How long does it take to read How Markets Fail?
John Cassidy
How Markets Fail by John Cassidy takes about 7 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 9 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2009. 390 pages, about 107,250 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 28 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
John Cassidy describes the rising influence of what he calls utopian economics--thinking that is blind to how real people act and that denies the many ways an unregulated free market can produce disastrous unintended consequences. He then looks to the leading edge of economic theory, including behavioral economics, to offer a new understanding of the economy--one that casts aside the old assumption that people and firms make decisions purely on the basis of rational self-interest.
Subjects: Monetary policy, Financial crises, Banks and banking, Stock exchanges
