Fatal Equilibrium: A Novel

by Marshall Jevons

Book Overview

At Harvard, tenure decisions are a matter of life -- or death. For Dennis Gossen, the economics department whiz kid currently being considered for tenure, it's definitely death. When he's turned down... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345331583
• Release Date: July 1986
• Publisher: Fawcett
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.6" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

Great fun, reminds me of Dorothy Sayers mysteries!

An intriguing page-turner -- Mr. Jevons has commenced a new genre: An Academic Thriller ! : ) Who knew learning could be so much fun. Thank you for this great series.

Econ in a mysteriously potable format

This book was assigned to me for my Econ 201 class at UVa (virginia), and lo and behold, the author's real name is the professor for this class. Would this mean that one could say he is manipulating the market, and causing an immediate surge in demand during the otherwise weak sales-periods? Or is he simply using his power to dictate the syllabus to earn royalties? Cynicism aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, as I am a big fan of economics, and felt it was intriguing enough to read. The book manages to deftly intertwine many econ concepts and definitions throughout it, which is always useful for the beginning economist.

First and best of a series

Of the three books to date in this series, I find the first to be the most interesting and closely plotted. Be prepared for the insertion of economic analyses in the most unexpected places; but if you like your mysteries to be more mental and less bone-crunching, vulgarity-spewing mayhem, the Henry Spearman series is a set of entertaining reads for an evening or two.

Opportunity cost for not reading this is high!

I read this book as it was assigned by co-author Ken Elzinga for his Econ 201 class at the University of Virginia. This book is very good. Short but still interesting, it has tons of economics in it. If you love econ you'll chuckle as you read, seeing all the places where the very principles you have learned about are spotlighted. If you're interested in econ you should definitely pick up this fun, quick and informative read.

This mystery is engaging, well written, and a great read.

This book's plot is a set on a college campus, and is oriented around the field of economics. Students of economics will be particularly enamored with this book. However, it is an excellent story that will please all fans of good mystery - whether they know anything about economics or not.