1st Edition
From Individualism to the Individual Ideology and Inquiry in Financial Economics
This title was first published in 2002: From Individualism to the Individual treats finance as a social and cultural process, exploring the unseen side of academic discourse and the many obstacles the deeply entrenched elite puts in the way of alternative thinking. Opening with a detailed discussion of the role of ideology in the perpetuation of the limited methodological bias of the profession toward markets, the book then examines the more specific effects of such ideological limitations on theoretical and empirical research in finance. The authors develop alternative ways to examine finance both as a profession and as a field of inquiry. This book will be of particular value to researchers and practitioners working in finance, as well as those in other social science disciplines whose research relates to finance, culture and society.
Biography
George M. Frankfurter, Sabanci University, Turkey , held academic appointments at Syracuse University and Louisiana State University (LSU), respectively, over a 30-year period. Retired from LSU after holding the Lloyd F. Collette Chair of Financial Services for 12 years. Author of 80 scientific papers, two books and a financial management simulation. Former co-editor of The Financial Review, and co-founder and editor of The International Review of Financial Analysis. Currently, member of the editorial board of The Journal of Psychology and Financial Markets. Elton G. McGoun, Bucknell University, USA, co-founder and co-organizer of the biennial Alternative Perspectives in Finance conferences, co-founder and co-editor of the Internet Journal Alternative Perspectives on Finance and Accounting, and on the Editorial Board of the Economic and Business Review for Central and Eastern Europe. Author of numerous scientific papers presented at national and international conferences in several business disciplines and published in a variety of scholarly journals. Co-author of Toward Finance With Meaning published by JAI Press.
