Term
Jones
A manager named Jones, called the Captain because in the Civil War he became the captain of a volunteer company. He ran Carnegie's Edgar Thomson steel works.
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie
Explained in
- The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie
- Propaganda, Edward Bernays
John Jones, the typical ordinary American from Bernays's example. Through him the author shows that each person joins many groups at once.
- Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, Walter Dill Scott
William Richard Jones (1839-1889), known as “Captain Bill”, superintendent of the Edgar Thomson steel works belonging to Carnegie, and an inventor in steelmaking.
- The Psychology of the Stock Market, J. C. Selden
A made-up name from the same example by Selden. Not a real person.
- The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Sigmund Freud
Ernest Jones (1879–1958), British psychoanalyst, Freud's colleague and later his biographer.
- Market Wizards, Jack Schwager
Paul Tudor Jones, an American trader and fund manager who began in the cotton market.
- The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life, A. J. Jacobs
Quincy Jones, an American music producer and composer who worked with Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson.
- The Human Machine, Arnold Bennett
The family name in Bennett's example of a pointless argument over the rent of someone else's flat. They are characters in an example, not real people.
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard, Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Crystal Jones, a primary school teacher in Atlanta whose story the Heaths tell.