Investing by the Books: #16 Robert Hagstrom: Investing – The Last Liberal Art

Investing By The Books

2022-02-22

09:45

Robert Hagstrom is a distinguished author and investor with 35+ years of experience in the equity market. Our conversation centers around his gem "The Last Liberal Art", explaining how disciplines such as biology, philosophy, and psychology can help us improve as investors. We also gain new reading inspiration as well as advice for younger listeners.

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Eddie Palmgren

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Episode Notes

Books Mentioned

  • Investing: The Last Liberal Art – Robert Hagstrom
  • Books by Daniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky
  • The Wisdom of Crowds – James Surowiecki
  • Tractatus – Ludwig Wittgenstein
  • Philosophical Investigations – Ludwig Wittgenstein (posthumous)
  • Narrative Economics – Robert Shiller
  • The Metaphysical Club – Louis Menand
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes – Stephen Budiansky
  • Immunity to Change – Lisa Laskow Lahey & Robert Kegan
  • Books by Michael Mauboussin
  • Books about Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy – Sherman Kent
  • Arguably – Christopher Hitchens

More on Robert Hagstrom

EquityCompass: https://equitycompass.com/

Books: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B000AP8X3Q

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