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Fischer Black P - by Mehrling & Brown (Paperback)

Fischer Black P - by  Mehrling & Brown (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Praise for FISCHER BLACK AND THE REVOLUTIONARY IDEA OF FINANCE<P>"The story of Fischer Black. . . . is remarkable both because of the creativity of the man and because of the revolution he brought to Wall Street. . . . Mehrling's book is fascinating."<BR>--"FINANCIAL TIMES"<P>"A fascinating history of things we take for granted in our everyday financial lives."<BR>--"THE NEW YORK TIMES"<P>"Mehrling's book is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of modern finance or the life of an idiosyncratic creative genius."<BR>--"PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"<P>"Fischer Black was more than a vital force in the development of finance theory. He was also a character. Perry Mehrling has captured both sides of the picture: the evolution of thinking about the pricing of risk and time, as well as the thinkers, especially this fascinating eccentric, who worked it out."<BR>--ROBERT M. SOLOW, Nobel laureate and Institute Professor of Economics, Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<P>"Although I worked closely with Fischer for nine years at Goldman Sachs and clearly recognized both his genius and the breadth and originality of his ideas, until I read this book, I had only the vaguest grasp of the source of his inspiration and no understanding at all of the source of his many idiosyncrasies."<BR>--BOB LITTERMAN, Partner, Kepos Capital<P>"Perry Mehrling has done a remarkable job of tracing the intellectual and personal development of one of the most original and complex thinkers of our generation. Fischer Black deserved it: a charming and brilliant book about a charming and brilliant man."<BR>--ROBERT E. LUCAS JR., Nobel laureate and Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>PERRY MEHRLING</b> is Professor of Economics at Barnard College of Columbia University. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and is the author of <i>The Money Interest and the Public Interest: American Monetary Thought, 1920 -1970, </i> and <i> The New Lombard Street: How the Fed became the Dealer of Last Resort.</i> Dr. Mehrling's specialty is the study of financial theory and the history of economics.

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