Stephen Diehl Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events
Robert J. Shiller
Very excited for the panel discussion 'The Crypto Virus: Narrative Economics in the Golden Age of Fraud' a discussion of the ideas of economist Robert Shiller applied to understanding the crypto phenomenon. Come join the discussion at the conference. 👇 https://t.co/MBLisdPsg1
Paperback, 2020
$20.95$10.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Short History of Financial Euphoria
John Kenneth Galbraith
Some books for losers, totally not worth reading: * Other People’s Money; A Study of the Social Psychology of Embezzlement - Cressey * Panics, Manias, and A Crashes - Kindleberger * A Short History of Financial Euphoria - Galbraith * Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - Lefevre https://t.co/C8HwKQukes
Paperback, 1994
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Youtubers: How Youtube Shook Up TV and Created a New Generation of Stars
Chris Stokel-Walker
It's quite telling about the efficacy of our institutions' ability to do sense making about tech, that the most in depth piece of journalism on the crypto bubble wasn't done by the NY Times or the Washington Post but by some random YouTuber. https://youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g
Hardcover, 2019
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chapterhouse: Dune
Frank Herbert
Oh my, this story has everything. Frank Herbert's Dune, delusional crypto bros, and book burning NFTs. It's all completely mental. https://t.co/h4H6Fg1YCH
Paperback, Mass Market, 2019
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Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto, and the War for Our Wallets
Brett Scott
Highly recommend Brett Scott's new book 'Cloud Money', the last two chapters on the economics of crypto and ethnography of the 'digital Kowloon' are very insightful. https://t.co/09vabr8V2B
Hardcover, 2022
$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse: How to Spot Moral Meltdowns in Companies... Before It's Too Late
Marianne M. Jennings
* The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is To Own One - Black * The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups - Bernstein * The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse: How to Spot Moral Meltdowns in Companies... Before It's Too Late - Jennings * No One Would Listen - Markopolos
Paperback, 2006
$23.99$11.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry
William K. Black
* The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is To Own One - Black * The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups - Bernstein * The Seven Signs of Ethical Collapse: How to Spot Moral Meltdowns in Companies... Before It's Too Late - Jennings * No One Would Listen - Markopolos
Paperback, 2013
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
Gary Gerstle
Finished reading 'The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order' which was very good. One of the better books I've read this year. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0197519644/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_WXX20TXKNR6QTYG4720W?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Paperback, 2023
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The Delusions of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups
William J. Bernstein
Best book I've read recently is Bernstein's 'The Delusions Of Crowds: Why People Go Mad in Groups'. Which is largely an update of Mackay's original Madness from 1841 with manias and bubbles that have occurred in contemporary times. https://t.co/M2qTAx1vuo
Paperback, 2022
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The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism
David Golumbia
David Golumbia, author of ‘The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism’ talks about the rigid ideologies behind crypto https://t.co/ISWq7q7qbK
Paperback, 2016
$10.00$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book