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Phishing for phools : the economics of manipulation and deception  Cover Image Book Book

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

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  • ISBN: 9780691168319 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0691168318 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780691173023 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0691173028 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xvi, 272 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015]

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Expect to be manipulated: phishing equilibrium -- Part One. Unpaid bills and financial crash -- Temptation strews our path -- Reputation mining and financial crisis -- Part Two. Phishing in many contexts -- Advertisers discover how to zoom in on our weak spots -- Rip-offs regarding cars, houses, and credit cards -- Phishing in politics -- Phood, pharma, and phishing -- Innovation: the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Tobacco and alcohol -- Bankruptcy for profit -- Michael Milken phishes with junk bonds as bait -- The resistance and its heroes -- Part Three. Conclusion and afterword -- New story in America and its consequences -- The significance of phishing equilibrium.
Subject: Economics > Psychological aspects.
Free enterprise > Psychological aspects.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Legislative Library.

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