The New Science of Finance
By Don Chance, Pamela Peterson
The study of how people acquire and invest money has a number of intriguing links with the more traditional scientific disciplines
This Article From Issue
May-June 1999
Volume 87, Number 3
Page 256
DOI: 10.1511/1999.24.256
Money fascinates most people. And whether endowed with a little or a lot, we all tend to want more. This common desire has produced a seemingly insatiable demand for popular books on money and investing, which shows that people with limited financial training are in awe of those who know—or profess to know—a great deal about the subject.
Grey Blackwell
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