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Author : Mihir Desai<br />
Pages : 223 pages<br />
Publisher : Houghton Miffl<strong>in</strong> Harcourt<br />
Language : eng<br />
ISBN-10 : 054491113X<br />
ISBN-13 : 9780544911130<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Wisdom</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>F<strong>in</strong>ance</strong>: <strong>Discover<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Humanity</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Return</strong>,"A fasc<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g new<br />
perspective on modern f<strong>in</strong>ance," --Oliver Hart, 2016 Nobel Laureate <strong>in</strong> Economics"Lucid, witty <strong>and</strong><br />
delightfully erudite...From <strong>the</strong> French revolution to film noir, from <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> probability to Jane<br />
Austen <strong>and</strong> <strong>The</strong> Simpsons, this?is an astonish<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>tellectual feast." --Sebastian Mallaby, author <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Man Who Knew: <strong>The</strong> Life <strong>and</strong> Times <strong>of</strong> Alan Greenspan In 1688, essayist Josef de la Vega<br />
described f<strong>in</strong>ance as both ?<strong>the</strong> fairest <strong>and</strong> most deceitful bus<strong>in</strong>ess . . . <strong>the</strong> noblest <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> most<br />
<strong>in</strong>famous <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> world, <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>est <strong>and</strong> most vulgar on earth.? <strong>The</strong> characterization <strong>of</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ance as<br />
deceitful, <strong>in</strong>famous, <strong>and</strong> vulgar still r<strong>in</strong>gs true today ? particularly <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> wake <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 2008 f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
crisis. But, what happened to <strong>the</strong> fairest, noblest, <strong>and</strong> f<strong>in</strong>est pr<strong>of</strong>ession that de la Vega saw?? De<br />
la Vega hit on an essential truth that has been forgotten: f<strong>in</strong>ance can be just as pr<strong>in</strong>cipled, lifeaffirm<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
<strong>and</strong> worthy as it can be fraught with questionable practices.? Today, f<strong>in</strong>ance is