This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. There are few indictments of the American banking system as searing as Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It, written by Louis D. Brandeis in 1913. Long considered one of the major muckraking exposés of the Progressive period, it still speaks powerfully to our own times. The book led to the establishment of stringent regulations on the banking system, rules...

Brokering is as easy as you want it to be. However, our tendency is to overcomplicate. It's time to regain clarity and focus on your business, and your life, through seventeen simple lessons learned through 1,700 "complicated" transactions. Embrace unconventional wisdom, make smart hires, and be an analogue standout in a digital world. Because having the best tech alone won't get you where you want to be.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Every business is driven by one of two philosophies: competition-driven or story-driven. The competition-driven company is reactive to the marketplace and prioritises beating its competitors and racking up profits. The people who lead competition-driven organisations seek to dominate the market and maximise shareholder value. #2 The story-driven company...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. #1 Zig Ziglar is advising you to quit sales if you can't handle the abuse and rejection that comes with it. You should get into sales because your heart and head won't allow you to do anything else. #2 The sales profession has a high turnover rate because of the lack of commitment among new recruits. However, this is changing, and the public is gaining respect for the true...

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What Has Government Done to Our Money? was first published in 1962 as Money, free and unfree, and details the history of money, from early barter systems, to the gold standard, to present-day systems of paper money. Rothbard explains how money was originally developed, and why gold was chosen as the preferred commodity to use as money. The author also explains how the gold standard makes money a commodity, and how market forces create a stable economy....

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Value investing is the process of buying securities only when their market prices are significantly below their calculated intrinsic value. It is a simple process, but it requires a lot of discipline. #2 There are two types of fundamental investors: macrofundamentalists, who are concerned with broad economic factors that affect the entire market, and microfundamentalists,...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I was five years away from 40, and I was miserable. I was selling something I didn't care about and had no desire to keep doing. I knew there was more, but I felt stuck. I had thought politics was it, but my dream had died and taken my hope with it. #2 I was constantly restless, and I would constantly be thinking about different career paths. I would often dream...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Theodore Roosevelt was elected president in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley. He was governor of New York when McKinley selected him to replace his first vice president, who died in 1899 from a string of heart ailments. #2 Roosevelt was elected governor of New York in 1898, despite having little political experience. He was called the cyclone...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The language of investing is financial statements. Investors do not need to become professional accountants in order to have the skills necessary to make competent investment decisions, what is necessary is a basic understanding of accounting.