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The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It

by Scott Patterson


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“Beware of geeks bearing formulas.” --Warren Buffett   In March of 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel.  They were preparing to compete in …
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

by Liaquat Ahamed


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"A magisterial work...You can't help thinking about the economic crisis we're living through now." --The New York Times Book Review It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began …
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb


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Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? This book aims to change the way you think about business and …
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Globalization and Its Discontents

by Joseph Stiglitz


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Argues that though globalization should be a powerful force for good, it has been badly mishandled by the West (especially its lead institutions, the World Bank and the IMF), and …
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When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management

by Roger Lowenstein


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Picking up where Liar's Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer's desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who …
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

by Alice Schroeder


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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER and the only book on Warren Buffett that has his full cooperation and unprecedented access to his life
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Way of the Turtle: The Secret Methods that Turned Ordinary People into Legendary Traders

by Curtis Faith


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“We're going to raise traders just like they raise turtles in Singapore.” So trading guru Richard Dennis reportedly said to his long-time friend William Eckhardt nearly 25 years ago. What …
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