{"title":"Peter Knight","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter Knight offers insightful works that bridge the worlds of \u003cstrong\u003efinance\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eeducation\u003c\/strong\u003e, exploring themes from investment strategies to curriculum development. His writing provides a thoughtful approach to understanding \u003cem\u003efinancial literacy\u003c\/em\u003e alongside the evolving demands of higher education and employability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect carefully researched studies and practical perspectives on how learning environments and educational frameworks adapt to contemporary challenges. Knight’s books are valuable for those interested in the intersection of \u003cem\u003einvestment principles\u003c\/em\u003e and educational innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"invested-by-james-taylor-9780226820989","title":"Invested","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvested\u003c\/i\u003e examines the perennial and nefarious appeal of financial advice manuals.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\nWho hasn’t wished for a surefire formula for riches and a ticket to the good life? For three centuries, investment advisers of all kinds, legit and otherwise, have guaranteed that they alone can illuminate the golden pathway to prosperity—despite strong evidence to the contrary. In fact, too often, they are singing a siren song of devastation. And yet we keep listening.\n\n\u003ci\u003eInvested\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how the genre of investment advice developed and grew in the United Kingdom and the United States, from its origins in the eighteenth century through today as it saturates our world. The authors analyse centuries of books, TV shows, blogs, and more, all promising techniques for amateur investors to master the ways of the market: from Thomas Mortimer’s pathbreaking 1761 work, \u003ci\u003eEvery Man His Own Broker\u003c\/i\u003e, through the Gilded Age explosion of sensationalist investment manuals, the early twentieth-century emergence of a vernacular financial science, and the more recent convergence of self-help and personal finance.\n\n\u003ci\u003eInvested\u003c\/i\u003e asks why, in the absence of evidence that such advice reliably works, guides to the stock market have remained perennially popular. The authors argue that the appeal of popular investment advice lies in its promise to level the playing field, giving outsiders the privileged information of insiders. As \u003ci\u003eInvested\u003c\/i\u003e persuasively shows, the fantasies sold by these writings are damaging and deceptive, peddling unrealistic visions of easy profits and the certainty of success, while trying to hide the fact that there is no formula for avoiding life’s economic uncertainties and calamities.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000652316908,"sku":"9780226820989","price":213.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20438173482268.jpg?v=1763293858"},{"product_id":"invested-by-james-taylor-9780226821009","title":"Invested","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInvested\u003c\/i\u003e examines the perennial and nefarious appeal of financial advice manuals.\u003c\/b\u003e\n\nWho hasn’t wished for a surefire formula for riches and a ticket to the good life? For three centuries, investment advisers of all kinds, legit and otherwise, have guaranteed that they alone can illuminate the golden pathway to prosperity—despite strong evidence to the contrary. In fact, too often, they are singing a siren song of devastation. And yet we keep listening.\n\n\u003ci\u003eInvested\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how the genre of investment advice developed and grew in the United Kingdom and the United States, from its origins in the eighteenth century through today, as it saturates our world. 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As \u003ci\u003eInvested\u003c\/i\u003e persuasively shows, the fantasies sold by these writings are damaging and deceptive, peddling unrealistic visions of easy profits and the certainty of success, while trying to hide the fact that there is no formula for avoiding life’s economic uncertainties and calamities.\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000652349676,"sku":"9780226821009","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20438373482268.jpg?v=1763293870"},{"product_id":"learning-curriculum-and-employability-in-higher-education-by-mantz-yorke-9780415303422","title":"Learning, Curriculum and Employability in Higher Education","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis timely and insightful book tackles the highly topical subject of graduate underemployment with remarkable insight and clarity. The authors offer a ground-breaking model that can be easily implemented in institutions to make low-cost, high-gain improvements to students' employability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe range of topics covered includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe challenge of employability\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe study and careers of English graduates\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe enhancement of practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAssessing employability\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe Skills Plus project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on a set of over 200 in-depth interviews with recent graduates, this book forms a unique account of the meanings of employability in the workplace. 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