Founders #73 · · 6 books

Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick: The Bitter Partnership That Changed America

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The book this episode covers

  1. Meet You in Hell

    Les Standiford · Reading rank 30 · in 11 other episodes

    The host says the book's focus on the two men's relationship, rather than a general biography of each, made it an especially enjoyable and fascinating read.

    Dedicated episode · Explicit praise · Founder theme

Also mentioned

  1. The Fish That Ate the Whale

    Rich Cohen · Reading rank 2 · in 38 other episodes

    David applies Zemurray’s A-to-Z operating lesson within the episode.

    Cross-episode reference · Founder theme

  2. Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters

    Jeff Bezos · Reading rank 4 · in 32 other episodes

    Fresh from reading all the letters, David applies their infrastructure logic to AWS.

    Founder theme

  3. The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

    Andrew Carnegie · Reading rank 49 · in 13 other episodes

    Cross-episode reference

  4. The Dao of Capital

    Mark Spitznagel · Reading rank 58 · in 9 other episodes

    David applies the book's long-time-spectrum idea to Carnegie and Frick.

    Cross-episode reference · Founder theme

  5. The Big Short

    Michael Lewis · Reading rank 162 · in 9 other episodes

    The host calls Michael Lewis's The Big Short 'great' while borrowing Steve Eisman's line about mistaking leverage for genius to compare 1870s railroad bankruptcies to the 2008 financial crisis.

    Explicit praise

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