The Fatal Equilibrium is a crime novel written by the pseudonymous author Marshall Jevons. The hero, Professor Henry Spearman, applies economic theory to determine who committed a murder. Spearman uses economic theory as a lens to scrutinize all human behaviour, and his character is based on Milton Friedman, who won a Nobel Prize in economics. The Fatal Equilibrium is a "British traditional" within the mystery genre. It has no explicit sex or violence.

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  • The Fatal Equilibrium is a crime novel written by the pseudonymous author Marshall Jevons. The hero, Professor Henry Spearman, applies economic theory to determine who committed a murder. Spearman uses economic theory as a lens to scrutinize all human behaviour, and his character is based on Milton Friedman, who won a Nobel Prize in economics. The Fatal Equilibrium is a "British traditional" within the mystery genre. It has no explicit sex or violence. British traditionals are written as cerebral works of the mind, rather than adrenaline. The book is well known amongst the undergraduates of the London School of Economics (LSE) because of its use as a core text in Alwyn Young's 1st year Economics course, EC102.
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  • The Fatal Equilibrium is a crime novel written by the pseudonymous author Marshall Jevons. The hero, Professor Henry Spearman, applies economic theory to determine who committed a murder. Spearman uses economic theory as a lens to scrutinize all human behaviour, and his character is based on Milton Friedman, who won a Nobel Prize in economics. The Fatal Equilibrium is a "British traditional" within the mystery genre. It has no explicit sex or violence.
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  • The Fatal Equilibrium
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