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The Business of Economics – 1996
John combines common sense and rigorous economic thinking in a number of essays on business and economic issues – the competitiveness of UK plc, the stakeholder economy, business strategy, and...
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The Truth about Markets / Culture and Prosperity (US title, 2004) – 2003
Capitalism faltered at the end of the 1990s as corporations were rocked by fraud, the stock-market bubble burst and the American business model – unfettered self-interest, privatisation and low tax –...
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Everlasting Light Bulbs – 2004
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Everlasting Light Bulbs is based on a collection of John’s columns for the Financial Times, written between 1996 and 2004. The period was...
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The Hare and the Tortoise – 2006
Most business books are bland or dull, or both. This volume is neither: John combines insightful analysis with wit and verve. In this book, we meet heroes as diverse as Sun Tzu, Jacques Derrida, and...
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The Long And The Short Of It – 2009
This book provides a guide to the complexities of modern finance. It describes the basics of investment and the sophisticated innovations of the modern financial system. It explains how twice in the...
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Obliquity – US edition
The US edition of Obliquity is now available. You can order Obliquity – US edition, in hardback now for £10 (incl. p&p to the UK and Europe). The post Obliquity – US edition appeared first on...
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Obliquity – Why our goals are best achieved indirectly – 2010
Obliquity is the principle that complex goals are best achieved indirectly. This book explains why the happiest people aren’t necessarily those who focus on happiness, and how the most successful...
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Other People’s Money: Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People?
You can order Other People’s Money (UK edition) from this website in hardback or paperback for £15 or £9.99 respectively (incl. p&p to the UK and Europe). For the US version visit Amazon US, or...
View ArticleEconomic Ideas You Should Forget: The Axioms of Revealed Preference
The axioms of revealed preference have been part of the foundations of economics since they were formulated by Paul Samuelson in 1947. These principles allowed economists to continue to use the...
View ArticleA contribution to the world’s wittiest and wickedest insults
Published by Profile Books in November 2016, “Scorn: The Wittiest and Wickedest Insults in Human History” by Matthew Parris includes the following quote from John’s 2004 FT article, questioning why...
View ArticleDoes God Play Dice?
Socrates: “I dare say that you are familiar with Tisias. Does he not define probability to be that which the many think?” Phaedrus: “Certainly, he does”.[1] — In the winter of 1653-4 the Chevalier de...
View ArticleCoronavirus: A Black Swan?
Describing uncertainty – why coronavirus is neither a ‘black swan’ nor a low probability event The manuscript of Radical Uncertainty was finished well before anyone had heard of the novel Coronavirus....
View ArticleGreed is Dead Paperback Released
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Radical Uncertainty paperback is out today! Available to buy online or at various bookshops. Link to order The post Radical Uncertainty Paperback Released appeared first on John Kay.
View ArticleScotland’s Money?
What currency options would be available if Scotland became independent? This pamphlet describes how the globalisation of finance and the digitisation of records have fundamentally changed the nature...
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