Every book that has meaningfully shaped the methodology, philosophy, or analytical frameworks behind Simplest Lab. Organized by category with a breakdown of what each category covers and why it belongs here. Highlighted titles are featured on the Resources page.
Core works from the Austrian School emphasizing praxeology, individual action, free markets, sound money, and critiques of central planning.
Books exploring Bitcoin as superior money, its philosophical foundations, critiques of fiat systems, and its role in future capitalism or resistance.
Foundational texts on economic theory, markets, production, value, and early political economy that predate modern schools of thought.
Cognitive biases, decision-making under uncertainty, and the psychological discipline that separates consistently profitable traders from the rest. The mental half of every methodology on the Trader Study page.
Patient capital allocation across decades — value investing, market cycles, position sizing for compounding, and profiles of allocators who turned long-term discipline into multi-generational wealth.
Active trading methodologies and trader psychology — chart pattern analysis, momentum and breakout systems, options mechanics, risk management, and the foundational interview collections that shaped modern trader culture.
Theories on money, deflation and inflation, government intervention, economic freedom, the relationship between technology and capitalism, and broader surveys of economic thought across schools and eras.
Historical examinations of money, banking systems, central banking, and their evolution — particularly in the United States and across long economic cycles.
Foundational philosophical works that provide deep frameworks for understanding markets, action, and economic reasoning — from language to consciousness to attention.
Books examining exponential technological progress, deflationary forces from innovation, singularity scenarios, and how these forces reshape value creation and asset classes.
| Title | Author(s) | Category |
|---|---|---|
Human Action Featured |
Ludwig von Mises | Austrian Economics |
The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek |
F.A. Hayek | Austrian Economics |
The Fatal Conceit |
F.A. Hayek | Austrian Economics |
The Road to Serfdom |
F.A. Hayek | Austrian Economics |
The Theory of Money and Credit |
Ludwig von Mises | Austrian Economics |
Fooled by Randomness |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Behavioral Finance & Psychology |
The Psychology of Money |
Morgan Housel | Behavioral Finance & Psychology |
Thinking, Fast and Slow Featured |
Daniel Kahneman | Behavioral Finance & Psychology |
Trading in the Zone |
Mark Douglas | Behavioral Finance & Psychology |
Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin |
Andrew M. Bailey, Bradley Rettler & Craig Warmke | Bitcoin, Economics & Philosophy |
Bitcoin Is Venice Featured |
Allen Farrington & Sacha Meyers | Bitcoin, Economics & Philosophy |
A Treatise on Political Economy |
Jean-Baptiste Say | Classical & Political Economy |
Economic Thought Before Adam Smith |
Murray N. Rothbard | Classical & Political Economy |
A Man for All Markets |
Edward O. Thorp | Investing & Allocation |
Buffett Featured |
Roger Lowenstein | Investing & Allocation |
Life & Work Principles |
Ray Dalio | Investing & Allocation |
Mastering the Market Cycle |
Howard Marks | Investing & Allocation |
The Intelligent Investor |
Benjamin Graham | Investing & Allocation |
Hedge Fund Market Wizards Trader Study ref |
Jack D. Schwager | Trading & Speculation |
How to Make Money in Stocks Featured Trader Study ref |
William J. O'Neil | Trading & Speculation |
Market Wizards Featured Trader Study ref |
Jack D. Schwager | Trading & Speculation |
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator Featured Trader Study ref |
Edwin Lefèvre | Trading & Speculation |
Stock Market Wizards Trader Study ref |
Jack D. Schwager | Trading & Speculation |
Technical Analysis of Stock Trends |
Edwards & Magee | Trading & Speculation |
The New Market Wizards Trader Study ref |
Jack D. Schwager | Trading & Speculation |
Trade Like a Stock Market Wizard Trader Study ref |
Mark Minervini | Trading & Speculation |
Trading Option Greeks |
Dan Passarelli | Trading & Speculation |
Unknown Market Wizards Trader Study ref |
Jack D. Schwager | Trading & Speculation |
Broken Money |
Lyn Alden | Economic Theory & Policy |
Capitalism and Freedom |
Milton Friedman | Economic Theory & Policy |
Great Economic Thinkers |
Jonathan Conlin (ed.) | Economic Theory & Policy |
The Indispensable Milton Friedman |
Various | Economic Theory & Policy |
The (Mis)Behavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence |
Benoit B. Mandelbrot & Richard L. Hudson | Economic Theory & Policy |
A History of Money and Banking in the United States |
Murray N. Rothbard | Monetary History & Banking |
The Secret Life of Real Estate and Banking Featured |
Phillip J. Anderson | Monetary History & Banking |
The Matter with Things Featured |
Iain McGilchrist | Philosophy |
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus |
Ludwig Wittgenstein | Philosophy |
Philosophical Investigations |
Ludwig Wittgenstein | Philosophy |
Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy |
David J. Chalmers | Philosophy |
The Price of Tomorrow Featured |
Jeff Booth | Technological Change & Future of Abundance |
The Singularity Is Near |
Ray Kurzweil | Technological Change & Future of Abundance |