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<p class="calibre7"><strong class="calibre8">"A fascinating new perspective on modern finance," --Oliver Hart, 2016 Nobel Laureate in Economics</strong> </p>
<p class="calibre7"><strong class="calibre8">"Lucid, witty and delightfully erudite...From the French revolution to film noir, from the history of probability to Jane Austen and </strong><span class="calibre9">The Simpsons</span><strong class="calibre8">, this is an astonishing intellectual feast." --Sebastian Mallaby, author of *The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan</strong>* </p>
<p class="calibre7">Finance is shrouded in mystery for outsiders, while many insiders are uneasy with the disrepute of their profession. How can finance become more accessible and also recover its nobility? </p>
<p class="calibre7">Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai takes up the cause of restoring humanity to finance. With deft wit, he draws upon a rich knowledge of literature, film, history, and philosophy to explain finance's inner workings. Through this creative approach, he shows that outsiders can easily access the underlying ideas and insiders can reacquaint themselves with the core values of their profession. </p>
<p class="calibre7">This combination of finance and the humanities creates unusual and illuminating pairings: Jane Austen and Anthony Trollope are guides to risk management; Jeff Koons becomes an advocate of leverage; and Mel Brooks' The Producers teaches us about fiduciary responsibility. In Desai's vision, the principles of finance also provide answers to critical questions in our lives: bankruptcy teaches us how to react to failure, the lessons of mergers apply to marriages, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model demonstrates the true value of relationships.</p>
<p class="calibre7"><em class="calibre10">The Wisdom of Finance</em> is a wholly unique book, offering an enlivening new perspective on one of the world's most complex and misunderstood professions.</p>
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<h3 class="calibre12">About The Author</h3>
<p class="calibre7"><a href="http://www.mihirdesai.org/"><strong class="calibre8">Mihir Desai</strong> </a>was born in India and raised in Hong Kong and New Jersey. </p>
<p class="calibre7">As a professor and award-winning teacher at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, Desai teaches finance, tax law, entrepreneurship and has recently developed an online finance course for the HBX platform. His scholarship on corporate finance, international finance and tax policy has prompted several invitations to testify before the U.S. Congress and serves as the basis of his advisory role to leading global companies and organizations.</p>
<p class="calibre7">Find him on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/desaimihir">@desaimihir</a><br class="calibre6"/></p>
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