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Thankfully, this isnt a book about finger pointing. He is professor extraordinaire at the university of south africa on corporate citizenship, honorary professor at the universities of pretoria and cape town and a visiting professor at rhodes. John kay and mervyn king want more people to grasp the old distinction between risk and uncertainty forgotten by a later generation of economists. Mervyn king and the maradona mystery new statesman. This is a necessary critique and they make it with verve, knowledge and a wealth of stories financial. He also wrote a book now best seller on amazon called the end of alchemy and i read.
He is the author of radical uncertainty and the end of alchemy, among other books. Mike brearley john kay and mervyn king want more people to grasp the old distinction between risk and uncertainty forgotten by a later generation of economists. Mervyn king on the global economy chicago council on. Mervyn eldred king born 22 july 1937, johannesburg is a south african corporate attorney, arbitrator, mediator, corporate director, commission chair, author and speaker. Book signing central is an event information service brought to you by and has a focus on author events, book signings, and autograph expos welcome to your most valuable resource for book signing events around the country. His intelligence and drive took him to kings college, cambridge, where he earned a degree in economics in 1969.
Professor judge mervyn king is chairman of the international integrated reporting council, and a senior counsel and former judge of the supreme court of south africa. Radical uncertainty arises when we know something, but not enough to enable us to act with confidence. More recently, he coauthored a book with economist john kay titled radical. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. The lesson is that no amount of sophisticated statistical analysis is a match for the historical experience that stuff happens. Agree or disagree, kings visionary ideas deserve the attention of everyone from economics students to heads of state.
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Lord mervyn will talk about his book in conversation with prof david tuckett, head of the centre for the study of decisionmaking uncertainty at ucl in the faculty of brain sciences. And that is a situation we all too frequently encounter. Decisionmaking for an unknowable future by mervyn king. Eventbrite coob witherspoon presents do you know me by karen kk king lakeside book signing friday, august 30, 2019 at liege, oakland, ca. Mervyn king is no stranger to uncertainty, having led the bank of england through the financial crisis of 200809. A former judge of the supreme court of south africa, he is currently chairman of the iirc, chairman emeritus of the global reporting initiative and director of the association of business administrators of southern africa. Book signing central is an event information service brought to you by and has a focus on author events, book signings, and autograph expos. Mervyn king, the former governor of the bank of england, has written a very readable book on the interaction of money and banking on the global economy.
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Times members join us for an evening with lord mervyn king, the former governor of the bank of england, as he argues for fundamental changes to the financial system in order to reduce the risk of a new crisis, in conjunction with the release of his book the end of alchemy. He offers his insights as a practical banker and a serious economist for the way forward from the financial crisis of 200709 that we are still reeling from. It is rare to encounter a book on economics quite as intellectually exhilarating as the end of alchemy a dazzling performance indeed financial times mervyn king may well have written the most important book to come out of the financial crisis. Mervyn king s audience here is anyone who not only wants to understand what happened during the financial crisis, but wants to better understand why it happened and what needs to change to prevent another. Three new books explore the machinery of the mind the. Upcoming stephen king events in my area today, near my city tonight, this weekend, this summer. Thats the sobering message delivered by the former governor of the bank of england to a bluechip gathering tuesday evening at the peterson institute in washington.