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Books like A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

12 books with a reading profile close to A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing by Burton G. Malkiel. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.

  1. 1 How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

    How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

    by Bill Gates

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, analytical

    Bill Gates outlines a technological and economic roadmap to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

  2. 2 This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

    This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate

    by Naomi Klein

    Also outward-looking · analytical, economics

    Naomi Klein argues that the current global economic model and the survival of the planetary ecosystem are fundamentally at odds.

  3. 3 Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

    Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

    by Cathy O'Neil

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, economics

    Cathy O’Neil identifies a specific breed of algorithmic modeling she labels Weapons of Math Destruction.

  4. 4 The Millionaire Mind

    The Millionaire Mind

    by Thomas J. Stanley

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, economics

    Thomas J.

  5. 5 Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know

    Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong - and What You Really Need to Know

    by Emily Oster

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, analytical

    Economics professor Emily Oster applies data analysis to pregnancy by evaluating the scientific studies behind standard medical restrictions.

  6. 6 The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't

    The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't

    by Nate Silver

    Also outward-looking · analytical, economics

    Nate Silver examines why human forecasts often fail by distinguishing between the "signal," which represents meaningful patterns, and "noise," which is random data that obscures truth.

  7. 7 Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

    Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

    by Chris Miller

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

    Chris Miller explains how semiconductors became the backbone of modern civilization, determining both economic success and military dominance.

  8. 8 The China Study

    The China Study

    by T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell (II.)

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, analytical

    The China Study presents a decade-long examination of the relationship between diet and chronic illness, drawing data from sixty-five counties in rural China.

  9. 9 The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

    The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

    by Thomas J. Stanley

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · practical, economics

    Thomas J.

  10. 10 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

    Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

    by Steven D. Levitt

    Also outward-looking · analytical, economics

    Steven D.

  11. 11 Microsoft Secrets

    Microsoft Secrets

    by Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby

    Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, data driven

    Michael A.

  12. 12 SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

    SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

    by Steven D. Levitt

    Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, economics

    Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner apply microeconomic principles to unconventional human behaviors, arguing that people respond directly to incentives regardless of moral implications.

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