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Moneyball Michael Lewis “You need know absolutely nothing about baseball to appreciate the wit, snap, economy . . . and incisiveness of [Moneyball]. Lewis has hit another one out of the park.” —Janet Maslin, New York Times Billy Beane, the Oakland A’s general manager, is leading a revolution. Reinventing his team on a budget, he needs to outsmart the richer teams. He signs undervalued players whom the scouts consider flawed but who have a knack for getting on base, scoring runs, and winning games. Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in baseball and a tale of the search for new baseball knowledge—insights that will give the little guy who is willing to discard old wisdom the edge over big money. |
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Michael Lewis 'We fed the monster until it blew up ...' While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a fortune. From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, this is the outrageous story of the misfits, mavericks and geniuses who, against all odds, made the greatest financial killing in history. |
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Make More Money: Secrets from the world's greatest financial classics: George S. Clason, Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Hill (Infinite Success) Karen McCreadie, Steve Shipside, Napoleon Hill Based on the success of the distinctive Infinite Success series, Infinite Ideas has now brought together some of the best ideas from that series to form a themed compendium. In Make more money, Karen McCreadie and Steve Shipside combine some of the greatest financial and economic concepts from their interpretations of these classics: Napoleon Hill's Think and grow Rich, Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth and George S. Clason's The Richest Man in Babylon. Here, in one handy volume Shipside and McCreadie interpret the key ideas in these classics by using twenty-first century case studies and examples for the modern world of business and life. |
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Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill Here are money-making secets that can change your life. Inspired by Andrew Carnegie's magic formula for success, this book will teach you the secrets that will bring you a fortune. It will show you not only what to do but how to do it. Once you learn and apply the simple, basic techniques revealed here, you will have mastered the secret of true and lasting success. And you may have whatever you want in life. |
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the concepts indispensable to an understanding of contemporary society; and Robert Reich's new Introduction for this edition both clarifies Smith's analyses and illuminates his overall relevance to the world in which we live. As Reich writes, "Smith's mind ranged over issues as fresh and topical today as they were in the late eighteenth century--jobs, wages, politics, government, trade, education, business, and ethics." |
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Bitch Slap the Tax Man! A Guide to Taxes for Your Home Business. Dave Iago Discover huge money saving tips that will help you get the most most tax deductions you can!
Dave Iago is a business owner who actually enjoys working with the IRS. Yes you read that right, who likes the IRS! Find out why as he gives you all the tips he can muster on how to save your small business thousands of dollars by taking the right deductions. |
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The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig More than one million hardcovers sold
Now available for the first time in paperback! The Classic Text Annotated to Update Graham's Timeless Wisdom for Today's Market Conditions The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham's philosophy of "value investing" -- which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies -- has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949. Over the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham's strategies. While preserving the integrity of Graham's original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today's market, draws parallels between Graham's examples and today's financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham's principles. Vital and indispensable, this HarperBusiness Essentials edition of The Intelligent Investor is the most important book you will ever read on how to reach your financial goals. |
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The Art Of Money Getting: Golden Rules For Making Money P.T. Barnum P.T. Barnum's Golden Rules for Money Getting (better know as "The Art of Money Getting"), are as accurate today as when they were written. Some may Argue that as time passes by, the examples in The Art of War become dated, but the lessons learned are still pointed and accurate. Phineas Taylor Barnum,(P.T. for short) lived between 1810-1891 and was a visionary in his day. P.T. Barnum is of course most famous for the circus that still bears his name 120 years after his death. It amazes me how prudent Barnum's wisdom is especially in today's tough economic times. He clearly displays a strong fear of debt in The Art of Money Getting that would have, and will still serve many Americans (or anyone else for that matter) extremely well. Had more of us learned from past wisdom would the same mistakes get repeated so regularly? As I read The Art of Money Getting by P.T. Barnum, I'm absolutely shocked to see him foreshadowing ideas of current economic theories, but doing so in metaphors that make it simple for anyone to understand and remember. Reading a paragraph that starts "A few years ago, before kerosene oil was discovered" it may seem that there's no way the information could still be timely, but the lesson of "penny wise and pound foolish" is still one that needs teaching day in and day out in every home. "A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained. It requires some training, perhaps, to accomplish this economy, but when once used to it, you will find there is more satisfaction in rational saving than in irrational spending." If all you get form the reading of this classic is the above lesson then you've gotten 100 times what you've paid. Enjoy the timeless wisdom contained herein and happy reading. |
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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy Thomas J., Ph.D. Stanley, William D., Ph.D Danko "Why aren't I as wealthy as I should be?" Many people ask this question of themselves all the time. Often they are hard-working, well educated middle- to high-income people. Why, then, are so few affluent. For nearly two decades the answer has been found in the bestselling The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy, reissued with a new foreword for the twenty-first century by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley. According to the authors, most people have it all wrong about how you become wealthy in America. Wealth in America is more often the result of hard work, diligent savings, and living below your means than it is about inheritance, advance degrees, and even intelligence. The Millionaire Next Door identifies seven common traits that show up again and again among those who have accumulated wealth. You will learn, for example, that millionaires bargain shop for used cars, pay a tiny fraction of their wealth in income tax, raise children who are often unaware of their family's wealth until they are adults, and, above all, reject the big-spending lifestyles most of us associate with rich people. In fact, you will learn that the flashy millionaires glamorized in the media represent only a tiny minority of America's rich. Most of the truly wealthy in this country don't live in Beverly Hills or on Park Avenue-they live next door. |
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This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different"--claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters. With this breakthrough study, leading economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff definitively prove them wrong. Covering sixty-six countries across five continents, This Time Is Different presents a comprehensive look at the varieties of financial crises, and guides us through eight astonishing centuries of government defaults, banking panics, and inflationary spikes--from medieval currency debasements to today's subprime catastrophe. Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, leading economists whose work has been influential in the policy debate concerning the current financial crisis, provocatively argue that financial combustions are universal rites of passage for emerging and established market nations. The authors draw important lessons from history to show us how much--or how little--we have learned. Using clear, sharp analysis and comprehensive data, Reinhart and Rogoff document that financial fallouts occur in clusters and strike with surprisingly consistent frequency, duration, and ferocity. They examine the patterns of currency crashes, high and hyperinflation, and government defaults on international and domestic debts--as well as the cycles in housing and equity prices, capital flows, unemployment, and government revenues around these crises. While countries do weather their financial storms, Reinhart and Rogoff prove that short memories make it all too easy for crises to recur. An important book that will affect policy discussions for a long time to come, This Time Is Different exposes centuries of financial missteps. |