Poor Charlie's Almanack

• Poor Charlie's Almanack is a collection of speeches and talks by Charlie Munger, compiled by Peter D. Kaufman.

• Poor Charlie’s Almanack is a collection of Charlie Munger’s best advice given over 30 years, in the form of 11 speeches given as commencement addresses and roundtable talks.

• This book brings together his investing thoughts beyond his famous statement "I have nothing to add."

• Charlie's unique worldview, what he calls a 'multidisciplinary' approach, is a self-developed model for clear and simple thinking while being far from simplistic itself.

• The expanded edition includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

• Chapter One: A Portrait of Charlie Munger

• Chapter Two: The Munger Approach to Life, Learning and Decision Making

• Chapter Three: Best of Mungerism

• Chapter Four: Nine Talks

1. Harvard School Commencement

2. A Lesson on Elementary Worldly Wisdom

3. The Psychology of Human Misjudgment

4. Practical Thought About Practical Thought

5. Harvard Law School 50th Reunion Address

6. Investment Practices of Leading Charitable Foundations

7. Philanthropy Roundtable

8. The Great Financial Scandal of 2003

9. Academic Economics

Appendix

List of Standard Causes of Misjudgment

List of Munger Multidisciplinary Models

Recommended Reading Material

Articles, Editorial and Opinion Pieces