The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return
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Mihir A. Desai. (2017). The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.

Mihir A. Desai. 2017. The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return. Blackstone Publishing.

Mihir A. Desai, The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return. Blackstone Publishing, 2017.

Mihir A. Desai. The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing, 2017.

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     Mihir A. Desai is an award-winning professor of finance at Harvard Business School and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. His areas of expertise include international finance, corporate finance, and tax policy, and his academic publications have appeared in leading journals. His opinion pieces have appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Harvard Business Review, and he has testified several times before congressional bodies.

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In 1688, essayist Josef de la Vega described finance as both "the fairest and most deceitful business...the noblest and the most infamous in the world, the finest and most vulgar on earth."

The characterization of finance as deceitful, infamous, and vulgar still rings true today—particularly in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. But what happened to the fairest, noblest, and finest profession that de la Vega saw?

De la Vega hit on an essential truth that has been forgotten: finance can be just as principled, life-affirming, and worthy as it can be fraught with questionable practices. Today, finance is shrouded in mystery for outsiders, while many insiders are uneasy with the disrepute of their profession. How can finance become more accessible and also recover its nobility?

Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai, in his "last lecture" to the graduating Harvard MBA class of 2015, took up the cause of restoring humanity to finance. With incisive wit and irony, his lecture drew upon a rich knowledge of literature, film, history, and philosophy to explain the inner workings of finance in a manner that has never been seen before.

This book captures Desai's lucid exploration of the ideas of finance as seen through the unusual prism of the humanities. Through this novel, creative approach, Desai shows that outsiders can access the underlying ideas easily and that insiders can reacquaint themselves with the core humanity of their profession.

The mix of finance and the humanities creates unusual pairings: Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope are guides to risk management; Jeff Koons becomes an advocate of leverage; and Mel Brooks' The Producers teaches us about fiduciary responsibility. In Desai's vision, the principles of finance also provide answers to critical questions in our lives. Among many surprising parallels, bankruptcy teaches us how to react to failure, the lessons of mergers apply to marriages, and the capital asset pricing model demonstrates the true value of relationships.

The Wisdom of Finance is a wholly unique book offering a refreshing new perspective on one of the world's most complex and misunderstood professions.

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     February 27, 2017
     In this slender but erudite treatise, law and finance professor Desai (International Finance: A Casebook) proposes that humanity, rather than the hot-button issue of income inequality, lies at the center of finance. To do this, he calls upon none other than Jane Austen and John Milton, among others. Desai gives humanists explanations of basic financial principles, such as value creation and leverage, with nary a numeral. For number crunchers, Desai provides a fresh way of viewing basic ideas. A scene from Dashiell Hammett’s novel The Maltese Falcon is used to explain randomness and chance. The contemporary artist Jeff Koons is invoked to illustrate the power of financial leverage. Other analogies work less well: the description of the Time Warner–AOL merger as a May-December romance seems both strained and precious. Nonetheless, this book does valuable work toward demystifying finance for laypeople and deepening the art for practitioners. Desai’s approach will broaden and enrich any perspective. Agent: Jay Mandel, William Morris Endeavor.

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   • content: Stephen R. Thorne captures the optimism in this invitation to make your organization a crucible for human growth instead of a place where learning is stifled and spirits are deadened. His phrasing and pacing have the energy to give hope to leaders who have become complacent or cynical about helping people grow. Using the examples of three companies, the authors explain how learning cultures are created with practices that are woven into the company's daily operations and communication. Delivered with consistent clarity and confidence, this is an important lesson for anyone who cares about how people can thrive in organizational settings. T.W. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

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The characterization of finance as deceitful, infamous, and vulgar still rings true today—particularly in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. But what happened to the fairest, noblest, and finest profession that de la Vega saw?

De la Vega hit on an essential truth that has been forgotten: finance can be just as principled, life-affirming, and worthy as it can be fraught with questionable practices. Today, finance is shrouded in mystery for outsiders, while many insiders are uneasy with the disrepute of their profession. How can finance become more accessible and also recover its nobility?

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