Philip M. Parker

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

Work

Parker earned master's degrees at the University of Aix -Marseille in finance and banking, and at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania for management. He received his Ph.D. from the Wharton School of Business Administration. Thereafter, he held the world from courses. His studies are characterized by the view that scientific knowledge should be integrated directly into micro-and macroeconomic models. Based on the basic idea that consumer behavior and consumption follow physical laws, he wrote themselves on the subject of six books, including Physio Economics: The Basis for Long -Run Economic Growth (MIT Press, 2000 ).

Parker is best known for his patent, with which it can be create by means of a computer software automatically books. Through the software, it is possible for 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 in a large edition. Thus, the Internet bookseller Amazon.com reported 4 September 2010 107 183 books by Philip M. Parker after; a total of about 200,000 books were created using the program. The books are sold online; they are only printed to order a paper copy in the book-on - demand process.