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John Cassidy describes the rising influence of what he calls utopian economics -- thinking that is blind to how real people act and that denies the many ways an unregulated free market can produce disastrous unintended consequences. He then looks to the leading edge of economic theory, including behavioral economics, to offer a new understanding of the economy -- one that casts aside the old assumption that people and firms make decisions purely on...
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. There are few indictments of the American banking system as searing as Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It, written by Louis D. Brandeis in 1913. Long considered one of the major muckraking exposés of the Progressive period, it still speaks powerfully to our own times. The book led to the establishment of stringent regulations on the banking system, rules...
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Get the Summary of Hayden Crabtree's Skip the Flip in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: This useful and informative guide will break down all the barriers you have to get started investing in real estate. Skip The Flip teaches you the fundamentals you have to know to be a successful investor.
The system is broken. What was once great advice of going to school, getting good grades, saving...
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Brokering is as easy as you want it to be. However, our tendency is to overcomplicate. It's time to regain clarity and focus on your business, and your life, through seventeen simple lessons learned through 1,700 "complicated" transactions. Embrace unconventional wisdom, make smart hires, and be an analogue standout in a digital world. Because having the best tech alone won't get you where you want to be.
5) Re-Architecting Trust: The Curse of History and the Crypto Cure for Money, Markets, and Platforms
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“Re-Architecting Trust” is a thought-provoking exploration of how decentralized blockchain networks and the digital assets that they enable can reinvent our most important trust frameworks by creating new types of money, reinvigorating how we transact the old kind, disintermediating the least trustworthy financial institutions, and enabling meaningful business models for artists and influencers. Omid Malekan, who has studied cryptocurrencies and...
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#1 The three little questions are a litmus test for what makes you different, what gives your company its raison d'etre. A good example of a company that understands differentiation is John Deere, which makes farm tractors and related equipment.
#2 The human brain is a filter that protects us from the vast amount of irrelevant information that surrounds us every day. It learns to...
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Presently, the pay system used for U.S. postal employees to record clockable hours is complex and difficult to comprehend, even by employees, as well as supervisors. C.H.A.P.P.S. is a simplified pay system designed for the postal payroll system and with C.H.A.P.P.S. there is no need to cut jobs at the post office. Larry Pinson, Sr. is a retired postal employee, and created C.H.A.P.P.S. after undertaking an endeavor to understand the postal service...
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You've been trading for a couple years, but instead of making money, you're frustrated by a lack of results. You've tried everything-newsletters, programs, investing gurus-but nothing has worked. No matter how much you learn or what you try, you're not getting ahead. In fact, you're losing money. For the sake of your sanity and your principal, you'll have to quit trading if you can't find an approach that works.
Here's the truth: trading requires...
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#1 Every business is driven by one of two philosophies: competition-driven or story-driven. The competition-driven company is reactive to the marketplace and prioritises beating its competitors and racking up profits. The people who lead competition-driven organisations seek to dominate the market and maximise shareholder value.
#2 The story-driven company...
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#1 The VCR led to the creation of the video store and eventually Blockbuster. But, had the studios had their way, it would never have happened. The studios believed copyright laws granted them complete control over their content, which included preventing citizens from recording programs on VCRs for private use. But in 1984, the Supreme Court overruled the lower court...
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#1 Value investing is the process of buying securities only when their market prices are significantly below their calculated intrinsic value. It is a simple process, but it requires a lot of discipline.
#2 There are two types of fundamental investors: macrofundamentalists, who are concerned with broad economic factors that affect the entire market, and microfundamentalists,...
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In May 2023, the world's top economic policymakers and academics convened at the Hoover Institution for the annual Monetary Policy Conference. They met at a tumultuous time: the previous year, inflation had surged, and some believed the Federal Reserve was slow to react. What was behind this surge, and why did the Fed fail to forecast inflation, or perceive it when it happened? Participants considered whether the sluggish response made the situation...
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What Has Government Done to Our Money? was first published in 1962 as Money, free and unfree, and details the history of money, from early barter systems, to the gold standard, to present-day systems of paper money. Rothbard explains how money was originally developed, and why gold was chosen as the preferred commodity to use as money. The author also explains how the gold standard makes money a commodity, and how market forces create a stable economy....
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#1 I was five years away from 40, and I was miserable. I was selling something I didn't care about and had no desire to keep doing. I knew there was more, but I felt stuck. I had thought politics was it, but my dream had died and taken my hope with it.
#2 I was constantly restless, and I would constantly be thinking about different career paths. I would often dream...
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#1 Index funds are a type of mutual fund that mimic the performance of a specific index. They are designed to simply reflect the value of a group of investments. There are indexes that track just about everything, and more are being created every year.
#2 Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds are all forms of investing. Stocks represent shares of ownership in a company. Bond...
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Do you have absolute faith in your current banking system? If the system crashes today, what will you do? What are your options? War is coming is a comprehensive book that inspires readers to become proactive with thinking outside the financial box and looking beyond the traditional system of banking. So what should we all consider? Cryptocurrencies! This book provides insight into the nature of cryptocurrencies (with a focus on Bitcoin) and how it...
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First came the financial and debt crisis in Greece, then government financing difficulties and rescue programs in Ireland in 2010 and Portugal in 2011. Before long, Italy and Spain were engulfed by financial contagion as well. Finally in 2012, the European Central Bank pledged to do "whatever it takes" to preserve the euro area with purchases of government bonds, a step that achieved impressive results, according to William R. Cline in this important...
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#1 Zig Ziglar is advising you to quit sales if you can't handle the abuse and rejection that comes with it. You should get into sales because your heart and head won't allow you to do anything else.
#2 The sales profession has a high turnover rate because of the lack of commitment among new recruits. However, this is changing, and the public is gaining respect for the true sales professional.
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In mid-2009 Simeon Djankov, who had dealt with a variety of economic and financial crises as chief economist for finance and private sector development at the World Bank, was suddenly thrust into the job of finance minister of his native Bulgaria. For nearly four years in that post, he attended more than 40 meetings of European finance ministers and had a front row seat at the intense discussions and struggles to overcome the economic and financial...
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