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Timothy J. Sinclair
Autor(a) de The New Masters of Capital: American Bond Rating Agencies and the Politics of Creditworthiness
About the Author
Timothy J. Sinclair teaches international political economy at the University of Warwick.
Obras por Timothy J. Sinclair
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- Obras
- 6
- Membros
- 29
- Popularidade
- #460,290
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 2
- ISBN
- 19
I enjoyed the book and I think it should serve general readers very well. No special expertise in finance is required. I did find the author's theoretical framework ("constructivism" and the counterfactual method) to be a source of nuisance rather than one of value, since it really didn't add any leverage to his analysis. But even so I still recommend this book. Credit ratings are an interesting example of overvalued, tremendously influential, quasi-objective information in the modern world. I doubt any other books on this subject would be equally informative.… (mais)