Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist
一句话:Roger Lowenstein 所著的另一部 Buffett 传记,Ben 在 Berkshire 三部曲第一集里的主读书目——节目史上第二次两位主持人各读一本不同的书。
简介
节目开场,David 感谢 Alice Schroeder 的《The Snowball》并交棒问 Ben 读的是哪本,Ben 答《Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist》。David 补充说明这是全节目第二次两人各读一本书(第一次是 The New York Times 那期),两人都自称"从头读到尾","我们大概还有几十个其他来源,但也可能各自知道对方不知道的故事"。全书对大萧条时代的论述在第一集里被直接引用,用来解释 1929 年 Black Tuesday 之后三年市值蒸发 90%、Dow 直到 1954 年才收复前高的深层机制——这是本集数据纪律之外少见的、由主持人转述整本书论点而非单句引语的段落。
推荐理由
Ben 对这本书评价很高,认为它常年活在《The Snowball》的阴影下但完全不该被低估:
"Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, a great book by Roger Lowenstein. I thought this book was awesome. People talk about Snowball all the time as the sort of more popular Buffett biography. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, so I think you can't go wrong."
在解释大萧条为何格外致命时,Ben 转述了书中最关键的一层洞察——连"聪明钱"都没能幸免:
"The way that it's described in Lowenstein's book, what was unique and remarkable about the Great Depression, was that even the smart money got wiped out. The people who realized things are cheap now the crash is over would buy, and even they lost all their money."
这句话被 Ben 用作"buy the dip"迷思的反例:判断"崩盘已结束、遍地便宜货"而抄底的人,在大萧条里照样输光。
出处
[acquired-berkshire-1]:开场"资料来源的花絮"节,Ben 确认自己主读此书并盛赞;Black Tuesday 段落里,Ben 转述 Lowenstein 对大萧条"连聪明钱都被消灭"的论述,用以解释 1929-1932 年市值蒸发 90% 且 Dow 直到 1954 年才收复前高的历史教训。