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George A. Akerlof - Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception - 9780691173023 - V9780691173023
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Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

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Description for Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCK; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 290 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
Ever since Adam Smith, the central teaching of economics has been that free markets provide us with material well-being, as if by an invisible hand. In Phishing for Phools, Nobel Prize-winning economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller deliver a fundamental challenge to this insight, arguing that markets harm as well as help us. As long as there is profit to be made, sellers will systematically exploit our psychological weaknesses and our ignorance through manipulation and deception. Rather than being essentially benign and always creating the greater good, markets are inherently filled with tricks and traps and will phish ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691173023
SKU
V9780691173023
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Ref
99-50

About George A. Akerlof
George A. Akerlof is University Professor at Georgetown University and the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize. Robert J. Shiller is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in economics, and the author of the New York Times bestseller Irrational Exuberance (Princeton). Akerlof and Shiller are also the authors of Animal Spirits: How ... Read more

Reviews for Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception
George A. Akerlof, Co-Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics Robert J. Shiller, Co-Winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics Winner of the 2016 Gold Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards One of Foreign Affairs' Best Economic, Social, and Environmental (Economics) Books of 2016 Selected for Bloomberg View's The Writing that Shaped Economic Thinking in 2016 ... Read more

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