Saturday, April 09, 2005
(11:25 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Hey, free book
Via Crooked Timber, I learn that Doug Henwood's book Wall Street is now available for free on the Internet. Here are Daniel's comments on the matter:Pretty much Wow. Wall Street is an ace book; in my professional opinion as a business school graduate it contains the clearest explanation you will find of how financial markets work, much better than the one in Principles of Corporate Finance, Modern Investment Theory or any similar MBA textbooks. There is also a lot of very good material on Keynesian economics, and a short essay on Social Security privatisation that is, despite having been written about ten years ago, much better, more quotable and freer of error than almost anything written in the last two years. There are also a number of good jokes and a couple of absolutely priceless footnotes on the sexual appetites of Wall Streeters. My suggestion to Doug was that he should have jacked the price up to $85 and gone after the textbook market, so getting it for nothing is a bargain to say the least.The remainder of the post makes me understand why one might not want to publish with Verso, broken bindings aside.
