The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street Audiobook (Free)

“Do we actually need yet another book about the financial crisis? Yes, we do-because this one is different….A must-read for anybody who wants to understand the clutter we’re in.”

-Paul Krugman, New York Times Book Review

“Fox makes business background thrilling.”

-St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A lively history of ideas, The Myth from the Rational Marketplace by former Time Journal economics columnist Justin Fox, describes with insight and wit the rise and fall of the world’s most influential investing idea: the efficient markets theory. Both a New York Moments bestseller and Well known Book of the Year-longlisted for the Financial Occasions Business Reserve of the Year Award and called one of Library Journal Greatest Business Books of the Year-The Misconception of the Rational Market carries visitors from the earliest days of Wall Street to the current financial meltdown, debunking the long-held myth that the stock market is always right in the process while intelligently discovering the alternative theory of behavioral economics.