
- 352 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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"âand does it lie at the heart of the case? Spearman must rely on his savviest economic thinking to answer these questionsâand pin down a killer.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Flash-Forward
- 1. Spearman Meets the King
- 2. A Nobel Invitation
- 3. No Coase for Concern
- 4. Investigation of a Theft
- 5. Visiting Professor
- 6. West to Texas
- 7. An All-Nighter
- 8. The Artist has a Visitor
- 9. The Scene of the Crime
- 10. Spearman Gets the News
- 11. The Academical Village
- 12. Dining Protocol in the Academy
- 13. A Doctorâs House Call
- 14. A Conference of Detectives
- 15. Art and Economics
- 16. It All Began with AdamâŚ
- 17. Office Hours: In Three Acts
- 18. The Hiring Squad
- 19. Surprise at Sothebyâs
- 20. Trip to the Travis
- 21. Class Action
- 22. An Artistâs Eulogy
- 23. Lost & Found
- 24. An Arresting Development
- 25. The Death Effect
- 26. The Bell Curve
- 27. A Late Night Visit
- 28. Doing Good by Doing Well
- Acknowledgments
- Also by Marshall Jevons