Comments on: Twittering Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Meeting http://streetcapitalist.com/2009/05/02/twittering-berkshire-hathaways-annual-meeting/ Wisdom on such diverse topics as: spin-offs, merger arbitrage, post-bankruptcy equities, global macro commentary and short ideas. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Alex http://streetcapitalist.com/2009/05/02/twittering-berkshire-hathaways-annual-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-4892 Alex Thu, 07 May 2009 08:26:21 +0000 http://streetcapitalist.com/?p=559#comment-4892 If you think that Malcolm Gladwell's articles have fluffy concepts, you probably won't be too impressed with his books. He falls into the economists trap of making interesting conjectures without the necessary experimental rigor to back up his conclusions. If you have read "The Logic of Life" or "Freakonomics", you know what I mean.<br><br>His books are still worthwhile, IMO, for the references and for the clear writing style. If you think that Malcolm Gladwell's articles have fluffy concepts, you probably won't be too impressed with his books. He falls into the economists trap of making interesting conjectures without the necessary experimental rigor to back up his conclusions. If you have read “The Logic of Life” or “Freakonomics”, you know what I mean.

His books are still worthwhile, IMO, for the references and for the clear writing style.

]]> By: Alex http://streetcapitalist.com/2009/05/02/twittering-berkshire-hathaways-annual-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-4724 Alex Thu, 07 May 2009 01:26:21 +0000 http://streetcapitalist.com/?p=559#comment-4724 If you think that Malcolm Gladwell's articles have fluffy concepts, you probably won't be too impressed with his books. He falls into the economists trap of making interesting conjectures without the necessary experimental rigor to back up his conclusions. If you have read "The Logic of Life" or "Freakonomics", you know what I mean.<br><br>His books are still worthwhile, IMO, for the references and for the clear writing style. If you think that Malcolm Gladwell's articles have fluffy concepts, you probably won't be too impressed with his books. He falls into the economists trap of making interesting conjectures without the necessary experimental rigor to back up his conclusions. If you have read “The Logic of Life” or “Freakonomics”, you know what I mean.

His books are still worthwhile, IMO, for the references and for the clear writing style.

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