Toby Ash
The best books on Romani History and Culture, recommended by Yaron Matras
Their language indicates they originated in India, but the music they play is world music. Some will tell your fortune but they don't believe in supernatural powers. Yaron Matras recommends the best books and dispels some common myths about Gypsies.
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The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence
by Benoit B. Mandelbrot -
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Foundations of Economic Analysis
by Paul A. Samuelson -
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Why Stock Markets Crash: Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
by Didier Sornette -
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Beat the Market: A Scientific Stock Market System
by Edward O. Thorp and Sheen T. Kassouf -
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The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, The Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next
by Lee Smolin
The best books on Physics and Financial Markets, recommended by James Owen Weatherall
The best books on Physics and Financial Markets, recommended by James Owen Weatherall
Blaming “the quants” for the 2008 financial crisis is simplistic and short-sighted, says the author of The Physics of Wall Street. He picks five books showing the contribution physics has made to understanding financial markets.
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Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics
by Eric D. Beinhocker -
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
by Richard Rumelt -
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The Big Short
by Michael Lewis -
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Guns, Germs and Steel
by Jared Diamond -
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
by David S Landes