Storage and Stability: A Modern Ever-Normal Granary (Benjamin Graham Classics) [Hardcover]

Benjamin Graham (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1997 | Series: Benjamin Graham Classics

Benjamin Graham reigns as one of the greatest investment thinkers of the 20th century. Author of the bestseller Security Analysis, he has influenced many Wall Street legends including Warren Buffett, Mario D, John Neff and John Bogle. Now, readers can discover Storage and Stability, his 1937 study on supply and demand, production and consumption, and their impact on value investing. A rare glimpse into Graham's social theories and their impact on his investing strategies, this book ushers in the new Benjamin Graham Classics series, and will earn a coveted place on any investor's bookshelf.

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There are just some of the accolades received by Benjamin Graham on his influential investment strategies and the philosophies that underlie them. considered by top Wall Street investors to be enduring models even for today's complex financial strategies, Graham's eloquent and groundbreaking theories have influenced and guided both professional and individual investors for more than half a century. In Storage and Stability, his 1937 study on supply and demand, production and consuption, and their impact on value investing, readers will catch a rare and rewarding glimpse into Graham's social theories and their impact on his investment strategies. The reissue of this historic masterpiece, Storage and Stability, ushers in the new Benjamin Graham Classics series, and is sure to earn a coveted place on any investor's bookshelf. the 20th century. Author of the bestseller Security Analysis, he has influenced many Wall Street legends including Warren Buffett, Mario Gabelli, John Neff and John Bogle. Now, readers can discover Storage and Stability, his 1937 study on supply and demand, production and consumption, and their impact on value investing. A rare glimpse into Graham's social theories and their impact on his investing strategies, this book ushers in the new Benjamin Graham Classics series, and will earn a coveted place on any investor's bookshelf. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Benjamin Graham was a seminal figure on Wall Street and is considered the father of modern security analysis. He is the founder of the value school of investing, and his Security Analysis and The Intelligent Investor are still the "bibles" for individual investors and Wall Street professionals.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 298 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070247749
• ISBN-13: 978-0070247741
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,831,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Benjamin Graham certainly made a new monetary system, November 18, 1998

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This review is from: Storage and Stability: A Modern Ever-Normal Granary (Benjamin Graham Classics) (Hardcover)

Benjamin Graham certainly is one of our century's most important financier and self-thought economist. After the great depression, Graham reenginered his way of investing and his way of looking the world. After suffering the debacle, he made value investing and value thinking the most important things in his life. The book is the proposal for a new monetary system, which uses an index of commodities as it's core backing for the issuance of currency. Graham's idea isn't revolutionary, because as he tells us , the granary system has been used throught men's history. The philosophical foundation of the proposal lies in that the surplus of commodities should'nt represent a disgrace, instead it should represent wealth. As economists know, when there is an overproduction of commodities prices tend to decrease, so why plenty relates to disgrace. If the government stored the surplus of commodities and used the as the backing of the issuance of currency, this problem can be allevianted. The book is easy and fun to read, and shows the genious of the dean of Wall Steet

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real solution for the future, February 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Storage and Stability: A Modern Ever-Normal Granary (Benjamin Graham Classics) (Hardcover)

Graham's book is very well written and goes at an easy pace, while not becoming boring. It is a fertile field of ideas. His commodity buffer stock idea could be a real solution for today's global problems of increasing financial instability and growing inequality. Deregulation has removed almost all government automatic stabilizers. Graham's idea is ultimately an international stabilization policy particulary relevant to the European Union and the Third World.

While this book was written in 1936, and buffer stock ideas have been around for centuries, his monetary forumlation of the buffer stock is a policy still ahead of its time.