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fate of empires – john glubb

Sir John Glubb (1897-1986) was a British soldier and scholar. He served in World War I and later commanded Jordan’s military from 1938-1956. In his essay, The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival, he surveys 3,000 years of history and provides his observations on...

ray dalio’s “paradigm shifts”

Ray Dalio is widely considered one of the greatest living investors. He is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, as well as a master educator through How the Economic Machine Works and his latest book Principles For Navigating Big Debt Crises. What follows are my...

money, sound and unsound – joseph t. salerno

Joseph Salerno (b. 1950) is an American economist of the Austrian School. In 2010, he wrote Money, Sound and Unsound, where he provides a wide-ranging application of Austrian monetary theory across history. I read this book for a course with Saifedean Ammous: The...

on the origins of money – carl menger

Carl Menger (1840 – 1921) was an economist and founder of the Austrian School of Economics. In 1892, he wrote On the Origins of Money, where he argued that money is not created or sanctified by the State, but instead money naturally emerges from the marketplace. I...

passing the pmp

After dodging the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for 15 years, I finally hit a contract requiring it. Nearly everyone I know who is a PMP attended a week-long cram session for about $4000. Shortly after, they sat for and passed the exam. Clearly,...