Accessibility to finance -- Alternative financial systems -- Fragility of debt -- Religion and economics -- The inconsistencies of financial modeling -- Fragility of statistics -- Mandelbrot's fat tails -- Thinking fast (and slow) with Kahneman -- Taleb's black swan -- Risk-sharing --...

Business managers will gain a basic understanding of the complex world of finance with Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management, 15th Edition. This text presents a balanced survey of the three main areas of finance: institutions and markets, investments, and...