[lbo-talk] Free eBook: _Justin Fox: The Myth of the Rational Market_

Charles Turner vze26m98 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 3 06:43:34 PDT 2011


Not an endorsement, I haven't read it, but available for free here:

<http://burundi.sk/monoskop/log/?p=3035>

Here's the blurb excerpt:

"Chronicling the rise and fall of the efficient market theory and the century-long making of the modern financial industry, The Myth of the Rational Market by former Time Magazine economics columnist Justin Fox is as much an intellectual whodunit as a cultural history of the perils and possibilities of risk. The book brings to life the people and ideas that forged modern finance and investing, from the formative days of Wall Street through the Great Depression and into the financial calamity of today. It’s a tale that features professors who made and lost fortunes, battled fiercely over ideas, beat the house in blackjack, wrote bestselling books, and played major roles on the world stage. It’s also a tale of Wall Street’s evolution, the power of the market to generate wealth and wreak havoc, and free market capitalism’s war with itself."



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