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It's Not Your Father's SEC
This Washington Post article discusses the push in the SEC to add more market expertise. It features my colleague Gregg Berman -- who ran the risk management part of RiskMetrics -- and me.
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Making Soccer Less Boring: A Modest Proposal
Now that the U.S. team has been eliminated, and with it the thrill of having an emotional attachment to the World Cup, I can go back to reflecting on why soccer is so boring. The basic reason is not so...
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More on Soccer -- Changes for Improving the Game
There has been some comment on my recent post related to ways to make soccer less boring, and it appears some readers do not fully understand the direction I am trying to go.For example, with regard to...
View ArticlePhysics Envy in Finance
This represents my personal opinion, not the views of the SEC or its staff.If all you have is a hammer... I read a New York Times article a while ago on econophysics â the use of the tools of physics...
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The Technology-Driven Consumption Trap
This reflects my personal opinion, not the views of the SEC or its staff.I just finished reading Robert Reichâs new book, Aftershock. The critical points of the book are well presented in his...
View ArticleSecular Deflation
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View ArticleViral!
This reflects my personal opinion, not the views of the SEC or its staff.read more...
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Interview in Fortune
I had an interview posted in Fortune last week. While I have kept a distance between my SEC work and my blog, this interview gives a window into my work there.
View ArticleThe Future of Facebook and the World as We Know It
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View ArticleWhy are We âIrrationalâ: The Path from Neoclassical to Behavioral...
A few months ago I discussed the failing of econophysics, and more generally, the economic paradigm that treats people like computers and views economic dynamics like physics. The natural follow up...
View ArticleTiger Mothers and the Ming Dynasty Examination System
In the Ming Dynasty, (1368 â 1644), China established an examination system as a merit-based approach for appointments to government office. There were three levels to the exams, with the final cut...
View ArticleContext, Content and the Turing Test
In a recent post I laid the blame for the inadequacies of neoclassical economics and behavioral economics on the failure to take into account human context. By context I mean that humans make decisions...
View ArticleHuman Complexity: The Strategic Game of ? and ?
âSun Pin was in battle against the Wei general, P`ang Chuan. Sun Pin said: 'We have a reputation for cowardice, and our adversary despises us. Let us turn this to our advantage.' Accordingly, when...
View ArticleCapitalist Evolution?
M&A activity is showing signs of life, activity reaching its highest levels since 2007. What more appropriate symbol of the renewal of the economy, of the emerging spring-time of our business...
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Readings on the Financial Crisis
The following reflects my personal views.The two best treatments of the financial crisis are both free for the reading, courtesy of the U.S. government.The first to hit the press, the 600-page...
View ArticleCommodity Prices and Paradigm Shifts
Jeremy Grantham put out a great quarterly letter about the scarcity of commodities and the marked rise of commodity prices, calling this âthe mother of all paradigm shiftsâ.read more...
View ArticleAvatars in Love
A New York Times article reports on avatars in World of Warcraft finding love, which they then consummate through their players, who are real people. As one of my French friends says, it is a turvy...
View Article@business_design: A project to follow closely! @michaeldila Unfinished...
@business_design: A project to follow closely! @michaeldila Unfinished Business School, now in private Beta http://tinyurl.com/3sce73bâ
View ArticleRecord Percentage of Women To Enter Harvard Business School's MBA Program |...
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