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My recent posts
- Key Summary from Books: Red Roulette
- Key Points from Iran: A Modern History
- Key Points: Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge To American Primacy
- Key Points from Book – VALUES: BUILDING A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL
- Summer Trip to Gaspesie and Tadoussac, Quebec
- Six Years After: A Personal Reflection
- Key Points from Book: The Price of Peace
- Key Points from Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
- Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
- Key Points from The Cost of Free Money
- Key Points from A World Without Work
- Key Points from The Costs of Inequality in Latin America
- Key Points from Narrative Economics by Robert Shiller
- Key Points from Book: Unknown Market Wizards: The Best Traders You’ve Never Heard Of
- Key Points from Book: The Great Demographic Reversal
- Key Points from “The Elements of Style” by Strunk
- A Man and His Watch: Omega Seamaster 1957 and Speedmaster FOIS
- Book Key Points: Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
- Key Points from Think Twice by Michael Mauboussin
- Mexico Trip Day 8 and 9: Chichen Itza, Playa Del Carmen and Tulum Ruins
Tag Archives: history
Key Points from Iran: A Modern History
By Abbas Amanat Iran perhaps is one of the most invaded and most revolution-prone countries in world history, a debatable merit with lasting consequences. In between the Islamic conquest and the rise of the Safavid state, Iran survived more as … Continue reading
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Tagged abbas amanat, book, history, iran, key point, summary
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The History of Jaeger LeCoultre, Reverso, and My 976
Jaeger LeCoultre is a name a watch snob very familiar with, often mentioned along Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantine, and Audemars Piguet. Although price wise, JLC is not on the same level with the “Big Three”, precision and movement wise JLC … Continue reading
Antique Antics -Why We Are Being Sentimental with Possession
What’s the oldest thing you own? (Toys, clothing, twinkies, Grecian urns: anything’s fair game.) Recount its history — from the object’s point of view. To literally answer today’s prompt, my oldest possession is the ballpoint my father gave me several … Continue reading
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Tagged antics, antique, history, possession, postaday, rolex, sentimental, tag heuer, value, Watch
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