Mobs, messiahs, and markets surviving the public spectacle in finance and politics
Why Going Against the Grain Pays. Bestselling author Bill Bonner has long been a maverick observer of the financial and political world, sharpening his sardonic wit, in particular, on the vagaries of the investing public. Market booms and busts, tulip manias and dotcom bubbles, venture capitalists a...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley
[2007]
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Edición: | 1st edition |
Colección: | Agora Series
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627001306719 |
Sumario: | Why Going Against the Grain Pays. Bestselling author Bill Bonner has long been a maverick observer of the financial and political world, sharpening his sardonic wit, in particular, on the vagaries of the investing public. Market booms and busts, tulip manias and dotcom bubbles, venture capitalists and vulture funds, he lets you know, are best explained not by dry statistics and obscure theories but by the metaphors and analogies of literature. Now, in Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets, Bonner and freelance journalist Lila Rajiva use literary economics to offer broader insights into mass behavior and |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (434 p.) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-412) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781118039151 9781280957109 9786610957101 9780470177341 |