Fortune Tellers : The Story of America's First Economic Forecasters

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The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who defined this first wave of ec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Friedman, Walter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Economists.
Economic forecasting.
Business forecasting.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Forecasting.
Économistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Prevision economique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Prevision commerciale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Economists > United States > Biography.
Economic forecasting > United States > History.
Business forecasting > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The period leading up to the Great Depression witnessed the rise of the economic forecasters, pioneers who sought to use the tools of science to predict the future, with the aim of profiting from their forecasts. This book chronicles the lives and careers of the men who defined this first wave of economic fortune tellers, men such as Roger Babson, Irving Fisher, John Moody, C.J. Bullock, and Warren Persons. They competed to sell their distinctive methods of prediction to investors and businesses, and thrived in the boom years that followed World War I. Yet, almost to a man, they failed to pr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781400849864

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