Professor of Finance and Law
Mihir Desai's academic publications have appeared in leading economics, finance, and law journals. His work has emphasized the appropriate design of tax policy in a globalized setting, the links between corporate governance and taxation, and the internal capital markets of multinational firms. His research has been cited in The Economist, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and several other publications.
The Harvard Crimson
The language of finance can be insidious. Words like leverage and concepts like diversification can morph from narrow financial terms into much more general ways of understanding the world. For students that go into finance or business, the idea of “optionality” is particularly pliable—and taken too far, it can be downright dangerous.
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Business News Network
Mihir A. Desai, Mizuho Financial Group's professor of finance at Harvard Business School and a professor of law at Harvard Law School, joins BNN to discuss his new book: "The Wisdom of Finance." The book compares the key themes of finance to philosophers, authors and essayists, in an effort to make finance easier to learn.
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The Boston Globe
In his new book “The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return,", Harvard business professor Mihir Desai has tried to give finance a beating heart, to humanize it by viewing it through the lenses of literature, art, philosophy, music, movies, and TV.
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Bloomberg Radio
GUEST: Mihir Desai, Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, on his new book, "THE WISDOM OF FINANCE: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return."
Forbes
Desai’s new book is unlike almost any business book you’ve ever read, with eight chapters packed with stories from English and American literature explaining the sometimes esoteric concepts of risk management in simple everyday language and showing how they apply to every aspect of our lives.
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NPR's All Things Considered
Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai says the unemployment rate is the lowest its been in a decade. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about the increasing options for recent graduates.
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Harvard Business Review Ideacast
Mihir Desai, professor at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, argues for re-humanizing finance.
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Abnormal Returns
For those in finance it is very easy to get so focused on the field that they let their interest in the broader world wither away. That is a mistake. One way to make sure you don’t lose touch with the wider world is to read.
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Mihir Desai's academic publications have appeared in leading economics, finance, and law journals. His work has emphasized the appropriate design of tax policy in a globalized setting, the links between corporate governance and taxation, and the internal capital markets of multinational firms. His research has been cited in The Economist, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and several other publications.
Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
