| Edition |
Fourth abridged edition 2023. |
| Description |
379 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 369) and index. |
| Summary |
From the legendary vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, lessons in investment strategy, philanthropy, and living a rational and ethical life. "Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up," Charles T. Munger advises in Poor Charlie's Almanack. Originally published in 2005, this compendium of eleven talks delivered by the legendary Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman between 1986 and 2007 has become a touchstone for a generation of investors and entrepreneurs seeking to absorb the enduring wit and wisdom of one of the great minds of the 20th and 21st centuries. Edited by Peter D. Kaufman, chairman and CEO of Glenair and longtime friend of Charlie Munger--whom he calls "this generation's answer to Benjamin Franklin"--this abridged Stripe Press edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack features a brand-new foreword by Stripe cofounder John Collison. Poor Charlie's Almanack draws on Munger's encyclopedic knowledge of business, finance, history, philosophy, physics, and ethics--and more besides--to introduce the latticework of mental models that underpin his rational and rigorous approach to life, learning, and decision-making. Delivered with Munger's characteristic sharp wit and rhetorical flair, it is an essential volume for any reader seeking to go to bed a little wiser than when they woke up. |
| Contents |
A portrait of Charles T. Munger -- Remembering : the children on Charlie -- The Munger approach to life, learning, and decision making -- Eleven talks. Harvard school commencement speech ; Talk one revisted -- A lesson on elementary, worldly wisdom -- A lesson on elementary, worldly wisdom as it relates to investment management and business ; Talk two revisited ; Worldly wisdom, updated: Q&A with Charlie -- A lesson on elementary, worldly wisdom, as it relates to investment management and business revisted ; Talk three revisted -- Practical thought about practical thought? ; Talk four revisted -- The need for more multidisciplinary skills from educational professionals : implications ; talk firve revisted -- Investment practices of leading charitable foundations ; Talk six revisted -- Breakfast meeting of the Philanthropy Roundtable ; Talk seven revisted -- The great financial scandal of 2003 ; Talk eight revisted -- Academic economics : strengths and faults after considering interdisciplinary needs ; Talk nine revisted -- USC Gould School of Law commencement address -- The psychology of human misjudgment ; Talk eleven revisted. |
| Subject |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. -- History.
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Munger, Charles T., 1924-
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Investments -- Decision making.
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Investments -- Humor.
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| Genre/Form |
Humor.
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| Added Author |
Kaufman, Peter D., editor.
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| Added Title |
Essential wit and wisdom of Charles T. Munger |
| ISBN |
9781953953230 |
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1953953239 |
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