11 - Chris Mayer - Mayer's Bookshelf

Welcome to the 11 episode of the Bonner Private Research Podcast. I'm joined by Chris Mayer, Portfolio Manager of Woodlock House Family Capital fund and co-founder of the firm along with Bill Bonner. In this episode, Chris recommends some of his favorite books. We talk about “the big idea guys”, his beloved book collection, and how would he start one now. All that and more in my conversation with Chris Mayer, up next. Bullet points 03:00 - Introducing Chris Mayer 05:32 - Curating a book collection 06:57 - Fiction meets non-fiction: The value of maintaining an omnivorous reading diet 08:26 - (Authors mentioned: Neil Postman, 1931-2003; Richard Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983; Alfred Korzybski, 1879, 1950) 08:48 - (P.G. Wodehouse, 1881-1975, British-born humourist and prolific author of more than 90 novels. Died in Southampton, NY) 09:00 - (Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850. French author widely considered the founder of European realism. His novel sequence La Comédie humaine, runs over 90 works, finished and unfinished.) 10:00 - (Christopher Hitchens, 1949, 2011) 11:35 - The big idea guys 12:18 - Alfred Korzybski, considered by many to be the “Father of General Semantics.” https://amzn.to/2KW1IUA 12:40 - How Do You Know? By Chris Mayer (See link below to order) https://amzn.to/3a9s5PG 14:17 - Check out the Buckminster Fuller Institute at https://www.bfi.org/ 15:20 - See links to all books mentioned below https://amzn.to/3qXKPs0 16:30 - Alan Watts, 1915-1973, British author https://amzn.to/2Mc8E0x 22:20 - Henry Miller, 1891-1980 23:50 - Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens, A Brief History of Mankind 24:40 - Harry Browne, American writer, libertarian and author of a dozen books, including Why Government Doesn’t Work 27:32 - Anthony Bourdain, 1956-2018. American traveler, writer, television presenter and world-renowned story-teller. Author of Kitchen Confidential, among other works 28:05 - Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898, 1962. Austrian-American author, illustrator, traveler and gormandizing cosmopolitan 32:22 Hotel Bemelmans: https://amzn.to/3opA3Jn 32:30 When You Lunch with the Emperor: https://amzn.to/3j2LRjJ 34:15 - George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris & London; Emile Zola, The Belly of Paris and L'Assommoir; Nicolas Freeling, The Kitchen 35:50 - Jim Harrison, 1936-2016. American poet, novelist and oyster aficionado 37:24 - Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi https://amzn.to/3cnHmyS 38:00 - Bemelmans Bar https://bit.ly/3ah0MD7 40:00 - James Thurber, 1894, 1961. American cartoonist, author, humourist, columnist and celebrated wit 42:16 - Investors / Authors 43:10 - Martin Sosnoff, Martin Sosnoff, CFA. Founder. Founder of Atalanta Sosnoff Capital Corporation 45:34 - hook·ah noun - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube which draws the smoke through water contained in a bowl 46:46 Humble on Wall Street: https://amzn.to/2Ynxugr 46:54 Silent Investor, Silent Loser: https://amzn.to/39rUFMN 49:30 - Ludwig von Mises, 1881-1973. Austrian School economist, proponent of Subjective Value Theory (as opposed to, for example, Labor Value Theory, something expounded by Karl Marx) 50:43 - Thomas W Phelps, 1906-1996. Author of 100-1 in the Stock Market 100-1 in the Stock Market: https://amzn.to/2NKzLQN 52:35 - Read Chris Mayer’s 100 Baggers: Stocks that Return 100-1and How to Find Them (link below) https://amzn.to/36jxG4w 55:00 - What to start with 56:35 - Seneca... Epictetus... H.L. Mencken... 57:10 - Albert Jay Nock, Our Enemy, The State https://amzn.to/3t7L4CT 01:00:16 - Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 01:02:20 - Being able of entertain two opposite thoughts 01:07:30 - Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679. English philosopher, author of Leviathan and (we think) not a particularly uplifting dinner guest. Still, worth the read... 01:09:55 - John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946