Frank Partnoy

Frank Partnoy is the author of F.I.A.S.C.O., Infectious Greed, The Match King, and – most recently – WAIT: The Art and Science of Delay. Formerly an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and a practicing corporate lawyer, he is one of the world’s leading experts on market regulation and is a frequent commentator for the Financial Times, the New York Times, NPR, and CBS’s 60 Minutes. Partnoy is a graduate of Yale Law School and is the George E. Barrett Professor of Law and Finance and the founding director of the Center for Corporate and Securities Law at the University of San Diego. Read More

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Partnoy is a featured expert on PBS Frontline’s “Money, Power and Wall Street,” beginning Tues Apr 24 at 9pm, and also available here
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First review of WAIT, from Kirkus: “groundbreaking,” “fascinating,” “file alongside Malcolm Gladwell”
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The Economist covers WAIT’s chapter on superfast sports
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What do these scenarios have in common:

A professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line?

In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts to craft a picture of decision-making that runs counter to our brutally fast-paced world. Read More

“ Frank Partnoy turns conventional wisdom on its head with this counterintuitive approach to decision-making. Rather than telling us how to make decisions faster and faster, he mines and refines a rich lode of information from experts in a surprising variety of fields to demonstrate the power of delay, whether measured in milliseconds, days, or decades. Wait is a great read, chock full of fascinating insights.”

— Daniel H. Pink,
Author of Drive and A Whole New Mind

In The Blog

23/04/2012 7:29pm EST

I’ll be using this blog to post new ideas, writings, reviews, media, events, and that sort of thing. Although I haven’t seen “Money, Power and Wall Street,” the new documentary from PBS Frontline, the trailer looks fantastic. They interviewed quite a “who’s who,” ranging from Simon Johnson to Gillian Tett – and even me. So I’ll definitively be watching the first two hours tomorrow Tues Apr 24 at 9pm and the final two hours at the same time on May 1. It’ll be available for free after that at the Frontline website, so it might be something for teachers and professors to use in their classes. Something to get everyone in the mood for talking about financial regulation – or not – during the upcoming presidential campaign.