The Personal MBA (and other books to increase your knowledge)

[Greg]

I'm currently reading a book called "The Personal MBA" by Josh Kaufman and it is really good thus far. I mention it because I'm interested in business rather than just engineering all the time and he states to read "Fail-Safe Investing" by our own Harry Browne in the finance portion of the book and quotes him at least once.

Any other books people like that are good for learning about useful subject? I'm not much of a pleasure reader, mainly reading for information (much like how I read on this forum and get a good chuckle in now and then).

[Pointedstick]

Some of my favorites:

Early Retirement Extreme - Philosophical and practical guide to achieving financial independence
A Pattern Language - An incredible way to see how architecture affects our lives
The Barefoot Architect - How to build a quality house for basically no money
The Passive Solar Energy book - How to build a house that heats and cools itself in virtually any climate
Where There Is No Doctor - How to save people's lives when you're the closest thing to a doctor
The E-Myth Revisited - Great guide on how not to fail at creating and running a small business
How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World - How not to go mad if you're of the libertarian persuasion

[melveyr]

Security Analysis 2nd ed - Benjamin Graham: This is a great book to read as a historical document. It is remarkable how ahead of the curve graham was in many ways. For example, did you know that Graham talked about having a "permanent portfolio" and "enterprising portfolio"? The "permanent portfolio" is meant to follow strict rules and be rebalanced to maintain its asset allocation, the enterprising portfolio is for your value investing. So when we talk about the Permanent Portfolio, it would be more accurate to call it the Harry Browne permanent portfolio. It is just Harry Browne's PP, but there is no one PP for everyone.