Romantic Acknowledgements

This book is dedicated to Richard Eagle, without whom it would never have been started, and to Lynfa Stroud, without whom it would never have been finished.

The second edition owes a debt to many people, including the students of many classes who have read and commented on earlier versions. In addition, Paul Lorczak, Maurino Bautista, and Tom Wegleitner were essential in helping me avoid embarrassing blunders. Suggestions from Nicholas Allgaier, Regan Beckhan, Paul Calamai, Mark Friedman, David Hiebeler, Ashwani Kapila, Andrew Knyazev, Bo Li, Yijiang Li, Jeff Parker, Robert Sachs, Evelyn Sander, Gantumur Tsogtgerel, and Thomas Wanner were appreciated. The resourceful staff at Pearson, including William Hoffman, Caroline Celano, Beth Houston, Jeff Weidenaar, and Brandon Rawnsley, as well as Shiny Rajesh at Integra-PDY, mad the production of the second edition almost enjoyable. Finally, thanks are due to the helpful readers from other universities for their encouragement of this project and indispensable advice for improvement of earlier versions: ...

For:

My parents, who teach me.

Gretchen, who guides me.

Miles and Reese, who inspire me.

Like all books, The Psychology of Money wouldn’t have been possible without the help of countless people who helped me along the way. There are too many to list them all. But a few who have been particularly supportive:

Brian Richards, who bet on me before anyone else.

Craig Shapiro, who bet on me when he didn’t have to.

Gretchen Housel, whose support is unwavering.

Jenna Abdou, who helps while asking for nothing in return.

Craig Pearce, who encourages, guides, and grounds me.

Jamie Catherwood, Josh Brown, Brent Beshore, Barry Ritholtz, Ben Carlson, Chris Hill, Michael Batnick, James Osorne, whose feedback is invaluable.

Thank you.

Jimmy Kaltreider for helping to think this book through.

Rob Morrow, Scott Nolan, and Michael Solana for co-creating the Stanford class from which we started.

Chris Parris-Lamb, Tina Constable, David Drake, Talia Krohn, and Jeremiah Hall for skillfully guiding us to publication.

Everyone at Thiel Capital, Founders Fund, Mithril, and the Thiel Foundation for working hard and smart.

Onward.