An engine, not a camera how financial models shape markets
This pioneering work in the social studies of finance describes how the emergence of modern finance theory has affected financial markets in fundamental ways. Paraphrasing Milton Friedman, the author says that economic models are an engine of inquiry rather than a camera to reproduce empirical facts
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass.
MIT Press
2006
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| Series: | Inside technology
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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This pioneering work in the social studies of finance describes how the emergence of modern finance theory has affected financial markets in fundamental ways. Paraphrasing Milton Friedman, the author says that economic models are an engine of inquiry rather than a camera to reproduce empirical facts |
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| Physical Description: | x, 377 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780262278805 0262278804 0262250047 9780262250047 9781423774488 1423774485 |