Preface to the second edition
I had mixed feelings when I received the request to write a second edition of Finance in a Nutshell. On the one hand it made me happy. I thought that publishers ask authors to write a new edition of a book only when they make a positive evaluation of the previous edition and are bullish about the prospects of a follow-up. I also thought it was a good chance to clarify explanations, update the data, correct typos, and ultimately take a fresh look at all the material discussed in the first edition and improve it.
But on the other hand I was not so happy. Writing a book is fun, or at least it was to me; but rewriting it is not, or at least not nearly as much. I also had many more time constraints than I had when I ...
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