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Making Your Portfolio Last in Retirement
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Griffin Black Quarterly Financial Update for Q2 2010
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Griffin Black Quarterly Financial Update for Q1 2010
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Griffin Black Quarterly Financial Update for Q4 2009
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Griffin Black Quarterly Financial Update for Q3 2009
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The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression,
by Amity Schlaes
Forget what you thought you knew about the Great Depression and consider the possibility that most of what the New Deal did actually hurt more than it helped. The really ironic thing is that this is exactly what my parents - who were actually there - always told me. I just never believed them until now.
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The Origin of Financial Crises, by George Cooper
I thought about putting this in the section below, but the topic is extremely relevant to what's been going on lately and the book is excellent.
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The Millionaire Next Door, by Thomas J. Stanley & William D. Danko
This book upends so many misconceptions and stereotypes that it never ceases to amuse and amaze.
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Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez & Vicki Robin
Though the specifics of this work are a bit outdated, the core is timeless.
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The Seven Laws of Money, by Michael Phillips
I think the original (short) version is even better than the latest edition, but both are good.
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The Road Less Traveled, by M. Scott Peck
I know this technically isn't about money, but it is about getting in touch with one's own emotional life and 90% (or more) of money problems come from our own emotional issues. Read it and you'll see.
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The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith
1776 was a very good year. Smith's tome is timeless, and surprisingly readable for a work that's almost a quarter of a millennium old. It doesn't get better than this.
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On The Wealth of Nations, by P. J. O'Rourke
If you're not ready to tackle Smith himself, run out and buy this book. It's both an insightful retelling of its namesake and absolutely hilarious.
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, by Max Weber
If you're ready to start understanding the true philosophical differences between the political right and the political left, Weber is a must.
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A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960,
by Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz
If this doesn't turn you into a Hamiltonian, nothing will. Plus, it's a fitting backdrop to today's news, so much of which revolves around money (currency) and the role that the Federal government, especially the Federal Reserve, plays in it..
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The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought, by Jerry Z. Muller
Muller does an admirable job of elucidating important thought about how money makes the world we live in different from what came before. Here you'll find not only Smith, but also Burke, Marx, Weber, Simmel, Schumpeter, Keynes, Hayek, and others. Scholarly but extremely readable.
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The Philosophy of Money, by Georg Simmel (Philisophie des Geldes)
If you're serious about this, get Tom Bottomore and David Frisby's translation. Simmel is an undiscovered gem. If I had time to do a Ph. D, he'd be my topic.
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