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Money Game [Paperback]

Adam Smith
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Aug 12 1976 Vintage
"This is a modern classic." —Paul A. Samuelson, First American Nobel Prize Winner in Economics

"The best book there is about the stock market and all that goes with it." —The New York Times Book Review

"Anyone whose orientation is toward where the action is, where the happenings happen, should buy a copy of The Money Game and read it with due diligence." —Book World

" 'Adam Smith' is a veteran observer and commentator on the events and people of Wall Street.... His thorough knowledge of financial affairs gives his observations a great degree of authenticity. But the joy of reading this book comes from his delightful sense of humor. He is a lively and ingeniously witty writer who never stoops to acerbity. None of the solemn, sacred cows of Wall Street escapes debunking." —Library Journal

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"This is a modern classic." —Paul A. Samuelson, First American Nobel Prize Winner in Economics

"The best book there is about the stock market and all that goes with it." —The New York Times Book Review

"Anyone whose orientation is toward where the action is, where the happenings happen, should buy a copy of The Money Game and read it with due diligence." —Book World

" 'Adam Smith' is a veteran observer and commentator on the events and people of Wall Street.... His thorough knowledge of financial affairs gives his observations a great degree of authenticity. But the joy of reading this book comes from his delightful sense of humor. He is a lively and ingeniously witty writer who never stoops to acerbity. None of the solemn, sacred cows of Wall Street escapes debunking." —Library Journal

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"The Money Game, written by one who signs himself 'Adam Smith' (and who some believe is Harvard-and-Oxford-trained George J. W. Goodman), is a modern-day classic. Like many modern paintings, the book looks simple. But as W. Somerset Maugham said about an unforgettable Mondrian abstraction: 'It looks as though you had only to take a ruler, a tube of black paint and a tube of red, and you could do the thing yourself. Try!' "—Professor Paul A. Samuelson, First American Nobel Prize Winner in Economics.

"Everyone who is anyone in U.S. investment already knows about 'Adam Smith,' " wrote Newsweek. 'Adam Smith' is also the author of Supermoney and Powers of Mind.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must read classic Dec 3 2012
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The book is very entertaining and the story is engaging. It will not lay out any market insight for you though. You will have to come to your own conclusions and learn your lessons through the experiences of the characters in the story.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Dec 3 2000
Format:Paperback
I've read hundreds of investing books; skimmed hundreds more; even written one myself. But dare it be said: This beautifully written work may well be the best book on the subject ever written. Not because it covers everything, or promises to make you rich. But because it offers timeless insights into how players, amateur and professional, really do play the game, and thereby gives you rich food for thought on how, or whether, you should play. Sure, you won't find anything on program trading, IRAs, 401k's, the great fund boom, or dot com stocks. However, that just goes to show that you needn't read today's papers to truly learn today's market. A bestseller in its day, there is still something for everyone here. Simply put, The Money Game is a classic, the first book on investing you should read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless Classic Feb 14 2009
By John
Format:Paperback
I read it as a business student when it first came out in the 60's and loved it. I thought it was funny, entertaining and smacked of the truth. Many years later I still read it from time to time and gift it to my friends and business colleagues. It's as true today as it was then, only perhaps more so. The computers may be faster, the information may fly around more but the participants are the same and the foibles don't change. It is NOT another book that tells you how to pick stocks. It gives some glimmer of how the whole system works - esp. essential today. It doesn't presuppose knowledge of finance or economics and is easy to read. Highly recommend to investors and financial professionals alike.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Reading for anyone who thinks they know investing
I have recently been reading books about investing written (or revised) before 1980. It is amazing what you can learn from history. Read more
Published on May 17 2004 by Timothy Burger
2.0 out of 5 stars Useless book
Despite glamorous reviews from nobel prize winner Paul Samuelson and a NY Times reviewer on the covers, do not read this book if you are hoping to learn how to make money in the... Read more
Published on Dec 29 2003 by D. J Najarian
5.0 out of 5 stars A Classical Gold Book
A book written in the sixties, that just as well could have been written today (except for a few details). Read more
Published on Aug 30 2003 by Roland Buresund
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Classic!
I studied finance in college and I think I could have just read this book instead of most of the finance classes I took. Read more
Published on Aug 11 2002 by "repeatonceagain"
5.0 out of 5 stars equal parts humor and wisdom
Much to my surprise, I find myself in agreement with a prize winning economist (Paul Samuelson has dubbed the book a "modern classic," and it is). Read more
Published on April 8 2002 by Mercenary Trader
5.0 out of 5 stars Catch up on those 60s cocktail parties with fund managers...
This is a great book on many levels, for both investors and non-investors.

The setting is Wall Street in the late 1960s. Read more

Published on Feb 2 2002 by aseclyst
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Eternally Relevant- more than just a Classic--
Sophisticated or not, YOU NEED this BOOK !!

A most creative piece of complete writing [ as real literature, an insider's nearly-journalistic report: if not how-to, perhaps... Read more

Published on Feb 16 2001 by "ragingstevek"
5.0 out of 5 stars A book whose content time has come again
The book was written to summarize the experience of the 1960's. It is a very clear description of the pychological factors influencing the stock market. Read more
Published on Aug 19 1998
5.0 out of 5 stars The times change but the stockmarket game goes on
Written in the late sixties the book reflects its times in the boardrooms and trader pits of Wallstreet. Read more
Published on April 16 1997
5.0 out of 5 stars Bulls, bears, mice, and men, the menagerie of Wall Street
A sad and wondrous Game it is with options, stocks, and quotes galore.
Why do we worry about oil or soybeans? What is this Game to which we whore? Read more
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