Familiarity and Survival: The Lindy Effect

This is just a fancy way to say what has been will continue to be.

Time can predict value. Some things, like books, increase in life expectancy as time goes by. If a book has been in print for forty years, we can expect it to be in print for another forty years. ...

• If a book has been around for a long time and people still talk about it, it’s probably good.
• Read the first chapter without the obligation to continue. If you’re not having fun, it’s time to move on.
• Choose your books based on wh...

Already struggling with four years of war, Britain was trying to recover when the crash occurred, and reeled in it for a decade, only to participate in another expensive and deadly World War: WW II.

The Great Depression was mostly felt by the North of England as well as the industrial cent...