog_Bot any suggestions for books that explain complicated business/finance shit in accessible form (e.g., Michael Lewis)?

    Everything by Thomas Sowell pretty much. Did you know he was once a marxist?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8lzi3t-GTE

    At least "I" find his books accessible anyways. YMMV

    I guess, I would ask you what or where you are trying to get to since it's a yugely broad category. Personal finance, market finance, market economics, etc.

    Do you want to make money personally? Do you want to understand Wall Street? Do you want to understand economics? etc.

    Old interviews with great economists are also amazing as a resource in the digital age since often those interviews are aimed at laymen and not stuffy academic works.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMd40dqBlQ&t=112s
    Thanks for the vids. I love Sowell, but I'm not sure I'd read any of this books (article only previously) until this summer. He is quite accessible.

    My real thanks, however, is for the chance to hear #MyBillBuckley say "So Nubiiiiiiile."

    Hips? Gif Going into the tbs rotation.
    Every rotation.
  • GrundleStiltzkinGrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,480
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    I’ll recommend this one. “Influenza” by Dr. Jeremy Brown. Pretty lightweight book but lots of presaging about our current shitshow. Also get this bit of trivia: A Tulane prof has found that the most elderly in home cities of Super Bowl teams are 18% more likely to die of the crud. Also, Tamiflu is snakeoil.
  • BennyBeaverBennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,333
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    From a while back, it's actually a very nice feel-good story.

    Newfies are like retarded Irishmen.

    Irishmen are retarded Vikings.
  • GrundleStiltzkinGrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,480
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    This is an outstanding book. According to a WSJ article yesterday, George W. Bush read this and it had a big impact on policy.

    Highly recommend.
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