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Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the bestselling author of The Black Swan and one of the foremost thinkers of our time, reveals how to thrive in an uncertain world. The book spans innovation by trial and error, life decisions, politics, urban planning, war, personal finance, economic systems and medicine, drawing on modern street wisdom and ancient sources. Nassim Nicholas Taleb has devoted his life to problems of uncertainty, probability, and knowledge and has led three careers around this focus, as a businessman-trader, a philosophical essayist, and an academic researcher. Although he now spends most of his time working in intense seclusion in his study, in the manner of independent scholars, he is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University's Polytechnic Institute. Taleb sees degrees of antifragility everywhere, from fasting, mythology, and urban planning to economic, technological, cultural, and biological systems. Such skepticism toward elites, which imbued Taleb’s The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007), continues in this work, which grapples with a concept Taleb coins as “antifragile.” Not readily reducible to a definition (Taleb takes the whole book to develop the idea), suffice to say here that antifragile’s opposites—economic, political, or medical systems that are vulnerable to sudden collapse—tend to be managed by highly educated people who think they know how systems work. Emphatic in his style and convictions, Taleb grabs readers given to musing how the world works.
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"The rest is an accumulation of more or less relevant topics, delivered in Taleb's trademarked seering, holier-than-thou, hero-or-moron style. Debt-fueled economies: debt has no flexibility, so these economies can't stand even a slowdown without risking implosion (cf current situation). Modern societies: efficiency demands are pushing the structures to the maximum, so a little sand in the cogs make the whole edifice totter. Touristification: turning adventures (kids growing up, people visiting foreign countries) from exciting, dangerous activities into bland, Disneyfied and safe ones. 1.2.3 Ways to be antifragile include: Stressors: it is healthy to be subject to some punctual stresses to awake the organism from complacency (e.g. irregular meal times, violent exercise or ingesting small amounts of poison). Barbell strategy: put 90% of your eggs into something super-safe and be very risk-seeking with the other 10% (swing for the fences). 1.2.4 For small troubles, better trust nature and do nothing than bring untested methods that can have tragic unforeseen consequence. Beware of neomania: don't embrace novelty for the sake of it. Stick to time-tested methods: what has stood the test of time has proved to be robust. Don't sweat the small stuff if it can lead to tragedy: radiation used to cure acne leading to leukemia, thalidomide prescribed to reduce morning sickness leading to malformed babies. 1.2.5 An antidote to the lack of accountability seen in the powerfuls who rule us (government officials, corporate honchos, bankers). Have them have skin in the game, i.e. to share in the downside of their decisions. In conclusion, this is an imperfect, overlong and often eye-roll-inducing book (as is usual for Taleb), but it presents an intriguing and original argument for the reader to chew on."
"NNT writes about when he used to attend MBA, he tells the story about a professor that was teaching him about financial options, and NNT realized he did not even knew that much about options, because the professor thought there where only financial options, but NNT grasped the generality of the idea."
"Antifragile was intellectually stimulating and thought provoking."
"I'm pretty sure this guy does not need to live with his book selling revenues, but event though he writes by itch and hunch (and it makes sense for him and has been making sense on the market - more than just luck - for him...)."
"I recommend this book go all the managers; you think to know how things go, you think to have everything under control, if you think that you see were you are driving your business, after reading this book will probably change your mind."
"The only problem with knowing the nature of real markets is that the important parameters H and alpha are sort of chaotic and there3fore difficult to make practical use of."
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From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000
Lee explains how he and his cabinet colleagues finished off the communist threat to the fledgling state's security and began the arduous process of nation building: forging basic infrastructural roads through a land that still consisted primarily of swamps, creating an army from a hitherto racially and ideologically divided population, stamping out the last vestiges of colonial–era corruption, providing mass public housing, and establishing a national airline and airport. With inimitable style, he brings history to life with cogent analyses of some of the greatest strategic issues of recent times and reveals how, over the years, he navigated the shifting tides of relations among America, China, and Taiwan, acting as confidant, sounding board, and messenger for them. He also includes candid, sometimes acerbic pen portraits of his political peers, including the indomitable Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan, the poetry–spouting Jiang Zemin, and ideologues George Bush and Deng Xiaoping. In this memoir, the man most responsible for Singapore's astonishing transformation from colonial backwater to economic powerhouse describes how he did it over the last four decades. Lee, however, defends this and similar moves, such as strong antismoking laws and antispitting campaigns: "We would have been a grosser, ruder, cruder society had we not made these efforts to persuade people to change their ways.... Lee also describes one of his most controversial proposals: tax breaks and schooling incentives to encourage educated men and women to marry each other and have children. He is cautiously friendly toward the United States, chastising it for a "dogmatic and evangelical" foreign policy that scolds other countries for human-rights violations, except when they interfere with American interests, "as in the oil-rich Arabian peninsula."
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"It's a very engaging book."
"Mr. Yew had a vision and put it into place."
"Lee Kuan Yew's book provided insight into how as a formidable leader he took a few Chinese emigrants from an impoverished piece of real estate and developed a first world economy."
"FANTASTIC read about what it really means to shape and lead a nation, warts and all."
"This book is the ultimate way to get Yew's perspective on the events of the 1965-2000 Singapore."
"it was a little pricey because it is hardbound ... but they did not have it in paperback yet."
"Lee shows there is still hope for the world, but we need the correct leaders."
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A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online (2nd edition)
"By using the tools, trading tactics and strategies revealed in... A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online , you will be armed with the skills needed to help you win your battle with the markets." It will help you achieve your trading goal, which is to make money in the markets. Written in an accessible, step-by-step manner, A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online, 2nd Edition shows how to day-trade stocks in today's market. Toni Turner is the bestselling author of A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online, 1st Edition , A Beginner's Guide to Short-Term Trading and Short-Term Trading in the New Stock Market An investor/trader with fourteen years' experience, she is a popular educator and speaker at financial conferences and trading forums across the country.
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"This book is exactly what I was looking. I wanted a book that helped me understand the market and trading better, and this book did very well for me."
"To be honest, I'm struggling as well and don't know if I'll continue trading, but her book is "spot on" and provides very realistic info, warnings, and suggestions to not repeat common mistakes."
"Did a great job of talking me right out of it."
"Love this book."
"Learning alot about trading online."
"I very highly recommend this book."
"Having no prior knowledge of what day trading involves, I found this book to be a good resource."
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Private Label Empire: Build a Brand - Launch on Amazon FBA - The Perfect Home-Based Business to earn $1000 to $20000 per Month (Amazon FBA, Amazon FBA ... Physical Products, Private Label, FBA)
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"I was thinking about paying for the ASM course, but this book is a summary of their steps."
"Excellent point made in this book that are shaping my thinking and helping me get to the next level."
"This was a quick read very informative with specific actionable information and insight."
"Learn how to make extra money in your spare time."
"Short and to the point."
"I thought this was a great ebook."
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"A well researched book on how to start private label business."
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Best International Economics

The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume 2)
A perennial best seller, the book has sold 400,000 copies in the United States alone and has been translated into more than twenty languages, along the way becoming one of the most important and influential books of the century. Supplemented with an appendix of related materials ranging from prepublication reports on the initial manuscript to forewords to earlier editions by John Chamberlain, Milton Friedman, and Hayek himself, this new edition of The Road to Serfdom will be the definitive version of Hayek's enduring masterwork. F. A. Hayek (1899–1992), recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and a leading proponent of classical liberalism in the twentieth century.
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"Like many young, intelligent, concerned people, Hayek started his adult life as a democratic socialist, the trendy thing for young people then and now. Keynes won these debates in the short run and held sway over mid-century world economic policy, but lost to history with the supply-side revolution of Freedman, Reagan and Thatcher who all acknowledged their great debt to Fredrick Hayek. This book is not Hayek’s crowning achievement in academic economics (for that work he won a Nobel Prize) nevertheless, it is his most famous and influential work. All of these politicians believed they could organize the world into a scientifically created Eden sans deity through extensive economic planning by a central governing authority vested in academic experts. This authority would have the power to distribute goods and services in such a way that people would be freed from want and from mundane economic decisions. So the Road to Serfdom is analysis of this intense human desire to organize the world around us through planning in order to achieve some always ill-defined optimum for all. That the complex system of interrelated activities, if it is to be consciously directed at all, must be directed by a single staff of experts, and that ultimate responsibility and power must rest in the hands of a commander-in-chief whose actions must not be fettered by democratic procedure .........[planners believe that] by giving up freedom in what are, or ought to be, the less important aspects of our lives, we shall obtain greater freedom in the pursuit of higher values.”. But by giving up economic control do we attain that greater freedom? For a planned society to work, people eventually must surrender complete control of their lives, even their leisure, to the planners for the sake of the whole. He argues for consistency and democracy where the playing field is level for everyone and we are all free economic entities making our own economic decisions based on our own desires, our own resources and our own conscience. Unfortunately, over 70 years after its completion, Hayek’s description of planners and his warning about their cynical attitude toward personal competence and responsibility can be seen hard at work within our own supposedly free democratic government. William F. Buckley Jr. said it best, following Hayek, “I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.” Or MIT. After the implosion of the former Soviet mega-dictatorship, numerous influential people threw off that yoke and immerged from the economic morass of Socialism to lead the Eastern bloc back toward prosperity on the model of the modern Western democracies and Capitalism based on knowledge they had gained from smuggled copies of this book and those of Hayek’s successor, Milton Friedman. Hayek showed these oppressed people as he has shown the ages that to allow people who strive through Plato’s supreme creation of societal hubris to plan and design and control our society for our own good is “The Road to Serfdom.”."
"More people should read this because there's way too much economic coming from the media."
"A fantastic book!"
"Very good book."
"very cheap price and very interesting information."
"I know understand why invoking Hayek brings scorn from the progressive Left."
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Best Islamic Banking & Finance

Islamic Finance For Dummies
You'll quickly and easily: become acquainted with the theory, practice, and limitations of Islamic banking; understand how to develop products for the Islamic financial industry; grasp the objectives and sources of Islamic law and the basic guidelines for business contacts; learn about Islamic fund management and insurance; and much more. The concepts and principles of Islamic finance What you need to know about Islam and the role of sharia Islamic ethics in the finance industry The relationship between conventional and Islamic banks Financial products available from Islamic banks and other firms Managing risk in Islamic financial institutions Plain-English guidance on Islamic insurance.
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"I read this book alongside an online course in Islamic Finance - the online course provides solid technical knowledge of Islamic Finance (all the how-tos) and this book provides real-life applications, how Muslim countries developed and practiced Islamic Finance which helped me appreciate and cross-check everything that I had learn in the online course."
"While there are many books on the minutiae of Islamic Finance and Sharia Law concerning Islamic Finance this book covers it all."
"I picked up snippets of reference to Islamic Financing and thought knowledge of the subject might help me better understand the stakeholder model of corporate governance."
"pretty good intro to islamic finance for those interested in improving their understanding."
"Great reference for Islamic Finance knowledge."
"I have not read the book yet but looking at the contents and going over a few pages I find the book to be well researched and orderly presented."
"Like a dictionary.. You should start to understand Islamic Banking first reading this book."
"Exceptional reading material for today's Muslim, interested in managing finances in his/her daily life."
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Best Foreign Exchange

Cryptocurrency: Mining, Investing and Trading in Blockchain, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, Dash, Dogecoin, Emercoin, Putincoin, Auroracoin and others (Fintech)
Now is the time for cryptocurrencies, so do not miss the boat. These currencies have a market cap of over $100 billion as of October 2017. This book is packed with research and references so that you can make an informed decision about these cryptocurrencies. Understanding Wallets and the digital marketplace. If you want to learn more about cryptocurrencies and whether the opportunity is worth it, then this book will definitely help you make an informed decision!
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"Good read while traveling."
"Nice introduction to cryptocurrencies, but I would have liked a more in-depth chapter or two to explain more intricacies of the cryptography behind it."
"Great book, informative and concise writing."
"From reading this book I feel like I know so much more and can effectively invest in cryptocurrencies. I still feel like bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have too much hype and not enough solid proof, but this book really put things into perspective."
"I decided to learn more about Cryptocurrency and found that Abraham K. White's book was a real winner!"
"This cryptographic money putting guide is composed so that in only couple of minutes, you would have a feeling of what's in store of your up and coming crypto trip, and how to best approach beginning it."
"I only got the chance to skim the book and already found quite a few misleading statements and some that were outright rediculous and incorrect (Bitcoin is based on IOTA's Tangle? This book throws around a ton of jargon, has a lot of unnecessary, useless, and misleading fluff, and talks about cryptocurrencies that shouldn't be mentioned in a book like this (PutinCoin?"
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Best Global Marketing

The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd
In The 1-Page Marketing Plan, serial entrepreneur and rebellious marketer Allan Dib reveals a marketing implementation breakthrough that makes creating a marketing plan simple and fast. With it you'll be able to map out your own sophisticated marketing plan and go from zero to marketing hero. Whether you're just starting out or are an experienced entrepreneur, The 1-Page Marketing Plan is the easiest and fastest way to create a marketing plan that will propel your business growth. It gives the small and medium sized business the ability to dominate their market. It went from startup to four years later being named by Business Review Weekly (BRW) as one of Australia's fastest growing companies - earning a spot in the coveted BRW Fast 100 list. Allan is passionate about helping businesses find new and innovative ways to leverage technology and marketing to facilitate rapid business growth.
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"I have read a lot of marketing books and remained hopeful when I purchased this one that perhaps I would find a book worth reading. My MBA marketing courses didn't teach me as clearly as this book did."
"The author did take time to articulate the technical jargon into plain english (which is really not so simple as it sounds) which helps in relating to the topic at hand."
"This book confirmed many things about marketing that I've read and thought about in the past."
"This book is on point and full of great advice."
"I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is struggling to put a marketing plan in place for their brick and mortar or online business."
"I am a huge fan of great books, and this one is definitely a great one!"
"This book delivers what it promises in a grat way."
"It's short and sweet and hits all the critical steps required for any business to jumpstart their marketing efforts."
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