The Soros Lectures, George Soros
The Soros Lectures, George Soros
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The Soros Lectures
At the Central European University

Author: George Soros

Narrator: George Soros

Unabridged: 9 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/29/2011

Synopsis

In October 2009, George Soros delivered a series of lectures at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, which provided a broad overview of his thoughts on economics and politics. Soros has achieved great and consistent success in the world of finance but has also contributed to the broader world of philosophy and human rights through the work of his Open Society Institute, an international network of foundations. These lectures are the culmination of a lifetime of practical and philosophical reflection.

In the first and second lectures, Soros discusses his general theory of reflexivity and its application to financial markets, providing insights into the recent financial crisis. The third and fourth lectures examine the concept of open society, which has guided Soros's global philanthropy, as well as the potential for conflict between capitalism and open society. The closing lecture focuses on the way ahead, closely examining the increasingly important economic and political role that China will play in the future. The Soros Lectures presents these five seminal talks in one volume, offering a condensed and highly readable summary of Soros's worldview.

About George Soros

George Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and the founder of a global network of foundations dedicated to supporting open societies. He is the author of many bestselling books, including The New Paradigm for Financial Markets, George Soros on Globalization, and The Age of Fallibility. He was born in Budapest and lives in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sam on December 26, 2010

Let me explain my understanding of The reflexivity concept by the fable that I learned when I was young. This is not Soro's story: There's a family have a leopard as a pet in a village in Africa. The leopard is nice and plays with kids. The family has an enemy in another village, so the father decide......more

Goodreads review by Edward on May 16, 2020

The book serves as a transcript to Soros' talks in 2009. In it, Soros lays out his frameworks for thinking about the the world and his theory of reflexivity. The idea is important but I'm not certain if it required the length of the book and could have likely been better structured to provide clarit......more

Goodreads review by Linda on July 27, 2017

As this book contains five lectures, which deal with different topics and are very different from each other, it is hard to give this book, so all the lectures, one rating. One main topic is the background of the 2008 financial crisis, the other is the open society. Both are centered around some eco......more

Goodreads review by Brian on January 30, 2011

Six stars, if that were possible. In 120 pages, this book managed to state most of my own theories about finance and political economy not held by the general public---markets are nowhere near efficient, financial bubbles are followed by irrational over-corrections, most people vote immorally to impr......more

Goodreads review by Edwin on June 24, 2020

This is a special one for me, not for the content but for the story on how I got the book: the physical book that I have is from none other than George Soros himself, albeit indirectly. So in 2010 George Soros visited Indonesia, and he brought along several of this book to give away to few people tha......more

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