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Finance
- The Ascent of Money– Niall Ferguson –Summary(9/10) - The Intelligent Investor– Benjamin Graham –Summary(9/10) - This Time is Different– Reinhart and Rogoff –Summary(9/10) - Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder – Nassim Taleb –Summary(9/10) - Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk –
- The Ascent of Money– Niall Ferguson –Summary(9/10)
- The Intelligent Investor– Benjamin Graham –Summary(9/10)
- This Time is Different– Reinhart and Rogoff –Summary(9/10)
- Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder – Nassim Taleb –Summary(9/10)
- Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk – Peter Bernstein –Summary(9/10)
- Skin in the Game– Nassim Taleb –Summary(8/10)
- Seeking Wisdom– Peter Bevelin –Summary(8/10)
- What I Learned From Losing a Million Dollars – Jim Paul –Summary(8/10)
- The Halo Effect – Phil Rosenzweig –Summary(8/10)
- Priniciples – Ray Dalio –Summary(7/10)
- Liar’s Poker – Michael Lewis –Summary(7/10)
- Running on Empty – Peterson G. Peterson-Summary(7/10)
- Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World– David Epstein –Summary(7/10)
- Poor Charlie’s Almanack – Charlie Munger –Summary(7/10)
- Rich Dad Poor Dad –Summary(7/10)
- How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes –Summary(7/10)
- The Signal and the Noise–Summary(6/10)
- The Changing World Order – Ray Dalio –Summary(7/10)
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Made to Stick Summary (7.5/10)
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“Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith After Freud,” written by sociologist Philip Rieff in 1966, is a seminal work that scrutinizes the shift in societal values and the rise of psychological man in the aftermath of Freudian thought.