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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right

Jane Mayer · ★★★★★ · 445 pages · 2016

It is interesting how much long-term thinking, constantly error-correcting, and methodologically pushing your view can actually change the course of your nation. This seems to be the message of this book for better or worst that if you have the money you have the ability to do this. Further, if you used the tax structure to your benefit then you can find the hacks.

Train

John Coiley · ★★★★★ · 72 pages · 1992

Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire

Brad Stone · ★★★★☆ · 496 pages · 2021

I must say that a continued drive to move forward, finding the right people and creating a ruthless culture does lead to results. This is the outcome that Stone writes about in this book. Highly, recommend it not just in terms of Amazon, but in terms of American cultural change due to the changes that Amazon has brought on in the last 10 years.

The E-myth Revisited

Michael E. Gerber · ★★★★☆ · 269 pages · 1985

I have to say this book is sort of a gem. There are long winding parts to it, but thinking about a company as a system, and figuring out hiring and the difference between the entrepreneur, manager, and technician all being within the same person were insightful. I would say the part of most people starting a small business as an alternate job for themselves hit the nose, and why that is bad makes the book worth it in of itself.

How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

Felix Dennis · ★★★★★ · 321 pages · 2006

For such a douchy title, it is one of the best books on business I’ve read. Sort of covers everything from hiring smart people, picking execution over an idea, compensation, negotiation, ownership structure and how pointless being rich actually is to actual personal goals. It is highly entertaining and a great read and I learned a lot.

New Money: How Payment Became Social Media

Lana Swartz · ★★★★☆ · 2020

Money as Imagined Communities is what the author is seeming to get at. Basically money and the type of money used whether cash, debit, credit, rewards points says something about you as an individual but that also creates the community that you belong to. It is interesting to think of money as a marketing mass media mechanism and its transition to a social media type mechanism where different types of money exist in different spaces.

Day Trading for Dummies

Ann C. Logue · ★★★★☆ · 360 pages · 2014

Solid coverage of someone interested in day trading including basic strategies, taxes, and regulation. A good starting point for sure.

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt

Michael Lewis · ★★★★☆ · 323 pages · 2014

Great book of how the intricacies of the market work and how the market is essentially structured against everyday investors. I haven’t done much research to understand how the structure has changed and how much IEX the subject of the book has evolved.

Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market

Scott Patterson · ★★★★★ · 386 pages · 2012

Though written about 7 years ago from this review it covers the evolution of the markets to digitalization and all the pitfalls that has caused the economy. The immense waste to shave off few microseconds of time and the complete change of the financial markets. This was before crypto showed up so it is interesting to see how the market has further changed.