How Markets Fail

作者 Cassidy John著
出版社 Penguin
出版时间 2010年8月
ISBN 9780141036519
定价 95.70

内容简介

Howdidwegettowhereweare?JohnCassidyshowsthattherootsofourmostrecentfinancialfailurelienotwithindividuals,butwithanidea-theideathatmarketsareinherentlyrational.Hegivesusthebigpicturebehindthefinancialheadlines,tracingtheriseandfalloffreemarketideologyfromAdamSmithtoMiltonFriedmanandAlanGreenspan.Fullofwit,senseand,aboveall,adeeperunderstanding,"HowMarketsFail"arguesfortheendof'utopian'economics,andthebeginningofapragmatic,reality-basedwayofthinking.

作者简介

JohnCassidyhascoveredeconomicsandfinanceatTheNewYorkermagazinesince1995,writingontopicsrangingfromAlanGreenspantotheIraqioilindustryandEnglishjournalism.HeisalsonowaContributingEditoratPortfoliowherehewritesthemonthlyEconomicscolumn.TwoofhisarticleshavebeennominatedforNationalMagazineAwards:anessayonKarlMarx,whichappearedinOctober,1997,andanaccountofthedeathoftheBritishweaponsscientistDavidKelly,whichwaspublishedinDecember,2003.HehaspreviouslywrittenforSundayTimesinaswellastheNewYorkPost,whereheeditedtheBusinesssectionandthenservedasthedeputyeditor.In2002,Cassidypublishedhisfirstbook,Dot.Con.HelivesinNewYork.

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