{"product_id":"the-myth-of-the-rational-market-a-history-of-risk-reward-and-delusion-on-wall-street-isbn-9780060598990","title":"The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street","description":"\u003cp style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e“Do we really need yet another book about the financial crisis? Yes, we do—because this one is different….A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the mess we’re in.”\u003cbr\u003e—Paul Krugman, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e“Fox makes business history thrilling.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"\u003eA lively history of ideas, \u003cem\u003eThe Myth of the Rational Market \u003c\/em\u003eby former \u003cem\u003eTime \u003c\/em\u003eMagazine economics columnist Justin Fox, describes with insight and wit the rise and fall of the world’s most influential investing idea: the efficient markets theory. Both a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestseller and Notable Book of the Year—longlisted for the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e Business Book of the Year Award and named one of \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Business Books of the Year—\u003cem\u003eThe Myth of the Rational Market \u003c\/em\u003ecarries readers from the earliest days of Wall Street to the current financial crisis, debunking the long-held myth that the stock market is always right in the process while intelligently exploring the replacement theory of behavioral economics.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eChronicling the rise and fall of the efficient market theory and the century-long making of the modern financial industry, Justin Fox's \u003cem\u003eThe Myth of the Rational Market\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe efficient market hypothesis—long part of academic folklore but codified in the 1960s at the University of Chicago—has evolved into a powerful myth. It has been the maker and loser of fortunes, the driver of trillions of dollars, the inspiration for index funds and vast new derivatives markets, and the guidepost for thousands of careers. The theory holds that the market is always right, and that the decisions of millions of rational investors, all acting on information to outsmart one another, always provide the best judge of a stock's value. That myth is crumbling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated journalist and columnist Fox introduces a new wave of economists and scholars who no longer teach that investors are rational or that the markets are always right. Many of them now agree with Yale professor Robert Shiller that the efficient markets theory “represents one of the most remarkable errors in the history of economic thought.” Today the theory has given way to counterintuitive hypotheses about human behavior, psychological models of decision making, and the irrationality of the markets. Investors overreact, underreact, and make irrational decisions based on imperfect data. In his landmark treatment of the history of the world's markets, Fox uncovers the new ideas that may come to drive the market in the century ahead. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An intellectual tour-de-force...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fascinating historical narrative.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoger Lowenstein, The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Impressively broad and richly researched.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An engaging history...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Nocera, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...a rich history of the world’s most seductive investing idea...the book chronicles the rise of rational market theory over the decades and captures the sizzle and pop of the intellectual debate ...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloomberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Good wonky fun.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarry Ritholz, The Big Picture blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A valuable and highly readable history of risk and reward.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurton Malkiel, Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fox’s explanations of technical material are superbly accurate and readable... Clearly the result of many years of research and reading,... it is a model of what the popularization of social science can be, but too rarely is, and it will continue to be read when the current crisis is many years behind us.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Do we really need yet another book about the financial crisis? Yes, we do — because this one is different. Fox’s book is not an idle exercise in intellectual history, which makes it a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the mess we’re in.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Krugman, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Superbly accurate and readable... Clearly the result of many years of research and reading,... it is a model of what the popularization of social science can be, but too rarely is, and it will continue to be read when the current crisis is many years behind us.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tough, tasty steak of a book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Neil, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A thoughtful, often fascinating, always illuminating history of the idea of market rationality.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCory Doctorow, boingboing.net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This wise and witty book is must reading for anyone who wonders what makes financial markets tick.  Even those who have wrestled with this question for years will be glad to have read Fox’s compelling history.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Bernstein, author of Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Justin Fox is a truly insightful fellow who can see things with his own eyes—a rare, very rare attribute.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNassim Nicholas Taleb, author of The Black Swan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“His analysis is singularly  compelling, and the rare business history that reads like a thriller... A must-read for anyone interested in the  markets, our economy or government, this dense but spellbinding work brings modern finance and economics to life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A lucid, lively and learned account.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarron's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fox makes business history thrilling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Business","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888576229605,"sku":"NP9780060598990","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060598990.jpg?v=1730229373","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-myth-of-the-rational-market-a-history-of-risk-reward-and-delusion-on-wall-street-isbn-9780060598990","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}