Academic Identity
I am assistant professor of Sociology at Barnard College. My book (and my dissertation research) is a comparative study of technology and futures trading, an ethnography of open outcry and electronic traders. My current research is on how art specialists price cultural commodities, particularly how categories and commensuration work in the secondary/resale fine arts market. I teach courses in economic sociology, organizations, and gender.
Professional Identity
I occasionally consult, focusing on organizational change, the future of technology and financial markets, and environmental markets. I do strategic assessments of markets, technology and organizational design, with qualitative and quantitative components. If you are interested, please email me.
Personal Identity
I grew up outside Chicago, and went to school(s) at Wesleyan University, USC, and Northwestern University. I currently live in New York, with a partner who is a marketing manager for an educational nonprofit. I love movies, like to cook, and I can do a mean lindy swing out. I am INTP.
May 17, 2007
Financial Fluency
Filed under: Daily — Peter @ 3:23 pm
Invited to speak for a group of alumnae on financial fluency and art prices, I was trying to think about some ideas on commensuration and categorization. Clealry not as helpful as the woman who talked about how much to set aside in liquid and marketable assets, but not unhelpful, I hope. The argument is that for any commodity, there will be some set of criteria that will allow comparisons across other commodities of the same type. The comparison measures are not at all exhaustive, but these are the criteria that allow for one piece of art to be measured against others, houses, etc., with the outcome being market prices in this case.
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