Warren Buffett

"Not long after I first met Warren Buffett back in 1991, I asked him to recommend his favorite book about business. He didn’t miss a beat: “It’s Business Adventures, by John Brooks,” he said. “I’ll send you my copy.” I was intrigued: I had never heard of Business Adventures or John Brooks." - Bill Gates mentioning Warren Buffett's recommendation.

"I especially recommend Keynes' essays on persuasion. Reading Keynes will make you smarter about securities and markets. I'm not sure reading most economist would do the same." (OID June 23, 1989).

..aside from Ben Graham’s two chapters, eight and 20, in “The Intelligent Investor” — I think you’ll find you’ll get as much wisdom from reading that as anything written in investments..

"During my lifetime, the small investor has never had a better friend than SEC chairman Arthur Levitt. His goal was unwavering: To have markets that served the interests of investors, both large and small.."- (from the back cover of the book)

"Today, too many of our country's key economic decisions are being made with an eye to the next election rather than to the next generation. This book explains in simple but powerful terms why it's imperative that our attention must be refocused now." (from the frontcover).