Kaz Nejatian Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Wealth of Nations: An Inquiry into the Nature and its Causes
Adam SmithWealth of Nations is about 700 pages. It would be fewer than 100 pages if graphs had been invented 1770s when Adam Smith started writing the book rather than 1780s. Imagine how annoyed Smith was. That's how I feel after writing 500 words that could easily have been a drawing.
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Fragile by Design: The Political Origins of Banking Crises and Scarce Credit
Charles W. CalomirisBefore you dunk on crypto for this, I remind you that Citi lost $500M due to an accidental wire. Fiat system is Fragile by Design (the best book in banking is called that for a reason.) Crypto is secure by design - but subject to obvious errors like the early internet. https://twitter.com/AmerBanker/status/1444393019629768716
Paperback, 2015
$29.95Member price:$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
1984: 75th Anniversary
George Orwell@BrandonMChu It is a George Orwell quote out of 1984. It has nothing to do with geography of the world. It is about how governments can just make up the past.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1950
$12.00Member price:$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wealth of Nations
Adam SmithWealth of Nations is about 700 pages. It would be fewer than 100 pages if graphs had been invented 1770s when Adam Smith started writing the book rather than 1780s. Imagine how annoyed Smith was. That's how I feel after writing 500 words that could easily have been a drawing.
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
And There Was Light: The Extraordinary Memoir of a Blind Hero of the French Resistance in World War II
Jacques LusseyranTo hold myself accountable, I am going to read the following books over my break: And There Was Light by Jacques Lusseyran Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky Communist Manifesto by Engels, and The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Ask me about them next year.
Paperback, 2014
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
Saul AlinskyTo hold myself accountable, I am going to read the following books over my break: And There Was Light by Jacques Lusseyran Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky Communist Manifesto by Engels, and The Dichotomy of Leadership by Jocko Ask me about them next year.
Paperback, 1989
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book