The SQUEEZE: Within the business environment, specifically the world of trading, the concept of randomness is met with both underestimation and overestimation. Many professionals equate (the experience of) luck with skill and base their lives on p...

The SQUEEZE: Gillian Tett is infamous for enraging Wall Street leaders. Tett reported on warnings of a crisis more than a year ahead of the curve in Fool’s Gold: How the Bold Dream of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed...

The SQUEEZE: Forex trading has become increasingly accessible to active investors. Forex falls within the context of foreign currency exchange and it is today’s new investment opportunity. Innovations in technology and globalization have made trad...

The SQUEEZE: William Poundstone discusses the link between gambling, stock investing, and applied mathematics in Fortune’s Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street. In the book, Poundstone re...

The SQUEEZE: Everybody wants something for free. Marketing companies today work feverishly to offer free versions of commercial products, assuming that customers will buy and encourage others to buy. For internet companies, the free pricing model ...

The SQUEEZE: From Beirut to Jerusalem charts the author’s journey and experiences with political and personal conflicts. As a reporter, Thomas L. Friedman was stationed in Beirut from 1979 to 1984 and also in Lebanon from 1984 to 1989. Through the...

The SQUEEZE: Daniel C. Dennett, in Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life, explores the Darwinian argument concerning natural selection, specifically giving attention to the algorithmic nature of the generation of life. Dennet...

The SQUEEZE: Pursuing purpose, passion, and profits will always require discipline and determination as well as a strong desire to succeed. Tony Hsieh expresses this sentiment in Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose. An Am...

The SQUEEZE: In Den of Thieves, Pulitzer prize-winning James B. Stewart explores the topic of insider trading. The 1992 non-fiction work recounts multiple insider trading scandals during the 1980s. Stewart spotlights Wall Street financiers involve...

The SQUEEZE: New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter reveals much about the attitudes of Americans towards modern institutions, especially those whose mission is science-based. In Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Har...