I'd just like to point out that all those amazon product links have his affiliat...

joshkaufman · on Jan 22, 2011

So? He put a lot of effort into that list, and he published it for free. If it sells some books, good for him.

kmfrk · on Jan 22, 2011

I don't think there's any harm in saying that.

It was just something "for your consideration". Nothing accusatory.

crasshopper · on Jan 23, 2011

You're quite right. But since your price doesn't go up, why should you care?

BTW, when I wrote this piece it was intended for QuantNet.com. However I pissed off the guy who runs it and now he thinks I'm a douchebag.

That's all to say, I never thought this piece would get any traffic at all. The fact that so many people are interested makes me even more skeptical of the putative value of an MFE....