{"product_id":"antilogic-why-businesses-fail-while-individuals-succeed-9780471494515","title":"Antilogic  Why Businesses Fail While Individuals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this collection of witty but thought--provoking essays, Bruce McComish takes a clear look at the anti--logic of the business world and financial markets. He questions with dry humor the very basis of Western financial systems and concepts such as bankruptcy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McCormish has produced a well researched account\" (Lloyds List, 31 August 2001) \"... Bruce McComish has written a book that makes it clear that nothing is as it seems in the world of business and finance. Prepare to be shocked by the discovery that boardrooms and senior management ranks are populated by donkeys, market efficiency is a myth, accountants cook the books, ecomonists are charlatans, forecasting is useless and cash is a myth. McComish is the latest ina long line of writers, from Keynes to Galbraith, who enjoy exposing the self--delusion that characterises the world of business...\" \"The chapter on accounting is the best in the book... If any one needs further evidence that Antilogic is alive and well and thriving in business, just think about those telephone companies who spent billions of pounds acquiring 3G licenses, which despite all the evidence to the contrary, remain on the balance sheet as assets.\" (Sunday Times, 16 September 2001)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Believing Because of the Way Things are and Why We Think the Way We Do.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Believing the Corporation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Guided by the Market.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Believing the Words.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Believing the Numbers: The Contribution of the Accountants.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Believing the Numbers: The Contribution of the Statisticians.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Buying the Forecast: Falling for the Non-Forecast-Forecast.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Amazing Role of Cash.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vapourcash Explained: Cash, Not as Real as You Thought.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Anticash Explained: Anticash and the History of Money.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Anticash: The Bankers and the Accountants.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Anticash More Real Than You Hoped.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402614808919,"sku":"9780471494515","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/antilogic-why-businesses-fail-while-individuals-succeed-9780471494515","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}