false 3191235 6 In the midst of one of the most serious financial upheavals since the Great Depression, George Soros, the legendary financier and philanthropist, writes about the origins of the crisis and proposes a set of policies that should be adopted to confront it. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the context of his decades of study of how individuals and institutions handle the boom and bust cycles that now dominate global economic activity. "This is a once in a lifetime moment," writes Soros in characterizing the scale of financial distress spreading across Wall Street and other financial centers around the world. In a concise essay that combines practical insight with philosophical depth, Soros makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the great credit crisis and its implications for our nation and the world.</P> 3224246 5 5 2008 The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means total:151|5:22|4:31|3:61|2:29|1:8| 151 483 301 48 0 1 false false Thu Aug 21 17:01:22 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 17:07:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Apr 12 06:13:50 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 06:20:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 21 13:47:08 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 13:54:56 -0800 2008
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p. 36 Scientific laws cannot be verified; they can only be falsified. That is the role of testing. Scientific laws can be te...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 19:29:21 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 19:46:11 -0800 2009
The first half of the book is spent explaining his theory of reflexivity and how it contradicts to the financial equilibrium theory. Both theories are philosophical i...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Dec 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:49:21 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 13:59:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 06:10:24 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 05:57:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 13:34:54 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 17:22:49 -0800 2009 First off, I must start by saying that I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for George Soros! I think he has achieved an incredible amount of good with his wealth while showing the world what is possible when the powerful apply themselves to highest of human ideals. His Open ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 01:17:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 03:33:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 17:04:08 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 17:40:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 22 19:14:42 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 20:41:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 20:01:23 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 20:05:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 14:28:36 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 17:37:21 -0800 2008 1
I am not an economist, nor do I participate in financial markets in any significant way. Really, I never e...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 14:56:36 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 07:59:32 -0800 2008 The New Financial Paradigm is too long by half, yes, and Soros occasionally tries to cram reflexivity into his explanations of unrelated phenomena. But for all that, reflexivity is a wonderfu...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 19:48:53 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 10 18:08:55 -0700 2008
Soros wants to be a philosopher, but he should just stop with that and read some more. He has the Theory of Reflexivity - that real people and their thoughts are a part of market d...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 16:27:19 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 16:37:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 06:25:35 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 03 08:33:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 16:16:57 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 16:22:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 03 16:33:42 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 11:32:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 17:43:44 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 17:56:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 08:02:27 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 08:04:06 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3191235