Economists: do they all speak a different language?
I have just finished to read “Freakonomics”, which is one of the books a businesshacker described some time ago…. the book is very well written and clever… the blog the authors have is witty and ironical as well…. recently they have discussed the topic of how economist talk and write… this is what they said…:
I [...]
No time to read books…? No problem…
Life is becoming more and more dynamic… we don’t have so much time as we used to have…
Nowadays, most people are extremely active. We juggle careers, family, and leisure time – slurping coffee to stay awake while we watch a TV show or finish a business report – when we should be peacefully sleeping. Who [...]
Best business books: Sane investing in an Insane world
Just few words about a book written by Cramer… probably one of the most controversial people in the world…
In the beginning of “Jim Cramer’s Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World” inside the acknowledgements, James Cramer says: I got rich using commonsense principles, not elite precepts and training, and I know you can, [...]
Quality personal finance books
It is pretty difficult to choose between hundreds of business books… simpledollar provides some good advices on what to choose… and I perfectly agree with them…
I’m interested in building a collection of quality personal finance books, mostly from the perspective of a beginner getting his/her finances in order. I’ve read countless posts on other sites [...]
A book for businesshackers: Hackers & Painters
Today we start reading a book, which is not exactly new, but seems to be worth reading titled Hackers & Painters.
In a nutshell:”Written in clear, narrative style, Hackers & Painters examines issues such as the rightness of web-based applications, the programming language renaissance, spam filtering, the Open Source Movement, Internet startups [...]
Breaking news: the World’s Biggest Real Estate Deal
Businessweek has just published some news that we, businesshackers found amazing. According to the magazine:
The record price for a real estate transaction in the U.S. was smashed on Oct. 17 when Tishman Speyer offered owner MetLife $5.4 billion for the 80 acres of Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan. The previous record was set in 2000, when [...]
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