Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth72 reviews Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, Mahadev H. Desai Beacon Press, 1993 This book will tell you what Gandhi thought, not necessarily what you'd want to hear + Good, Inexpensive Edition + A life changing book + Gandhi             The Communist Manifesto (Penguin Classics)253 reviews Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels Penguin Classics, 2002 Please actually read Marx... + Barak Obamas favourite Book + A Utopian society gone south in practice ...and PLEASE read beyond the Manifesto! Ignore the anti-Marx ideologues who do not actually read him, and give him a shot. Forget, for a minute, all preconceived notions of communism, and take his writings as though they are fresh and brand new. Only then should you proceed on to reading criticism ...             Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk155 reviews Peter L. Bernstein Wiley, 1998 Great Reward + Excellent overview of the history of financial risk management + Today's hero is often tomorrow's blockhead. + Very Interesting!             The Case Against the Fed37 reviews Murray N. Rothbard Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2007 The Case Against the Fed + The Money Masters Exposed + Excellent The Case Against the FedThis book is a good primer on the Federal Reserve and banking in general. It is not a hard read and is interesting to those who want to learn about this very important part of our economy. Anyone who has even a remote interest in this book should also check out "The ...             Unto This Last John Ruskin FQ Classics, 2007 Unto This Last is an important mid-19th century economic essay written by social critic John Ruskin. Originally published in fourt articles in the monthly journal known as Cornhill Magazine, Ruskin's essay which was highly critical of capitalist economists were in his own words, "very violently criticized." Although his essay forced the publisher to stop publication of the magazine shortly ...             The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm29 reviews Robert F. Bruner, Sean D. Carr Wiley, 2007 A vivid history and critique of the 1907 financial crisis + Helped Me Understand Today + The more things change, the more they remain the same + Great Background on the Industry Leaders of the Time! + Panic of 1907: History and Lessons             Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge12 reviews Anchor, 1989 Great book on logic and the meaning of 'knowing' + Brain candy + Thought-provoking treatment + great read + A good starter             Einstein: His Life and Universe217 reviews Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster, 2008 Einstein, Walter Isaacson's masterly biography. + Good, but not to the level of Isaacson's "Franklin" + Einstein's Life + Great peek into the brain and being of the man + A must-read if you are interested in the history of science             The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1169 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Picador, 2007 Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list + A Book That Will Prepare You For The New World + Friedman is a True Patriot! I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...             When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management209 reviews Roger Lowenstein Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001 When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management + Fun for everyone... + A must read for all market participants + Brilliant + One of the best books I've read             The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, And John Maynard Keynes8 reviews Mark Skousen M.E. Sharpe, 2007 I've rarely seen something this complex made this clear. + Great little book + Great Primer on History of Economic Thought + History of economics well told             Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Wiley Investment Classics)200 reviews Edwin Lefèvre Wiley, 2006 Reminiscences of a Stock Operator + Best Book for traders and non traders + Oldy but a great Goody + The more things change ... the more they stay the same - Required reading! + An Investment Classic             Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem251 reviews SIMON SINGH Anchor, 1998 Really good read! + Infectiously enthusiastic + This is how math SHOULD have been taught in school + Excellent reading - how to solve unsolvable             The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan54 reviews Robert Kanigel Washington Square Press, 1991 Perfect Demonstration Of How A Biography Should Be Written + IT WAS A GIFT + very good book + LIFE TO INFINITY + A perfect Indian Student story             Capital Ideas Evolving10 reviews Peter L. Bernstein Wiley, 2007 Accessible explanation of the foundations of finance + Capital Ideas Evolving + Unique and sunsurpassed. In the early 1950s, graduate student Harry Markowitz presented his Ph.D. dissertation to the University of Chicago economics department. The response was less than encouraging. "This isn't a dissertation in economics," Milton Friedman told Markowitz. "It's not math, it's not economics, it's not ...             How Math Explains the World: A Guide to the Power of Numbers, from Car Repair to Modern Physics6 reviews James D. Stein Collins, 2008 I loved this book + Math, for the fun of it + I loved this book + Definitely a must-read for math educators!             Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life41 reviews Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff W. W. Norton & Company, 1993 Great introduction to game theory applied to business strategy + Comes with Homework + Great + A book on how think strategically             Benjamin Franklin: An American Life205 reviews Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster, 2004 Highly readable, non-academic treatment + An insight into one of the greatest lives + A Thorough Biography + Ben Franklin, the good and the bad             Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street57 reviews William Poundstone Hill and Wang, 2006 Book review + Entertaining + It takes exceptionally smart people to make truly massive blunders + Interesting review of the systems of the past             Men of Mathematics (Touchstone Book)26 reviews E.T. Bell Touchstone, 1986 Men of Mathematics + Cornerstone Reading for Math-Magicians Among Us+ + A fascinating book about mathematicians + Great book on review of mathematics + No Harm No Foul