Mihir Desai
The Wisdom of Finance
Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017
What's inside?
Finance gets a bad rap, but it is an intrinsic part of basic human behavior.
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Finance keeps the wheels of the economy turning, but it gets a bad rap in the popular imagination. The 2008 crisis only magnified that perception. But finance is a double-edged sword in professor Mihir A. Desai’s nuanced perspective of the field’s socially useful functions. He illustrates the concepts of finance and applies them to everyday situations, drawing on literary and historical examples as well as his own experiences, to show how people can use financial tenets to improve their lives. In this sweeping and thought-provoking look at money and human endeavor, he invites readers to open their minds and draw new insights from “the wisdom of finance.”
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About the Author
Mihir A. Desai is a political economist and professor at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School.
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