The Inner Lives of Markets
How People Shape Them – And They Shape Us
$37.73
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
24 July 2017
Summary
THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION ISN’T JUST DRIVEN BY TECHNOLOGY. IT’S ABOUT MARKETS.
’…a quick, and exceedingly engaging, tour of economic history…’ - Financial Times
The past twenty-five years have witnessed a remarkable shift in how we get the stuff we want. If you’ve ever owned a business, rented a flat, or shopped online, you’ve had a front-row seat for this revolution-in-progress. Breakthrough companies like Amazon and Uber have disrupted the old ways and made th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444788587 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444788582 |
| Author: | Ray Fisman, Tim Sullivan |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Business |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 24 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 164g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 148mm x 199mm |
Critics Review
All of the economics covered in this delightful book is described clearly and with a lovely lightness of touch.
All of the economics covered in this delightful book is described clearly and with a lovely lightness of touch. * The Enlightened Economist *
They start to make the case with a quick, and exceedingly engaging, tour of economic history… the book does a good job of showing the limitations of narrow economic theory, since markets rarely feature rational people with perfect knowledge. – Gillian Tett, Financial Times
Ray Fisman
Ray Fisman is the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise and Research Director of the Social Enterprise Program at the Columbia Business School. He received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University, and his work has been covered widely in the popular press. He also writes a monthly column for Slate. His first book, Economic Gangsters (with Ted Miguel), was published to great critical acclaim by Princeton University Press in 2008.
Tim Sullivan is an executive editor at Harvard Business Books. He has also worked at Basic Books, Portfolio, and Princeton University Press, and has worked with some of the world’s leading economists.
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