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Misbehaving
Author : Richard Thaler
Posted : April 22, 2017

Author : John Brooks
Posted : November 1, 2015

Opportunity of a Lifetime

Author : Wilson Sy
Posted : February 4, 2014

Antifragile
Author : Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Posted : January 6, 2014


Author : Daniel Kahneman
Posted : October 17, 2013

The Black Swan

Author : Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Posted : March 2, 2013


Author : Benjamin Graham
Posted : January 25, 2013

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