The dream of flying like birds has captivated human beings for thousands of years. In his new book, Richard Dawkins provides a fascinating account of the history of flight ...
A book review of Damn Right! — Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger, published on Munger's 99th birthday ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the fourth quarter of 2022, most notably The Price of Time by Edward Chancellor and The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the third quarter of 2022, most notably The Last Warrior, a biography of Andrew Marshall and The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton ...
The larger-than-life figure of Hunter Harrison is impossible to avoid for anyone who follows the railroad industry. Railroader is an interesting book about a fascinating man ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the second quarter of 2022, most notably two classic titles by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov ...
Soul in the Game is a difficult book to categorize. Is it a memoir? A book on stoicism? A book on classical music? It is none of these things in isolation, but all of these things in combination ...
The rise of passive investing is the topic of Robin Wigglesworth’s recent book, Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the first quarter of 2022, most notably two classic titles by Leo Tolstoy: War & Peace and Anna Karenina ...
The underlying science that made COVID-19 vaccines possible is the product of decades of painstaking research, well described in "A Shot to Save the World" ...
Joe Coulombe founded Trader Joe's in 1967. Over the next quarter century, Coulombe grew Trader Joe's into a much loved and trusted brand. His memoir shares the secrets of his achievements ...
Christopher Leonard's book examines the history, controversies, and internal dissent surrounding the Federal Reserve's increasingly unconventional monetary policy during the 2010s ...
Thoughts on the books I read in Q4 2021 I have read twelve books so far this fall and should be done with one more by the end of the year. Since my post on books that I read over the ...
Spence Jakab's book tells the story of Robinhood, GameStop, AMC, and other meme stocks that became a mania, driven by a profit motive and a desire to punish short-sellers ...
Jay Cost's biography of James Madison gives proper credit to one of America's most important founding fathers who played a crucial role in the creation of the Constitution ...
Thoughts on the books I read in Q3 2021 I have spent more time reading and less time writing in recent weeks. Here are some of the books I read over the summer along with brief comments. It is possible ...
James Clear provides numerous practical and actionable insights to help readers develop and maintain better habits in the long run ...
My complete reading list A few weeks ago, I wrote about my daily reading habit. For several years, I have made it a priority to read at least twenty-five pages per day. This habit was originally inspired by a Farnam Street article that pointed ...
"Like Warren, I had a considerable passion to get rich, not because I wanted Ferraris — I wanted the independence. I desperately wanted it.” -- Charlie Munger The world can appear vastly unequal in terms of the goods and services ...
On a spring day in 1964, Warren Buffett received a letter from Seabury Stanton offering to purchase the Buffett Partnership's stake in Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett and Stanton had agreed to a price of $11.50 but Stanton's letter offered only $11.375 ...