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Reading is an essential part of our research process at Phoenix. Here, we share some of the books we have found useful.

We update our reading room regularly, so come back to see new additions.

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History

Safe as Houses?

Neil Monnery

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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr

Ron Chernow

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Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and beyond

Thomas J. Watson

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The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family

Ron Chernow

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The Big Fella: The Rise and Rise of BHP Billiton

Peter Thompson & Robert Macklin

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The Global Diamond Industry: Economics and Development Volumes I&II

Roman Grynberg

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The Panic of 1907

Bruner & Carr

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Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Edwin Le Fevre

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The Lady Tasting Tea - How Statisticians Revolutionized Science in the 20th Century

David Salsberg

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British Banking - Continuity and Change from 1694 to the Present

Ranald C. Michie

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Fragile by Design – The Political Origins of Banking Crises & Scarce Credit

Charles W. Calomiris

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Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius

Sylvia Nasar

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Benjamin Franklin, An American Life

Walter Isaacson

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Fooling Some of the People All of the Time

David Einhorn

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Energy and Civilization: A History

Vaclav Smil

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The Great Beanie Baby Bubble

Zac Bissonnette

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The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption

Sebastian Mallaby

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The Car

Bryan Appleyard

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Invested

Charles Schwab

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The Price of Time

Edward Chancellor

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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

Daniel Yergin

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Against The Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

Peter Bernstein

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The Great Crash

JK Galbraith

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A Short History of Financial Euphoria

JK Galbraith

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The House of Morgan

Ron Chernow

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Shaping The Industrial Century

Alfred D. Chandler

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Small Giants: Companies That Choose to be Great Instead of Big

Bo Burlington

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The King of Cash: The Inside Story of Larry Tisch

Christopher Winans

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An Inquiry in the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

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King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, And Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone

David Carey & John E Morris

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