Richard Bookstaber: 2 books
The End of Theory
Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
An in-depth look at how to account for the human complexities at the heart of today's financial system
Our economy may have recovered from the Great Recession—but not our economics. In The End of Theory, Richard Bookstaber discusses why the human condition and the radical uncertainty of our...
A Demon of Our Own Design
Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
Inside markets, innovation, and risk
Why do markets keep crashing and why are financial crises greater than ever before? As the risk manager to some of the leading firms on Wall Street–from Morgan Stanley to Salomon and Citigroup–and a member of some of the world’s largest hedge funds,...