The fortune sellers : the big business of buying and selling predictions / William A. Sherden.
The fortune sellers : the big business of buying and selling predictions / William A. Sherden.
The fortune sellers : the big business of buying and selling predictions / William A. Sherden.
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New York : John Wiley, c1998.
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T0369003
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English
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Physical content
xi, 308 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
New York : John Wiley, c1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
In the Fortune Sellers, you'll discover: how anyone who is counting on a weather forecast more than a day or two in advance might just as well flip a coin; how economics earned its nickname - the "dismal science" - and why it sticks; how profits from prediction work on Wall Street; how academia, business, and the media feed our fascination with sci...
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The fortune sellers : the big business of buying and selling predictions / William A. Sherden.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-297) and index.
Transferred from N003.2/7.
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Text in Vietnamese.
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c1998.
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T0369003
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74VMj2GGNNoy
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ISBN
0471181781
9780471181781 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0471181781 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780471358442 (pbk.)
0471358444 (pbk.)
9780471181781
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003.2
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991000970249702626
