A month ago, Michael Hudson sent me an excerpt from his new book, The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America — and Spawned a Global Crisis. I enjoyed it so much that I requested a review copy. I read it quickly, then mulled over it between engagements to [...]
America is not well. What’s worse, the problems facing the nation appear to come more from within than without, and the minority of citizens paying attention find it frustrating that the political system appears incapable of change. I recently read The Trillion-Dollar Conspiracy by Jim Marrs, and found it in agreement with many of the [...]
Many thanks to the fine folks at TheStreet.com for running an excerpt from Financially Stupid People Are Everywhere: Don’t Be One of Them as a summer reading recommendation this weekend. They even linked to the feature from their top page, one of the investing world’s most trafficked properties. See the excerpt at their site here.
I joined a nice conversation with Michelle Maltais at the Los Angeles Times over the weekend, regarding the benefits of e-book publishing, specifically as it applies to Amazon’s Kindle program. From my comments: Publishing on the Kindle enables authors to bypass the traditional publishing network of agents, editors, distributors, and stores to go directly to [...]
CNBC ran a nice review of Financially Stupid People on Friday. They’re pretty strict about reprinting and redistributing, so I’ll provide only what they authorize to be sent via email with a link to read the article on their site: Finance Bookshelf: Retirement, investing, suckers Summer vacation reading doesn’t have to be just thrillers and [...]
