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The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
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The Dao of Capital: Austrian Investing in a Distorted World

by Mark Spitznagel, Ron Paul
September 2013
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
10h 1m
English
Wiley
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“At last, a real book by a real risk-taking practitioner. You cannot afford not to read this!”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author of The Black Swan

“Investors of all kinds will find immeasurable value in this convincing and thoroughly researched book where Mark champions the roundabout of Austrian capital theory. Using thought-provoking examples from both the natural world and the historical world, The Dao of Capital shows how a seemingly difficult immediate loss becomes an advantageous intermediate step for greater future gain, and thus why we must become ‘patient now and strategically impatient later.’”

Paul Tudor Jones II, Founder, Tudor Investment Corporation

“A timely, original, right-economic principles and history-based approach to investing. Drawing on impressive philosophical building blocks, The Dao of Capital illuminates the wellsprings of capital creation, innovation and economic progress. It also makes the point that government intervention to ‘help’ the economy is as destructive as the now-discredited policy of suppressing forest fires. Dazzling!”

Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Forbes Media

“This is a magnificent, scintillating book that I will read over and over again. It provides a theoretic and practical framework for understanding the insights of all the greats that a student of markets will encounter—Soros, Baldwin, Klipp, Buffett, Cooperman (albeit these greats might not realize or acknowledge it). It teaches you things about war, trees, martial arts, ...

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