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Phishing for phools : the economics of manipulation and deception / George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]Description: xvi, 272 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691168319 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.01/9 23
LOC classification:
  • HB74.P8 A49443 2015
Contents:
Introduction. Expect to be manipulated: phishing equilibrium -- Part one: Unpaid bills and financial crash -- 1. Temptation strews our path -- 2. Reputation mining and financial crisis -- Part two: Phishing in many contexts -- 3. Advertisers discover how to zoom in on our weak spots -- 4. Rip-offs regarding cars, houses, and credit cards -- 5. Phishing in politics -- 6. Phood, pharma, and phishing -- 7. Innovation: the good, the bad, and the ugly -- 8. Tobacco and alcohol -- 9. Bankruptcy for profit -- 10. Michael Milken phishes with junk bonds as bait -- 11. The resistance and its heroes -- Part three: Conclusion and afterword -- Conclusion: examples and general lessons. New story in America and its consequences -- Afterword. The significance of phishing equilibrium.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HB74 .P8 A49443 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001357283

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index.

Introduction. Expect to be manipulated: phishing equilibrium -- Part one: Unpaid bills and financial crash -- 1. Temptation strews our path -- 2. Reputation mining and financial crisis -- Part two: Phishing in many contexts -- 3. Advertisers discover how to zoom in on our weak spots -- 4. Rip-offs regarding cars, houses, and credit cards -- 5. Phishing in politics -- 6. Phood, pharma, and phishing -- 7. Innovation: the good, the bad, and the ugly -- 8. Tobacco and alcohol -- 9. Bankruptcy for profit -- 10. Michael Milken phishes with junk bonds as bait -- 11. The resistance and its heroes -- Part three: Conclusion and afterword -- Conclusion: examples and general lessons. New story in America and its consequences -- Afterword. The significance of phishing equilibrium.

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