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George arthur akerlof born june 17, 1940 is an american economist who is a university professor at the mccourt school of public policy at georgetown university and koshland professor of economics emeritus at the university of california, berkeley. Despite the books strengths, the authors sometimes exercise poor judgment about what to say and what not to say. The film stars ashok kumar, vinod mehra and mehmood. Flower is a 1993 bollywood film directed by singeetam srinivasa rao starring kumar gaurav and madhuri dixit in lead roles along with sunil dutt and rajendra kumar in supporting roles. The film is produced by actor rajendra kumar who is the father of kumar gaurav, both in real life and in the film. Its important to note that in making this diagnosis, the authors are not singling out the routine hype practiced by advertisers or sales reps. Phishing for phools is a coherent and highly plausible explanation of why marketsalthough usually beneficialcan lead to undesirable outcomes. Phishing for phools claims to be a very serious book p. Why the freemarket system encourages so much trickery even as. Casting phishing for phools in an adam smithstyle general equilibrium framework, which is the benchmark for thinking for all economists, suggests its generality. This highly readable and insightful book will transform how we think about the role. When it comes to navigating our way around the marketplace, we play the fool with remarkable consistency.
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