The Mystery of the Invisible Hand
eBook - ePub

The Mystery of the Invisible Hand

A Henry Spearman Mystery

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Mystery of the Invisible Hand

A Henry Spearman Mystery

About this book

Economics professor and amateur detective Henry Spearman tackles a mystery where the price of art is murder

In The Mystery of the Invisible Hand, Henry Spearman, an economics professor with a knack for solving crimes, is pulled into a case that mixes campus intrigue, stolen art, and murder. Arriving at San Antonio's Monte Vista University to teach a course on art and economics, he is confronted with a puzzling art theft and the suspicious suicide of the school's artist-in-residence. From Texas to New York, Spearman traces the connections between economics and the art world, finding his clues in monopolies, auction theory, and Adam Smith. How is a company's capital like an art museum's collection? What does the market say about art's authenticity versus its availability? What is the mysterious "death effect"—and does it lie at the heart of the case? Spearman must rely on his savviest economic thinking to answer these questions—and pin down a killer.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. Flash-Forward
  8. 1. Spearman Meets the King
  9. 2. A Nobel Invitation
  10. 3. No Coase for Concern
  11. 4. Investigation of a Theft
  12. 5. Visiting Professor
  13. 6. West to Texas
  14. 7. An All-Nighter
  15. 8. The Artist has a Visitor
  16. 9. The Scene of the Crime
  17. 10. Spearman Gets the News
  18. 11. The Academical Village
  19. 12. Dining Protocol in the Academy
  20. 13. A Doctor’s House Call
  21. 14. A Conference of Detectives
  22. 15. Art and Economics
  23. 16. It All Began with Adam…
  24. 17. Office Hours: In Three Acts
  25. 18. The Hiring Squad
  26. 19. Surprise at Sotheby’s
  27. 20. Trip to the Travis
  28. 21. Class Action
  29. 22. An Artist’s Eulogy
  30. 23. Lost & Found
  31. 24. An Arresting Development
  32. 25. The Death Effect
  33. 26. The Bell Curve
  34. 27. A Late Night Visit
  35. 28. Doing Good by Doing Well
  36. Acknowledgments
  37. Also by Marshall Jevons