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💸 Sunk Cost

Characters trapped by what they've already invested — time, money, love, or years of effort — unable to walk away even when reason demands it.
The Dip
by Seth Godin • 2007
The secret to winning isn't persistence. It's knowing exactly when to walk away.
3.78
38k+
🚪 Strategic Quitting💼 Career Strategy🧭 Decision Frameworks🏔️ Perseverance🥇 Mastery And Expertise
The Dip Summary
The Dip 88%
The secret to winning isn't persistence. It's knowing exactly when to walk away.
by Seth Godin 2007
3.78
38k+ ratings
🚪 Strategic Quitting💼 Career Strategy🧭 Decision Frameworks🏔️ Perseverance🥇 Mastery And Expertise
Commit to Win
by Heidi Reeder • 2014
Four levers control your attachment to jobs, people, and goals. Turn them on purpose.
3.90
100
🎯 Goal Achievement🔄 Behavior Change💎 Intrinsic Motivation⚖️ Negativity Bias🧪 Social Psychology
Commit to Win Summary
Commit to Win 86%
Four levers control your attachment to jobs, people, and goals. Turn them on purpose.
by Heidi Reeder 2014
3.90
100 ratings
🎯 Goal Achievement🔄 Behavior Change💎 Intrinsic Motivation⚖️ Negativity Bias🧪 Social Psychology
Quit
by Annie Duke • 2022
Winners quit often and strategically. The skill isn't grit; it's knowing when to walk.
4.15
7k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases🚪 Strategic Quitting🗺️ Decision Frameworks🔄 Pivot Strategy
Quit Summary
Quit 86%
Winners quit often and strategically. The skill isn't grit; it's knowing when to walk.
by Annie Duke 2022
4.15
7k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Cognitive Biases🚪 Strategic Quitting🗺️ Decision Frameworks🔄 Pivot Strategy
Beyond Greed and Fear
by Hersh Shefrin • 1999
Why investors consistently make the same psychological mistakes, and how to profit from them.
3.70
277
🧠 Behavioral Finance💹 Investment Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Loss Aversion💰 Mental Accounting
Beyond Greed and Fear Summary
Beyond Greed and Fear 86%
Why investors consistently make the same psychological mistakes, and how to profit from them.
by Hersh Shefrin 1999
3.70
277 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Finance💹 Investment Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Loss Aversion💰 Mental Accounting
Easy Money
by Ben McKenzie • 2023
The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.
3.95
4k+
🪙 Cryptocurrency🔺 Ponzi Schemes🫧 Speculative Bubbles🏛️ Regulatory Capture👔 White Collar Crime
Easy Money Summary
Easy Money 86%
The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.
by Ben McKenzie 2023
3.95
4k+ ratings
🪙 Cryptocurrency🔺 Ponzi Schemes🫧 Speculative Bubbles🏛️ Regulatory Capture👔 White Collar Crime
Fooled by Randomness
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2001
Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.
4.08
72k+
📈 Financial Markets🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Risk Management🔍 Decision Quality
Fooled by Randomness Summary
Fooled by Randomness 86%
Ten thousand coin-flippers produce three hundred geniuses. The biographies write themselves.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2001
4.08
72k+ ratings
📈 Financial Markets🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases🎲 Risk Management🔍 Decision Quality
Cheaponomics
by Michael S. Carolan • 2014
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
3.65
20
💸 Externalized Costs🛒 Consumer Capitalism🏢 Corporate Power🌽 Food Politics🤝 Sharing Economy
Cheaponomics Summary
Cheaponomics 85%
Every low price hides a bill you are already paying, just not at the register.
by Michael S. Carolan 2014
3.65
20 ratings
💸 Externalized Costs🛒 Consumer Capitalism🏢 Corporate Power🌽 Food Politics🤝 Sharing Economy
The Upside of Irrationality
by Dan Ariely • 2010
Irrationality's upside: biases that warp judgment also fuel motivation, meaning, and persistence.
4.03
36k+
🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases⚡ Motivation Science💼 Meaning At Work🛠️ Effort Justification
The Upside of Irrationality Summary
The Upside of Irrationality 85%
Irrationality's upside: biases that warp judgment also fuel motivation, meaning, and persistence.
by Dan Ariely 2010
4.03
36k+ ratings
🔬 Behavioral Economics🧠 Cognitive Biases⚡ Motivation Science💼 Meaning At Work🛠️ Effort Justification
The Power to Get Things Done
by Steve Levinson • 2015
Most productivity advice assumes you're motivated. Here's what to do when you're not.
3.26
314
🎯 Follow-Through⏳ Procrastination🧩 Behavioral Design🤝 External Accountability🔒 Commitment Devices
The Power to Get Things Done Summary
The Power to Get Things Done 85%
Most productivity advice assumes you're motivated. Here's what to do when you're not.
by Steve Levinson 2015
3.26
314 ratings
🎯 Follow-Through⏳ Procrastination🧩 Behavioral Design🤝 External Accountability🔒 Commitment Devices
Stuck
by Anneli Rufus • 2008
More freedom than ever, more stuck than ever. The cages are invisible, and you built them.
3.03
386
🧱 Personal Stagnation🏛️ Cultural Critique🚪 Life Transitions🎭 Victimhood Culture⏳ Instant Gratification
Stuck Summary
Stuck 85%
More freedom than ever, more stuck than ever. The cages are invisible, and you built them.
by Anneli Rufus 2008
3.03
386 ratings
🧱 Personal Stagnation🏛️ Cultural Critique🚪 Life Transitions🎭 Victimhood Culture⏳ Instant Gratification
The Tyranny of Metrics
by Jerry Z. Muller • 2017
The pursuit of measurable accountability is corrupting exactly the institutions it claims to fix.
3.69
2k+
📉 Performance Metrics🔄 Perverse Incentives🎮 Gaming Metrics⏳ Short-Termism🏛️ Institutional Dysfunction
The Tyranny of Metrics Summary
The Tyranny of Metrics 85%
The pursuit of measurable accountability is corrupting exactly the institutions it claims to fix.
by Jerry Z. Muller 2017
3.69
2k+ ratings
📉 Performance Metrics🔄 Perverse Incentives🎮 Gaming Metrics⏳ Short-Termism🏛️ Institutional Dysfunction
Ergodicity
by Luca Dellanna • 2020
Why a bet that works for a hundred people destroys the one who repeats it.
4.05
314
🛡️ Risk Management🧠 Decision Theory🔬 Behavioral Economics🎲 Probability Thinking⏳ Long-Term Thinking
Ergodicity Summary
Ergodicity 85%
Why a bet that works for a hundred people destroys the one who repeats it.
by Luca Dellanna 2020
4.05
314 ratings
🛡️ Risk Management🧠 Decision Theory🔬 Behavioral Economics🎲 Probability Thinking⏳ Long-Term Thinking
Your Future Self
by Hal Hershfield • 2023
Your brain registers your future self as another person. The science of making that self matter.
3.66
876
🧠 Behavioral Economics🤝 Future Self⏳ Present Bias🍬 Delayed Gratification⏰ Procrastination
Your Future Self Summary
Your Future Self 85%
Your brain registers your future self as another person. The science of making that self matter.
by Hal Hershfield 2023
3.66
876 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🤝 Future Self⏳ Present Bias🍬 Delayed Gratification⏰ Procrastination
The Wisdom Of Finance
by Mihir Desai • 2017
Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.
4.01
2k+
🧠 Financial Philosophy💰 Money And Meaning🎲 Risk And Uncertainty🔀 Optionality🤲 Stewardship
The Wisdom Of Finance Summary
The Wisdom Of Finance 85%
Insurance, leverage, and bankruptcy are not about money. They are about love, failure, and rebirth.
by Mihir Desai 2017
4.01
2k+ ratings
🧠 Financial Philosophy💰 Money And Meaning🎲 Risk And Uncertainty🔀 Optionality🤲 Stewardship
Hidden Games
by Erez Yoeli • 2022
Luxury, outrage, stubborn beliefs: game theory shows the hidden logic behind your irrational side.
3.66
358
🎲 Game Theory🧠 Behavioral Economics🦚 Costly Signaling🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🔍 Motivated Reasoning
Hidden Games Summary
Hidden Games 85%
Luxury, outrage, stubborn beliefs: game theory shows the hidden logic behind your irrational side.
by Erez Yoeli 2022
3.66
358 ratings
🎲 Game Theory🧠 Behavioral Economics🦚 Costly Signaling🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🔍 Motivated Reasoning
More Than You Know
by Michael J. Mauboussin • 2006
Markets follow the rules of ant colonies, poker games, and cognitive biases, not economic models.
4.07
2k+
📈 Investment Philosophy🧠 Behavioral Finance🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🤔 Cognitive Biases🕸️ Complex Systems
More Than You Know Summary
More Than You Know 85%
Markets follow the rules of ant colonies, poker games, and cognitive biases, not economic models.
by Michael J. Mauboussin 2006
4.07
2k+ ratings
📈 Investment Philosophy🧠 Behavioral Finance🎲 Probabilistic Thinking🤔 Cognitive Biases🕸️ Complex Systems
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them
by Gary Belsky • 1999
The psychology that makes smart people fail with money, and the behavioral economics that fixes it.
3.96
2k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases📈 Investor Psychology🤔 Decision Psychology💰 Money Mindset
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them Summary
Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes And How To Correct Them 85%
The psychology that makes smart people fail with money, and the behavioral economics that fixes it.
by Gary Belsky 1999
3.96
2k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases📈 Investor Psychology🤔 Decision Psychology💰 Money Mindset
Dedicated
by Pete Davis • 2021
Infinite choice was meant to free you. It left you anxious, shallow, and unable to commit.
3.78
2k+
🧊 Decision Paralysis🎯 Long-Term Commitment🏃 Fear Of Missing Out🔍 Depth Over Novelty🗳️ Civic Engagement
Dedicated Summary
Dedicated 85%
Infinite choice was meant to free you. It left you anxious, shallow, and unable to commit.
by Pete Davis 2021
3.78
2k+ ratings
🧊 Decision Paralysis🎯 Long-Term Commitment🏃 Fear Of Missing Out🔍 Depth Over Novelty🗳️ Civic Engagement
The Little Book of Behavioral Investing
by James Montier • 2010
Your portfolio's worst enemy is your own wiring. The habits that short-circuit it.
4.10
3k+
🧠 Behavioral Finance🔍 Cognitive Biases📉 Value Investing🐑 Contrarian Investing🧪 Behavioral Economics
The Little Book of Behavioral Investing Summary
The Little Book of Behavioral Investing 85%
Your portfolio's worst enemy is your own wiring. The habits that short-circuit it.
by James Montier 2010
4.10
3k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Finance🔍 Cognitive Biases📉 Value Investing🐑 Contrarian Investing🧪 Behavioral Economics
Dollars and Sense
by Dan Ariely • 2017
Paying cash hurts more than swiping a card. The hidden psychology running your financial life.
3.78
6k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics💰 Personal Finance🧩 Cognitive Biases💳 Spending Habits👁️ Value Perception
Dollars and Sense Summary
Dollars and Sense 85%
Paying cash hurts more than swiping a card. The hidden psychology running your financial life.
by Dan Ariely 2017
3.78
6k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics💰 Personal Finance🧩 Cognitive Biases💳 Spending Habits👁️ Value Perception
The Uncertainty Solution
by John M. Jennings • 2023
Ditch prediction. Invest with a simple, psychology-backed plan for an unknowable future.
4.47
241
📈 Investing🧠 Behavioral Economics🌪️ Market Uncertainty⏲️ Market Timing🔮 Market Prediction
The Uncertainty Solution Summary
The Uncertainty Solution 85%
Ditch prediction. Invest with a simple, psychology-backed plan for an unknowable future.
by John M. Jennings 2023
4.47
241 ratings
📈 Investing🧠 Behavioral Economics🌪️ Market Uncertainty⏲️ Market Timing🔮 Market Prediction
Swimming With Sharks
by Joris Luyendijk • 2015
Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.
3.84
7k+
🏦 Investment Banking💥 Financial Crisis⚠️ Systemic Risk🎯 Perverse Incentives🔍 Workplace Ethnography
Swimming With Sharks Summary
Swimming With Sharks 85%
Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.
by Joris Luyendijk 2015
3.84
7k+ ratings
🏦 Investment Banking💥 Financial Crisis⚠️ Systemic Risk🎯 Perverse Incentives🔍 Workplace Ethnography
Buy What You Love Without Going Broke
by Jennifer Louise Smith • 2025
A 30-day reset for your spending: align every dollar with what you value, and guilt-free the rest.
3.92
1k+
🏦 Personal Finance🧠 Financial Psychology❤️ Values Based Spending🛒 Consumerism Critique🏡 Intentional Living
Buy What You Love Without Going Broke Summary
Buy What You Love Without Going Broke 85%
A 30-day reset for your spending: align every dollar with what you value, and guilt-free the rest.
by Jennifer Louise Smith 2025
3.92
1k+ ratings
🏦 Personal Finance🧠 Financial Psychology❤️ Values Based Spending🛒 Consumerism Critique🏡 Intentional Living
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
by Albert O. Hirschman • 1970
Organizations fail because those who care most leave first, silencing the pressure for change.
4.11
1k+
📈 Political Economy📉 Organizational Decline🤝 Collective Action📢 Political Voice🔄 Cognitive Dissonance
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty Summary
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty 85%
Organizations fail because those who care most leave first, silencing the pressure for change.
by Albert O. Hirschman 1970
4.11
1k+ ratings
📈 Political Economy📉 Organizational Decline🤝 Collective Action📢 Political Voice🔄 Cognitive Dissonance
Investing
by Robert G. Hagstrom • 2000
Physics, biology, and psychology, woven together, give an investor an edge no financial model can.
4.13
1k+
🧠 Mental Models📈 Investment Philosophy🔗 Multidisciplinary Thinking🌐 Complexity Economics🎭 Behavioral Finance
Investing Summary
Investing 85%
Physics, biology, and psychology, woven together, give an investor an edge no financial model can.
by Robert G. Hagstrom 2000
4.13
1k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Models📈 Investment Philosophy🔗 Multidisciplinary Thinking🌐 Complexity Economics🎭 Behavioral Finance
Choose Wisely
by Barry Schwartz • 2025
Decision theory was built on a casino metaphor. The price: meaning, virtue, and practical wisdom.
3.42
60
📈 Behavioral Economics🧠 Decision Theory🏛️ Aristotelian Ethics🦉 Practical Wisdom🖼️ Framing Effects
Choose Wisely Summary
Choose Wisely 85%
Decision theory was built on a casino metaphor. The price: meaning, virtue, and practical wisdom.
by Barry Schwartz 2025
3.42
60 ratings
📈 Behavioral Economics🧠 Decision Theory🏛️ Aristotelian Ethics🦉 Practical Wisdom🖼️ Framing Effects
Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire
by Dan Conway • 2019
He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.
4.22
199
💰 Cryptocurrency🏖️ Financial Independence📈 Market Speculation🍸 Addiction Memoir🎲 Risk And Reward
Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire Summary
Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire 85%
He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.
by Dan Conway 2019
4.22
199 ratings
💰 Cryptocurrency🏖️ Financial Independence📈 Market Speculation🍸 Addiction Memoir🎲 Risk And Reward
Reckless Endangerment
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
3.96
2k+
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending💰 Wall Street Excess🔍 Investigative Journalism
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment 85%
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011
3.96
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending💰 Wall Street Excess🔍 Investigative Journalism
Enough
by John C. Bogle • 2008
What Wall Street quietly costs you and why 'enough' is the most profitable word in investing.
3.71
2k+
🧠 Investment Philosophy🤝 Fiduciary Duty📊 Index Investing✨ Investment Simplicity💸 Costs And Fees
Enough Summary
Enough 85%
What Wall Street quietly costs you and why 'enough' is the most profitable word in investing.
by John C. Bogle 2008
3.71
2k+ ratings
🧠 Investment Philosophy🤝 Fiduciary Duty📊 Index Investing✨ Investment Simplicity💸 Costs And Fees
When to Rob a Bank
by Steven D. Levitt • 2015
Why sumo wrestlers cheat, why pools are more dangerous than guns, and what economics reveals.
3.53
15k+
💡 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design🌊 Unintended Consequences🤥 Dishonesty👥 Social Norms
When to Rob a Bank Summary
When to Rob a Bank 85%
Why sumo wrestlers cheat, why pools are more dangerous than guns, and what economics reveals.
by Steven D. Levitt 2015
3.53
15k+ ratings
💡 Behavioral Economics🎯 Incentive Design🌊 Unintended Consequences🤥 Dishonesty👥 Social Norms
Mind Over Money
by Claudia Hammond • 2016
Your brain on money: dopamine, loss aversion, and the hidden biases that control your wallet.
3.46
1k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics💵 Money Psychology⚖️ Loss Aversion🗂️ Mental Accounting🔄 Cognitive Biases
Mind Over Money Summary
Mind Over Money 85%
Your brain on money: dopamine, loss aversion, and the hidden biases that control your wallet.
by Claudia Hammond 2016
3.46
1k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics💵 Money Psychology⚖️ Loss Aversion🗂️ Mental Accounting🔄 Cognitive Biases
Subprime Attention Crisis
by Tim Hwang • 2020
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
3.61
1k+
🌐 Internet Economy👀 Attention Economy💥 Market Bubbles⚠️ Systemic Risk🕵️ Advertising Fraud
Subprime Attention Crisis Summary
Subprime Attention Crisis 85%
The internet's ad economy is a bubble of fake clicks, hidden fees, and bad incentives.
by Tim Hwang 2020
3.61
1k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Economy👀 Attention Economy💥 Market Bubbles⚠️ Systemic Risk🕵️ Advertising Fraud
Big Mistakes
by Michael Batnick • 2018
Buffett's shoe deal, Graham's crash, Keynes's bets: what the legends learned the hard way.
3.70
1k+
📊 Value Investing🧠 Behavioral Finance📜 Investment History⚠️ Investing Mistakes🛡️ Risk Management
Big Mistakes Summary
Big Mistakes 85%
Buffett's shoe deal, Graham's crash, Keynes's bets: what the legends learned the hard way.
by Michael Batnick 2018
3.70
1k+ ratings
📊 Value Investing🧠 Behavioral Finance📜 Investment History⚠️ Investing Mistakes🛡️ Risk Management
A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market
by John Allen Paulos • 2003
The market's worst crashes aren't anomalies: they're built into the math most investors ignore.
3.46
823
💰 Behavioral Finance📈 Stock Market🧠 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Market Efficiency📊 Statistical Thinking
A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market Summary
A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market 85%
The market's worst crashes aren't anomalies: they're built into the math most investors ignore.
by John Allen Paulos 2003
3.46
823 ratings
💰 Behavioral Finance📈 Stock Market🧠 Cognitive Biases⚖️ Market Efficiency📊 Statistical Thinking
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
by Madeline Pendleton • 2024
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
4.52
4k+
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity🤝 Ethical Business✊ Anti-Capitalist Critique
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Summary
I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt 85%
The financial rules that work when you are broke look nothing like the ones in the bestsellers.
by Madeline Pendleton 2024
4.52
4k+ ratings
💰 Financial Memoir📱 Millennial Money🏚️ Economic Precarity🤝 Ethical Business✊ Anti-Capitalist Critique
The Alchemy of Finance
by George Soros • 1987
Markets are never in equilibrium. Perception and reality interact, driving booms and busts.
3.75
5k+
💥 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking🧠 Behavioral Economics📉 Market Inefficiency🔬 Philosophy Of Science
The Alchemy of Finance Summary
The Alchemy of Finance 85%
Markets are never in equilibrium. Perception and reality interact, driving booms and busts.
by George Soros 1987
3.75
5k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking🧠 Behavioral Economics📉 Market Inefficiency🔬 Philosophy Of Science
Discover Your Inner Economist
by Tyler Cowen • 2007
Hidden economics of love, lunch, and looking good: incentives that work when cash fails.
3.41
2k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🛒 Everyday Economics🕊️ Signaling Theory🎭 Self-Deception⏳ Attention Scarcity
Discover Your Inner Economist Summary
Discover Your Inner Economist 85%
Hidden economics of love, lunch, and looking good: incentives that work when cash fails.
by Tyler Cowen 2007
3.41
2k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🛒 Everyday Economics🕊️ Signaling Theory🎭 Self-Deception⏳ Attention Scarcity
The Behavioral Investor
by Doctor Daniel Crosby • 2018
Markets run on psychology, not math. Your ancient brain needs systems, not instinct, to invest.
4.03
773
📊 Behavioral Finance🧩 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics⚠️ Risk Perception
The Behavioral Investor Summary
The Behavioral Investor 85%
Markets run on psychology, not math. Your ancient brain needs systems, not instinct, to invest.
by Doctor Daniel Crosby 2018
4.03
773 ratings
📊 Behavioral Finance🧩 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics⚠️ Risk Perception
Engines That Move Markets
by Alasdair Nairn • 2001
The greatest technologies of the last 200 years were mostly terrible investments. Here is the proof.
4.40
236
📡 Technology Investing📜 Investment History🔄 Capital Cycles🏰 Economic Moats💰 Value Investing
Engines That Move Markets Summary
Engines That Move Markets 85%
The greatest technologies of the last 200 years were mostly terrible investments. Here is the proof.
by Alasdair Nairn 2001
4.40
236 ratings
📡 Technology Investing📜 Investment History🔄 Capital Cycles🏰 Economic Moats💰 Value Investing
Pound Foolish
by Helaine Olen • 2012
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
3.67
2k+
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help🏦 Retirement Crisis🛡️ Consumer Advocacy
Pound Foolish Summary
Pound Foolish 85%
The personal finance industry wants you anxious, not wealthy. Your worry is their business model.
by Helaine Olen 2012
3.67
2k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Finance🔍 Investigative Journalism💥 Anti-Self-Help🏦 Retirement Crisis🛡️ Consumer Advocacy
How Big Things Get Done
by Bent Flyvbjerg • 2023
Big projects fail before shovels hit dirt. A 16,000-project database reveals how to stop it.
4.27
10k+
📋 Project Management🏛️ Infrastructure🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🔮 Forecasting
How Big Things Get Done Summary
How Big Things Get Done 85%
Big projects fail before shovels hit dirt. A 16,000-project database reveals how to stop it.
by Bent Flyvbjerg 2023
4.27
10k+ ratings
📋 Project Management🏛️ Infrastructure🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🔮 Forecasting
economic naturalist
by Robert H. Frank • 2006
Why drive-up ATMs have Braille dots, and other mundane mysteries solved with economics.
3.46
3k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Everyday Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases💡 Economic Reasoning🎯 Rational Choice Theory
economic naturalist Summary
economic naturalist 85%
Why drive-up ATMs have Braille dots, and other mundane mysteries solved with economics.
by Robert H. Frank 2006
3.46
3k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔍 Everyday Economics🧩 Cognitive Biases💡 Economic Reasoning🎯 Rational Choice Theory
Phishing for Phools
by George A. Akerlof • 2015
Your blind spots are a business model. Free markets reward deception as reliably as innovation.
3.43
2k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔧 Market Failures🎯 Consumer Manipulation⚡ Cognitive Biases🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Phishing for Phools Summary
Phishing for Phools 85%
Your blind spots are a business model. Free markets reward deception as reliably as innovation.
by George A. Akerlof 2015
3.43
2k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🔧 Market Failures🎯 Consumer Manipulation⚡ Cognitive Biases🏛️ Regulatory Capture
Incerto 4-Book Bundle
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2011
Some things get stronger from disorder. Most of what we build gets this backward.
4.57
497
🔒 Tail Risk🔗 Complex Systems🔮 Prediction Limits🎯 Incentive Alignment⚔️ Modern Stoicism
Incerto 4-Book Bundle Summary
Incerto 4-Book Bundle 85%
Some things get stronger from disorder. Most of what we build gets this backward.
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2011
4.57
497 ratings
🔒 Tail Risk🔗 Complex Systems🔮 Prediction Limits🎯 Incentive Alignment⚔️ Modern Stoicism
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
by Carlo M. Cipolla • 1976
Stupidity is not random: it follows precise laws, and it's far more dangerous than malice.
3.85
12k+
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The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Summary
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity 85%
Stupidity is not random: it follows precise laws, and it's far more dangerous than malice.
by Carlo M. Cipolla 1976
3.85
12k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🎲 Game Theory🎭 Satirical Philosophy🤦 Human Folly🗣️ Social Criticism
The Anxious Investor
by Scott Nations • 2022
The mental traps that wreck returns are predictable. Recognize yours and stop feeding them.
3.51
183
📈 Behavioral Investing🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🫧 Market Bubbles🧘 Emotional Discipline
The Anxious Investor Summary
The Anxious Investor 85%
The mental traps that wreck returns are predictable. Recognize yours and stop feeding them.
by Scott Nations 2022
3.51
183 ratings
📈 Behavioral Investing🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics🫧 Market Bubbles🧘 Emotional Discipline
Inside the Investor's Brain
by Richard L. Peterson • 2007
Your brain is a catastrophic investor. Here is the neuroscience to override it.
3.81
84
📉 Behavioral Finance🧠 Investing Psychology🔬 Neuroeconomics🧩 Cognitive Biases🧘 Emotional Regulation
Inside the Investor's Brain Summary
Inside the Investor's Brain 85%
Your brain is a catastrophic investor. Here is the neuroscience to override it.
by Richard L. Peterson 2007
3.81
84 ratings
📉 Behavioral Finance🧠 Investing Psychology🔬 Neuroeconomics🧩 Cognitive Biases🧘 Emotional Regulation
The Key Man
by Simon Clark • 2021
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
4.18
3k+
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud🌱 Impact Investing🤝 Elite Networks
The Key Man Summary
The Key Man 85%
Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.
by Simon Clark 2021
4.18
3k+ ratings
🏢 Private Equity🌍 Emerging Markets💸 Financial Fraud🌱 Impact Investing🤝 Elite Networks
The Art of Execution
by Lee Freeman-Shor • 2015
49% hit rate, still millions. The difference is what happens after you buy.
4.06
1k+
🧠 Investing Psychology📊 Behavioral Finance🛡️ Trading Discipline💎 Conviction Investing🏆 Holding Winners
The Art of Execution Summary
The Art of Execution 84%
49% hit rate, still millions. The difference is what happens after you buy.
by Lee Freeman-Shor 2015
4.06
1k+ ratings
🧠 Investing Psychology📊 Behavioral Finance🛡️ Trading Discipline💎 Conviction Investing🏆 Holding Winners
The Psychology of Investing
by John R. Nofsinger • 2001
Your portfolio's biggest enemy isn't the market. It's the biases you don't know you have.
4.01
278
🧠 Behavioral Finance🧩 Cognitive Biases📊 Trading Psychology😟 Emotional Investing🧪 Behavioral Economics
The Psychology of Investing Summary
The Psychology of Investing 84%
Your portfolio's biggest enemy isn't the market. It's the biases you don't know you have.
by John R. Nofsinger 2001
4.01
278 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Finance🧩 Cognitive Biases📊 Trading Psychology😟 Emotional Investing🧪 Behavioral Economics
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