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Scientific Forecasting: Its Methods and Application to Practical Business and to Stock Market Operations.
by Karsten, Karl
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New York: Greenberg, 1931. First edition of this classic work. Octavo, original maroon cloth. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Scientific Forecasting was based on Karsten's experience as stock market analyst, and was written as a handbook for stockbrokers. This work on scientific forecasting focussed on the methods and application to practical business and to stock market operations, and relied on the techniques of the economic barometers. "Karsten was fairly optimistic about his abilities to make prognoses, but, as he had to admit , 'at the present time this investigation can not account for economic changes which are wholly due to the element of mob-, crowd- or herd-psychology'.[18] In general, however, Karsten's conclusion is that these psychological factors are relatively unimportant, which leads him to find reason to state that his results support "economic determinism". There is only one exception: the stock market. Of course it is not surprising that Karsten was moderate with claims about stock market prediction, so shortly after the generally unexpected crash of 1929" ( Keuzenkamp).
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- Raptis Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4387
- Title
- Scientific Forecasting: Its Methods and Application to Practical Business and to Stock Market Operations.
- Author
- Karsten, Karl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Greenberg
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Karl Karsten, Karl Karsten First Edition, Karl Karsten Scientific Forecasting, Scientific Forcasting First Edition, Scientific Forecasting: Its Methods and Application First Edition
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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