IN TWO MINDS – REVIEW OF DANIEL KAHNEMAN’S “THINKING, FAST AND SLOW”

Having been influenced by the great Richard Feynman’s talks, I used to look upon psychologists with a certain disdain. Looking back, I think Feynman’s dislike of psychologists stemmed from the fact that they often tend to concentrate on the abnormal mind: hence such oddities like “Oedipus complex” and “Electra complex”.

SMALL TOWN WONDERS – REVIEW OF RASHMI BANSAL’S “TAKE ME HOME”

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish (2008) was about entrepreneurs with an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad. Connect the Dots (2010) was about entrepreneurs without an MBA. I Have A Dream (2011) was about social entrepreneurs. Now Rashmi Bansal is out with a new book Take Me Home (2014) about entrepreneurs who have built global enterprises in the small towns of India.

THE HISTORY OF HEDGE FUNDS – REVIEW OF SEBASTIAN MALLABY’S “MORE MONEY THAN GOD”

Hedge funds have been around since 1949 when they were invented by Alfred Winslow Jones. Not many know about hedge funds since only high net worth individuals can invest in them. Middle-class investors opt for the more familiar mutual funds through systematic investment plan (SIP) mode. What is not generally recognized is that hedge fund managers like Julian Robertson and George Soros have changed the way the world functions!