How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking Prices is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art dealers in New York and Amsterdam, Olav Velthuis shows how contemporary art galleries juggle the contradi...(展开全部)

How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking Prices is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including interviews with art dealers in New York and Amsterdam, Olav Velthuis shows how contemporary art galleries juggle the contradi...(展开全部)

Professional investors are bombarded on a day to day basis with assertions about the role liquidity is playing and will play in determining prices in the financial markets. Few, if any, of the providers or recipients of such advice can truly claim to understand the well–springs of such liquidity and the transmission mechanisms through which it impacts asset prices. This groundb...(展开全部)

约翰·拉塞尔(John Russell)，美国当代著名艺术批评家。早年求学于牛津大学。1950年以来，长期任伦敦《星期日时报》和美国《纽约时报》专栏艺术批评家。拉塞尔一生撰写了大量的艺术著作，除了《现代艺术的意义》外，还有《亨利·摩尔》、《马克斯·恩斯特》、《弗兰西斯·培根》、《马蒂斯父子》和《波普艺术再界定》等。 拉塞尔还先后组织策划过亨利·摩尔、巴尔蒂斯和波普艺术等大型展览。1978年，拉塞尔荣获美国学院艺术协会评审颁发的弗兰克·朱伊特·马瑟艺术批评奖。

约翰·拉塞尔(John Russell)，美国当代著名艺术批评家。早年求学于牛津大学。1950年以来，长期任伦敦《星期日时报》和美国《纽约时报》专栏艺术批评家。拉塞尔一生撰写了大量的艺术著作，除了《现代艺术的意义》外，还有《亨利·摩尔》、《马克斯·恩斯特》、《弗兰西斯·培根》、《马蒂斯父子》和《波普艺术再界定》等。 拉塞尔还先后组织策划过亨利·摩尔、巴尔蒂斯和波普艺术等大型展览。1978年，拉塞尔荣获美国学院艺术协会评审颁发的弗兰克·朱伊特·马瑟艺术批评奖。

About 75 percent of active investors consistently deliver returns below those of passive index funds. Why? In part, it＇s because proven methods for valuing assets are too complex to apply-causing inve