Confusión de Confusiones
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Confusión de Confusiones
| Author | Joseph de la Vega |
|---|---|
| Published | 1688 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Dialogues between a merchant, a philosopher and a shareholder about the Amsterdam exchange, written in 1688 — the earliest surviving book about stock trading, already describing short selling, options, rumour and panic. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @WillManidis — named in the thread answering “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?”, June 2025. Full list: what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Capital Allocation — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.