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# Bernard Baruch: The Adventures of a Wall Street Legend

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## Customer Reviews

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    How the US went from laissez-faire to state control in one biography
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2019*

Anything James Grant writes is worth reading. This one is no different. What is special about Grant's writing in works such as this is his love-hate relationship with his subject and his description of the time as much as the person. Baruch made his millions speculating in the stock market and went on to be an advocate for government regulation of the economy (albeit aghast at what that led to in FDR's hands). Or, as Grant puts it, "Having made a fortune in Wall Street under a system of low taxes and limited government, Baruch entered public life to help install a regime of relatively high taxes and intrusive government."Baruch's perspective could be summed up in this quote: "I have unlimited faith in the American people taking care of themselves--if they are told what to do and why." A nice bundle of contradiction. But Baruch epitomizes the early 20th Century leader, self-made and so sure he knows everything he is eager to tell others what to do, the Government being a fitting tool for that purpose. Baruch's favorite work was as de facto national quartermaster of industry during WW1.There is a great outline of Baruch's general method of investment (although little description of specific investments he made) -- "A memo to himself on the basics of investment and speculation" (~1930), which include gems such as:"Become more humble as the market goes your way""It is not prudent to buy when you think the bottom has been reached. It is better to wait and see and buy too late.""A determination to make a certain amount within a certain time absolutely destroys pliability (anti-cockiness).""When the market is high beware of thinking of things that will make it go higher."Baruch avoided destruction in the Crash by not overextending on margin and resisting "the temptation to buy stocks heavily before the liquidation had run its course."Grant's writing is rich with fantastic quotes, such as these:"in the Crash, prices had fallen like hailstones. In the long ensuing liquidation they floated to earth like leaves. Watching them, people were ruined.""The seismic bull market that posterity associates with exuberance, credulity, and wealth was also a source of disbelief and losses among professional traders who had been given to understand that speculative trees didn’t grow to the sky.""I think economists as a rule...take for granted they know a lot of things. If they really knew so much, they would have all the money and we would have none." (So you have to appreciate Baruch's practicality)."You don't distribute wealth. You distribute poverty." (Baruch)"It all seemed as amazing to him as if he were describing someone else, or as if it had happened the day before." (A journalist describing Baruch talking about himself "standing in awe of himself")

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    A Fascinating Player in the Evolving Stock Market and Governmental Economic Policies During Wars, Depression, and Prosperity
  

*by T***G on Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018*

For decades I carried this mental picture of the "Bench Park Philosopher" Bernard Baruch, probably from Life magazine in the 1950s.  Little did I know how much his journey through life read like a real life Forrest Gump. Emergency stock exchange: Baruch was there; League of Nations: Baruch was there; Major economic decisions: also there.  And the list goes on.This well-documented book is a easy read for anyone who has an appreciation for the individuals who made a difference in our nation's travails and successes for a large portion of the 20th century.

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    Not bad but not great
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2017*

Grant is a better newsletter writer than a biographer. The book is overly long IMO and way too much time is spent on his service at the Versailles Peace negotiations and subsequent involvement in democratic politics/government affairs. Baruch was famous for his speculation and wealth which is well covered but only makes up 2/3’s of the book!

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