Just started tonight:
What are you presently reading?
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You read a lot of Books Mr Kraken. What are some of your favourites?
Hard to say, this changes depending on my mood and other factors....
The #1 book I've re-read multiple times would have to be Warren Buffet & the Interpretation of Financial Statements.
The #1 book I've re-read multiple times would have to be Warren Buffet & the Interpretation of Financial Statements.
I finished the 'Bond Collapse' book, but it will take me a little while to get through the NFT variant. One thing I'm not too thrilled about, is the authors stated more than once that Ethereum will have greatly reduced gas fees once Proof-of-Stake is implemented. That is false, and we knew it would be false because the Ethereum Foundation already stated long ago that Sharding would not occur until 2024. And also that lower fees would NOT be a result of PoS...
In any case, I'll try to see if this book gets better (or worse) by the end of it. Usually the Wiley publications are pretty decent.
In any case, I'll try to see if this book gets better (or worse) by the end of it. Usually the Wiley publications are pretty decent.
The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free markets
Originally published in 1776, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America's founders as a landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth, statecraft, and moral virtue. Today, Smith is one of the most influential icons of economic thought in America. Glory Liu traces how generations of Americans have read, reinterpreted, and weaponized Smith's ideas, revealing how his popular image as a champion of American-style capitalism and free markets is a historical invention.
Drawing on a trove of illuminating archival materials, Liu tells the story of how an unassuming Scottish philosopher captured the American imagination and played a leading role in shaping American economic and political ideas. She shows how Smith became known as the father of political economy in the nineteenth century and was firmly associated with free trade, and how, in the aftermath of the Great Depression, the Chicago School of Economics transformed him into the preeminent theorist of self-interest and the miracle of free markets. Liu explores how a new generation of political theorists and public intellectuals has sought to recover Smith's original intentions and restore his reputation as a moral philosopher.
Charting the enduring fascination that this humble philosopher from Scotland has held for American readers over more than two centuries, Adam Smith's America shows how Smith continues to be a vehicle for articulating perennial moral and political anxieties about modern capitalism.
I don't think that is an educational resource the OP had in mind.
@KCalhoun I am so glad you got the 'Revised Edition!' by Tucker. I had the older edition many years ago, and was going to warn you about it.
I tried the steps in the book from A to Z, while in Toronto one night. Went into some bar called the Blue Oyster, and it seemed to be working great with this one woman.
The only problem is by the time we got to my bedroom, it turned out she was just a chick with a dick.
There wasn't even any warning about this in the book, or a method on how to 'handle it'.
I tried the steps in the book from A to Z, while in Toronto one night. Went into some bar called the Blue Oyster, and it seemed to be working great with this one woman.
The only problem is by the time we got to my bedroom, it turned out she was just a chick with a dick.
There wasn't even any warning about this in the book, or a method on how to 'handle it'.
Lol@KCalhoun I am so glad you got the 'Revised Edition!' by Tucker. I had the older edition many years ago, and was going to warn you about it.
I tried the steps in the book from A to Z, while in Toronto one night. Went into some bar called the Blue Oyster, and it seemed to be working great with this one woman.
The only problem is by the time we got to my bedroom, it turned out she was just a chick with a dick.
There wasn't even any warning about this in the book, or a method on how to 'handle it'.
There is something to be said for your singularity of purpose.