" --Milton Friedman The shock doctrine is the unofficial story of how the "free market" came to dominate the world, from Chile to Russia, China to Iraq, South Africa to Canada.
The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile, Skin in the Game, and The Bed of Procrustes. Fooled by Randomness is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world.
One of the most important investment books of the last 50 years!" —Michael Price "A landmark book—a stunningly simple and low-risk way to significantly beat the market!" —Michael Steinhardt, the Dean of Wall Street hedge fund managers ...
Ferguson tells the human story behind the evolution of money, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest Wall Street upheavals. The author shows that finance is, in fact, the foundation of human progress.
This book should be required reading for anyone whose job responsibilities include risk management." —JACK JONES, RiskLens Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Creator of the FAIR method "Not long after the Great Recession of 2008, I assigned ...
Argues that the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent Depression occurred as a result of poor decisions on the part of four central bankers who jointly attempted to reconstruct international finance by reinstating the gold standard.
This book claims there is a science to becoming wealthy, and reveals it here. Since it first appeared in 1915 people have used its principles successfully, so it is a time-tested system. Today this book is in more demand than ever.