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An engine, not a camera how financial models shape markets
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An engine, not a camera [electronic resource] : how financial models shape markets / Donald MacKenzie.
ISBN
9780262278805 (ebook) :
Published
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, c2006.
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 377 p.) : ill.
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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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MIT Press scholarship online.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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May 05, 2016
Series
Inside technology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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