How long does it take to read Capital Account?
Edward Chancellor
Capital Account by Edward Chancellor takes about 5 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 11 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2004. 283 pages, about 77,825 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 11 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The essays contained in this book have been selected from the Global investment review (GIR) of Marathon Asset Management Ltd ... "--p. xix Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Ch. 1. Capital thoughts -- Ch. 2. The rise of shareholder value -- Ch. 3. The two-tier market -- Ch. 4. Blind capital -- Ch. 5. Fibre-optical illusions -- Ch. 6. The croupier's take -- Ch. 7. Making up the numbers -- Ch. 8. Mismanagement -- Appendix: Valuing the dream -- Glossary -- Index.
Subjects: Speculation, Business cycles, Marathon Asset Management, Stock exchanges
