tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046071861494986299.post3527730731164514018..comments2023-08-26T05:08:54.898-07:00Comments on Magic, maths and money: Rethinking the finance curriculumTim Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952723922503939504noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046071861494986299.post-41724612919907107352014-10-30T02:37:51.680-07:002014-10-30T02:37:51.680-07:00I think topics on finance should be inculcated in ...I think topics on finance should be inculcated in schools as early as grade schools. Financial literacy will solve most of our economic problems and it's great to start on the young minds. <a href="http://financialplannerprogram.com/" rel="nofollow">certified financial planner training</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951181461296094977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046071861494986299.post-66191666847359778722014-06-20T07:59:38.386-07:002014-06-20T07:59:38.386-07:00I was also rather disappointed by the CFA document...I was also rather disappointed by the CFA document. <br /><br />I believe the first two chapters of Bodie, Merton, Cleeton "Financial Economics" do a very good job in placing Finance in a broader perspective. What do you think?scahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367781866664643830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046071861494986299.post-80757685519100142772014-06-20T01:26:35.178-07:002014-06-20T01:26:35.178-07:00I good question without a clear answer.
The bes...I good question without a clear answer. <br /><br />The best description of finance 1950-2005 is, in my view, Donald MacKenzie's "An engine not a camera" (though skip pp 15-25 on sociology theory). I reviewed this <br />http://magic-maths-money.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/engine-not-camera-how-financial-models.html<br /><br />Gillian Tett's "Fool's Gold" is a good description of the Crisis of 2007-2009 and I recommend to student's thinking of going into trading to read Terri Duhons "How the trading floor really works"<br /><br />For a description of the development of US finance in the nineteenth century there is Levy's "Freaks of Fortune" and Brenner, Brenner and Brown "A World of Chance".<br /><br />I have on my reading list "Making Money: The Philosophy of Crisis Capitalism" by Ole Bjerg but have read Smithin's "What is Money?" and Ingham's "Nature of Money: New Directions in Political Economy"Tim Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06952723922503939504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046071861494986299.post-11329089751404028032014-06-19T10:05:39.901-07:002014-06-19T10:05:39.901-07:00this was a fantastic read. i'm already scouri...this was a fantastic read. i'm already scouring the internet for an affordable copy of the poitras, but any chance of your assembling a more comprehensive reading list for the autodidactic student of finance?dougteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355559499192700933noreply@blogger.com