The Finance Book Club

Book I of Alfred Marshall’s Principles of Economics explores how human effort and cooperation create wealth and define the study of economics.

A Finance Book Club Original: Sam Walton, the man behind Walmart, whose relentless focus on value, efficiency, and community reshaped the fabric of American retail.

Andrew Carnegie’s  The Gospel of Wealth  explores the moral purpose of money, arguing that true success comes when wealth is guided by wisdom, generosity, and a sense of duty to others.

A Finance Book Club Original: Cornelius Vanderbilt, the Commodore who rose from New York’s harbors to command steamboats and railroads, becoming the richest man in America and shaping the foundations of modern finance and capitalism.

Russell Conwell’s classic lecture  Acres of Diamonds  teaches that the greatest opportunities for success are often found right where you already stand.

A Finance Book Club Original: Victoria Woodhull & Tennessee Claflin, the sisters who stormed Wall Street, shook American politics, and defied every limit placed on women in the Gilded Age.

P. T. Barnum’s  The Art of Money Getting  delivers 20 timeless rules for earning, keeping, and enjoying wealth in plain, practical language.

A Finance Book Club Original: David Ricardo, the man who gave the world comparative advantage while reshaping our understanding of trade, rent, and the distribution of wealth.

Book V of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations , where Adam Smith outlines the duties of government, the principles of fair taxation, and the dangers of debt that still shape modern debates about state and society.

Book IV of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations challenges the logic of mercantilism and reveals why free trade, not hoarded wealth, drives lasting prosperity.

Book III of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations explores how Europe’s economies took shape not through design but through cities rising, land locking, and traditions holding power in place.

Book II of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations, where capital, labor, and growth begin to shape the structure of modern economies.

Book I of Adam Smith’s  The Wealth of Nations  shows how labor, wages, and trade form the foundation of modern economics.

A Finance Book Club Original: John D. Rockefeller’s pursuit of discipline and order transformed oil, business, and philanthropy into lasting systems of power and control.

How trust, responsibility, and continual growth shape the businessman’s relationships with creditors, competitors, and the community around him.

A classic on how discipline, integrity, and self-mastery shape not just the businessman, but the business itself.

What if getting what you want has less to do with chasing—and more to do with thinking, believing, and becoming? In this episode, we explore Orison Swett Marden’s 1917 classic  How to Get What You Want —a powerful look at desire, discouragement, self-discovery, and the quiet forces that shape success.

A Finance Book Club Original: Philip Fisher’s lifelong pursuit of business truth—how his Scuttlebutt method, long-term focus, and singular way of thinking shaped the greatest investors of our time.

What gives a life its strength? In the final chapters of  Self-Help , Samuel Smiles turns inward—exploring money, character, and moral responsibility as the true foundations of personal and national growth. With clarity and conviction, he shows how discipline, self-respect, and quiet duty shape not only individual lives, but the future of a society.

What transforms talent into lasting impact? In the second episode of  Self-Help , Samuel Smiles turns from personal discipline to the broader forces of enterprise, leadership, and public life. Through stories of scientists, artists, and self-made industrialists, discover how character—expressed through perseverance, integrity, and quiet courage—shapes not just individuals, but entire civilizations...

Self-Help by Samuel Smiles became a 19th-century sensation by spotlighting the quiet power of character over circumstance. From inventors and artisans to self-made leaders, Smiles traces how everyday effort builds extraordinary lives.

A Finance Book Club Original: the life, vision, and lasting legacy of Henry Ford—how one man’s system reshaped work, wages, and the modern economy.

What if financial wisdom came wrapped in wit, humility, and one-liners? In this episode of  The Finance Book Club , we break down Benjamin Franklin’s  Poor Richard’s Almanack —a sharp, practical guide to time, money, and self-mastery from one of America’s original thinkers. Discover how Franklin used humor and restraint to shape habits that still hold up today.

A Finance Book Club Original: the life, mind, and lasting lessons of Charlie Munger—a legacy of reason, patience, and wisdom.

The world ignored Keynes’ warnings—and paid the price. In this episode, explore how the Great Depression proved Keynes right, how his radical ideas challenged economic orthodoxy, and how he helped shape a new global system after World War II.