| Autore |
Knott Paul
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2012]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations, graphs
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| Disciplina |
332.0412
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| Soggetto topico |
Money market
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| ISBN |
0-13-352707-7
0-273-78876-0
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Ouch! -- Contents -- About the author -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Author's acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Show me the money - Its origins and how it works -- Money, that's what I want -- Prehistoric transactions -- Origin of faeces -- The ultimate confidence trick -- Empty promises -- How fictional money is created -- The most powerful force in the universe -- Taking advantage -- The stupidity tax -- Chequebook vandalism -- Paralytically incorrect - Wake up to your reality -- Paralytically incorrect -- Follow the white rabbit -- For richer, for poorer -- De-railing the gravy train -- A bit of a kerfuffle -- Fighting instincts - Understanding human behaviour and risk -- Fight, flight and blight -- 'Oops!' inside your head -- The curious case of Phineas Gage -- PETs 'r' Us -- The paradox -- Abdication of responsibility -- Baaaaaaaa -- Probability vs. uncertainty -- Out of control -- Risk it, for a biscuit -- Predictable and irrational? -- Ignore everyone - Stop the press and join the noise abatement society -- Porky pies -- Why 97 per cent are wrong -- Jaw on the floor -- Sponge me down -- Manufacturing consent -- Vested interest -- Analyse this -- Illusion of knowledge -- Seven deadly sins -- Exceptions to the rule -- Rub my crystal ball - The dismal science partially demystified -- Rhyme on time -- Three house rules -- How much? -- Generational Dynamics -- Dr Doom and the law of consequences -- The orgy -- Smack my bitch up -- Morton's Fork -- Market DNA - Understanding how the market operates -- Fancy a coffee? -- Meet the sentiments -- Smart money vs. dumb money -- It's been emotional -- Beauty contest -- Time horizons -- Asset allocation -- Dividend and conquer -- Rip off -- What's eating you? -- Like sheep to the slaughter -- The Chartist movement -- Voodoo monthanomics? -- Closing the donut -- The peasants are revolting.
Enter the dojo - Foible combat - retraining your brain -- Stop fibbing -- Me, myself and I -- Can't be arsed finds the Holy Grail? -- Brain rewiring -- Fight club -- Who ate my mammoth? - Avoiding extinction and riding the money tides -- Barking mad -- Metal guru -- Money tides -- Weighing the anchor -- Thrown in the stocks -- From peer to eternity -- Tripwires et al. -- Random kindness -- Appendix: Schemes -- A dollop of source -- Index.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150225203321 |
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