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Paper belt on fire : how renegade investors sparked a revolt against the university / Michael Gibson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, Michael, 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--United States--Finance.
- Education.
- School bonds--United States.
- School bonds.
- Short selling (Securities)--United States.
- Short selling (Securities).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Encounter Books, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Paper Belt on Fire is the unlikely account of how two outsiders with no experience in finance--a charter school principal and defrocked philosopher--start a venture capital fund to short the higher education bubble. Against the contempt of the education establishment, they discover, mentor, and back the leading lights in the next generation of dropout innovators and in the end make their investors millions. Can such a madcap strategy help renew American creativity? Who would do such a thing? This story is the behind-the-scenes romp of one team that threw educational authorities into a panic. It fuses real-life personal drama with history, science, and philosophy to show how higher education and other institutions must evolve to meet the dire challenges of tomorrow"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781641772464
- 1641772468
- OCLC:
- 1295619156
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