Charlie Munger

In the Psychology of Human Misjudgment talk collected in Poor Charlie's Almanack, Munger described learning from Robert Cialdini's Influence and sending copies to his children.

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Stripe Press · 2005; web edition 2023 · accessed 2026-06-21

Book · Book passage

Stripe Press web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes the Psychology of Human Misjudgment passage where Munger says he learned from Cialdini's Influence and sent copies to all his children.

In Poor Charlie's Almanack Talk Nine, Munger names Frank Partnoy's derivatives-trading account while criticizing financial engineering and explicitly tells readers to read it.

The quote is taken word for word from the source.

Stripe Press · 2003-10-03 · accessed 2026-06-22

Article · Poor Charlie's Almanack talk

Stripe Press web text for Talk Nine includes Munger telling readers to read Fiasco by law professor and former derivatives trader Frank Partnoy.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes The Selfish Gene in its recommended-reading section, explicitly headed as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading.

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Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition labels the section as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading and lists The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes Guns, Germs, and Steel in its recommended-reading section, explicitly headed as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition labels the section as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading and lists Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared M. Diamond.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes Only the Paranoid Survive in its recommended-reading section, explicitly headed as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition labels the section as Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman's recommended reading and lists Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes Titan in its recommended-reading section, attributed jointly to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman.

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Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition presents a recommended-reading section attributed to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman and lists Titan by Ron Chernow.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes The Third Chimpanzee in its recommended-reading section, attributed jointly to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition presents a recommended-reading section attributed to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman and lists The Third Chimpanzee by Jared M. Diamond.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes Getting to Yes in its recommended-reading section, attributed jointly to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition presents a recommended-reading section attributed to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman and lists Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin in its recommended-reading section, attributed jointly to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition presents a recommended-reading section attributed to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman and lists The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin.

Stripe Press's web edition of Poor Charlie's Almanack includes Genome in its recommended-reading section, attributed jointly to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman.

This text documents what the source says, but it is not verified as a word-for-word quote.

Stripe Press · 2023 · accessed 2026-06-22

Book · Recommended-reading list

The official Stripe Press web edition presents a recommended-reading section attributed to Charlie Munger and Peter Kaufman and lists Genome by Matt Ridley.