The wisdom of crowds (Record no. 9507)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780349116051
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 303.38 SUR
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Surowiecki, James.
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Title The wisdom of crowds
Remainder of title why the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economies, societies, and nations
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Doubleday
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxi, 296 p. ; 22 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In this landmark work, NEW YORKER columnist James Surowiecki explores a seemingly counter-intuitive idea that has profound implications. Decisions taken by a large group, even if the individuals within the group aren't smart, are always better than decisions made by small numbers of 'experts'. This seemingly simply notion has endless and major ramifications for how businesses operate, how knowledge is advanced, how economies are (or should be) organised and how nation-states fare. With great erudition, Surowiecki ranges across the disciplines of psychology, economics, statistics and history to show just how this principle operates in the real world. Along the way Surowiecki asks a number of intriguing questions about a subject few of us actually understand - economics. What are prices? How does money work? Why do we have corporations? Does advertising work? His answers, rendered in a delightfully clear prose, demystify daunting prospects. As Surowiecki writes: 'The hero of this book is, in a curious sense, an idea, a hero whose story ends up shedding dramatic new light on the landscapes of business, politics and society'.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Consensus (Social sciences)
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