Reading the Markets
Insights from Financial Literature
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Scheinkman,
Speculation, Trading, and Bubbles
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To pay tribute to one of its most famous graduates, Kenneth J. Arrow, Columbia University launched an annual lecture series dealing with top...
Monday, July 28, 2014
Gogerty,
The Nature of Value
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Nick Gogerty sets his book within a by now familiar framework, thanks in large part to the cross-disciplinary work carried out over the past...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Baldwin,
The Copyright Wars
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Intellectual property is an ever growing contributor to the global economy; today, it comprises over 40% of the market value of American com...
Monday, July 21, 2014
Jevons,
The Mystery of the Invisible Hand
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Wittgenstein, a passionate reader of detective stories, famously said that “more wisdom is contained in the best crime fiction than in conve...
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Brooks,
Business Adventures
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Resurrecting a 45-year-old book, Bill Gates included Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street on his 2014 su...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Carey,
How We Learn
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Benedict Carey, a science reporter for The New York Times, has written a fast-paced, well-structured book that should have broad appeal. Ho...
Monday, July 14, 2014
Lombardo,
Better Than Perfect
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Perfectionism as it is usually understood can be a terrible curse, especially for a trader. It leads a person to act out of fear rather than...
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