{"product_id":"valuing-the-future-a-conversation-ben-paton-9780957039612","title":"Valuing the Future. a Conversation about Investment","description":"The book is a dialogue between a money manager and a young man who asks whether or not he should invest. Their conversation explores -How 'for money' and 'not-for-money' investment differ; -How accounting and economic assets compare with social and natural assets; -How time is central to all of investment, building capabilities in the present which can deliver resources in the future; -How banks collectively create and destroy money; -How the yield curve shows the market interest rates for financial assets of different durations; -How competitive advantage is important in determining the returns achieved on real assets; -How 'fundamental value' differs from price, or what someone is prepared to pay; -How 'fundamental analysis' and 'technical analysis' of price data provide insights into risk; -How mean-variance analysis of price data is the conventional approach to risk; -How the economic ecosystem creates prices -How capitalism may be a lousy system and yet the best available as it adapts continuously to align money prices and human values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Paton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0957039611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780957039612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sociables Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.53d","brand":"Ben Paton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473965826303,"sku":"9780957039612","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_801c65cd-8c8d-4cb9-811e-ebff5f0588cf.jpg?v=1762314099","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/valuing-the-future-a-conversation-ben-paton-9780957039612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}