“Soccernomics”

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I just bought this book and I know that a lot of you would find the collaboration intriguing.  Soccer + economics +soccer +soccer. Stay tuned for the review.

Why doesn’t the United States dominate soccer internationally…and how can it? Which is the best soccer nation on Earth? Who has the most passionate fans? What impact does soccer have on [...]

If You

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Then I recommend you read this book… highly entertaining..!  Check Davis’s other books here

The Black Swan

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“Our blindness with respect to randomness, particularly large deviations.”

A Preface: The Black Swan theory concerns “high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare events beyond the realm of normal expectations. The “Black Swan Theory”  refers only to events of large magnitude and consequence and their dominant role in history. “Black Swan” events are considered extreme outliers.” In other words [...]

Ghost Wars

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I just finished reading Steve Coll’s book and I must say, it gave excellent insight on the dynamics and strategies of US foreign piolicy makers and the dynamics behind the decisions made in times of conflict, setting the stage for one of the biggest oversights made in US foreign policy.
Offers revealing details of the CIA’s involvement in [...]

Summer Reading

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I do the bulk of my reading during the summer. One of my favorite things to do in London is to visit the big Waterstones next to Piccadilly Circus and spend an afternoon looking for books. I managed to get a different collection this time around. Most of them are either historical or fantasy fiction, [...]