Patrick McKenzie
Writer on the intersection of technology and finance; author of the Bits about Money newsletter and host of the Complex Systems podcast.
The Big Short by Michael Lewis
the Big Short is a dramatization of a gang of outsiders (and insiders who are presented as outsiders for narrative convenience, a theme Lewis will return to frequently, not always with self-awareness) who correctly predict the mechanism and course of the global financial crisis.
on bitsaboutmoney.com · 7 Oct 2024
The Dagger and the Coin by Daniel Abraham
This is a worthy entry in the genre. It suffers a bit from extensive plot not about banking and characters who barely speak to dragons. But all of that irrelevant fluff makes it one of the most underrated fantasy series I’ve ever read.
on bitsaboutmoney.com · 7 Oct 2024
The Dragon's Banker by Scott Warren
sometimes, a title has you at hello, and then goes on to underpredict the actual work. That’s the Dragon’s Banker in a nutshell.
on bitsaboutmoney.com · 7 Oct 2024
The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford
The Phoenix Project is actually assigned at some infrastructure companies, because the narrative makes the pedagogy about project management go down more easily.
on bitsaboutmoney.com · 7 Oct 2024
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