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The Wisdom of Finance

How the Humanities Can Illuminate and Improve Finance

Mihir A. Desai

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Chapter Overview

Description

The Wisdom of Finance (2017) demonstrates that the world of finance has much to teach us, despite its reputation for avarice and irresponsibility. And likewise, there is much that finance can learn from our wider human endeavors, like literature, art, and philosophy.

Who Should Listen

  • Investors, bankers and insurance professionals 
  • Those looking for moral goodness in finance
  • Anyone interested in the link between literature and money

About the Authors

Mihir A. Desai is an economist and author. He’s currently the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and Professor at Harvard Law School. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.