(Part 2) Best international business & investing books according to redditors
We found 377 Reddit comments discussing the best international business & investing books. We ranked the 156 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
35. Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West
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Six of the nine voluntary agencies resettling “refugees” in America are religious in nature. In order of annual revenue, they are:
The work these agencies do is not charitable; they are paid for everyone they settle. There used to be a program under which the agencies could settle refugees at their own expense, but it was canceled in the mid-1990s for lack of use.
These are taken from Michelle Malkin’s Open Borders Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction?
I can't speak for most people, but when I went through my "I want to live in Japan" phase it was due to reading Confucius Lives Next Door, which is a book about how western culture can learn from eastern culture based on the author's experiences in Japan. It's a wonderful book, but reading responses to it (mostly surrounding the author's cherrypicking of the good elements while only spending a chapter talking about the bad) did balance out my viewpoint a lot.
Dr. Ley wrote a book on the migration of millionaires from China to Vancouver and blames the government for failing to do anything about the skyrocketing cost of housing driven by foreign money. He has long said that the housing market in Vancouver is detached from local incomes and driven by foreign money. His prediction of +/- 5% is based on the government doing nothing to stop foreign money, which is very reasonable considering it's clear they have no intention of stopping foreign money. If they did actually ban foreign money, it would be a different story altogether.
UBC's Thomas Davidoff stated that if foreign money were removed from the Vancouver housing market, prices would drop 25-50%. It's common sense that if you were to ban all foreign money the housing market would basically implode. Obviously they're not going to do that.
The three first results when searching for "open borders" on Amazon.
Guys, I'm confused, which one should I pick?
https://www.amazon.com/Open-Borders-Science-Ethics-Immigration/dp/1250316960/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=open+borders&qid=1572618411&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/Open-Borders-Inc-Funding-America/dp/1621579719/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=open+borders&qid=1572618411&sr=8-2
https://www.amazon.com/Why-God-Hates-Open-Borders/dp/1732785902/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=open+borders&qid=1572618411&sr=8-3
Surprisingly it goes on like this, there is a balance between pro and anti in the following results.
Well Petrov is pretty much Putin, and this book by Ben Judah is a nice non-fiction narrative about his ascendancy to power.
It is somewhat outdated by this point, and not critical enough of the AKP,, but I would still recommend The Rise of Turkey by Soner Cagaptay. The chapter on the military and its diminished power may be especially useful right now.
Once you start accepting orphans, how are you going to feel if you have to turn away children because you've reached your limit or they don't fit your age group? This is one of those things a lot of people struggle with.
I think that having some foreign volunteers is great, but I'd caution too much about depending on foreigners volunteering (or being paid) for too many things. Remember that any time you can hire locals you're providing a much larger contribution to the local economy than when someone volunteers for a year. Not to say you won't need volunteers or use them, but try to be careful to use locals when you can.
I'm not sure what you have as far as land, but hopefully you can set up a small scale farm, so as to provide most of the food for your orphanage as well as have some to sell/trade for the things you don't grow/raise. Vegetables/bananas/Chickens/etc are all fairly easy to raise and provide a return very quickly. Also, children can learn valuable skills as well.
While their may be profit in minibuses and other ventures, remember that you're a foreigner. It can be difficult to deal with all the petty theft and extra bribes that come with the knowledge that the owner is a Mzungu. Not to say don't try-but be careful.
Africa is an awesome place, and I often long to go back. You'll learn to love it too. It does have some issues from time to time though, as you're noticing. Long term you are likely going to want to invest in a generator and perhaps some solar panels. Until you're more developed and established though you probably can't plan out that need.
These books don't quite relate to orphanages, but more in general to Africa and aid throughout the world-if you haven't read them I'd recommend you get your hands on them as it can help with understanding a lot of why things are the way they are in Africa.
Africa Doesn't Matter
The Fate of Africa
Festival Elephants and the Myth of Global Poverty
And not quite related, but a nice story from a wonderful woman (who's sadly now passed away) that went to Africa in her youth, lived there her entire life, and ran an orphanage: Land of a Thousand Hills (Disclaimer: I lived very close to her house at Mugongo and I knew her as a child; I last saw her in 2005 on my last visit to Rwanda.)
Sadly, my work keeps me busy where I am and I don't really get a chance to volunteer... I'd love to transition to working with an aid agency though instead of what I do now. No luck so far, but I'll keep trying...
Absolutely. There’s risk at every turn. Your home server could lose connection and miss a closing trade. Your vps could annoyingly restart or be under maintenance. An API could go down. Slippage can eat into your profits. I can’t say this definitively, but my guess it that most ‘horror stories’ about MT4 problems are people who were trading too big for their account size (imho). I haven’t had any issues, but if for some reason I get screwed on a trade, get the wrong price and the things fly, literally, 1000 pips against me, I might lose 100 dollars - a loss I can recover from. But nothing is for sure. There is always risk. When any give trade doesn’t mean very much in profit or loss though, I worry less.
If you're struggling with MQL4 you might look into: https://www.amazon.com/Expert-Advisor-Programming-MetaTrader-automated/dp/0982645937/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472939095&sr=8-1&keywords=expert+advisor+programming
I was pretty happy with it. If you can swing C# I can't imagine MQL4 would give you too much trouble. The docs are pretty good too. Debugging is the most annoying bit.
Great book on the impact of globalization:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1118950143/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4NRZP0V079SB4C8HRMVB
It kind of gives a similar explanation as your professor on why child labor is not all bad.
So, I'll be honest. I haven't any of these books, they might be a good primer for a more modern take on Hallyu, though the blog points out that these might be better for the more 'mainstream' kpop (or ga-yo).
If you're more interested in Korean history, particularly modern history, there are a lot more sources--Bruce Cumings is a decent source (though he's way, way, way too kind to North Korea in some of his historical readings), and this book by Daniel Tudor is also a good primer.
Regarding the "cultural-industrial" complex I mentioned, I'm not sure how many would term it as such, or if many articles have been written on it--largely because it's such a strange thing, to Western eyes, to have the government invest so much in something that is so hard to define.
A similar interesting read is [Why Mexicans Dont Drink Molson] (http://www.amazon.ca/Why-Mexicans-Dont-Drink-Molson/dp/1553654064)
Frankly you're going to have to read.
But I would recommend https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Turkey-Twenty-First-Centurys-Muslim/dp/1612346502 to start.
Caspian report tends to be one of the best channels I've seen when it comes to geopolitical summaries. They had two recent videos on the Turkish invasion of Syria and their geopolitical goals in the region.
I'd highly recommend What Makes a Terrorist by Alan Krueger, one of the most respected economists in the world (and an absolute wizard of statistical analysis). You'd be stunned at the amount of evidence which shows that most terrorists are fairly educated and wealthy.
EDIT: Holy shit, I'm an idiot for forgetting. You should also buy J.M. Berger's book, Jihad Joe.
That is the reason that the Robert Whiting explains in his book. Its a really good read if you have any interest in the differences between American and Japanese baseball.
http://www.amazon.com/You-Gotta-Have-Robert-Whiting/dp/067972947X
The Third Wave, about the advancements in technology and the direction our civilization is taking. It was written in the late 70s, but pretty much everything Toffler wrote about became true, or is in the process of happening.
Loretta Napoleoni has been writing about this for a few years now.
What's ironic is that Napoleoni has worked for the UN, but apparently the UN Office of Drugs and Crime is only now getting the word (and not even from her!).
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It's not really an economics book so much as a development book, but Africa Doesn't Matter (http://www.amazon.com/Africa-Doesnt-Matter-Poorest-Continent/dp/1559708786/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1303704171&sr=1-1) taught me a lot.
It's a shitty conclusion/observation that people who claim automation could be a job-killer are 'new Luddites'. Quite the contrary, most well-informed futurists on this topic are celebrating such a claim, not looking forward to smashing the looms.
So ignoramuses like Will Oremus should educate themselves a little bit.
He's published it, as well as written a book. Anyone can access it. The government could begin undertaking a study tomorrow if they really wanted to.
http://www.amazon.ca/Millionaire-Migrants-Trans-Pacific-Life-Lines/dp/1405192925
Naked Economics by Charles Wheelan
https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Economics-Undressing-Science-Revised/dp/0393337642
Doesn't really address e-commerce, but honestly one of the better intro into economics books out there written in modern times.
For Globalization topics I also like:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1118950143/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BPHV27XJSYHBS8RKBT3J
For virtual currencies and such I think your best source that is not academic papers will just be the Internet.
Good Luck, and remember Economics is a social science and is not the only field with ideas and solutions to social problems.
Bionomics - Economy as Ecosystem by Michael Rothschild, Well written and mind-blowing.
Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches by Marvin Harris. TL;DR many irrational cultural practices are in fact imminently logical objectively.
Long, but good:
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, Pulitzer winning book on the Oil industry from its beginnings.
The Armchair economist - the Economics of everyday life, sort of an earlier and better version of 'freakonomics'.
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
Dogs and Demons: Tales from the dark side of Japan
Reflections on a Ravaged Century Robert Conquest
A History of the American People Paul Johnson. Good stuff.
China into Africa: Trade, Aid, and Influence Among the specific topics tackled here are China's interest in African oil; military and security relations; the influx and goals of Chinese aid to sub-Saharan Africa; human rights issues; and China's overall strategy in the region. It seems to be THE book on the relationship between China and Africa, according to many of the Amazon reviews.
Hi, here's a good list of books to get things going. https://www.reddit.com/r/Geopolitics/wiki/book
/u/alexderlion /u/n4kke /u/thucydidesnuts
Recently, there's quite a bit of interest in starting a book club in /r/geopolitics. It would be a great idea to team up.
/u/uppityworm and I were talking about working together with them, and he has contacted /u/fusionsc2 about that. /u/fusionsc2 is a fellow book lover and is interested in discussing geopolitics with people of similar interest.
Given the large amount of responses to reading a book about Africa in the thread mentioned above, we were thinking about doing a book on Africa for our next book. Let us know about your opinions.
/u/fusionsc2 has mentioned African Conflicts and Informal Power: Big Men and Networks. In the book list listed above, there are also some additional great books on Africa,
[The Fate of Africa: A History of the Continent Since Independence] (http://www.amazon.com/Fate-Africa-History-Continent-Independence/dp/1610390717), a critically acclaimed book that provides a comprehensive primer on political, economic, and major social developments in post-colonial African nations.
Season of Rains: Africa in the World, This book captures the broad spectrum of political, economic, and social foundations that make Africa what it is today. According to the Amazon reviews, it touches on recent economic and tech development in reviews. So might be good for future estimates.
China into Africa: Trade, Aid, and Influence Among the specific topics tackled here are China's interest in African oil; military and security relations; the influx and goals of Chinese aid to sub-Saharan Africa; human rights issues; and China's overall strategy in the region. It seems to be THE book on the relationship between China and Africa, according to many of the Amazon reviews.
So take a look at the books and also the book list, and we can discuss our next book after the our 3rd sessions. It would be great if you have any other additional books to recommend on Africa.
Just like Jim Rogers: Investment Biker.
i suggest you read a bit
https://books.google.ca/books?id=s-LSCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=In+what+is+known+as+total+war,+these+economies+are+often+seen+as+targets+by+many+combatants.+The+Union+blockade+and+Union+General+William+T.+Sherman%27s+March+to+the+Sea+during+the+American+Civil+War+and+the+strategic+bombing+of+enemy+cities+and+factories+during+World+War+II+are+examples+of+total+war.&source=bl&ots=OzziNll3fq&sig=GmMQws0ysGQ68RnVpL--1zad-xI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAmoVChMI36jUw92GxwIVSTs-Ch0ZyQNE#v=onepage&q=In%20what%20is%20known%20as%20total%20war%2C%20these%20economies%20are%20often%20seen%20as%20targets%20by%20many%20combatants.%20The%20Union%20blockade%20and%20Union%20General%20William%20T.%20Sherman's%20March%20to%20the%20Sea%20during%20the%20American%20Civil%20War%20and%20the%20strategic%20bombing%20of%20enemy%20cities%20and%20factories%20during%20World%20War%20II%20are%20examples%20of%20total%20war.&f=false
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrarsenalofdemocracy.html
https://www.amazon.com/Geopolitics-Resource-Wars-Routledge-Studies/dp/0415463785
it has always been driven by war its not a new thing it never was a new thing
I used this, I really liked it and it's roughly N2 level. Great for reading newspapers.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/aw/d/0804837805/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_inactive_ship_o1_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Here are a few good ones that I have read and would definitely reccomend.
Speed Tribes: Days and Night's with Japan's Next Generation
by Karl Taro Greenfeld
> http://www.amazon.com/Speed-Tribes-Nights-Japans-Generation/dp/0060926651/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267655889&sr=8-1
Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us About Living in the West
by T.R. Reid
> http://www.amazon.com/Confucius-Lives-Next-Door-Teaches/dp/0679777601/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267655960&sr=1-1#noop
Black Passenger Yellow Cabs: Of Exile And Excess In Japan
by Stefhen F. D. Bryan
> http://www.amazon.com/Black-Passenger-Yellow-Cabs-Excess/dp/0615268102/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267656194&sr=1-1
those should keep you busy for a while.
Jake Aldenstein (first non Japanese reporter for a major Japanese newspaper) wrote a book called Tokyo Vice, which has elements of what you are looking for. Its mostly about his life as a gaijin reporter, versus just being a gaijin.
The book Business Japanese starts of very easy, but introduces more advanced vocab step-by-step. Example phrases are realistic (I think), and also become harder towards the end.
Not open is putting it lightly. Putin has .... gotten rid of any possible experienced successor and has destroyed any political parties other than his own, which is less a political party and more an organized mob.
If you want a read on how Russia is doing btw, I recommend Fragile Empire by Ben Judah. For a period I was worried about people saying that the US election meddling rendered the arguments in this book incomplete, but instead it now looks like the book is more true than ever.
I just ordered the book, I never found any tutorials either.
Here is the mobile version of your link
I don't get what all the fuss is about...Tim Horton's was bought by an American company (Wendy's) 20 years ago...so it's just an American company with lots of outlets in Canada being sold to another American company. What's the big deal?
Of course, it is telling about the ability and ambition of the business class in Canada that there are no Canadian national champions or indeed virtually no widely-recognized Canadian international brands of any sort.
This isn't exactly responsive to your question, but I highly recommend reading Korea: The Impossible Country before you go. It will explain a ton about Korea and make your trip much more enjoyable.
This could be an interesting read about it. What the author suggests is to decouple the right to live from the duty to work, because in the (near) future a lot of jobs are going to disappear and there will be many more people struggling to reach the end of the month. It would need a complete change in society, banning capitalism and...yeah, it sounds utopian but I think something will need to be changed for us to survive.
OP, aren't you me? I of course, don't have enough money but I do know that if I ever get a lottery I will not disclose to any one.. Not so many 'close friends' to think of, and family/ friends have(and can) ruin the relationship when money is on the way. Here is what I planned - oh, and I had in mind a sum of HK$ 60 Million. (yeah, am too greedy am I not?)
http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Capitalist-Ultimate-Road-Trip/dp/0812967267
http://www.amazon.com/Investment-Biker-Around-World-Rogers/dp/0812968719
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How would we do that, if I may ask? Sorry, I am forced to downvote your comment since it is extremely vague as it stands now. Do explain your position further. I will subject it to scrutiny and cross examination. If it passes my scrutiny, I will give you an upvote.
Nonetheless, I doubt that would work.
The Mutazilites in the 11th century tried to promote a slightly less literal interpretation of Islam. They were brutalized and killed and their books burned by the Asharites. Do read the following book when you get the chance:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Closing-Muslim-Mind-Intellectual/dp/1610170024
It has also been documented by economists that Muslim terrorists are not poor and uneducated as some in the media and the ruling elite would like the rest of us hoi polloi to believe. Do read the following when you get the chance:
http://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-Terrorist-Economics-Terrorism/dp/0691138753/
Afghanistan and Iran were much more liberal once than they are now. Islam crushed liberalism there.
Something seems to be fundamentally problematic with Islam as opposed to any other religion.
What do you think?
I'm not a huge Ron Paul supporter but he's absolutely correct. Read Terror Incorporated The US government isn't as innocent as we're led to believe.
I have read books on Russian revolution and Lenin. Just not the kind of books you would like.
Anyway here is the evidence for the murdering of peasants.
https://youtu.be/6TK9c-caEcw
Edit: For these of you who for some bizarre reason find a recording of Russell about his meeting with Lenin unreliable evidence, you can read all about Bolshevik atrocities during the Red Terror period here
https://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Ravaged-Century-Robert-Conquest/dp/0393320863
It includes tens of thousands of dead and tortured every year and brutal suppression of workers and peasants. Bolsheviks weren't actually popular among the working poor at all.
Communists have always seen the poor as nothing more than cannon fodder to be used in their murderous attempts to achieve their utopia.
That's Lenin's vanguardism in practice, but Reddit socialists of course prefer "theory" and their circle jerks to real history.