The History Book Club discussion

This is a thread where books/media being planned or discussed in the Economic/Finance and Trading Series are listed.

This can include videos, movies, youtube videos, podcasts, etc. or information on any of the above (educational or entertainment) or any printed material about the above.

Here are some films that Economics students might enjoy:

Money Monster:

Lee Gates is a Wall Street guru who picks hot stocks as host of the television show "Money Monster." Suddenly, during a live broadcast, disgruntled investor Kyle Budwell storms onto the set and takes Gates hostage. He tells Lee that he lost everything on one of his tips. As Gates tries to plead with Kyle, he's also using an earpiece to communicate with his longtime producer in the control room. Together, they must figure out a way to defuse the situation and disarm the angry young man.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Lr_fdDBYvps

The Company Men

A young executive at a shipping and manufacturing conglomerate, Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) is on the fast track to the top. He is a rising star at work and has all the material trappings of success. Then his company goes through a few rounds of layoffs, so Bobby and colleagues Phil (Chris Cooper) and Gene (Tommy Lee Jones) find themselves on the unemployment line. As the year unfolds, all three must redefine their lives as they struggle to survive in a hostile post-career landscape.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/A2b74WX3cfM

99 Homes

A desperate construction worker (Andrew Garfield) reluctantly accepts a job with the ruthless real-estate broker (Michael Shannon) who evicted him and his family from their home.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/Vh0piQN1_LY

Margin Call

When an analyst uncovers information that could ruin them all, the key players (Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany) at an investment firm take extreme measures to control the damage.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/IjZ-ke1kJrA

The Big Short

In 2008, Wall Street guru Michael Burry realizes that a number of subprime home loans are in danger of defaulting. Burry bets against the housing market by throwing more than $1 billion of his investors' money into credit default swaps. His actions attract the attention of banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), hedge-fund specialist Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and other greedy opportunists. Together, these men make a fortune by taking full advantage of the impending economic collapse in America.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/vgqG3ITMv1Q

Investing Basics

TD Ameritrade has a series of short videos on Investing Basics. These cover stocks, planning for retirement, bonds, options, ETFs, mutual funds, fundamental analysis, forex, bitcoin & blockchain, futures, technical analysis, compounding, and covered calls.

Here is the full Youtube playlist.

Tom, thank you for your add. However, to be consistent with our guidelines for book citations, your book suggestion should appear as below:

by Charles P. Kindleberger

Thank you. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Lorna,
Assisting Moderator (T) - Civil Rights and Supreme Court

Tom wrote: "How about this one; there is an edition they updated about ten years ago:
Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises"

That looks interesting. Most of the books about that subject seem to be for the lay reader. It looks like this digs more into the macroeconomics. Added it to my to-read list. Thanks!

by Charles P. Kindleberger

Thank you Tom - that makes at least two of us adding your recommended book to our already very very very long to be read lists and piles.

Thank you Lorna for helping Tom learn our citation policy at the HBC.

Tom, it is pretty easy - just add the bookcover, the word by, the author's photo and author's link at the bottom of the comment box that you are mentioning any books or authors in. It allows our powerful goodreads software to populate the site accurately and saves a list of the books and authors mentioned on the right hand side of each thread - as well as populating where else on the site - the book and author are discussed.

That is fine Tom - also look at the Help Desk folder - you can always get any assistance from any mod there and check out the Mechanics of the board thread. I just did write detailed directions for someone on the board and posted them - I will try to find them and send them to you.

And most of all - thank you for your post and add - keep them coming. By the way - I added it to my "to be read" list already based upon your post.

Douglass - thank you for your media add. That looks terrific.

Interesting interview with Hank Paulson:



Hank Paulson, 74th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury: "It’s the People Skills that Matter"

Link: https://youtu.be/gTGybnPatQk

Synopsis:

"Getting anything done requires working with others. It’s all about interpersonal relationships," shared Henry "Hank" Paulson, 74th Secretary of the Treasury and Founder & Chairman, Paulson Institute. During his View From The Top talk on Thursday, October 27, 2016, Paulson shared life and career advice with Stanford GSB students as well as discussed his experience leading during the financial crisis.

Source: Youtube, Stanford Graduate School of Business