An engine, not a camera : how financial models shape markets /

This pioneering work in the social studies of finance describes how the emergence of modern finance theory has affected financial markets in fundamental ways. Paraphrasing Milton Friedman, the author says that economic models are an engine of inquiry rather than a camera to reproduce empirical facts...

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Main Author:	MacKenzie, Donald A.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Series:	Inside technology
Subjects:	Capital market > Mathematical models. Derivative securities > Mathematical models. Financial crises > Mathematical models. Financial crises > Case studies. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General ECONOMICS/Finance ECONOMICS/General Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book