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any time inside football soon discovered that just as oil was part of the oil business, stupidity was part of the football business.
Stefan Szymanski • Soccernomics
Bruce Greenwald’s book Competition Demystified was the concept of “local economies of
Gautam Baid • The Joys of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning, Revised and Updated (Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing Series)
people have a general tendency to stick with their current situation.
Cass R. Sunstein • Nudge: The Final Edition
companies have a strong incentive to exploit behavioral biases, including availability, unrealistic optimism, and anchoring.
Cass R. Sunstein • Nudge: The Final Edition
‘I can do business with stupid people,’ he said afterwards, ‘and I can do business with crooks. But I can’t do business with stupid people who want to be crooks.’
Stefan Szymanski • Soccernomics
Edward Chancellor’s book Capital Returns helped
Gautam Baid • The Joys of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning, Revised and Updated (Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing Series)
Effective altruism in its simplest form is just the “Moneyball of charities”, a reference to a movie where the sport became all about statistics and less about the players.