Peter L Bernstein

Peter L Bernstein book reviews

• Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street

  everyone should read this book

  by alta, Dec 18, 2008

  Well as Groucho Marx said "the stock market is like the casino except the casino is more fun you have women and booze. If I had read this book sooner I would know there were no gurus out there and ... Read More

• Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

  Against the Gods

  by WayneB, Oct 30, 2008

  This book was recommended by a friend and I can't thank him enough for sharing this find. This book was an amazing insight into how people thought about risk going back several hundred years. To me, ... Read More

• Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation

  History made very interesting

  by DaveD1, Aug 16, 2007

  This book is an excellant example of great research into the political, social and cultural life of these very persistent visionaries. A must read for any historian, and a great read for pure ... Read More