Money at work
Subtitle: on the job with priests, poker players, and hedge fund traders
By: Kevin J. Delaney
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780814720806; 9780814738078; 9780814769669
Subjects: Hedge funds; Fund raising; Money
Description: By looking at people for whom money is the focus of their jobs, the author explores how we think about money, and how our jobs influence that thinking.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Money at work; title: Risk and reward : hedge fund traders and poker players; title: When time is money : commission sales and sports and entertainment agents; title: Other people's money : fund raisers and grant givers; title: Advice and counsel : investment advisors and debt counselors; title: Sacred and profane : religious clergy; title: Testing limits : experimenting with currency, prices, and salaries; title: Money cultures at work and beyond.