Phishing for phools : the economics of manipulation and deception / George A. Akerlof and Robert J....
Phishing for phools : the economics of manipulation and deception / George A. Akerlof and Robert J....
Phishing for phools : the economics of manipulation and deception / George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
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G 2016/1706
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English
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xvi, 272 pages ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
pt. ONE Unpaid Bills and Financial Crash -- ch. One Temptation Strews Our Path -- ch. Two Reputation Mining and Financial Crisis -- pt. TWO Phishing in Many Contexts -- ch. Three Advertisers Discover How to Zoom In on Our Weak Spots -- ch. four Rip-offs Regarding Cars, Houses, and Credit Cards -- ch...
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
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New Jersey
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[2015]
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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 ther...
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Phishing for phools : the economics of manipulation and deception / George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index.
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G 2016/1706
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74VKVPaME86X
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9780691168319 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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330.01/9
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991023993315102626
