The Greatest Trades of All Time: Top Traders Making Big Profits from the Crash of 1929 to Today By Vincent W. Veneziani
2011 | 166 Pages | ISBN: 0470645997 | PDF | 2 MB

How top traders made huge profits during the most momentous market events of the past century
Financial and commodity markets are characterized by periodic crashes and upside explosions. In retrospect, the reasons behind these abrupt movements often seem very clear, but generally few people understand what’s happening at the time. Top traders and investors like George Soros or Jesse Livermore have stood apart from the crowd and capitalized on their unique insights to capture huge profits.
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Jack Knight, James Johnson “The Priority of Democracy: Political Consequences of Pragmatism”
ISBN: 0691151237 | 2011 | PDF | 336 pages | 2,9 MB

Pragmatism and its consequences are central issues in American politics today, yet scholars rarely examine in detail the relationship between pragmatism and politics. In The Priority of Democracy, Jack Knight and James Johnson systematically explore the subject and make a strong case for adopting a pragmatist approach to democratic politics–and for giving priority to democracy in the process of selecting and reforming political institutions.
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