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re: Economics Book Club (EBC): Book 4 Starts Aug 21 (The Smartest Guys in the Room)
Posted on 6/5/17 at 12:12 am to Lsujacket66
Posted on 6/5/17 at 12:12 am to Lsujacket66
Great. This will come in handy. Thanks for setting it up. We can add all the books mentioned in this thread to our reading list.
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Posted on 6/5/17 at 7:12 am to Lsujacket66
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I went ahead and made an email and a Goodreads account for this group. We can start to compile a list on Goodreads and if anyone wants to send any book recommendations or anything else they can email.
Email is tdbookclub225@gmail.com
pw geauxtigers1
Goodreads login is the same.
Can you describe the value added by Goodreads? I started using it many years ago on Facebook, but stopped after about a month after determining it was just another place to identify books I had read. Has it evolved into something more?
Posted on 6/5/17 at 7:31 am to RickySauwce
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RickySauwce
There's not a silver bullet or a one-sized fits all answer to give you what you want. The best jobs in banking, PE, VC (institutional or corporate) typically are found in three ways: direct recruitment from top tier I-banking/consulting pools, recruiting from the top tier MBA schools, or localized MBA candidates for more geospecific firms. Corporate development/strategy departments are recruiting from the latter two.
Since you aren't really sure what you want to do, I'd suggest doing more research and soul searching on what you want to do/what you're passionate about. Then go and talk to people and network around your city or professional network to see if you can connect with people in that field. After you learn more about the businesses, be voracious about understanding the in's and out's and see what are the avenues to maximize your exposure to hiring managers in that field.
Case in point, I thought I wanted to do equity research when I worked at an investment bank, realized that CFA was a valuable designation, and took/passed level 1. I also realized in that time that I was more passionate about uncertainty, risk taking, and venture capital than in the public markets, so i dropped the CFA, decided to work part time at a number of different VC firms while going FT to grad school, and networked my arse off to get to the point where luck met perseverance and found the job I do now.
There's no substitute for getting out and talking to people. Go do that. Any single person's experience is going to be driven by whatever they did that ended up helping them achieve their goals, so you need aggregate a lot of feedback to help drive your decision.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 7:35 am
Posted on 6/5/17 at 8:21 am to GregYoureMyBoyBlue
Count me in. Current MBA student
Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:17 am to Azazello
Maybe a little to off subject but I downloaded Naked Statistics to my audible the other day and can't stop listening. It's a great intro to statistics but matches it with everyday examples and things we can relate to. Just an idea, no biggie if not.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:27 am to RedStickBR
Count me in. Great idea! Back in high school I was always failing classes, skipping school, hated everything about academics. My junior year I took an economics class and it was the only material that ever naturally made sense to me. Loved every minute of it. That class made me decide to attempt further education.
Got my undergrad in agricultural economics back in 2014. Currently working on my Econ M.S. at Iowa State. Past 3 years (to the day on Thursday) have been working in ag and energy futures trading. Trade theory was always my greatest interest in college. Excited to get started on this!
Got my undergrad in agricultural economics back in 2014. Currently working on my Econ M.S. at Iowa State. Past 3 years (to the day on Thursday) have been working in ag and energy futures trading. Trade theory was always my greatest interest in college. Excited to get started on this!
Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:31 am to blowmeauburn
Sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out. ITunes U is a free part of ITunes that I have used a bunch. They have videotaped lectures from many top colleges on a variety of fields, economics included. All free. Awesome resource for those that want to get back in class
Posted on 6/5/17 at 9:47 am to RedStickBR
I am interested. I love economics and I love reading, but the few books I have read on the topic have been hard to get through. I might be on and off with this. May be a good chance to listen to an audio book, I have never done that before.
I graduated in finance and work in commercial banking.
I graduated in finance and work in commercial banking.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 10:03 am to Azazello
Welcome. We'll be having the vote soon.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 10:04 am to blowmeauburn
I think that's definitely within the fairway. Will add to the list of nominees.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 10:47 am to Willie Stroker
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Can you describe the value added by Goodreads? I started using it many years ago on Facebook, but stopped after about a month after determining it was just another place to identify books I had read. Has it evolved into something more?
just a good resource to list books you want to read, have read, and see what your friends are reading and reviews.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 12:49 pm to RedStickBR
Alright all,
It looks like we have 19 participants, will be targeting about 5 hrs a week at an intermediate level, and have the following books to choose from (in alphabetical order):
1. Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One - Thomas Sowell - LINK
2. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics - Henry Hazlitt - LINK
3. Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing - Benjamin Graham - LINK
4. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data - Charles Wheelan - LINK
5. Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron - Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind - LINK
Go ahead and get your votes in. I vote for Economics in One Lesson. Majority vote wins.
It looks like we have 19 participants, will be targeting about 5 hrs a week at an intermediate level, and have the following books to choose from (in alphabetical order):
1. Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One - Thomas Sowell - LINK
2. Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics - Henry Hazlitt - LINK
3. Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing - Benjamin Graham - LINK
4. Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data - Charles Wheelan - LINK
5. Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron - Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind - LINK
Go ahead and get your votes in. I vote for Economics in One Lesson. Majority vote wins.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 6/5/17 at 1:02 pm to RedStickBR
I'm good with Economics in One Lesson.
Could we make the Sowell book the 2nd one to read?
Could we make the Sowell book the 2nd one to read?
Posted on 6/5/17 at 1:03 pm to RedStickBR
Are you sure you want to bother with economics? Economic reality is currently made up by a small group of men printing money for nearly the whole world. Everything is so fake right now it seems ridiculous to try to learn that subject in this time period.
This is a five minute video everyone should watch if they haven't already.
Principles of economics, translated
https://youtu.be/5uZdr4dk5CQ
This is a five minute video everyone should watch if they haven't already.
Principles of economics, translated
https://youtu.be/5uZdr4dk5CQ
Posted on 6/5/17 at 1:30 pm to RedStickBR
I'm fine with economics in one lesson.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:07 pm to RickySauwce
I vote applied economics. Can't let this be unanimous 
Posted on 6/5/17 at 4:21 pm to RedStickBR
I'm interested. #4 gets my vote
Posted on 6/5/17 at 5:12 pm to conservativewifeymom
We still have a lot who haven't voted, but based on responses so far, it looks like Applied Economics would be second after Economics in One Lesson. Based on the 5 hr per week target and the skimming of Economics in One Lesson that I've done, we should knock it out in 2-3 weeks, so you won't have to wait long until we get to Sowell!
Posted on 6/5/17 at 5:22 pm to RedStickBR
quote:I'm a history teacher. I'm currently reading More Money than God. It's about the history of hedge funds. Does that count?
RedStickBR
Ok, I see what's going on here. I vote for FIVE. Enron.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 5:24 pm
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