Summer Reading Primer: Books and Blogs for Investors

Elon Musk isn't a man who minces his words—few people in his position get to where they are by being shy and retiring.

This post originally appeared at Fathom. It's easily accessible, friendly, lazy, and just active enough. Fathom founder Pavia Rosati makes her way to Turks and Caicos, and is totally sold. TURKS AND CAICOS – Is Turks and Caicos the perfect Caribbean getaway?

Jeff Miller submits: It has been well documented that individual investors trail the market averages when it comes to investment performance. The "buy and hold" concept has little respect these days, but most individual investors do even worse.

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I alluded to this a few times yesterday, so I think I should offer my recommended readings on the Panic of 2007 and the ensuing recession. These are real recommendations, actual advice about what you should do, so things like length and readability count. Rogoff & Reinhardt have done a really praiseworthy empirical research program, but you should just look up their conclusion with Google you don’t actually need to read the book.

Ezra Klein says he doesn’t think books have had that much influence on his thinking:

Matt Yglesias, Tyler Cowen and an array of other bloggish luminaries are running through the lists of books that most influenced their thinking.

Washington, DC: Eazy-E, I don't get the logic behind the free-rider provision. Is the thought that person A is getting subsidies, so if a company hires them and gives them health insurance, then they can use that subsidy on something else, and hence are getting a free ride? Is it an ACORN-style attempt to keep people on the subsidy books? Why would the government penalize any company for hiring anyone (outside of "undocumented" workers)? Please explain the provision from the point of view of someone who supports it. Thanks