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Robert Kiyosaki on X

Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, described The Entropy Trap as “the most important new book for this time in history.”

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Vladyslav Grabarskyy on The Entropy Trap

"It's probably my favorite book of 2026 so far." — Vladyslav Grabarskyy, host of the Wealth Building Blueprint podcast, highlighting how The Entropy Trap "very elegantly connects" complex topics.

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The Julia La Roche Show: Julia La Roche and Chris Whalen on The Entropy Trap

On The Julia La Roche Show, Julia La Roche highlighted The Entropy Trap for viewers interested in macroeconomics, investing, and the forces shaping today’s world. Chris Whalen called it “a great book” and described Mickey Maini as bringing a longer view to the intersection of science, finance, markets, and society.

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Jesse Day and James Rickards discuss The Entropy Trap

On Commodity Culture, Jesse Day and James Rickards discussed The Entropy Trap, including Rickards’ foreword. Jesse described the book as “fantastic,” noting that it makes physics and complexity science accessible, while Rickards said he thinks “very highly of the book” and discussed its physics-based approach to capital markets.

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Piggo’s Trading Desk / The Stage 4 Debt Trapdoor

Piggo’s Trading Desk calls The Entropy Trap “a fantastic book” and draws on its ideas to examine corporate credit stress, financial engineering, and rising systemic fragility, describing the book’s physics-based approach as “brilliant.”

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James Rickards on X

"Mainstream economic models are junk science. That's not opinion; data shows they bear no relation to reality. What does work? Physics has the tools. Just apply them to capital markets and you'll see how things actually work." James Rickards on The Entropy Trap.

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Ferg’s Finds 9.21

"I consumed Mickey's first book on our flight to Spain and highly recommend it." Trader Ferg features The Entropy Trap as a weekly pick, noting its walk through six major historical transitions and its profiles of how Bernard Baruch and Joseph Kennedy navigated their own.

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