Book Review: The Man Who Solved the Market
[ad_1] The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution. 2019. Gregory Zuckerman. Penguin Random House. James Simons is a billionaire hedge fund manager whom even…
The New Depression: COVID-19 and Stocks’ “Rightful Owners”
[ad_1] “In bear markets, stocks return to their rightful owners.” Benjamin Roth’s marvelous The Great Depression: A Diary contains the following entry from 11 December 1931, just several months short…
Book Review: Seeking Virtue in Finance
[ad_1] Seeking Virtue in Finance: Contributing to Society in a Conflicted Industry. 2020. J.C. de Swaan. Cambridge University Press. J.C. de Swaan, an investment practitioner who teaches business ethics to…
Book Review: The Price of Time
[ad_1] The Price of Time: Interest, Capitalism, and the Curse of Easy Money. 2022. Edward Chancellor. Atlantic Monthly Press. Few areas of macroeconomic policy are as important and generate as…