Michael Mauboussin is an investment strategist, professor, and author recognized for applying concepts from psychology, game theory, and complexity science to financial analysis. He worked for decades at major Wall Street institutions, such as Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, and is a research affiliate at the Santa Fe Institute, a leading center for systems thinking and complexity.
His reading recommendations reflect this rare intersection between finance, cognitive science, and decision-making. Mauboussin tends to recommend titles that challenge mental biases and expand mental models — making his list especially valuable for investors, managers, and anyone interested in thinking more rigorously about probability and uncertainty.
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”Paperback version of @AdamMGrant 's terrific book, Give and Take, is out now.”
”An awesome book”
”Some books that helped me think better in 2018.”
”Range by @DavidEpstein is the best book I have read this year.”
”The best book I have ever read on human behavior.”
”Great book by two remarkable men. You want these guys on your side.”
”Some of my favorite science books in 2018”
”Some of my favorite science books in 2018”
”Superforecasting is most important book since Thinking, Fast & Slow”
”Best business book I've read in a long time.”
”Amazing books about human nature.”
”Many valuable ideas about building and sustaining a great work environment.”
”I feel the same sense of revelation as when I read "Expert Political Judgment: by @PTetlock.”
”Some books that helped me think better in 2018.”
”Your book is great!”
”Also a must read.”
”which is awesome”
”Amazing books about human nature.”
”I loved your book, too!”
”Max Bazerman's book is great for an introduction”
”His book, A History of the Theory of Investments, is wonderful.”
”Great read for anyone who communicates for a living”
”documents the early days of @sfiscience and explains many of the big ideas.”
”perfect for the amateur interested in AI (as I would describe myself).”
”Found this book very useful”
”A wonderful telling of how many of the big ideas in capital market theory developed.”
”GREAT read. Helps that many themes overlap with The Success Equation.”
”I love Jeffrey Friedman's new book, "War and Chance."”
”30 years old but still fascinating”
”for people who want to understand the basic concepts of complexity.”
”Some of my favorite science books in 2018”
”Some of my favorite science books in 2018”
”there's much here that is new”
”Some books that helped me think better in 2018.”
”My career was shaped by a book that one of my fellow trainees casually recommended I read because of a case study on Quaker Oat's acquisition of Stokely-Van Camp (which owned Gatorade, BTW). That book: Creating Shareholder Value by Alfred Rappaport.”
”David Warsh's book, Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations, is also great. In my notes, I wrote down four ways in which we refer to "increasing returns" in economics”
