23 Books That Changed My Life: @morganhousel
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1. The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain
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The first book that opened my eyes to how poor we are at interpreting risk.
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2. The Big Change: America Transforms Itself, 1900–1950
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A look at how life in America changed from 1900-1950, got me interested in the social and cultural part of economic growth.
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3. The Quest of the Simple Life
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written in 1907, totally changed how I think about personal finance and life goals.
Free on Kindle..
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4. Famous Financial Fiascos
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one of the best investing history books that few people have heard of.
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5. The Great Depression : A Diary
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The best economics book I’ve read, written by a person who didn’t know he was writing one.
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6. Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit
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The biggest influence on how I write.
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7. The Patriarch
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Biography of Joseph Kennedy, shows Kennedy to be one of the most fascinating people in American history even if his son had never became president.
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8. Endurance
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The best example of how far people can be pushed when the stakes are high.
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9. Truman
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Biography of the 33rd president, is an incredible story of the world’s biggest problems falling into the lap of someone who never thought he’d face them.
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10. The Wright Brothers
One of the best business and innovation stories of all time.
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11. The Frugal Housewife
Written in 1833, shows how primitive everyday life was not that long ago.
Free on Kindle
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12. 23: Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
Will make half of readers angry, but the other half will be better able to realize that no system for organizing an economy is perfect.
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13. Guns at Last Light
The best World War II book I’ve read, and explains the most important event in modern history through human stories rather than bland statistics.
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14. The Better Angels of Our Nature
Taught me that you can be a long-term optimist even when things around you look pretty bad.
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15. 30 Lessons for Living
Collection of life advice from very old people who have seen it all.
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16. This Will Make You Smarter
Series of short essays by brilliant people in a book that lives up to its title.
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17. Boyd
An excellent story on brute-force learning, focus, and bureaucracy.
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18. The Birth of Plenty
The best explanation of how and why economies grow.
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19. The Wisdom of Psychopaths
Shows how big an advantage you have when you’re unemotional about emotional topics.
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20. When Breath Becomes Air
Will make you reexamine what’s important in life and make you appreciate each day you’re here.
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21. Investing: The Last Liberal Art
The most underappreciated investment book.
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22. Why Don’t We Learn From History?
Shows why people keep screwing up after others before them did the same thing.
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23. How To Lie With Statistics
This will make you laugh and be skeptical of almost everything in one sitting.
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