Philip M. Parker

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Philip M. Parker (born June 20, 1960 ) is an American economist . He is a professor at Insead Business School and the University of California, San Diego .

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Parker holds Masters degrees in Finance and Banking from Aix-Marseille University and from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in Management. He holds a PhD in business administration from the Wharton School . Afterwards he held courses worldwide. His studies are shaped by the view that scientific findings should be integrated directly into micro- and macroeconomic models. Based on the basic idea that consumer behavior and consumption follow physical laws, he himself wrote six books on the subject, including Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic Growth (MIT Press, 2000).

Parker was best known for his patent , with which he can automatically create books using software. The software enables him to produce books based on a template that contains data from publicly available sources. Any number of different topics can be covered for which there is no market for a large edition. On September 4, 2010 , the Internet bookseller Amazon.com found 107,183 books by Philip M. Parker; in January 2013, book publications amounted to 1,000,050 books, according to Parker. The books are sold online; they are only printed when a paper copy is ordered using the book-on-demand process.

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  1. ^ Books ›" Philip M. Parker ". Amazon.com, accessed September 4, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Why Write Your Own Book When An Algorithm Can Do It For You? In: readwrite.com. January 15, 2013, accessed October 5, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Horst von Buttlar: A man sees code . In: Financial Times Germany . May 9, 2008.
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SURNAME Parker, Philip M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1960