Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2025-06-04

Tyler Cowen & John Arnold: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler

John Arnold on Trading, Energy, and Evidence-Based Philanthropy

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John Arnold built his fortune in energy trading by surrounding himself with smart people, maintaining emotional detachment, sensing market imbalances through first-principles analysis, and focusing with laser intensity on a single niche until he dominated it completely.

Tyler Cowen discussed Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Liar's Poker

   Michael Lewis · at 8:22

   Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis is a semi-autobiographical financial book detailing the author's chaotic experiences as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers during the explosive Wall Street culture of the 1980s.

   Discussed

   “And you know, in 1989, the book Liars Poker comes out. Yes. And and you read the book and you love it, right? And I read the book and I love it.”

   Tyler Cowen John Arnold on Trading, Energy, and Evidence-Based Philanthropy 2025-06-04 Listen at 8:22

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